In this lecture, we focus on topics of disruption, being disruptive, and surviving and thriving in a disruptive environment. We also focus on the job application process in a disruptive context.
How should we understand disruption? How do disruptive companies work? What can we learn from them? How can we disrupt ourselves?
How do we prepare our CVs and cover letters? How do we prepare for job interviews? How can be more creative?
Review
Hackathon
Disruption - Disruptive Companies - Unicorns
FONKU (Fear of Not Keeping Up)
Soft Skills Workshop - Interview Skills Practice
CV - Cover Letter - Creative CVs
Creativity - Banksy
Lecture 7 and 8 Employability Creativity and Personal Development 23 october...Fahri Karakas
This lecture is about creativity and design thinking. It provides you creative challenges and exercises you can choose from and apply in your life and career.
Creative Challenges
Inspiring Innovative Ideas
Creativity Workshop: Combining Ideas
Design Thinking Workshop
Resources for Career Success – study@home
Seminar 5 Design Thinking and Cafe Exercise - 15 and 18 March 2021Fahri Karakas
In this seminar, we have two exercises:
Design Thinking
Cafe Exercise
In both exercises, you will have ample opportunities to apply your creativity and design skills.
First, you will design a new hat or a new shoe using principles and practices of design thinking.
Second, you will design a cafe - your own cafe - that you would like to open (thinking of clients, target segment, menu, operations, decoration etc.)
Do Not Trust the System, Establish Your Own SystemFahri Karakas
In this workshop, I have just told the truth, only the truth to my students. Here is the core message:
You cannot trust the system. You cannot trust institutions. You need to create your own system to design your life and be independent. This means taking control of your own life, career, and money.
The world is crazy and full of shit out there. The earlier you realize this, the less you will get disappointed.
The world is changing fast, but our systems, governments, universities, and institutions are unfortunately slow in adapting to these changes. That is why you need to assume full responsibility for your own learning, development, and asset creation.
Even though many things look very bleak, you can still survive and thrive in this environment. You need to think and act like an entrepreneur.
You need to learn about personal finance and investments to achieve financial independence in your life. This involves creating multiple income streams, creating assets, and creating a path to financial freedom.
The lecture includes the following contents:
The Eye-Opening Pessimist Workshop: Thinking Critically and Questioning the System
Disrupting Education and University of the Future
Award-Winning Documentaries
£111 Exercise, Personal Finance, and Compounding
Crowdfunding Platforms and Kickstarter Exercise
Workshop: Self-Making Studio
Turning £5 to£5000 Exercise
This composite lecture addresses the following questions:
Can we trust the global system? Can we trust capitalism? Can we trust corporations? (The Answer is: No)
Can we trust our educational systems? (No)
How can we build and design educational systems and universities of the future?
Why is it critical to question the system and everything in it?
How can we develop our own independence and power in a world or a system that cannot be trusted?
Why is personal finance the most important ingredient in achieving your independence?
How can you achieve financial freedom in your life?
How can you think and act like an entrepreneur? Where do you start if you have fresh and exciting ideas you want to bring to the world?
Why is compounding indispensable for achieving long term success, richness, freedom, and contribution?
The overall thread that connects this lecture is to question the systems that you find yourself embedded into, whether these might be economic, social, educational, or organizational systems.
You need to question everything so that you can create your own independent thinking, agency, and independence in your life.
A multidisciplinary visual tour that includes videos, slides, exercises, articles, and suggestions on how to achieve this.
https://medium.com/an-idea/do-not-trust-the-system-establish-your-own-system-34b390fc23dc?sk=1c9451b34ef1871920d671b74aabdfb3
Seminar 5 and 6 - Gibbs Cycle of Reflection and Evidence Table for Self Dir...Fahri Karakas
This is the third set of seminars this semester.
It includes two seminar activities: Gibbs Cycle of Reflection and Evidence Table for Self Directed Learning.
In the first activity, you will apply Gibbs Cycle of Reflection to become a better professional and individual. You will learn from tips and suggestions on how to choose a critical incident, how to engage in high-quality reflection, and how to apply each step of the Gibbs cycle of reflection.
In the second activity, you create your Evidence Table for Self Directed Learning. This activity will help you turn everything in your life into learning. It will provide you a systematic way to capture your fresh learning and insights that you acquire in the course of your daily life.
We live in an age of massive learning, imagination, and curiosity where you need to amplify your learning in all areas of your life. This means you need to turn everything in your life into learning; including:
-films, dramas, documentaries, and TV shows that you have watched,
- books and articles that you have read,
-arts and sports events you have attended (i.e. concerts, games, musicals, theatre, performances etc.),
-talks, seminars, conferences, workshops, classes, online - courses, or training programs you have learned from, and
your personal and professional experiences, insights, or observations.
Each activity is illustrated with examples.
Young individuals interested in their learning and development will benefit from doing both of these exercises.
Enjoy.
You can read related Medium articles below:
How to Apply Gibbs Cycle of Reflection
And Why This is Useful for Your Learning and Personal Development
https://medium.com/an-idea/how-to-apply-gibbs-cycle-of-reflection-f56026a2558
How to Turn Everything in Your Life into Learning -
Self-Directed Learning Evidence Table Helps You to Capture Your Learning and Inspiration
https://medium.com/an-idea/how-to-turn-everything-in-your-life-into-learning-aa9274d17b99
We are kickstarting our seminar series with a fascinating set of exercises and resources to unleash your imagination.
The first task of this course is to unleash your imagination and use it wildly.
Every one of us is creative. We are born creative. We need to reclaim our own creativity.
These exercises and resources will help you to do this.
As you start working on your portfolio, you will also start a new journey of self-discovery, creativity, and asset creation.
In this journey, you are only competing with yourself.
You need to find your own path in this life and this module will help you to do that.
Enjoy!
How To Prepare Your Career Portfolio for Your FutureFahri Karakas
We are kickstarting our seminar series with a fascinating set of exercises and resources to unleash your imagination.
The first task of this module is to unleash your imagination and use it wildly.
Every one of us is creative. We are born creative. We need to reclaim our own creativity.
These exercises and resources will help you to do this.
As you start working on your portfolio, you will also start a new journey of self-discovery, creativity, and asset creation.
In this journey, you are only competing with yourself.
You need to find your own path in this life and this module will help you to do that.
Enjoy!
Seminar 8 job applications - 3 may and 6 may 2021Fahri Karakas
We review all the seminar activities.
I tried to keep things very simple and focused. Instead of using the whole hour, I just kept it within half an hour.
I have also introduced some relaxation exercises at the beginning to help my students relax.
You get a feel of what kind of activities we are doing in my master's module titled "Management Skills and Personal Development.
Enjoy.
Lecture 11 and 12 - Keep Calm and Move On - 6 November 2020Fahri Karakas
This lecture provides a lot of suggestions, tips, and checklists for portfolio submission.
In the section titled "The Age of Anxiety", we look at the deadlock of US elections (as the results still were not announced at the time of this lecture), and we also review the second lockdown looming over us in the UK. Mental Wellbeing becomes a priority for all of us, of course.
We do have a short workshop titled "The Rise of the East" where we review The New Silk Roads, and the rising power of Asian countries, China in particular.
We also have two self-exploration exercises that will be very useful for your career.
In the first one, The Star Exercise, you make 3 lists of your strengths, your areas of development, and your visions.
In the second one, Designing Your Life, you design three different lives and careers for yourself. You apply design thinking to your life to improve the quality of your life.
List of Contents:
Hackathon
The Second Lockdown
The Age of Anxiety
The Rise of the East
Designing Your Life
Star Exercise
Resources and Tips for Portfolio: Guidance Session
Blackboard Submission
Mid-module Evaluation
Lecture 7 and 8 Employability Creativity and Personal Development 23 october...Fahri Karakas
This lecture is about creativity and design thinking. It provides you creative challenges and exercises you can choose from and apply in your life and career.
Creative Challenges
Inspiring Innovative Ideas
Creativity Workshop: Combining Ideas
Design Thinking Workshop
Resources for Career Success – study@home
Seminar 5 Design Thinking and Cafe Exercise - 15 and 18 March 2021Fahri Karakas
In this seminar, we have two exercises:
Design Thinking
Cafe Exercise
In both exercises, you will have ample opportunities to apply your creativity and design skills.
First, you will design a new hat or a new shoe using principles and practices of design thinking.
Second, you will design a cafe - your own cafe - that you would like to open (thinking of clients, target segment, menu, operations, decoration etc.)
Do Not Trust the System, Establish Your Own SystemFahri Karakas
In this workshop, I have just told the truth, only the truth to my students. Here is the core message:
You cannot trust the system. You cannot trust institutions. You need to create your own system to design your life and be independent. This means taking control of your own life, career, and money.
The world is crazy and full of shit out there. The earlier you realize this, the less you will get disappointed.
The world is changing fast, but our systems, governments, universities, and institutions are unfortunately slow in adapting to these changes. That is why you need to assume full responsibility for your own learning, development, and asset creation.
Even though many things look very bleak, you can still survive and thrive in this environment. You need to think and act like an entrepreneur.
You need to learn about personal finance and investments to achieve financial independence in your life. This involves creating multiple income streams, creating assets, and creating a path to financial freedom.
