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European Institute for Industrial Leadership
‘A Partner with a Different Experience’
2020 Partner Networking Meeting
Brussels, October 2014
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WhatisEIIL?
• Funded and governed by member companies as a not-for-profit
enterprise
• Established 2003 to research and develop informed views on next
generation industry leadership issues
• Programme of events to develop Members’ business networks and
share knowledge and good practices
• Access to the shared experiences of a network of Members, alumni &
other not-for-profit organisations
• Unique programme of research-based workshops to develop ‘next
generation leaders’
Research directed by Members’ Leadership Development Board - valued
discussion forum for good practice sharing and opinion development
Interactive workshop-style research conference programmes and round-
table discussions with industry leaders past, present and future from the
EIIL Network
Focus on impact of technology, societal, and market developments on
industry business models, organisational design and next generation
leadership requirements
Prestigious facility based in Science 14 Atrium Conference and Business
Centre, Bruxelles, Belgium
Industry Association helping our European-based Members to attract,
develop and retain their ‘next generation leaders’
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EIILTeam
Staff
•Director,
•Research Director
•Admin Support (2),
•Programme Mgr (1)
•Researcher3 (1-3)
Core
Faculty
•Experienced
industry managers
• 7 coaches
• 5 support coaches
Guest
Faculty
•More than 50
interviewees
annually from 25
companies
•Senior manager or
above working in
Asia, Europe and
America
Alumni
•Over 750 Middle &
Senior managers
globally
EIIL Network consists of over 1000 managers in
major companies around Europe (and the world)
• The majority support the EIIL
simply because they share the
Vision, find their participation
stimulating and challenging or
operate under the membership
of their company
• Coaches are specially trained in
the Masterclass technique and
bring their own unique
expertise to workshops
• Alumni are increasingly
returning as support coaches
or interviewees to support the
programmes
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EIILYoungLeadersProgramme
YELP Projects
• JADE Partnership (since 2007)
– EIIL Scholarship - 2 ‘Junior’ places every workshop
– Facilitation - Annual Spring Meeting, EU Parliament Debate,
‘Generations Club’
• Entrepreneurship Summer Schools (since 2011)
– EIIL Masterclass Methodology
– Skill Dev’t and SE role models NOT ‘investor-led boot camp’
– Over 400 young entrepreneurs (18-30) trained in 10 events in 6
countries since 2011
– Junior Enterprise ‘Local Hosting Partners’ at each event
• EIIL Internships
– Eleven internships since 2004 (EIIL Scholarship and Erasmus
funded)
– Structured development programme coaches effective ways of
working on real challenging projects
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Collaborative Research – Project Examples
• Shortage of Engineers - 2006 – 8
– 10 venues (BRU / BUD / HEL / DUB / MIL / HAN / PAR / LDN / BAR / DHG)
– > 40 partners - Institution, Association and Junior Enterprise partners each venue
– Industry participants and Students (intergenerational debate)
– Promotion by partners (Ind / Univ / Stdt Ass /Prof Ass)
• TREE Thematic Network (Engineering Education) – 2009
– Dissemination Partner
• Engineer’s Professional Card (Engineer’s Mobility) – 2009
– Principal ‘voice of industry’ partner – Project Principal: FEANI
• JEL Knowledge Alliance - Bringing Industry into the Classroom - 2012
– Design and Delivery, and Coordination Work Packages partner
– 7 venue ‘roadshow’ of 4-day events;
– 30 partners (10 student assn, 7 bus. schools, 13 companies, 6 countries)
• Leading the Connected Generation -2013 - 14
– 4 venues
– > 40 partners - Institution, Association and Junior Enterprise partners each venue
– Industry participants and Students (intergenerational debate)
– Promotion by partners (Ind / Univ / Stdt Ass /Prof Ass)
EIILExperience–ResearchProjects
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LCG–ConferenceStructure 1. Kick-off presentations of individual views
on best practice
2 x ‘Views from our own industry’
1 x ‘View from future focussed industry’
1 x ‘Impacts on Leadership’
2. Moderated discussions
in groups of 10-20 -
identified main themes
3. Feedback of ideas to
main group
4. Final Conference to feedback all the Themes and reach a final
summary
5. Summary Report / Presentation for Dissemination
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The Combination of Computers,
Connectivity and Sensors is Astounding
LCG–MainDrivers
① In 10 yrs $1000 will buy as much
processing power as ‘me’
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LCG–MainDrivers ② when combined
with sensors and
networked
communications -
Technology Enabled
Remote Control
Anytime /
anywhere
office
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LCG–MainThemes
Technology
Wow!, Beware!
