WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO LEAD THE NEXT GENERATION WORKFORCE?

JESSICA KNOX, COO METRIX GROUP AND CEO TEAMWAVESOCIAL INNOVATION BOOTCAMP,

QUEENS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, MARCH 15 2014

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT

WORK?

WORK LOOKS DIFFERENT NOW

In 2013, the fastest growing tech companies grew at a rate of

2,600%

Sources: Forbes, CNN, Deloitte Development 2013, IBISWorld

2013 had the weakest US job growth in years

33% Americans are freelancersWill grow to 50% in 2020

Fastest growing industries include:

Social network gamingeCommerce

Global economy

strong in 2013

SO DOES THE WORKFORCE

Every day for the next 19 years

in the US, 19,000 Baby Boomers will reach retirement age every day

80% of them want to continue to working

Gen Y/Millenials

made up 35% of the workforce

in 2014

will

make up 75% of the workforce

by 2025

70% of them want to be

entrepreneurs

Source: Kelley OCG, 2013

BLURRED LINESMOVEMENT

UNCERTAINTYOPTIMISM

DESIRE

MY CHALLENGE

MEANING OVER MONEY

DANIEL PINK: DRIVEVICKI SAUNDERS: SHEEO

SIMON SINEK: STARTING WITH WHY

TECHNOLOGY AS A COACH

DAN TAPSCOTT: GROWN UP DIGITAL

LEEROM SEGAL ET AL: THE DECODED COMPANY

TECHNOLOGY AS A COACH

THE RISE OF THE BIGGER PICTURE

HEALTH AND WELLNESSHAPPINESS

FOCUS AND ATTENTIONCOMPASSION

STRESS REDUCTIONINCLUSIVE WORKPLACES

DANIEL GOLEMAN: FOCUS

SHAWN ACHOR: THE HAPPINESS ADVANTAGE

UMAIR HAQUE: BETTERNESS

PETER SENGE

THE RISE OF THE BIGGER PICTURE

MINDFULNESS IN THE WORKPLACE

QUESTIONS?

THANK YOU!@JESS_KNOX