The lecture includes the following contents:
The Eye-Opening Pessimist Workshop: Thinking Critically and Questioning the System
Disrupting Education and University of the Future
Award-Winning Documentaries
£111 Exercise, Personal Finance, and Compounding
Crowdfunding Platforms and Kickstarter Exercise
Workshop: Self-Making Studio
Turning £5 to£5000 Exercise
This composite lecture addresses the following questions:
Can we trust the global system? Can we trust capitalism? Can we trust corporations? (The Answer is: No)
Can we trust our educational systems? (No)
How can we build and design educational systems and universities of the future?
Why is it critical to question the system and everything in it?
How can we develop our own independence and power in a world or a system that cannot be trusted?
Why is personal finance the most important ingredient in achieving your independence?
How can you achieve financial freedom in your life?
How can you think and act like an entrepreneur? Where do you start if you have fresh and exciting ideas you want to bring to the world?
Why is compounding indispensable for achieving long term success, richness, freedom, and contribution?
The overall thread that connects this lecture is to question the systems that you find yourself embedded into, whether these might be economic, social, educational, or organizational systems.
You need to question everything so that you can create your own independent thinking, agency, and independence in your life.
A multidisciplinary visual tour that includes videos, slides, exercises, articles, and suggestions on how to achieve this.
https://medium.com/an-idea/do-not-trust-the-system-establish-your-own-system-34b390fc23dc?sk=1c9451b34ef1871920d671b74aabdfb3
Seminar 5 and 6 - Gibbs Cycle of Reflection and Evidence Table for Self Dir...Fahri Karakas
This is the third set of seminars this semester.
It includes two seminar activities: Gibbs Cycle of Reflection and Evidence Table for Self Directed Learning.
In the first activity, you will apply Gibbs Cycle of Reflection to become a better professional and individual. You will learn from tips and suggestions on how to choose a critical incident, how to engage in high-quality reflection, and how to apply each step of the Gibbs cycle of reflection.
In the second activity, you create your Evidence Table for Self Directed Learning. This activity will help you turn everything in your life into learning. It will provide you a systematic way to capture your fresh learning and insights that you acquire in the course of your daily life.
We live in an age of massive learning, imagination, and curiosity where you need to amplify your learning in all areas of your life. This means you need to turn everything in your life into learning; including:
-films, dramas, documentaries, and TV shows that you have watched,
- books and articles that you have read,
-arts and sports events you have attended (i.e. concerts, games, musicals, theatre, performances etc.),
-talks, seminars, conferences, workshops, classes, online - courses, or training programs you have learned from, and
your personal and professional experiences, insights, or observations.
Each activity is illustrated with examples.
Young individuals interested in their learning and development will benefit from doing both of these exercises.
Enjoy.
You can read related Medium articles below:
How to Apply Gibbs Cycle of Reflection
And Why This is Useful for Your Learning and Personal Development
https://medium.com/an-idea/how-to-apply-gibbs-cycle-of-reflection-f56026a2558
How to Turn Everything in Your Life into Learning -
Self-Directed Learning Evidence Table Helps You to Capture Your Learning and Inspiration
https://medium.com/an-idea/how-to-turn-everything-in-your-life-into-learning-aa9274d17b99
We are kickstarting our seminar series with a fascinating set of exercises and resources to unleash your imagination.
The first task of this course is to unleash your imagination and use it wildly.
Every one of us is creative. We are born creative. We need to reclaim our own creativity.
These exercises and resources will help you to do this.
As you start working on your portfolio, you will also start a new journey of self-discovery, creativity, and asset creation.
In this journey, you are only competing with yourself.
You need to find your own path in this life and this module will help you to do that.
Enjoy!
How To Prepare Your Career Portfolio for Your FutureFahri Karakas
We are kickstarting our seminar series with a fascinating set of exercises and resources to unleash your imagination.
The first task of this module is to unleash your imagination and use it wildly.
Every one of us is creative. We are born creative. We need to reclaim our own creativity.
These exercises and resources will help you to do this.
As you start working on your portfolio, you will also start a new journey of self-discovery, creativity, and asset creation.
In this journey, you are only competing with yourself.
You need to find your own path in this life and this module will help you to do that.
Enjoy!
Seminar 8 job applications - 3 may and 6 may 2021Fahri Karakas
We review all the seminar activities.
I tried to keep things very simple and focused. Instead of using the whole hour, I just kept it within half an hour.
I have also introduced some relaxation exercises at the beginning to help my students relax.
You get a feel of what kind of activities we are doing in my master's module titled "Management Skills and Personal Development.
Enjoy.
Lecture 11 and 12 - Keep Calm and Move On - 6 November 2020Fahri Karakas
This lecture provides a lot of suggestions, tips, and checklists for portfolio submission.
In the section titled "The Age of Anxiety", we look at the deadlock of US elections (as the results still were not announced at the time of this lecture), and we also review the second lockdown looming over us in the UK. Mental Wellbeing becomes a priority for all of us, of course.
We do have a short workshop titled "The Rise of the East" where we review The New Silk Roads, and the rising power of Asian countries, China in particular.
We also have two self-exploration exercises that will be very useful for your career.
In the first one, The Star Exercise, you make 3 lists of your strengths, your areas of development, and your visions.
In the second one, Designing Your Life, you design three different lives and careers for yourself. You apply design thinking to your life to improve the quality of your life.
List of Contents:
Hackathon
The Second Lockdown
The Age of Anxiety
The Rise of the East
Designing Your Life
Star Exercise
Resources and Tips for Portfolio: Guidance Session
Blackboard Submission
Mid-module Evaluation
Seminar 7 Six Hats Thinking, Belbin Roles, Personality - 26 April and 29 A...Fahri Karakas
In this seminar, I present five activities that will help you explore yourself.
Six Hats Thinking
Belbin Roles
Birthday Challenges - Richard Branson Challenge
MBTI - 16 Personalities Test
VIA strengths Survey
Remarkable: Proven Insights to Accelerate Your CareerDavid Kronfeld
A comprehensive guide to what really counts and isn’t taught in business school, Remarkable is the first and last professional playbook you’ll ever need.
Step-by-step advice takes you from the early stages of a business career to the top-level executive position. Follow the journey, lessons, and remarkable insights of an executive who has seen it all and now offers pragmatic and infallible wisdom that you can use immediately.
This module is designed to explore the concept of co- working and creative clustering. The module is packed with case studies to keep the audience intrigued it makes the learning process exciting and interesting.
These slides were prepared to introduce district leaders to the design thinking process. The design challenge we worked on during this day-long introduction was to redesign high school media centers. These slides were used to step participants through each phase of the design thinking process.
You can have the greatest idea in the world, but it you can’t get other people excited about your idea it won’t go far.
A perfect pitch takes time to prepare. yYu'll learn about the 5Ps of any good pitch (problem, promise, proof, profit and passion) and 7 easy ways to make your next pitch better...
Deliverable: A pitch that people will understand and will inspire them to take action
Centre for Entrepreneurship (C4E) of the University of Cyprus and Berklee Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship (ICE) present the:
Why are some designs better than others, and what can you do about it? (The workshop)
If you've ever described a poster as heavy, a website as dense, an app as clumsy or an object as whimsical, you probably already know the answer. Recent psychology research is showing that experiential metaphors are key emotional drivers that impact our perception of the world. Applying these findings to design confirms what designers have learned throughout their careers—good design is subconscious first and rational second. Michael will share stories from this research and the IDEO portfolio then share tools to help you be more consciously subconscious.
The Truth About Startups: What I wish someone had told me about entrepreneurs...Yevgeniy Brikman
This is the talk I gave at MIT's Martin Center for Entrepreneurship. It's a talk I wish someone gave me when I was in college to help me think about the role of entrepreneurship and startups in my career.
You can find the video of the talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rus32iR_Ag0
d.school Bootcamp Bootleg, as generously created and offered (under Creative Commons license) by the Stanford d.school: http://dschool.typepad.com/news/2009/12/the-bootcamp-bootleg-is-here.html
Seminar 2 - Top 10 Skills and Employability - 15 and 18 february 2021Fahri Karakas
In this seminar, you will create your own evidence for the top 10 employable skills for the job market.
We review good CVs and good Cover Letters, and how to make them strong and rigorous.
We will look at creative video CVs and how they can help you position and differentiate yourself in the job market.
Welcome to Seminar 2.
In this seminar, you will be working on two seminar activities:
- Seminar 1 Activity: Top 10 Employable Skills Evidence Table
- Seminar 2 Activity: Self Directed Learning Evidence Table
In addition, at home, you will go over the CV and Cover Letter Workshop. This is a self-guided workshop you will finish on your own. After going over these slides, please finish your own CV and Cover Letter
Make sure you copy and paste your job advertisement at the top of your portfolio. Then add your CV and Cover Letter. Make sure both CV and Cover letter demonstrate good evidence of fit with the job ad. This involves matching the job requirements one by one. Show evidence of fit rigorously.
I have written the following article to help your employability during these post-pandemic times - please make sure you read it:
15 smart strategies to navigate the economic depression:
You face a very tough job market now — but you can still thrive
https://medium.com/datadriveninvestor/you-face-a-very-tough-job-market-now-but-you-can-still-thrive-2277bbc99660?sk=13fdd31c3d14a3f485d025abd53f36dd
Seminar 7 Six Hats Thinking, Belbin Roles, Personality - 26 April and 29 A...Fahri Karakas
In this seminar, I present five activities that will help you explore yourself.
