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IBM Design
August 7, 2014
Jodi Cutler
Career and Community Manager, IBM Design
luck, happiness and
building a career
IBM Design :: IBM Confidential :: ©2013 IBM Corporation
not everyone knows what they
want to ‘be’ when they grow up.
sometimes they just know what
they like doing.
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IBM Design :: IBM Confidential :: ©2013 IBM Corporation
let’s talk about this guy
• wasn’t the only teen to have a school
with a computer
• wasn’t the only math wiz at Harvard
• wasn’t the only person to program in
basic
• wasn’t the only kid with $2m
endowment
• wasn’t the only one who read
Popular Electronics
3
IBM Design :: IBM Confidential :: ©2013 IBM Corporation
was bill gates just at the right
place at the right time
4
IBM Design :: IBM Confidential :: ©2013 IBM Corporation
or was he lucky?
4
IBM Design :: IBM Confidential :: ©2013 IBM Corporation 4
luck is the ability to perceive &
act on the confluence of
opportunities
IBM Design :: IBM Confidential :: ©2013 IBM Corporation
// happiness
5
IBM Design :: IBM Confidential :: ©2013 IBM Corporation
I wanted to know what
happiness looked like.
So, I googled it
7
IBM Design :: IBM Confidential :: ©2013 IBM Corporation
Happiness as outlined by the american psychological association
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IBM Design :: IBM Confidential :: ©2013 IBM Corporation
Happiness as outlined by the american psychological association
• Autonomy
• Feeling in control of your surroundings
8
what are the overarching
opportunities that you can control
IBM Design :: IBM Confidential :: ©2013 IBM Corporation
Happiness as outlined by the american psychological association
• Autonomy
• Feeling in control of your surroundings
• Competence
• Feedback from others on performance, Learning
& growing skill
8
what are the overarching
opportunities that you can control
what are the opportunities to
challenge yourself & get better
IBM Design :: IBM Confidential :: ©2013 IBM Corporation
Happiness as outlined by the american psychological association
• Autonomy
• Feeling in control of your surroundings
• Competence
• Feedback from others on performance, Learning
& growing skill
• Relatedness
• Connecting with people & connecting people
8
what are the overarching
opportunities that you can control
what are the opportunities to
challenge yourself & get better
what are the opportunities to
connect with people and share
IBM Design :: IBM Confidential :: ©2013 IBM Corporation
Happiness as outlined by the american psychological association
• Autonomy
• Feeling in control of your surroundings
• Competence
• Feedback from others on performance, Learning
& growing skill
• Relatedness
• Connecting with people & connecting people
• Self-Esteem
• confident in yourself w/out comparison
8
what are the overarching
opportunities that you can control
what are the opportunities to
challenge yourself & get better
what are the opportunities to
connect with people and share
you are good enough, smart
enough and who cares what
they think
IBM Design :: IBM Confidential :: ©2013 IBM Corporation
if we feel in control.
if we feel capable.
if we feel related.
if we have strong self-esteem.
9
see the opportunities

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SXSW Panel Topic

  • 1. IBM Design August 7, 2014 Jodi Cutler Career and Community Manager, IBM Design luck, happiness and building a career
  • 2. IBM Design :: IBM Confidential :: ©2013 IBM Corporation not everyone knows what they want to ‘be’ when they grow up. sometimes they just know what they like doing. 2
  • 3. IBM Design :: IBM Confidential :: ©2013 IBM Corporation let’s talk about this guy • wasn’t the only teen to have a school with a computer • wasn’t the only math wiz at Harvard • wasn’t the only person to program in basic • wasn’t the only kid with $2m endowment • wasn’t the only one who read Popular Electronics 3
  • 4. IBM Design :: IBM Confidential :: ©2013 IBM Corporation was bill gates just at the right place at the right time 4
  • 5. IBM Design :: IBM Confidential :: ©2013 IBM Corporation or was he lucky? 4
  • 6. IBM Design :: IBM Confidential :: ©2013 IBM Corporation 4 luck is the ability to perceive & act on the confluence of opportunities
  • 7. IBM Design :: IBM Confidential :: ©2013 IBM Corporation // happiness 5
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  • 10. IBM Design :: IBM Confidential :: ©2013 IBM Corporation I wanted to know what happiness looked like. So, I googled it 7
  • 11. IBM Design :: IBM Confidential :: ©2013 IBM Corporation Happiness as outlined by the american psychological association 8
  • 12. IBM Design :: IBM Confidential :: ©2013 IBM Corporation Happiness as outlined by the american psychological association • Autonomy • Feeling in control of your surroundings 8 what are the overarching opportunities that you can control
  • 13. IBM Design :: IBM Confidential :: ©2013 IBM Corporation Happiness as outlined by the american psychological association • Autonomy • Feeling in control of your surroundings • Competence • Feedback from others on performance, Learning & growing skill 8 what are the overarching opportunities that you can control what are the opportunities to challenge yourself & get better
  • 14. IBM Design :: IBM Confidential :: ©2013 IBM Corporation Happiness as outlined by the american psychological association • Autonomy • Feeling in control of your surroundings • Competence • Feedback from others on performance, Learning & growing skill • Relatedness • Connecting with people & connecting people 8 what are the overarching opportunities that you can control what are the opportunities to challenge yourself & get better what are the opportunities to connect with people and share
  • 15. IBM Design :: IBM Confidential :: ©2013 IBM Corporation Happiness as outlined by the american psychological association • Autonomy • Feeling in control of your surroundings • Competence • Feedback from others on performance, Learning & growing skill • Relatedness • Connecting with people & connecting people • Self-Esteem • confident in yourself w/out comparison 8 what are the overarching opportunities that you can control what are the opportunities to challenge yourself & get better what are the opportunities to connect with people and share you are good enough, smart enough and who cares what they think
  • 16. IBM Design :: IBM Confidential :: ©2013 IBM Corporation if we feel in control. if we feel capable. if we feel related. if we have strong self-esteem. 9