International knowledge management guru leads the workshops for Kuwait senior executives
Kuwait, 13 June 2012 -- VIVA, Kuwait's newest and most advanced mobile telecommunications service provider, has announced that it has recently sponsored and hosted 'Knowledge Café' workshops in Kuwait, featuring internationally renowned guest speaker David Gurteen, an experienced veteran in high technology industries, and founder of the Gurteen Knowledge Community - a global learning network of over 17,000 people in 160 countries. The workshops, which were organized by Dr. Bibi Al-Ajmi, took place on 4 and 6 June 2012 and were facilitated by Gurteen, who shared his experience in knowledge management with workshop participants.
Knowledge Café workshops, a concept which has been pioneered by Gurteen, have developed an international reputation as a method of providing ways of energizing an organization to take real advantage of conversation and consequent tangible business benefits. A key element of the Knowledge Café is the use of conversations and discussion to reach a deeper understanding of the business world. Knowledge Cafés are also widely regarded as a powerful sales tool to engage customers in useful conversation to better understand their needs and to better communicate a company's product or service.
As part of its sponsorship of the Knowledge Café workshops, VIVA hosted an exclusive workshop on 6 June at Hotel Missoni for senior executives and CEOs from leading companies in Kuwait, including Zain, Wataniya Telecom, Gulf net, Fast-telco, Zajil Telecom, Mada Communications, Samsung Dealership, Hayat Communications, Future Communications Company, Quality Net, UPS, KNET and Kuwait Concierge.
Eng. Salman Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Badran, VIVA's Chief Executive Officer said: "The Knowledge Café has been a valuable learning experience. As a participant I was pleased to have the opportunity to share my experience and be part of a knowledge sharing culture which brought managers and technologists together to build relationships as well as exposing new business opportunities. By bringing groups together for an open creative conversation on a topic of mutual interest, we all had a unique opportunity to share collective knowledge, insights and ideas."
VIVA will continue to host events and initiatives that will enhance business practices and stimulate the industry.
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About VIVA
VIVA is the newest, most advanced mobile telecommunications service provider in Kuwait. Launched in December 2008, VIVA makes things Possible for our customers by transforming communication, information and entertainment experiences. The company has rapidly established an unrivalled position in the market through our customer and employee centric approach. VIVA's quest is to be the mobile brand of choice for Kuwait by being transparent, engaging, energetic and fulfilling.
VIVA continues to take a considerable share of the market by offering an innovative range of best value products, services and content propositions; a state of the art, nationwide network and world-class service. VIVA offers Internet speed up to 42.2Mbps due to the implementation of the most advanced third generation (3G and HSDPA) network in Kuwait resulting in superior coverage, performance and reliability.
For more information, visit VIVA at one of our store locations or on www.viva.com.kw
About David Gurteen
David Gurteen has over 30 years' experience working in high technology industries and today works as an independent knowledge educator and coach, helping people in organizations to share their knowledge more freely; to be more creative and innovative and to work more effectively together.
He is founder of the Gurteen Knowledge Community - a global learning network of over 17,000 people in 160 countries which is designed for people who wish to share and learn from each other and who
strive to see the world differently, think differently and act differently.
He is also publisher of the Gurteen Knowledge Website - a resource website that contains book reviews, articles, people profiles, an event calendar, inspirational quotations, an integral knowledge-log and more on subjects that include, knowledge management, learning, creativity, innovation and personal mastery.
A frequent speaker and facilitator and regularly present on various aspects of knowledge management and learning, David Gurteen is well known for his Knowledge Cafés which he runs in London and in other cities around
the world. He also facilitates in-house Knowledge Cafés for organizations and run workshops.
For most of his corporate life Mr Gurteen was a professional software development manager and in the late 80s worked for Lotus Development as 'International Czar' where he was responsible for ensuring that Lotus products were designed for the global marketplace.
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