Six Hats Thinking
Belbin Roles
Birthday Challenges - Richard Branson Challenge
MBTI - 16 Personalities Test
VIA strengths Survey
Remarkable: Proven Insights to Accelerate Your CareerDavid Kronfeld
A comprehensive guide to what really counts and isn’t taught in business school, Remarkable is the first and last professional playbook you’ll ever need.
Step-by-step advice takes you from the early stages of a business career to the top-level executive position. Follow the journey, lessons, and remarkable insights of an executive who has seen it all and now offers pragmatic and infallible wisdom that you can use immediately.
This module is designed to explore the concept of co- working and creative clustering. The module is packed with case studies to keep the audience intrigued it makes the learning process exciting and interesting.
These slides were prepared to introduce district leaders to the design thinking process. The design challenge we worked on during this day-long introduction was to redesign high school media centers. These slides were used to step participants through each phase of the design thinking process.
You can have the greatest idea in the world, but it you can’t get other people excited about your idea it won’t go far.
A perfect pitch takes time to prepare. yYu'll learn about the 5Ps of any good pitch (problem, promise, proof, profit and passion) and 7 easy ways to make your next pitch better...
Deliverable: A pitch that people will understand and will inspire them to take action
Centre for Entrepreneurship (C4E) of the University of Cyprus and Berklee Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship (ICE) present the:
Why are some designs better than others, and what can you do about it? (The workshop)
If you've ever described a poster as heavy, a website as dense, an app as clumsy or an object as whimsical, you probably already know the answer. Recent psychology research is showing that experiential metaphors are key emotional drivers that impact our perception of the world. Applying these findings to design confirms what designers have learned throughout their careers—good design is subconscious first and rational second. Michael will share stories from this research and the IDEO portfolio then share tools to help you be more consciously subconscious.
The Truth About Startups: What I wish someone had told me about entrepreneurs...Yevgeniy Brikman
This is the talk I gave at MIT's Martin Center for Entrepreneurship. It's a talk I wish someone gave me when I was in college to help me think about the role of entrepreneurship and startups in my career.
You can find the video of the talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rus32iR_Ag0
d.school Bootcamp Bootleg, as generously created and offered (under Creative Commons license) by the Stanford d.school: http://dschool.typepad.com/news/2009/12/the-bootcamp-bootleg-is-here.html
Seminar 2 - Top 10 Skills and Employability - 15 and 18 february 2021Fahri Karakas
In this seminar, you will create your own evidence for the top 10 employable skills for the job market.
We review good CVs and good Cover Letters, and how to make them strong and rigorous.
We will look at creative video CVs and how they can help you position and differentiate yourself in the job market.
Welcome to Seminar 2.
In this seminar, you will be working on two seminar activities:
- Seminar 1 Activity: Top 10 Employable Skills Evidence Table
- Seminar 2 Activity: Self Directed Learning Evidence Table
In addition, at home, you will go over the CV and Cover Letter Workshop. This is a self-guided workshop you will finish on your own. After going over these slides, please finish your own CV and Cover Letter
Make sure you copy and paste your job advertisement at the top of your portfolio. Then add your CV and Cover Letter. Make sure both CV and Cover letter demonstrate good evidence of fit with the job ad. This involves matching the job requirements one by one. Show evidence of fit rigorously.
I have written the following article to help your employability during these post-pandemic times - please make sure you read it:
15 smart strategies to navigate the economic depression:
You face a very tough job market now — but you can still thrive
https://medium.com/datadriveninvestor/you-face-a-very-tough-job-market-now-but-you-can-still-thrive-2277bbc99660?sk=13fdd31c3d14a3f485d025abd53f36dd
Get an insight into a CEO’s mind this February with MUST University’s Newsletter! Learn how to develop leadership qualities and take charge of your career this month as we bring you an informative cover story that will help you grow leadership skills. Meet Joe Biden and see how he managed to create an impact for the American people; and travel with us to the much-hyped 85th Academy Awards. All this and much more in our edition this month!
Career Advancement and Transition, Cardea Women's ForumJobnob
Presentation by Julie Greenberg, Bobbie LaPorte and Karen Colligan at the Cardea Women's Center Women's Forum on September 26, 2009. The Career Advancement and Transition session.
Five Steps to a world class onboarding program presentationEmilyBennington
Onboarding is gaining a lot of traction in business lately – and for good reason. When implemented effectively, onboarding programs have been proven to dramatically reduce expenses by helping your new staff assimilate faster, stay longer, and deliver better. For mid-to-senior level managers who want to learn how it works - including best practices from companies that are getting it right – this presentation is a must-attend. Emily Bennington, coauthor of Effective Immediately: How to Fit In, Stand Out, and Move Up at Your First Real Job, will show you how to design and implement a successful onboarding program for your intern and new grad hires that will address both YOUR organizational goals and THEIR career planning needs. You’ve made a significant investment recruiting top talent, right? So keep the promise you’ve made during the hiring cycle and give them the best possible chance to succeed in your organization FROM BEFORE DAY ONE.
Top Ten Best Practices for Talent Acquisition ClearedJobs.Net
Kathleen Smith, CMO, ClearedJobs.Net presented at the Tidewater Techexpo Business to Government Conference on Top Ten Best Practices for Talent Acquisition. This presentation is focused on small to medium size businesses who can and should engage their business development community along with their talent acquisition community.
The New Networking: Using Social Media to Land Your Next JobRed Bamboo Marketing
There's a big problem in recruiting today. Companies are posting jobs one place, and applicants are applying elsewhere. This gap is the reason why there are more than 4.5 million unfilled jobs in the US, despite nearly 10 million unemployed Americans on the market.
In this new presentation, we'll show you how to close the gap by focusing job search efforts on one of the fastest growing platforms: social media. We'll discuss the main social networks you need to be on, how to optimize your profiles for success, and where to find the best jobs.
The New Networking: Using Social Media to Land Your Next JobStephen Murphy
There's a big problem in recruiting today. Companies are posting jobs one place, and applicants are applying elsewhere. This gap is the reason why there are more than 4.5 million unfilled jobs in the US, despite nearly 10 million unemployed Americans on the market.
In this new presentation, we'll show you how to close the gap by focusing job search efforts on one of the fastest growing platforms: social media. We'll discuss the main social networks you need to be on, how to optimize your profiles for success, and where to find the best jobs.
Global Zeitgeist May 2024: 3 Body Problem, GPT-4o, Investing, Creativity, Sto...Fahri Karakas
This is a global tour of culture, innovation, technology, and business.
Open AI has introduced GPT-4o and we are much closer to AGI. Her movie became real!
3 Body Problem - why is it interesting? How did I use it for creative storytelling? How can you us storytelling for asset creation?
MetGala was dystopian, like Hunger Games. What happened? Why are celebrities getting blocked?
How can you invest in Nasdaq and AI stocks?
How can you develop entrepreneurial thinking skills?
How To Deal With Disruption and How To Thrive In A Disruptive AgeFahri Karakas
We live in interesting and accelerated times. No professional today, whether in the public or private sector, can afford to be unaware of the pace of changes surrounding them. The pace of business change happening around us is relentless. The global forces of competition, innovation, and new technologies are creating new markets while eliminating others.
Multidimensional technological forces involving automation, 3D printing, augmented reality, machine learning, Industry 4.0, internet of things, and blockchain are rapidly transforming the future of work, organizations, and jobs.
We are at the beginning of the fourth industrial revolution. Developments in machine learning, robotics, nanotech, biotech, and 3D printing are all building on and amplifying one another. Technology is disruptive and it keeps transforming workplaces, business practices, and work processes. Companies are trying hard to survive — the only way to survive is to adapt, change, and innovate fast.
Companies are hungrier for smart ideas and innovations than ever before because they know they will go extinct unless they learn, improve, evolve, accelerate, and create constantly.
89% of Fortune 500 companies from 1955 are not on the list in 2014. The average age of a company listed on the S&P 500 was 67 years old in the 1920s. Right now this age is 15 years only and it keeps going down. In 2028, 40% of all S&P 500 companies are expected to disappear from this list. Similarly, 75% of S&P 500 firms are estimated to be replaced within 15 years.
In 1996, Kodak had nearly 150 thousand employees and $28 billion market cap. In 2008, the whole market was gone. The invention of digital cameras eliminated traditional camera businesses. A company that is not trying to disrupt itself is destined to be disrupted.
We are experiencing a digital revolution and the industrial paradigm is over. Mass production is becoming obsolete and 3D printers are replacing factories. Companies work in virtual networks and remote work is the order of the day.
Products are bought on demand and they are customized by default. We do not need huge scales of economy, organization charts, hierarchies, factories, standardized exams, or large production floors anymore.
We do not need cable TV, mass-market, and broadcast advertising. We are now experiencing a borderless, democratized, digital world where each individual can have a huge impact.
We can now create our own game in this world. We can design games, create our own blogs or podcasts or YouTube channel or raise funds on Kickstarter. We can write a book and explain ourselves to the world. We can create fresh and exciting digital products (training, courses, etc.) We live in a world where ideas can change people’s lives. This means all of us can create our own game.
