Presentation held at LEARNTEC 2017 by Karie Willyerd, SAP

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Stretch: How to Future-
Proof Yourself for
Tomorrow's Workplace
Dr. Karie Willyerd
Head, Global Education
SAP

2. What We’ll Cover
• The research
• Five practices to future proof yourself
• Strategies to walk into your future
• Wrap-up
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3. What Concerns People Most About Their Future?
Wage stagnation
Economic uncertainty
Not enough opportunities for advancement
Position changing or becoming obsolete
Inadequate staffing levels
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B
C
D
E
27
%
19
%
35
%
40
%
31
%
Top 2
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4. 5,400 People; 2,700 executives and 2,700 employees
conducted by Oxford Economics
Oxford Economics, The 2020 Workforce, 2014
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Global 27-Country Twin Surveys

5. How Is the Future of Work Shifting?
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6. Globalization
Climate change
Demographic shifts
Explosion of data
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5 Emerging technologies
Complexity
Redefinition of jobs7
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Trends Underway That Will Affect the Future of Work

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Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael A.
Osborne, "The Future Of
Employment: How Susceptible Are
Jobs To Computerisation?", Oxford
Martin, September 17, 2013.
How Soon Will Robots
Replace People?

8. Could You Become Obsolete?

9. Will You Need to Reinvent Yourself?

10. To be ready for tomorrow, we need to stretch today

11. The Stretch Imperatives
It’s all on you You need options You have dreams

12. The Five Stretch Practices
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Learn on
the Fly
Be Open
Build a
Diverse
Network
Be Greedy
About
Experiences
Bounce
Forward

13. Practice 1: Learn on the Fly
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Maximizing your
opportunities to learn
outside a formal
classroom environment;
being a better informal
learner

14. Three Ways to Approach Work
1. Completion stance
2. Performance stance
3. Development stance
What 1-2 projects do you have right now that you
could approach with a development stance?
Discussion #1
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15. *Carol Dweck, “Mindset”
“A growth mindset believes that
true potential is unknown and
unknowable because it is
impossible to foresee what can
be accomplished with years of
passion, toil, and training.”*
Discussion: Are Leaders Born or Made?

16. Practice 2: Be Open
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Recognizing
opportunities and
seeking new options in
your daily work

17. The Cautionary Tale of Ron Wayne
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Just
because
you’ve said
no once
doesn’t
mean your
answer
should
remain no.

18. What percent of the feedback
that you get do you think people
actually apply?
*Source: Kevin Oschner, Colombia University
The Leadership Feedback Challenge
Tip: Try the “perfect person”
request for feedback

19. Do It Scared
Remember:
confidence ≠
competence

20. Practice 3: Build Diverse Networks
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Optimizing your network
to find opportunities and
stay up to date

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What Kind of Network Serves People Best?

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23. Who Are Your Five to Thrive?
Who do I spend my
professional time with?
Do they inspire me,
motivate me, teach me,
help me stay up-to-
date, make me my best
person?
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24. Practice 4: Be Greedy about Experiences
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Being purposeful about
assignments and
experiences to broaden
your options for
tomorrow

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Why It’s Okay to Be Greedy about Experiences

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What Makes For a Good Boss When It Comes to Careers?
Career maker
bosses may come
in all styles. What
are the signs of a
career maker?

27. Practice 5: Bounce Forward
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Recognizing setbacks
and failures as learning
experiences; motivating
yourself to move
forward

28. Signal your intent to change.
Make the change.
Announce when you
have changed.
Tip: Announce Your Goals to Gain Supporters
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29. What capabilities will you need for the future?
Functional skills
Creative problem solvingLeadership
StretchpertiseVirtual collaboration
Entrepreneurial spirit
Cross-cultural dexterity
Personal advocacy
Geek acumen
Emotional intelligence

30. There Is A PowerBall Combination of Capabilities
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Deep Functional Experience + Emotional Intelligence

31. Karie.Willyerd@SAP.com
@angler
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Where to Find More Information
Download the first chapter
free at:
www.StretchTheBook.com