thoughts on digital media industry
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Presentation given for ICT Council in Vancouver, March 12, 2013TRANSCRIPT
Agentic thinkingAgentic Communications, Inc.
Contact: Phillip DjwaSuite 701 – 207 West Hastings St.
Phone: 604-255-2131x101Fax: [email protected]
@phillipdjwa
Agentic Thinking
1. Social cognition perspective that views people as self-organizing, proactive, self-reflecting and self-regulating, not just as reactive organisms shaped by environmental forces or driven by inner impulses.
2. The capacity for human beings to make choices in the world.
It’s human agency...
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Agentic is not just a group of smart developers. We’re creative technologists that solve problems! We have deep experience in the social change sector.
- Phillip Djwa, Creative Director
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Why are we doing what we are doing today?
Copyright Future Work Institute.
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What have I noticed?
I need high quality talent.
They don’t grow on trees.
Global competition is fierce.
So who cares?Contribution to GDP growth
• Generated 9.5% of GDP growth from 2002 to 2010
Contribution to Canadian standard of living
• Since 2002, GDP per employee increased by 31% in ICT sector
• compared to 2.7% in the rest of the Canadian economy
Source of high quality jobs• Average salary of $67,225 or
52% more than national average
ICT enables all other sectors • (e.g. health, environment,
education, energy) and is critical to competitiveness
Performed 33.4% of all private sector R&D in 2010
$26 billion in exports
Stats from presentation given Apr 24, 2012
If my company was the same as yours, I’d say:
• We can’t compete locally – have to increase markets
• We are small and nimble companies
• We fight time zone issues
• We under invest in Innovation
• Create jobs with self-
control of time for increase of women in mgmt & increase in satisfaction (M+F)
• We don’t have a good pipeline for people
• Entrepreneur driven companies – are frankly, hard on mgmt
Some themes I would like• Encouraging
enrolment and graduation from post-secondary ICT programs (including by a diversity of workers)
• Ensuring that post-secondary program curricula are aligned with industry requirements
• Encouraging continuous
career training• Developing programs
that incorporate immigrants into the workforce
• Developing and disseminating improved and ongoing tracking of ICT labour market info
Our focused innovation
“CREATIVE BY NATURE”
Agentic Communications, Inc.Phillip DjwaSuite 701 -207 W Hastings St.Phone: 604.255.2131 [email protected]@phillipdjwa