It is impossible to imagine that the skills needed at work will remain the same in the new decade. The world is changing fast and we need to learn, re-invent, and disrupt ourselves every day.
YOU in a Changing World: Creativity and Personal Development in the age of AIFahri Karakas
This lecture gives an overall perspective about personal development and creativity for individuals interested in creating their careers in our fast-paced era.
Introductions
Introduction to the module
Module Objectives
Module Structure and Assignments
Introduction to Career Management: Careers of 21st century
Self-Making and Creativity
New perspectives on careers and employability
New technologies and acceleration
Your career and new technologies
How can you learn from inspirational careers and outstanding success stories?
Ferran Adria - Michelin Star Chef
Prof. Brian Cox - Professor in Physics
Elon Musk - Entrepreneur, billionnaire
Marina Abramovic - Performance artist
https://medium.com/journal-of-curiosity-imagination-and-inspiration/how-can-you-learn-from-inspirational-careers-and-outstanding-success-stories-d149a0eeba00?sk=f8aa3299aee48d0f1287e4ba9ee0ef26
Robots and Machines Are Coming! How To Be Competitive and Adaptive In The Age...Fahri Karakas
Creativity is no longer a luxury. It is a critical survival skill that we need to adapt to rapid changes, solve complex problems, imagine new possibilities, and navigate uncharted waters ahead of us. In this lecture, we learn and practice creativity through a workshop titled "Improvised Lives".
Improvised lives are lives defined by a sense of adventure, curiosity, exploration, and spontaneity. Improvised living requires a playful mode of continuous learning, intense curiosity, embracing chaos and uncertainty, thinking and problem-solving beyond borders, experimenting and making mistakes, and acting as an entrepreneur. In this workshop, you have opportunities to experiment with automated writing, doodling, drawing, ideating, imagining, and creating techniques.
In addition, we have about 20 mini-puzzles to solve. We cover a wide range of topics ranging from Oscars to celebrities, from vulnerability to humor, and from wellness to fashion. Finally, we have a mini-workshop on future generations (Alpha generation in particular), explore the biggest challenge facing them (climate emergency), and discuss the number one mental problem plaguing the youth of today (climate anxiety). After we give a nod to Greta Thunberg, we turn to another futurist and visionary who has set one of the most challenging and ambitious goals for himself: Elon Musk aspires to send 1 million people to Mars by 2050. We finish the lecture with a mini-workshop on "Life and Employability on Mars", where we learn surprising facts about this red planet, including the fact that creativity indeed will be a surviving skill on this planet.
https://medium.com/journal-of-curiosity-imagination-and-inspiration/improvised-lives-workshop-3b1df5bd7560?sk=949f6db678b49699f6eee922068ae4fe
2030'lara Hazırlanmak- Hayal Gücü, Yapay Zeka, Gelecek Meslekler ve Sen.pptxFahri Karakas
Bugün Bi Nevi Akademi için verdiğim eğitimin sunumu
'2030'lara Hazırlanmak: Hayal Gücü, Yapay Zeka, Gelecek Meslekler ve Sen'
Özellikle GPT'yi ve yapay zekayı nasıl kullanacağınızı merak ediyorsanız kaçırmayın.
Lectures 21 and 22 - Wrapping Up the Semester.pptxFahri Karakas
I go over my journey of asset creation this semester.
I have made progress on my 3 books this semester and share you the contents of these 3 books:
Squash Book
99 Creative Adventures Book
The Cube Book
I also provide a review of our topics:
The Rise of China
Project Guidance
Creativity Workshop
Adventures in Asset Creation
A4 Stationery Innovations
In this workshop, I introduce "The Cube".
I invented "The Cube" last night and I share it the first time with the world in this video.
You will witness the first iteration of my invention and work on the exercises to explore yourself and create your future.
I created this idea last night and turned into slides. I created six journeys to help individual creativity and success.
I first created six metaphors for the journeys:
The Ocean: Your Strengths
The River: Your Interests
The Jungle: Your Contributions
The Cottage: Your Values
The Garden: Your Assets
The Mountain: Your Future Self
After creating the slides, I created the doodle poster.
I also created a physical cube that represents my vision.
This cube will be marketed as a stationery product or innovation.
It will be sold as a poster, and you can turn it into a cube.
I have also created a preliminary video that features the cube. You can find it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDNhO...
For the first time ever, you will experience the journey of "THE CUBE" in this video.
Please follow the steps. Get a notebook and pencil.
Mini-Journey 1: Discover Your Strengths
THE OCEAN
*Imagine that you are delving into a giant ocean. Imagine that you can breathe under water.
*You can swim, walk, and explore everything under water. You are in your zone of genius.
*You come across a treasure chest. You open it. What do you find inside this chest? Make a list of all the things you find there.
*This treasure chest represents YOUR BEST STRENGTHS.
*Make a long list of your best:
-Talents
-Skills
-Strengths
-Gifts
-Expertise and knowledge
Mini-Journey 2: Identify What Excites You
THE RIVER
*Imagine that you are now rafting along a fast- streaming river.
*You are an amazing rafter, and you are rocking it. Everything is flowing well. You have achieved momentum in your activities.
*You LOVE what you are doing. You leave a piece of yourself (your soul, creativity, or love) in what you do. Greeks call this MERAKI, and Turks call it MERAK
*Your raft represent your CHOPs (curiosities, hobbies, obsessions, and passions).
*Make a long list of your CHOPS now:
-Curiosities
-Hobbies
-Obsessions
-Passions
Mini-Journey 3: Figure Out Your Contributions
THE JUNGLE
*Imagine that you have now entered a tropical forest.
*It is a jungle out there – there is a lot of risk and uncertainty. This is a world full of wicked problems and complex challenges.
*You do not know what you will encounter in this journey. Nevertheless, you continue walking and exploring. You intend to carve your own path. You will make your own mark in the jungle.
*You carry a shovel and an axe. These are your tools/toolkits.
*Think about all your projects (i.e., your contribution, value creation, and problem solving).
*Make a long list of your projects, solutions, systems, models, innovations, etc.
-Which problems will you address and solve?
-How will you create and add value?
-What will be
Lectures 15 and 16 - Escape into the Metaverse - 26 April 2022.pptxFahri Karakas
ART DESCRIPTION/SYNOPSIS: "THE BORING LECTURE"
“Curiosity and creativity are the new productivity.”
Despite the abundance of entertainment media at the touch of our fingertips, we easily feel bored these days and we desperately want to escape from our mundane lives. Boredom strikes us particularly hard when we feel trapped by endless tasks, responsibilities, habits, and routines in our lives. We want to escape and immerse ourselves in new worlds – perhaps worlds that are more colorful, exciting, rich, and novel. We seek adventures to save us from all the baggage, drudgery, stress, and anxiety that surrounds us.
‘The Boring Lecture’ invites you to new possibilities and exciting life strategies to escape from boredom. It takes a bit of imagination, courage, and experimentation to get out of boredom (the rut). We will try to escape monotony and mediocrity through embracing uncertainty, curiosity, and wonder.
Towards this goal, we take on a cross-disciplinary tour and explore geeks, mavericks, eccentric artists, weirdoes, crazy entrepreneurs, inventors, dreamers, mind-expanding authors, and insane filmmakers.
As we travel from the sublime to the ridiculous, we will expand our sense of what is possible. Asteroids, stars, black holes, computer games, books, movies, and of course, the Metaverse will accompany us on our wonderful journey.
We will travel through our body, our mind, our sleep, and our dreams. We will try to solve two dozens of mini-puzzles and we will experiment with a dozen of mini-learning adventures. We will explore future disruptive innovations and potential trillionaire sectors. We will learn about the new gold rush: The space economy.
Finally, we will fly through space and land on Mars. We will learn about the Mars Generation and imagine what daily life might look like at the red planet.
This will be a wild tour – far from boring - are you ready?
From the Metaverse to NFTs, from blockchain to GPT-3, from YOLO economy to crowdfunding, we witness a Cambrian explosion of intelligence and accelerated innovation. The world is changing too fast and our educational systems are stuck in the past. How can we design customized learning journeys that celebrate the unique talents and passions of our students? How can we inspire our students to unleash their creativity and create their own assets? I decided to wear four new hats of an entrepreneur, an artist, a futurist, and a content creator. I aim to enable learning moments driven by curiosity, excitement, and fun. I aim to share a glimpse of my own journey in this workshop.
Podcast: Why and How to Build Your Own System of Asset CreationFahri Karakas
In this workshop, you will learn how to:
- start thinking and acting like an entrepreneur
- not trust the system and establish your own system
- achieve your financial independence
- create multiple streams of passive income
- think creatively about your journey of entrepreneurship and asset creation.
Make sure you implement these strategies immediately.
Inspirational Exercises for Your Career and Personal BrandFahri Karakas
In this seminar, we have a couple of activities aimed at improving your employability and personal brand.
First, we discuss your job application portfolio.
Second, we prepare our benchmarking table. In this exercise, you learn about brands at multiple levels (country brands, company brands, and individual brands). You choose 3 countries, 4 companies, and 4 individuals. You reflect on their success stories and brand power: What can you learn from these brands? How can you learn further? You create lessons and inspiration from these brands for your career.
