1. Adapting in the world of work during digital transformation and disruption 3rd Annual Career Elevation Summit 24 October 2018

3. The Beginning of Our Digital Journey

4. Global “Communications” Value Chain

5. The 4th Industrial Revolution
“We are going to see a tremendous amount of excitement in the mobile space just from the launch of 5G.” Steve Mollenkopf, Qualcomm CEO

7. It Is Not Just About Technology!
“If you look at a competitive advantage that a company truly has, it is really only the ideas, the ingenuity, the passion of its people. Because everything else can be matched.”
Paul-Louis Caylar and Alexandre Menard, McKinsey&Company

8. Digital influence on Careers
14% of the global workforce may need to switch occupational categories as digitization, automation, and advances in artificial intelligence disrupt the world of work.

9. Digital influence on Careers
By 2020, over 1/3 of the desired skill sets of most jobs will be comprised of skills not yet considered crucial today.
More than one in three workers may need to adapt their skills’ mix by 2030.
How will we define our own sense of purpose, meaning, and value?
Havard Business Review, 24 May 2018

10. Digital influence on Careers
New technology, a shortage of digital talent and mismatch between available and future skills requires us to re-imagine the workforce.

12. Challenges To Meeting Digital Priorities

13. Digital Culture Deficiencies
a fear of taking risks
departmental silos
No Single View of the customer
Source : MCKINSEY QUARTERLY, July 2017

14. Why Culture?
Culture brings people together and guides them in demonstrating the right behaviours and making decisions.
Just as culture is a powerful competitive differentiator, it can also destroy value if it is not aligned with strategy and adapted to changes in the business environment
Employees value culture and career growth at almost twice the rate at which they value compensation and benefits when selecting an employer
SOURCE: Harvard Business Review, Jan – Feb 2018
Deloitte Consulting

15. The Case of Google
“THESE ADS SUCK”
How Google Works

16. "The most important corporate resource over the next 20 years will be talent: smart, sophisticated business people who are technologically literate, globally astute and operationally agile."
McKinsey&Company

17. Hire Learning Animals
Favour Smart Generalist over experienced Specialists
People with growth mindset
Look for character and heart!

18. Keep Your “Smart Creatives” Engaged
business savvy, technical knowledge, creative energy
Provide tools for prototyping - experimentation will be cheap
Move out of their way
Reward risk taking

19. Employee Appreciation
Companywide awareness of recognitions
Millenials Value Appreciation Even More
Encourage peer to peer appreciation
Appreciation of individuals & teams - 5:1 Principle

20. Because change takes place best in a large context of genuine praise
SOURCE: N. Kline: Time To Think

21. Adapting From An Individual’s Perspective

22. Tech fluency - A foundation of Future Careers
Basic: a basic understanding of enterprise technology principles and systems.
makes it possible to contextualise deeper technology concepts; it enables employees to follow technology trends, differentiate between tech “myth” and fact, and understand how the tools they use each day contribute, directly or indirectly, to business success.

23. Tech fluency - A foundation of Future Careers
Intermediate: more role- and business-function-specific,
employees may be able to understand the possibilities of technology more broadly and harness system capabilities to create efficiencies, drive strategy, and pursue new revenue.

24. Tech fluency - A foundation of Future Careers
Advanced: individuals can sense future disruptive opportunities that emerging innovation may make possible three or even five years down the line -and use that foresight to help their companies create sustainable competitive advantage

25. Job Skills Of The Future (That Robots Can't Do Better Than Humans… yet
Emphathy and communication
Critical Thinking
Creativity
Strategy
Technological Management, installation and upkeep
Physical Skills
Imagination and Vision
Forbes, Aug 2018

26. Impact on Careers The rise of the gig economy
…..and the freelance work arrangements

27. Impact on Careers
Career Planning Becomes Difficult to Predict

28. Impact on Careers
Career Development will be sporadic self led Connecting the dots when looking back

29. Impact on Careers Pick an industry first then Company after
The most interesting industries are those with long product life cycles
How Google Works, 2016

30. Impact on Careers Follow those who leverage technology
How do you know if someone gets it?
How Google Works, 2016

31. Impact on Careers Statistics is critical You don’t like numbers…..?
How Google Works, 2016

32. Impact on Careers
The Importance Of Coaches Digitization and Automation will increase anxiety in a world of work already distabilised by restructurings and M & As.

33. Bringing It All Together

34. Thank You