Louise O'Conor, Abodoo : Navigating Leadership through Digital Transformation and Chaos - A Personal Journey at DMX Dublin 2019

1. Navigating Leadership
Through Digital
Transformation & The
Future Workforce
Louise O’Conor - Chief Digital Officer
Abodoo.com

2. ● No Internet or Mobile Phones
● Travelling - Maps
● Communication - Letters
● Music - Mixed Tapes & Videos
● University and Masters
Before Digital...

3. So How Did I Get Here?
● Serendipity - Music - Arts - UN
● GRIT and Hard Work
● Learning, Curiosity, Determination
(stubbornness) - PPC
● Good (& bad) Managers
● Incredible Mentors & Leaders

4. LEADERSHIP

5. LISTEN TO
UNDERSTAND
NOT TO
REPLY

7. EMBRACE
NEW IDEAS

8. “I BELIEVE... ”
“I HAVE A
DREAM...”

9. SERVE
OTHERS

13. DIGITAL
TRANSFORMATION

14. Digital Transformation
Digital transformation is all around us
● Every industry is going through digital disruption
● Before it became a buzzword
● Offline to Online
● Examples: Music, Learning, HR, Work

15. Digital Transformation Music

16. Digital Transformation EdTech

17. Digital Transformation HR

19. SMART WORKING

20. Smart Working
is the combined use of
Technology, Connectivity &
Flexibility
to enable employees to work from
Home, Hub or Hybrid
(part home, part office)

22. 77% of employees are
in favour of smart
working..
Only 9% of SMEs fully
embracing it.

23. 50% of employees see
flexibility as a top priority
in future roles..
34% are likely to move
job for it.

24. SmartWorking Global Stats

25. LEADERSHIP
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
FUTURE WORKFORCES

26. Digital Leadership

27. Leadership & Digital
Is it really different?
● Presentee-ism vs Flexibility
● Digital Skills
● Communication Channels
● Technology
● Fast changing digital landscapes and environments

29. “Technology has changed how
we communicate and work,
but it’s relationships that make
it all truly meaningful.”

30. ❖ Embrace technology and change
❖ Challenge the status quo
❖ Trust the people you hire
❖ Build a safe environment to fail
❖ Listen, question and dream
❖ Follow your passion
❖ Bring people on the journey

32. Louise O’Conor
Abodoo.com
@louiseoconor
@abodoojobs
Life is a journey, not a commute