We have been asked to share practical ideas with students that can assist them to thrive during VUCA times as they have to create livelihoods for themselves as a secure job is no longer a given. We also shared how to benefit from a Wisdom Economy and how to tap into the opportunities that a Platform Economy offers. My part about how we can improve our Vucability in practical ways and what abilities assist us along the way.

1. Begin as you mean to go!
With
Ilkka Kakko &
Hannelie Venucia

2. Where are we finding ourselves currently?
Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) Times
Feeling safe ? – or trapped?

3. The Postnormal Era
Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) Times
Postnormal Era (ref. Stowe Boyd)
=> Organizations are becoming fast-and-loose, reconfiguring around social
networks instead of business processes, becoming more decentralized and as
autonomy increases, more egalitarian.
We will belong to our networks – which are our own – and not to institutions that
require us to subordinate our interests and selves.”
https://workfutures.io/how-the-postnormal-era-will-change-everything-e231a14ee4c1
VUCA (ref. US Army)
=> Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous

4. Leveraging the Power of …
“Big Shift” (ref. John Hagel III, John Seely Brown, Lang Davison)
The power of pull
“The Age of the Unthinkable” and “Seventh Sense” (ref. Joshua Cooper Ramo)
The power of Networks
“Anti-fragile” (re.f Nassim Nicholas Taleb)
The power of challenging yourself
“The ZERO Marginal Cost Society” (ref. Jeremy Rifkin)
The power of Collaborative Commons

6. The Opportunities arising from
Platform Economy and Freelancer Movements
 Emerging strongly ….McKinsey research showing clear evidence!
 The possibilities are enormous
 Online outsourcing of “gigs” i.e. tasks offered to be completed
 Trading platforms as marketplace -> single tasks, gigs -> provider/contributor
 Upwork
 Freelancer
 Fiverr
 Competence platforms as organizing freelancer movements-> team building, idea
elaboration and lean project management -> self-organized
 Part-Up
 Babele
 MOOCs as learning platforms
 Mass Open Online Courses, available free from the best universities – MIT

7. http://www.mckinsey.com/global-themes/employment-and-growth/connecting-
talent-with-opportunity-in-the-digital-age :

8. Entering and Participating in a Platform Economy
Opportunities and Challenges
 Career vs. entrepreneurship?
 Do you prefer a nice looking CV or a meaningful and abundant Life?
 Access instead of Ownership
 What platforms are available?
 5 types of platforms
 Communication, Trading, Technological, Learning, and Competence
 The role of social media?
 Easiest way to get connected and feel the impact
 Global reach – Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, etc.
 How to get connected to professional platforms?
 Find or build a community that is already in operation
 Being active in Social Media will assist you to find relevant communities

9. Entering and Participating in a Platform Economy
Opportunities and Challenges
 How to contribute?
 Being open-minded, active, proud of your talent, and supportive
 Easier to contribute and create impact when supported by like-minded people in a
small group
 How to learn and adapt?
 Reflect the outcome within your support group
 Be aware of serendipity and synchronicity
 Strong ties vs. weak ties?
 Embrace the power of weak ties
 Respect diversity

10. Good to Understand and Act upon?
Considerations worth your while in the Postnormal Era:
 Legacy organizations face huge transformation challenges
 New possibilities opening up globally for ambitious and talented people because of the
rise of Platform Economy, Collaborative Commons and rapidly increasing outsourcing
activities of legacy organizations
 The emergence of new, unexpected combinations of competences and business models
 Seventh Sense – mind-set needed to improve our vucability and to enable access to a
meaningful life

11. How is this possible?
How can we positively create a livelihood for ourselves and
influence and impact the next 7 generations to come?

12. Sharing Collective Wisdom
 How can we improve our vucability?
 How can we harness the opportunities coming forth from VUCA conditions?
By leveraging a Knowledge Society AND tapping into a Wisdom Economy
where I freely share my knowledge, insights and at the same time benefit from
the next level collaboration and capabilities which we call a Seventh Sense Mind-
Set where opportunities find me instead of me chasing them…
I begin to benefit from the unexpected…

13. A Wisdom Economy starts with me
How can I contribute to it and how can I benefit from it?
Begin as you mean to go!

15. S - Spark – Star
E - Enthusiasm - Engage
L - Livelihood – Lifestyle
F - Fulfilment – Meaning & Joy

16. Limiting way at looking at our lives – lack and fear based
DO HAVE BE
Or an…
Abundant way of looking at our lives
BE HAVE CREATE/DO/SHARE
It is good to know where we take off from

17. Give – Get Mind Set - Close End
When I give I will have less for myself
When I get I take from others
Share – Expand/grow Mind Set – Open, continuous process
I have much to share - my ideas, knowledge, understanding, insights, time
When I expand/grow I have more to share again - enhanced, enriched and expanded my
ideas, knowledge, understanding, insights,
This brings us to a place where we discover that we have options

18. So where do I start?
What have I got? What do I know?
What is my ‘wheat’?
Self-Awareness

19. What can I do with these?
What is needed in the world?
What is my Trigger of Fascination?
Self-Generating

20. How can I make this happen?
What Platforms and Channels of Interest can I tap
into?
Self-Organizing

21. How can I apply and share my talents
everywhere?
What is my competence?
Self-Adjusting

22. Will it work?
How can I convert my abilities and knowledge into
resources which will help me realize my intention?
Self-Adequacy

23. How can I externalize my value?
What image do I project into the world?
Self-Precedence

24. What now?
Participatory Sense-Making and Knowledge Sharing
Discover how people think and feel about
themselves, others, the world, and life
What they need
What they have to share
What you can offer them
What you can learn from them

25. Practical Ideas
 Say YES to Life!
 Be clear about your intentions and aspirations
 Believe in yourself
 Remember everyone is eager to catch your spark
 Each encounter is an invitation to engage
 They have something to share which you need
and you have something to share that they
need
 Initiate or Join multi-disciplinary – cross-
continental conversations and share ideas
 Discover other possibilities, views and options

26. Practical Ideas
 Showcase yourself
 Stay curious
 Stay connected
 Ask Questions
 How can I collaborate and work together?
 What do people need?
 What is meaningful to me and to others?
 What else is possible?

27. Kind and Warm Invitation
 Join the Seventh Sense Movement
 Our next online gathering is on 22 May 2017 – 20h00
Malaysia Time
 Join our Facebook Group
 https://web.facebook.com/groups/1813695325552175/

28. Interactive Discussion

29. Contact us
 Ilkka Kakko - ilkka.kakko@karostech.fi
 Hannelie Venucia – hannelie@theinspirationgap.com
 www.7thsensemovement.com

30. Thank you