Third, you create a business model canvas to create your own creative assets. You might use this activity to plan your asset creation strategies, such as creating your own YouTube channel, podcast, or Medium blog.
Fourth, you create a personal branding canvas to improve your employability. We go over a sample personal branding canvas exercise to illustrate how you can position yourself and your brand for the companies that you are applying for.
Best luck in your job applications.
Designing Your Future: Creative and Reflective Exercises for Your CareerFahri Karakas
In this presentation, I present a lot of exercises and resources to improve your employability and creativity.
Check out the resources and article links I provide below.
I am sharing all of the articles and resources below, as I think each of them will add value to your personal and professional life and improve your creativity and employability.
You will do two exercises in this workshop. You can watch the videos, read the accompanying Medium articles, and complete these activities yourself.
Flower Exercise
The first one: You will complete the Flower Exercise from the book 'What Color is Your Parachute' which will help you craft and design your ideal career.
https://medium.com/an-idea/what-does-your-dream-job-look-like-be48647edfc5?sk=c3fb82c070ac40f7c047a85fe3c3a9a6
Choose Your Own Option Exercise
The second one: You will choose one activity that you wish to do. There are 6 activities to choose from:
1) Create your own personal logo.
2) Coach yourself for the upcoming 12 months.
3) Choose your role models and learn from them.
4) Create a system for tracking your job applications, firms, and positions.
5) Create a SWOT analysis of yourself in the job market and reflect on your employability.
6) Create your own Netflix show - imagine wildly.
You can try any of these activities as they will help you tremendously in designing your life and your career after graduation. These activities will help you create a better self.
Below is the article guide:
https://medium.com/an-idea/six-personal-development-and-creativity-exercises-to-up-your-game-5fa1ce7275e7?sk=2d76b898a53d4ef732486a6b0cd3d372
In addition, I want you to focus on your asset creation journey.
Use your asset creation project to achieve your financial independence and to unleash your creativity,
I have written some articles to inspire you - check them out:
Create Your Own Creative Assets on the Internet:
https://medium.datadriveninvestor.com/create-your-own-creative-assets-on-the-internet-74af0e289dcd?sk=f019a56bfac1c6706032fd10f4487a74
Invest in Your Medium Content Shop:
https://2madness.com/invest-in-your-medium-content-shop-fef0cc64a393?sk=b6dc357aa52e7ff99f0b866daf5ea05b
Four Universal Principles to Create Your Content Empire:
https://medium.com/swlh/four-universal-principles-to-create-your-content-empire-1c0d7db9481e?sk=f5c94423fe81e53061b83ea639d72601
Zeitgeist August and September 2021 updatedFahri Karakas
I prepared this presentation for a YouTube special I have created titled "Zeitgeist".
Zeitgeist means the defining spirit or mood of a particular period.
In this monthly program, we review what happened in the world during the past month.
In this presentation, I have brought together the significant moments and events of two months: August and September 2021.
We cover areas including technology innovations, NFTs, metaverse, artificial intelligence, the TikTok algorithm, robots, blockchain, and more.
We also cover world issues including climate change, Taliban,
In the culture section: Squid Game craze conquers the world.
In Turkey: Economic crisis, Z generation, TikTok politics, etc.
Plus: TikTok trends, news, technology, culture, TV, and social media.
The program is narrated in Turkish. However, the slides are in English.
The video is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tALu0ORwNWA
A similar one I prepared for January 2021 is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fNzn6n0n6Y
February 2021 Zeitgeist is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZQK6OVAhxU
March 2021 Zeitgeist is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf5todG0fI4
And April 2021 Zeitgeist is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0SG1832kNM
Zeitgeist May 2021:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBiuj7K8FXo
Zeitgeist June 2021:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw5BAFWs8ps
July 2021 Zeitgeist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6d7DhK5nj0
I am sharing it with those of you who are interested in following global events and trends.
Enjoy.
I prepared this presentation for a YouTube special I have created titled "Zeitgeist".
Zeitgeist means the defining spirit or mood of a particular period.
In this monthly program, we review what happened in the world during the past month.
In this presentation, I have brought together the significant moments and events of July 2021.
We cover areas including Turkish fires, Afghan refugees, news, technology, culture, TV, and social media.
The focus will be mainly on Turkey.
The program is narrated in Turkish. However, the slides are in English.
The video is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw5BAFWs8ps
A similar one I prepared for January 2021 is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fNzn6n0n6Y
February 2021 Zeitgeist is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZQK6OVAhxU
March 2021 Zeitgeist is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf5todG0fI4
And April 2021 Zeitgeist is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0SG1832kNM
Zeitgeist May 2021:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBiuj7K8FXo
The video is here: July 2021 Zeitgeist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6d7DhK5nj0
I am sharing it with those of you who are interested in following global events and trends.
Enjoy.
I prepared this presentation for a YouTube special I have created titled "Zeitgeist".
Zeitgeist means the defining spirit or mood of a particular period.
In this monthly program, we review what happened in the world during the past month.
In this presentation, I have brought together the significant moments and events of June 2021.
We cover areas including global news, technology, business, innovation, space, culture, TV, and social media.
The program is narrated in Turkish. However, the slides are in English.
The video is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw5BAFWs8ps
A similar one I prepared for January 2021 is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fNzn6n0n6Y
February 2021 Zeitgeist is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZQK6OVAhxU
March 2021 Zeitgeist is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf5todG0fI4
And April 2021 Zeitgeist is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0SG1832kNM
The video is here: Zeitgeist May 2021:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBiuj7K8FXo
I am sharing it with those of you who are interested in following global events and trends.
Enjoy.
I prepared this presentation for a YouTube special I have created titled "Zeitgeist".
Zeitgeist means the defining spirit or mood of a particular period.
In this monthly program, we review what happened in the world during the past month.
In this presentation, I have brought together the significant moments and events of May 2021.
We cover areas including global news, technology, business, innovation, space, culture, TV, and social media.
The program is narrated in Turkish. However, the slides are in English.
The video is here: Zeitgeist May 2021:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBiuj7K8FXo
A similar one I prepared for January 2021 is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fNzn6n0n6Y
February 2021 Zeitgeist is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZQK6OVAhxU
March 2021 Zeitgeist is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf5todG0fI4
And April 2021 Zeitgeist is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0SG1832kNM
I am sharing it with those of you who are interested in following global events and trends.
Enjoy.
Unit 8 - Information and Communication Technology (Paper I).pdfThiyagu K
This slides describes the basic concepts of ICT, basics of Email, Emerging Technology and Digital Initiatives in Education. This presentations aligns with the UGC Paper I syllabus.
How to Make a Field invisible in Odoo 17Celine George
It is possible to hide or invisible some fields in odoo. Commonly using “invisible” attribute in the field definition to invisible the fields. This slide will show how to make a field invisible in odoo 17.
Model Attribute Check Company Auto PropertyCeline George
In Odoo, the multi-company feature allows you to manage multiple companies within a single Odoo database instance. Each company can have its own configurations while still sharing common resources such as products, customers, and suppliers.
Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
Acetabularia Information For Class 9 .docxvaibhavrinwa19
Acetabularia acetabulum is a single-celled green alga that in its vegetative state is morphologically differentiated into a basal rhizoid and an axially elongated stalk, which bears whorls of branching hairs. The single diploid nucleus resides in the rhizoid.
Read| The latest issue of The Challenger is here! We are thrilled to announce that our school paper has qualified for the NATIONAL SCHOOLS PRESS CONFERENCE (NSPC) 2024. Thank you for your unwavering support and trust. Dive into the stories that made us stand out!
Safalta Digital marketing institute in Noida, provide complete applications that encompass a huge range of virtual advertising and marketing additives, which includes search engine optimization, virtual communication advertising, pay-per-click on marketing, content material advertising, internet analytics, and greater. These university courses are designed for students who possess a comprehensive understanding of virtual marketing strategies and attributes.Safalta Digital Marketing Institute in Noida is a first choice for young individuals or students who are looking to start their careers in the field of digital advertising. The institute gives specialized courses designed and certification.
for beginners, providing thorough training in areas such as SEO, digital communication marketing, and PPC training in Noida. After finishing the program, students receive the certifications recognised by top different universitie, setting a strong foundation for a successful career in digital marketing.
Executive Directors Chat Leveraging AI for Diversity, Equity, and InclusionTechSoup
Let’s explore the intersection of technology and equity in the final session of our DEI series. Discover how AI tools, like ChatGPT, can be used to support and enhance your nonprofit's DEI initiatives. Participants will gain insights into practical AI applications and get tips for leveraging technology to advance their DEI goals.
Introduction to AI for Nonprofits with Tapp NetworkTechSoup
Dive into the world of AI! Experts Jon Hill and Tareq Monaur will guide you through AI's role in enhancing nonprofit websites and basic marketing strategies, making it easy to understand and apply.
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
A workshop hosted by the South African Journal of Science aimed at postgraduate students and early career researchers with little or no experience in writing and publishing journal articles.
