Buhle Dlamini emphasizes the importance of anticipating future changes and adapting strategies for success, highlighting talent as the key asset over traditional resources. The document discusses generational differences in workplace values and the need for clarity in one's unique contributions. It encourages individuals to seize opportunities and be proactive in shaping their futures.

1. Creating A Desired Future by Buhle Dlamini www.buhlespeaks.com

2. The Future will catch us by surprise!

3. SHIFT HAPPENS!

4. To Succeed In The Future- Anticipate The Changes And Craft Your Strategy Based On The Future. See following examples of Companies

6. Optimise Your Most Important Asset Become Future-Smart Be Ready for the Changing Values Creating the Desired Future Keys To Owning The Future Clarity Over Facts

7. Optimising Your Most Important Asset

8. The Only Important ASSET: TALENT “ Traditional Factors of Production-Natural Resources, Labour and Capital- are no longer important. What are important are Knowledge Workers”. – Peter Drucker

9. Power Shift from Company to Individual Knowledge Workers . For individuals the key is defining your “Area of Excellence," finding your "Unique Selling Proposition" and doing more of what you're best at! Executives don’t manage people, they simple create an environment in which individuals manage themselves.

10. Ready For The Changing Values

11. Silent Generation Baby Boomers Believe The Expert Consistency Do The Right Thing Quality & Excellence Status Nostalgia @ Work Generation X Millennial Generation Generations As Customers Order and Stability Hard Work = Success Experience Is Vital Live To Work Identify Linked To Job Title and Image Instant Gratification Customised - Choice Experience Driven Work For A Lifestyle Informal Life Outside Work Valued Experiential Learning Worldviews - @ Work & As Customers Brand Awareness Not On The Net, Not Legit Link With Celebs Works Technology Does The Working, I Do The Thinking Involve Me REFERENCE: MIND THE GAP by Graeme Codrington (www.tomorrowtoday.biz)

12. Become Future Smart

13. Future Smart Means: Clarity About The Value You Bring. Learning Faster Than the Rate of Change. Implementing Faster Than Competition.

14. 4. Seek Clarity Over Facts

15. “ Knowing how to find relevant information and knowing how to use it is the key to success.” Albert Einstein Seek Clarity Over Facts

16. In Other Words: “ Know What You Need To Know Before You Need To Know It” Seek Clarity Over Facts

17. Creating the Desired Future “ Seize the opportunity of a lifetime in a lifetime of that opportunity.”

18. Creating the Desired Future “ The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Invent it.” Alan Kay

19. "The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we hit it everytime.” - Michelangelo

20. Are You READY?

21. Buhle Dlamini web: www.youngable.com email: [email_address] motivation: www.motivated.co.za Synthesis of this presentation by: Young & Able Team Multimedia courtesy of the naughty world of MP3 and MPG, as registered with SAMRO, and under international fair use regulations. Purchase the albums at our on-line store. References: 1. “Who Owns The Future”-Richard Worzel 2. “Mind The Gap”- Graeme Codrington