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These slides are from a facilitated learning session on future trends affecting Canadian careers.TRANSCRIPT
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What in the world is going on?
Presented by: Rob Straby
www.LifeWorks-By-Design.com
About Rob’s Background
Presentation Overview
• Participatory exploration of key trends
• Comparison with current literature
• Action planning• Questions & Discussion
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Learning Goals
• Identify mental models and how they affect concepts of work
• Explore changes in the psychology of the world of work
• Express, explain, and exchange a wide range of opinions and ideas about global trends, how these impact your clients, and your own work
• Engage in highly interactive and cooperative teams
Creativity Warm-up
What Do You Believe?
• A: My career plans are already decided.
• B: My career plans are open to change.
Beliefs About Occupations
• A: There are many differences between workers in an occupation.
• B: There are many similarities between workers in an occupation.
Beliefs About Change
• A: I am willing to experiment with a variety of occupations.
• B: I need a consistent career path.
Beliefs About Initiation
• A: I prefer clear work goals to work hard.
• B: I work hard despite uncertainty.
Understanding Beliefs
• “Mental models are the images, assumptions, and stories, which we carry in our minds of ourselves, other people, institutions and their aspect of the world. Like a pane of glass framing and subtly distorting our visions, mental models determine what we see. Human beings cannot navigate through the complex environments of our world without cognitive “mental maps”; and these mental maps, by definition, are flawed in some way”
• Peter Senge, 1994
Tom Peters Says “Re-Imagine!”
Yesterday• Job for life• Competence• Reference group = The organization• Work with the same
old folks• Career strategy = Do what you’re told
Today• Gig for now• Mastery• Reference group =
Peers in your craft
• Work with a shifting network of partners
• Career Strategy = Do what you excel at
Team Brainstorm
• Form into your teams and brainstorm the following question:
• What changes do you think have (or have not) occurred in the mental models about the world of work (or how careers happen)?
Let’s Look at Global Trends
Question:• What are the most
important trends that you have identified through your own learning to date?
• You have 4 blank 3x5 index cards
• Write down 4 opinions• Write 1 idea per card
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Sample Opinions
• The pace of technological change will continue to increase and affect all areas of life
• The global economy is becoming more integrated which means everything is affected by everything else
• Knowledge creation is more important than product development
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Share & Swap
• Compare your cards with other people
• You must swap at least two (2) of your cards with others to create a new ‘hand’
• For any new cards you accept, you must agree with the opinions on them
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Form Teams
• Form teams with people holding similar candies to you (e.g. Blue)
• Share what you have on your cards and discuss what is similar and different
• As a team, come up with the key themes from your team’s cards
• The themes a team chooses must meet with everyone’s approval
A Picture Says…
• Once you have chosen your team’s opinions, you are to draw pictures to represent each of the opinions
• You may not use any words with the pictures
• Be prepared to present your pictures to the whole group
What Did Others Draw?
• Take a few minutes and circulate around the room
• Observe what others have drawn
• What images stand out to you?
What others are saying…
Critical changes that affect us
• Increasing pace of technological change
• Integration of the global economy• Knowledge is a key leveling agent• In a world of extreme inter-
connectivity, the types of services that can be traded is rapidly changing
• Canadian’s “quality of life” is at risk
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Implications for Canadians
• We cannot predict ‘job titles’ or ‘occupational destinations’
• We can ensure we have the right knowledge and skills sets
• Need to focus on the development of critical skills NOW
#1 Skill Set
• Learn How To Learn• Get passionate about
learning on a continuous basis
• To constantly absorb, and teach yourself, new ways of doing old things or new ways of doing new things is the only way to be prepared!
CQ + PQ > IQ
#2 Skill Set
• Versatility• Neither specialist nor
generalist• “Ability to apply depth of skill
to a progressively widening scope of situations and experiences, gaining new competencies, building relationships and assuming new roles” (Gartner Group)
• Spiral career path
engineering > systems analytics > sales > marketing
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Critical Knowledge Era Skills
• Collaborating and orchestrating people and projects across the world
• Synthesizing, innovating and integrating ideas
• Explaining things to others (e.g. writing, teaching, editing, customer service)
• Leveraging knowledge through technology
What Skills Do We Need?
• Re-join your team at your play station• Think about what trends have been discussed
and drawn so farDiscuss:1. What skills & knowledge do Canadians need
in order to meet these trends?2. What skills & knowledge do we as Career
Centre staff need to learn? What do we need to be doing to help our clients adapt to change?
Taking Action
• Identify steps you can take to move forward
• What do you need to increase your knowledge?
• What do you need to do to help your clients adapt?
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For more information:
• Rob Straby
• www.LifeWorks-By-Design.com