Lectures 3 and 4 Employability, Creativity, and Personal Development 9 october 2020
1. University of East Anglia
Norwich Business School
Employability, Creativity and
Personal Development
NBS-5915A
Self-Making Studio
Lectures 3-4
9 October, 2020
Dr. Fahri Karakas
F.Karakas@uea.ac.uk
2. Slide 1.2
Hackathon: How to Deal With Disruption
Disruption and Change
Learning adventure: Your dream job
Learning Adventure: Soft Skills Workshop
Key message of today: Disrupt yourself or get disrupted
Learning Adventure: Creative Gym 1
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+CV and Cover Letter– study at home
+New Skills for a New Era – study at home
10. •I have 3 small puzzles
for you now.
•Please provide your
estimates.
10
11. Dynamic ‘Creative Destruction’
We do live in interesting times. Forget traditional jobs,
job security, upward mobility
•Fortune 500 companies
from 1955 vs. 2014.
•What % of them are still
on the list? Any
guesses?
11
12. Dynamic ‘Creative Destruction’
We do live in interesting times. Forget traditional jobs,
job security, upward mobility
•89% of Fortune 500
companies from 1955
are not on the list in
2014.
12
13. Dynamic ‘Creative Destruction’
We do live in interesting times. Forget traditional jobs,
job security, upward mobility
•Guess the average age
of a company listed on
the S&P 500
•During 1920s?
•Right now?
13
14. Dynamic ‘Creative Destruction’
We do live in interesting times. Forget traditional jobs,
job security, upward mobility
• The average age of a
company listed on the S&P
500 was:
• 67 years old in the 1920s
• Right, now this age is 15
years only and it keeps
dropping.
14
15. Dynamic ‘Creative Destruction’
We do live in interesting times. Forget traditional jobs,
job security, upward mobility
• In 2028, what % of S&P
500 companies will stay on
the current list?
• Any guesses? Estimates?
15
16. Dynamic ‘Creative Destruction’
We do live in interesting times. Forget traditional jobs,
job security, upward mobility
• In 2028, 40% of all S&P
500 companies will
disappear from this list.
• 60% are expected to
survive the list – although
this figure might fall even
more radically.
16
22. Slide 1.22
Your Career as a Wicked Problem
WHAT ARE THE
IMPLICATIONS OF
THIS MODEL?
HOW CAN YOU
COPE?
23. Slide 1.23
Your Career is a Wicked Problem
1. Do not settle with
easiest and most
convenient option
available to you.
2. Cultivate a lot of
diverse seeds,
experiment, and see
which options have more
potential (i.e. grow)
3. Be prepared for
uncertainty through
developing more
resilience,
resourcefulness,
entrepreneurship, and
creativity
33. Slide 1.33
These forward-thinking start-ups have not only identified unexploited
niches in the market that have the potential to become billion-dollar
businesses, a majority of them already are billion-dollar businesses.
◦ A startling 36 disruptors this year are unicorns that have
already reached or passed the billion-dollar mark.
These 50 companies have raised nearly $74
billion in venture capital at an implied market
valuation of more than $277 billion.
◦ Many already are part of our daily lives, whether or not
we know it.
◦ Biotech and machine learning to transportation and retail and even exploring outer
space
◦ Drones and genes to the battles for control in the rapidly growing ridesharing, lodging
and cryptocurrency industries
— these innovations are changing the world.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/16/meet-the-2020-cnbc-disruptor-50-companies.html
39. Slide 1.39
Which job will you be applying for as part of
your coursework?
◦ Entry level job
◦ Which department/position?
◦ Find a job advertisement and attach it in your
coursework
◦ Customise your job application for this job.
Come up with a list of Top 3 best companies that you
would like to work for. Why do you want them?
Which department? Why?
Which job title?
◦ A) Think about the job requirements
◦ B) Think about your own KSAs (Knowledge, Skills,
Abilities) and experience
◦ C) Think about Evidence of Fit between A and B
◦ D) How will you demonstrate this evidence of fit?
Talk through these points with your team
43. Slide 1.43
Nearly half (48.1%) of UK workers do not know how
to write a stand out CV that would boost their
chance of an interview, with a further 16.4%
admitting that they wouldn’t be able to write a
good CV at all.
New research reveals that 98.5% of recruiters
believe that traditional CVs still hold an important
place in today’s recruitment process
44. Slide 1.44
Actively manage your career at all times – not just when you need to.
It’s essential to keep on top of this and not let it fall by the wayside.
◦ Keep one eye on the market, company activity and emerging trends to ensure you are
always up to date.
◦ Spend some time regularly developing your network and keeping in touch. Tap into
networking groups or form your own.
Follow other people’s careers, learn from their journeys and introduce
yourself to new contacts.
Being seen to be proactive with your career will get you noticed.
◦ Motivation and support during a time of change is the key to not losing focus so meet
with others who are experiencing the same changes to swap tips, contacts and ideas.
Have a clear and definite career vision.
◦ If you have a career goal, use a time of change to assess how realistic this is and what
your ‘plan b’ may be. If you don’t have a vision, try thinking about what you want from
your career and how you might achieve this.
Always ensure that your ‘marketing toolkit’ is up to date.
◦ Keep your CV current and regularly review your LinkedIn profile to reflect your
experience. You never know when you may need these.
Mel Barclay, Head of Career Transition at LHH Penna
45. Slide 1.45
I sent out CVs. I heard nothing. I sent out more CVs; still nothing. I
began to feel that the market was against me – this was before the EU
referendum and hiring managers were holding their breath. It became
obvious that finding a job was going to be a lot harder than I’d
expected.
If your CV is ignored, the best thing you can do is to take a long hard
look at reality. Don’t blame recruiters for failing to respond; don’t
blame the market for not wanting your skills – repackage your
experience into something the market will want. Go with it, you never
know where it will take you.
46. Slide 1.46
Do not give up even if you get multiple rejections.
Learn from rejections. If they do not kill you, they
will make you stronger.
Do not worry if you do not get any response.
Follow up. Then move on.
Revise, revise, revise your job application. Send for
friendly review to your colleague.
The fit between your skills and the position
requirements: Hugely important.
47. Slide 1.47
Thousands of British job applicants are
limiting their work prospects by failing to
mention volunteering experience on their CV,
research released today has discovered.
More than half (54 per cent) of job applicants
in the UK have carried out some form of
voluntary work, yet only eight per cent
mention on their CV
48. Slide 1.48
Photos – 25.8%
Jargon – 18.6%
Generic Hobbies – 10.8%
Outdated employment history – 9.9%
Unnecessarily big words – 7%
School grades – 5.3%
Personal interests – 4.3%
Acronyms – 3.1%
Generic objectives and aims – 2.7%
Social media links – 2.5%
49. Slide 1.49
"My interests include cooking dogs and interesting people"
"I was responsible for dissatisfied customers"
"I am a prooficient typist"
"Socially I like to dine out with different backgrounds"
"I was responsible for fraudulent claims"
"While working in this role, I had intercourse with a variety of
people"
"Experienced sheet mental worker"
"Highly adept at multi-tasting"
"I am a pubic relations officer"
"Left last four jobs only because the managers were
completely unreasonable"
51. Slide 1.51
Read more at http://www.look.co.uk/list-for-life/work-life/cv-amazing-gq-intern-without-interview-33245#ZEcP6p8XZYfKMBUf.99
Instead of just
mirroring the style
of the magazine,
Sumukh turned his
CV into an actual
20-page magazine
complete with
features about his
accomplishments,
life and education.
56. Slide 1.56
Apply design tools, concepts, and thinking to the world of careers and
employability.
As youth unemployment reaches unprecedented levels in the UK and especially in London;
you can effectively use the resources and perspectives of the design discipline to empower
yourself in preparation for the job market
Rotman's business design courses
Ayse Birsel’s "Design the Life You Love“ workshops
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/forget-new-years-resoluti_b_798710
Harvard's "Design Thinking and Innovation" course by
Professor Srikant M. Datar
Open University's distance course on "Design thinking: creativity for the
21st century"
59. Salutation: Dear (Specific Name) or Dear
Committee Members of (Specific Firm)
1st paragraph: mention how you learned
about the job
Body: use the structure of the ad to guide
you in your discussion of your qualifications
Final paragraph: offer to submit additional
information. Let them know how to meet
with you
60. Slide 1.60
◦ Cover letter is not a cut and paste of your resume. It must be
customized for each and every job you apply.
◦ Cover letters are short and usually must not be beyond one
page view of your email.
◦ Format – no fancy fonts, use around 3 paragraphs and not
more to convey your suitability for the position.
◦ Use bullet points and few highlighted words and phrases –
writing the usual cover letter with lots of paragraphs and
wordy explanation is boring – “everyone else does it and we
don’t have the time”.
◦ Always include the job title or ID as it appears in the job
description in the subject line of the email, you may also
include it in the main text.
◦ At the end of the letter write your full name and contact info.
61. Good cover letter is interesting, compelling, focused
Unique Selling Proposition
Positioning makes a huge difference
Find the lead – grab the reader’s attention from the
beginning.
Demonstrate why you are the perfect employee and
why you are uniquely qualified for this position
63. Slide 1.63
Match Skills to Job Description Cover Letter
Job Description:
•Successful recruiting, hiring and on-boarding will be this position’s number one
priority.
•Develop and execute recruiting plans and also coordinate and implement college
recruiting activities.
•Perform day-to-day operations of the HR function and duties in employee relations,
training and development, executive administration and employment, employee safety,
workers compensation, welfare, wellness, maintenance of employee files and the HR
filing system, etc.
