Charles Knight speaks to CrimsonHacks participants at the University of Alabama for their first ever hackathon about our role as technologists and the importance of empathy and cross-discipline learning.

1. Charles Knight – March 2017
CrimsonHacks Keynote

2. THANK YOU
CrimsonHacks
TEAM

3. @charlesjknightlnked.in/charlescharlesjknight.com

5. OUR ROLE AS TECHNOLOGISTS

7. TECHNOLOGY != VALUABLE

8. CO-CREATORSOUR ROLE AS

9. MOMENTS OF
VALUE

10. MOMENTS OF
VALUE

11. OUR ROLE AS EMPATHIZERS

12. DESIGN = EMPATHY

13. VOLATILITY
UNCERTAINTY
COMPLEXITY
AMBIGUITY
VUCA

14. 1. Product Lifecycles have decreased from 15 to <
5 years over the last 50 years!
2. Job tenure has decreased from 15 to less than 3
years on average in the last 50 years!
3. Half of the companies from the Fortune 500 are
gone since the year 2000
4. 75% of S&P500 is forecasted to change by 2027
5. Average company lifespan has decreased from
60 years to 30 years since 1970
6. Over half of all profit and revenue are coming
from NEW products and services over the last 5
years

15. SPECIALIST vs. GENERALIST

17. DEPTH
BREADTH

18. WISDOM
UNDERSTANDING
KNOWLEDGE
INFORMATION
DATA
WHO, WHAT,
WHEN, WHERE
HOW
WHY
WHY CARE

19. BARRIER TO UNDERSTANDING
BARRIER TO TRUTH
SPECIALIST

20. To the man with only a
hammer, every problem
looks like a nail

21. 1. You are human
2. Be curious
3. Learn from other disciplines
4. Connect with me
@charlesjknightlnked.in/charlescharlesjknight.com