fredag 22. oktober 2010

Knowledge sharing days

Today is of our knowledge sharing days in Computas. I haven't reflected on the actual value of such days before, except the practical value of giving and attending lectures and talks.

But today I discovered that there is actually more to it than just the knowledge sharing. Being away from your current project, you get to reflect on things that are not immediatly useful to your work, but rather expands your horizon on other topics.

Such a day differs from a day at a conference in that you feel free from an obligation to learn directly useful stuff. So, with this new state of mind I got to attend .NET sessions, project management sessions and sales sessions.

And guess what - I actually learned a lot more than I expected! There are so much knowledge around that will come in handy at some point, which you never can afford spending time on learning in a normal day. But when disconnected from everyday obligations, the mind seeks other kinds of producing useful thoughts, and so attending sessions from other fields than your primary becomes so much more efficient!

So, today I'm truly appreciating this opportunity to learn something that belongs to another everyday set of mind. +1 for Computas :)