Requirements:
•Bachelor’s degree preferred; with 3+ years recruiting experience.
•Demonstrated proficiency in applicable computer software.
•Demonstrated excellence in customer/employee service; responds promptly to
employee needs; solicits employee feedback to improve service.
•Demonstrated proficiency in oral and written communications.
Now match your skills and experience to the above job description responsibilities:
64. Slide 1.64
Dear Recruiter,
In response to the advertised position of Human Resources Specialist (Job ID: HR32459) on your website, I present to you
some strong reasons to validate my suitability for this position.
Please see how my skills and experience offer a good match to the job requirements:
•Bachelor’s degree preferred; with 3+ years recruiting experience.
I have a Masters in Human Resources Management and with 4 plus years of experience in a 400 employee firm, I
have diverse experience in recruiting, employee management and have contributed to developing college recruiting
programs.
•Demonstrated proficiency in applicable computer software.
I am proficient at PeopleSoft HR software – Human Resources, HCM Warehouse, HRMS Portal Pack, Employee
Benefits and Compensation Modules and UltiPro Recruitment, UltiPro Onboarding software applications. With 3 years of
expert level experience I also exhibit fast learning skills to get on speed with any new software.
•Demonstrated excellence in customer/employee service; responds promptly to employee needs; solicits employee
feedback to improve service.
I initiated a smart employee feedback process at my last employment which was very well accepted and resulted in
10% increase in employee retentionover a year (as compared to previous years). I sincerely value excellence in
employee and customer service and have implemented in every aspect of my job so far.
•Demonstrated proficiency in oral and written communications.
I have strong communications and writing skills. In my last employment I worked with the HR director in revising the
new edition of the HR manual and Employee Handbook for year 2010. Please find some writing samples links in my
LinkedIn profile.
I hope you are satisfied with the skills match I bring to this position and my resume (attached here in PDF format) would
highlight other abilities to present my suitability to this position.
I am very excited about this opportunity and look forward to speaking with you further about my qualifications. You may
reach me at (123) 456 7890 or email me.
Sincerely,
ABC XYZ
LinkedIn profile: http://linkedin.com/abcxyz
Ph: (123) 456 7890
65. Slide 1.65
Outside Sales Rep
Our client, a fast-growing, Staten Island, NY-based software company has an opening
for an outside sales professional.
Requirements:
◦ A minimum of 3 years' outside business-to-business experience selling enterprise
software
◦ The ability to develop a list of prospects, build a pipeline of opportunities and close
business
◦ A proven background working within a quota and exceeding sales targets
◦ Ability to demonstrate software and manage a complex sales cycle
◦ Strong verbal and written communication skills
◦ Availability to travel at least 50%
◦ Bachelor's degree preferred
Compensation:
◦ Competitive base salary plus commission and company car.
◦ Average first year income $85K+.
◦ Full benefits
◦ Quarterly sales contests
If you are a true sales hunter and an energetic self-starter with the desire to
be part of a fast-growing software firm, submit your resume and cover letter
to Brandon Marks at BMarks@somedomain.com. Reference #28903888.
66. Slide 1.66
October 28, 2016
Re: Outside Sales Rep Opening (#28903888) advertised on Monster
Dear Mr. Marks:
Your client's need for a top-performing, results-proven outside sales "hunter" caught my attention -- the position is an
excellent match to my qualifications. As an award-winning technology and B2B sales specialist, I offer:
•Five years of outside B2B sales experience selling enterprise software solutions. In my current position as an
outside sales representative for XYZ Company, I sell their full suite of enterprise software solutions to businesses
throughout the northeast territory.
•Adept skills in prospecting, pipeline building and closing business. I am one of the top-ranked outside sales
professionals within the region (ranked #5) and the only B2B sales professional to earn top 10 placement while
launching a new territory. My ability to capitalize on new opportunities and close deals enabled me to build my account
portfolio from zero to 257 within one year.
•Proven success working within sales quotas, with a history of awarded recognition for delivering excellent revenue
results with minimal ramp-up time. I always meet and frequently exceed monthly quotas at XYZ, surpassing goals by
as much as 150%.
•Expert abilities in demonstrating software and managing complex sales cycles. I am equally successful
conducting presentations and demos for technical and nontechnical audiences, with a talent for translating technical
concepts into easily understood terms and powerful benefit statements.
•Persuasive communication skills, with strengths in responding to RFPs, negotiating deals and articulating the value-
added benefits of my represented solutions. I also possess a bachelor's degree in communications from New York
University.
•A strong network of business contacts throughout the NY metro region.
Currently a "road warrior" sales rep, I am comfortable and experienced with extensive travel. I would welcome the
chance to discuss this opening and ways in which I would contribute to your client's sales operation. My resume is
enclosed, and you may call me at 718-555-5555 or send an email to susanmills@somedomain.com to arrange an
interview. I look forward to hearing from you!
Sincerely,
Susan Mills
67. Slide 1.67
From: BLOCKED
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 1:14PM
To: BLOCKED
Subject: Summer Internship
Dear BLOCKED
My name is (BLOCKED) and I am an undergraduate finance student at (BLOCKED). I met you the
summer before last at Smith & Wollensky’s in New York when I was touring the east coast with my
uncle, (BLOCKED). I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to talk with me that night.
I am writing to inquire about a possible summer internship in your office. I am aware it is highly
unusual for undergraduates from average universities like (BLOCKED) to intern at (BLOCKED),
but nevertheless I was hoping you might make an exception. I am extremely interested in
investment banking and would love nothing more than to learn under your tutelage. I have no qualms
about fetching coffee, shining shoes or picking up laundry, and will work for next to nothing. In all
honesty, I just want to be around professionals in the industry and gain as much knowledge as I can.
I won’t waste your time inflating my credentials, throwing around exaggerated job titles, or
feeding you a line of crapp (sic) about how my past experiences and skill set align perfectly for an
investment banking internship. The truth is I have no unbelievably special skills or genius
eccentricities, but I do have a near perfect GPA and will work hard for you. I’ve interned for Merrill
Lynch in the Wealth Management Division and taken an investment banking class at (BLOCKED), for
whatever that is worth.
I am currently awaiting admission results for (BLOCKED) Masters of Science in Accountancy program,
which I would begin this fall if admitted. I am also planning on attending law school after my master’s
program, which we spoke about in New York. I apologize for the blunt nature of my letter, but I hope
you seriously consider taking me under your wing this summer. I have attached my resume for your
review. Feel free to call me at (BLOCKED) or email at (BLOCKED). Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
BLOCKED.
68. Slide 1.68
Checklist for your
Cover Letter
Please update and bring
your Cover Letter to your
next seminar!
We will have a Cover Letter
clinic in our next seminar.
69. Do multiple re-drafts.
Writing style matters – edit and reduce.
Have several people (both professors and
colleagues) review it before you submit your job
application.
Solicit pre-submission reviews from colleagues
and authorities in the field.
Pay close attention to spelling, grammar, and
punctuation
Make sure references are comprehensive and
accurate
Avoid careless mistakes
Read and conform to job application instructions
71. 71
Let us start with a puzzle
• Let us start with the following question:
• What do you think are the eight most important qualities of
Google’s top employees?
72. 72
TOP 8 QUALITIES OF GOOGLETOP
EMPLOYEES
• being a good coach;
• communicating and listening well;
• possessing insights into others (including others different values and
points of view);
• curiosity toward the ideas of your teammates;
• having empathy toward and being supportive of one’s colleagues;
• being a good critical thinker and problem solver;
• being able to make connections across complex ideas;
• emotional intelligence.
73.
74. 74
Jobs will be automated.
Technical knowledge and
skills will probably be
automated.
Implication: Soft skills,
interpersonal skills, and
creativity will be even more
important (since robots
and computers cannot
replicate these).
77. Slide 1.77
7
7
You will attend a mock job interview in a few minutes.
Your potential employers will ask you the following question:
Why should we hire you instead of 120 other applicants?
You need to come up with a story to tell your potential
employers.
This story should illustrate your soft skills. You can choose
any soft skill (or a mix of them); including:
◦ Team work and collaboration skills
◦ Communication skills
◦ Creativity and problem solving skills
◦ Leadership skills
◦ Customer service
Please write down this story. Remember the critical incident.
◦ Remember the setting. Who were involved? How did events unfold?
◦ What were the challenges? How did you overcome them?
80. Slide 1.80
8
0
I decided to run as a leader to lead the school team for a national competition. My friends were
worried that the people on the team were not motivated and they lacked the drive and the skills.
They told me: “You are making a mistake.”
Once I enrolled at my chosen school, I saw that my friends had been correct about the character of
the people on the team. The team members were not motivated, not athletic, and needless to say, lost
every race they entered.
Three other freshman who had walked onto the team joined me in deciding to change the team
members’ attitudes. However, animosity was abundant between the upperclassman and the
freshman. While we won races, the upperclassmen felt inferior, causing internal conflict in the team.
Regardless, I was determined to persuade the team to mesh well to create unity. Consequently, the
upperclassmen quit the team. I have worked very hard to be a role model and motivate and inspire
my team members. We believed in our shared goal and worked relentlessly until late hours.
Eventually, we advanced to the national level; getting a third-place medal.
