To glimpse into the future it is sometimes helpful to look at the past.  W L Gore is one such company.  This global engineering giant is described as a big company that behaves like a start-up and is repeatedly listed in the Fortune top 100 as one of the companies to work for.

Famous for tearing up the management rulebook, Gore operates without bosses in an environment where trust, freedom and innovation are prized.  Little surprise then that the hi-tech pioneer’s staff are so loyal.  A workplace without managers, where no one tells you what to do and everybody is expected to voice their opinions, may sound like utopia for employees.  But at Gore it has been reality for more than 50 years.  Chief executive Terri Kelly comments:  “Gore is designed around trying to drive individual ownership and empowerment”.

In this session, Ulrich Loth will describe how Gore has managed to sustain such remarkable success, providing insights into the role of IT and how it supports the core values of the company which drive everything they do.