Expect fast
changes in
employment &
business models
Social Brain
[Crowd-sourced Intelligence]
Guiding Visions and high level
‘How’
Tools for collaboration
System for Recognition
Don’t forget the
existing staff
Train them in Gen C
Promote mentoring & on
the job experience
building
Help them with new
technology
IT Security
Anytime /
Anywhere Office
It is a big problem
Train & explain
Dual Recruitment Problem
(Aging experts / shortage of
young talent)
Take great care of your core
competence. The rest may be
outsourced anyway.
Gen C Characteristics
The best is on the
Internet
Rapid data collection
Adept at IT
Gen C Recruitment
Be ‘cool’ & efficient
Display values and
freedom of a variety of
options
Focus (on the best)
Gen C Retention
Be modern – Workplace &
methods
Build networks not
hierarchies
Build experience fast
Train to extract experience
from others
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Organisations who have Promoted / Participated in EIIL Research
Professional Institutions – need access to their individual members
Industry Associations
Student organisations
EIILResearchNetworks
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EIIL Experience – Core Faculty
• Steve – Formerly Engineering Project Manager ICI
• (building chemical plants > €100m, >1000 people, multiple
suppliers, multiple countries)
• Denis – Formerly Director Asia, Huntsman Chemical
• (running €25om automotive business, > 1000 people, 9 countries
in Asia)
• Paul – Principal Research Engineer Toyota, Europe
• Chairman Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Benelux (450
Members)
• Ralph – Research Manager, Marine Litter project,
Plastics Europe
• Innovators forum, formerly Social Media Manager, Bayer
• Colin – Formerly Head of Corporate Communications,
Automotive OEM
EIILExperience-People
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EIIL Experience – Core Faculty
• Steve – Formerly Engineering Project Manager ICI
• (building chemical plants > €100m, >1000 people, multiple
suppliers, multiple countries)
• Denis – Formerly Director Asia, Huntsman Chemical
• (running €25om automotive business, > 1000 people, 9 countries
in Asia)
• Paul – Principal Research Engineer Toyota, Europe
• Chairman Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Benelux (450
Members)
• Ralph – Research Manager, Marine Litter project,
Plastics Europe
• Innovators forum, formerly Social Media Manager, Bayer
• Colin – Formerly Head of Corporate Communications,
Automotive OEM
EIILExperience-People
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EIIL Experience - Staff
Lara – Formerly Manager of a European federation of
industry associations in 23 European countries
Partnered in or led a dozen multi-partner projects
with the European Commission
(eg: translation of the EPBD Directive in EU languages and
dissemination in EU countries)
Organisation of two major European conferences
(600-800 participants)
Co-organisation of several national events in
different countries
(conferences, workshops, participation in big trade fairs, etc)
EIILExperience-People
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2015 Planned (Self-Funded) Research
Events
• EntEx – The Entrepreneurship Experience
Programme
– 5 Venue Programme, Summer Schools 2015
• Leading the Connected Generation
– Dissemination Round Tables
• JADE
– Spring Meeting (European Parliament Debate), National
Meetings / World Congress
• Careers for the Connected Generation
– Surveys and Conference Plans
EIILEvents2015
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A Partner with a Different Experience
•Inter-generational
Knowledge Transfer
•Masterclass
•EntEx Summer Schools
•‘Working’ Conferences
•Interns Programme
•Industrial Companies
•Industry Associations
•Professional Institutions
•Student Associations
•Multi-stakeholder Events
& collaborative research
•Staff and Core Faculty’s
Transferrable Skill
Methodologies
Experience
Networks
EIILExperience–InBrief