The moral of this story is that when I was challenged to do the impossible, my devotion, character,
team leadership, and tenacity persevered, while also helping the team.
81. Slide 1.81
8
1
As a customer-service rep for a video-rental company, I once had an irate customer who left three
messages on my voicemail in about 10 minutes demanding a call back.
I listened to the customer explain that she was upset because she had purchased a loyalty program
membership from us, and then several days later, we were giving away the same memberships at no cost.
I apologized to the customer and asked her how I could help. She stated that she wanted her money back
and she would no longer be a member.
I agreed to refund her money. I then bought her a thank-you card and enclosed her refund and a free
membership to our loyalty program.
I also noticed that several times during the phone conversation, she had stopped to yell at her children, so
I also enclosed two coupons for free kids’ rentals.
I thanked her for her business, apologized for not meeting her expectations, and invited her to bring her
children in for a free video rental. I also enclosed my business card and asked her to call me directly if she
was ever disappointed in any way while visiting one of our locations.
She telephoned me when she received the card and told me that was the nicest thing any person had ever
done for her when she was upset with a business. I again thanked her for her business and told her that
she was my bread and butter. If she wasn’t happy, then I couldn’t be either!
86. Slide 1.86
8
6
CLUSTERS OF FOUR
Two of you will be recruiters; and the other two will be
job applicants.
Ask your interviewees:
◦ Why should we hire you instead of 120 other applicants?
Tell us a story about yourself and your skills or experiences
that differentiate you apart?
Each job applicant tells their own story in 2-3 minutes.
87. Slide 1.87
8
7
CLUSTERS OF FOUR
Now, you will exchange the roles. The recruiters will be
job applicants.
The job applicants will be the recruiters now.
Repeat the question so that they respond:
◦ Why should we hire you instead of 120 other applicants?
Tell us a story about yourself and your skills or experiences
that differentiate you apart?
Each job applicant tells their own story in 2-3 minutes.
88. Slide 1.88
8
8
CLUSTERS OF FOUR
Now, please provide constructive feedback to each
other.
Everyone gives feedback quickly in less than 1 minute.
After finishing the exercise and sharing the
feedback/suggestions, write down a POP CORN for the
others in your team.
◦ A pop corn is something you write on a piece of paper for that
person to keep as a memory.
◦ It should be something positive, memorable, constructive.
90. We will have a Creative Gym in each of our Friday sessions.
These Creative Gyms are to be experienced here in this
moment, so I will not reproduce them as slides.
We will not use any slides, but you will need your notebook.
So, do not miss our classes if you do not want to miss this unique
experience.
91. New Skills for a New Era
Please study these slides at home
93. Slide 1.93
Trends and statistics
Nobody knows Dodgeball. Everyone
knows Foursquare. Why?
We spend 3 billion hours in gaming
every week.
Carnegie Mellon University estimated
the average young person today spent
10,000 playing online games before the
age of 21
11 billion hours were spent playing Angry
Birds last year
Corporate success examples include
Samsung Nation and Nike Plus
After LinkedIn created ‘Profile
Completeness Bar’, profile completion
rates increased more than 20%.
https://blog.captainup.com/analysis-of-linkedin-
driving-engagement-with-gamification/
93
94. Slide 1.94
World Economic Forum Report
We are at the beginning of a Fourth Industrial
Revolution.
The rise of the sharing economy allows people
to monetize everything from their empty house
to their car.
Developments in genetics, artificial intelligence,
robotics, nanotechnology, 3D printing and
biotechnology are all building on and amplifying
one another.
This will lay the foundation for a revolution more
comprehensive and all-encompassing than
anything we have ever seen.
Smart systems—homes, factories, farms, grids
or cities—will help tackle problems ranging from
supply chain management to climate change.
94
97. Slide 1.97
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99. Soft Skills are becoming more important than ever
As Artificial Intelligence and automation revolution is happening across the globe, soft skills are what cannot be
automated and what sets you apart
• A new study from Boston College, Harvard University, and
the University of Michigan found that soft skills training,
like communication and problem-solving,
• boosts productivity and retention 12 percent
• delivers a 250 percent return on investment based on higher
productivity and retention.
• As companies need to become more dynamic,
interconnected and flexible, soft skills are becoming more
critical.
• According to Deloitte’s 2016 Global Human Capital Trends
report, executives consider soft skills very important to
fostering employee retention, improving leadership, and
building a meaningful culture.
• 92% of Deloitte’s respondents rated soft skills as a critical
priority.
99
100. 100
THE FUTURE WORKPLACE
WILL RELY ON SOFT SKILLS
• Automation and artificial
intelligence will result in
a greater proportion of
jobs relying on soft
skills.
• Thanks to cutting-edge
technology, tasks that
require hard skills are
continuing to decline,
making soft skills key
differentiators in the
workplace.
• A study by Deloitte
Access Economics
predicts that two-thirds
of all jobs in Australia
will rely on soft skills by
2030. This trend will
inevitably be mirrored
globally.
102. “The soft skills are the hard skills”
“The soft skills are the hard skills. People
who master the critical leadership skills
today are anything but touchy-feely —
they’re direct, they’re clear, they’re
compassionate, they’re no-nonsense. But
they’re not soft.”
Amy Edmondson, Professor of Leadership and
Management at Harvard Business School.
102
103. Slide 1.103
As Artificial Intelligence and automation revolution is happening across the globe, soft skills (including
creativity) are what cannot be automated and what sets you apart.
Hard skills are useless without soft skills.
◦ Technical skills alone are not enough to be truly effective. All careers require soft skills to make
the hard skills valuable.
Soft skills are harder to learn and develop.
◦ It takes conscious effort, ongoing practice, and a commitment to self-development to improve
your soft skills.
◦ Hard skills may look impressive on your CV, but the soft skills are what will set you apart from
the many candidates who have similar expertise to you.
The modern workplace is interpersonal
◦ Skills such as listening, collaborating with others, presenting ideas and communicating with
team members are all highly valued in the modern workplace.
◦ Strong soft skills ensure a productive, collaborative and healthy work environment, all vital
attributes for organisations in an increasingly competitive world.
Customers demand soft skills
◦ Convenience and low prices are easy to come by, so customer service is often what influences
the choice to use a particular business. The ability to communicate efficiently and effectively with
customers is a vital factor in an organisation’s success.
103
104. Slide 1.104
Robot-Proof: Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Driverless cars are hitting the road, powered by artificial intelligence.
◦ Robots can climb stairs, open doors, win Jeopardy, analyze stocks, work in factories, find
parking spaces, advise oncologists.
◦ In the past, automation was considered a threat to low-skilled labor. Now, many high-
skilled functions, including interpreting medical images, doing legal research, and
analyzing data, are within the skill sets of machines.
◦ How can we prepare students for their professional lives when professions themselves
are disappearing?
◦ Students need to learn how to invent, to create, and to discover―to fill needs in society
that even the most sophisticated artificial intelligence agent cannot.
A “robot-proof” education calibrates students with a creative mindset and the
mental elasticity to invent, discover, or create something valuable to society - a
scientific proof, a hip-hop recording, a web comic, a cure for cancer.
A new discipline, humanics, prepares students to compete in a labor market in
which smart machines work alongside human professionals.
◦ The new literacies of humanics are data literacy, technological literacy, and human
literacy. Students will need data literacy to manage the flow of big data, and
technological literacy to know how their machines work, but human literacy―the
humanities, communication, and design―to function as a human being. Life-long
learning opportunities will support their ability to adapt to change.
The only certainty about the future is change. Higher education based on the
new literacies of humanics can equip students for living and working through
change.
104
105. Slide 1.105
The Gig Economy:
The Complete Guide to Getting Better Work, Taking More Time Off, and Financing the Life You Want
◦ From Uber to the presidential debates, the gig economy has been
dominating the headlines...and for good reason.
◦ Today, more than a third of Americans are working in the gig
economy-mixing together short-term jobs, contract work, and
freelance assignments.
The Gig Economy is an uncertain but rewarding new world.
Succeeding in it starts with shifting gears to recognize that only you control
your future.
Next is leveraging your skills, knowledge, and network to create your own
career trajectory- one immune to the whims of an employer.
◦ Packed with research, exercises, and anecdotes, this book supplies
strategies-ranging from the professional to the personal-to help you:
Construct a life based on your priorities and vision of success
Cultivate connections without networking
Create your own security
Take more time off
Build flexibility into your financial life
Face your fears by reducing risk
Prepare for the future and much more Layoffs... recessions...
Corporate jobs are not only unstable- they're increasingly scarce. It's
time to take charge of your own career and lead the life you actually
want.
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110. Slide 1.110
Legitimize Daydreaming – a blog piece by me
http://www.mixhackathon.com/hack/legitimi
ze-daydreaming-fly-beyond-iron-cage
Miyazaki Dreams of Flying - Video Essay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PATDDT
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115. Slide 1.115
Read the book and complete the exercises
Go over lecture materials
Read the FONKU article:
https://medium.com/@fahrikarakas/welcome-to-the-era-of-fonku-fear-of-not-keeping-up-46d9ce8523dd
Choose your job/position
Update your CV
Write your cover letter for this job/position
Choose which creative challenges/imagination
experiments you will do
It is your responsibility to learn module
skills/knowledge and make them useful for yourself
and your career