KEY TAKEAWAY

CAREER ADVICE CAN BE OVERWHELMING & CONTRADICTORY

WE’RE LIVING IN A VUCA WORLD…

…WITH NO ONE RIGHT ANSWER REQUIRES AGILE CAREER STRATEGIES

APPLY DESIGN THINKING

TO YOUR OWN CAREER

Design Thinking Agile Career Strategies

Design a Better Future

Use Models to Examine Complex Situations

Be-Human-Centered; Build Emotional Resonance

Connect & Collaborate

Do Frequent Experimentation

Learn From the Market

Pursue Opportunities that Prove Themselves

THE MODEL: 3 COMPONENTS ASPIRATIONS TEMPERED BY MARKET REALITIES & ASSETS

Version 1.0 Version 2.0 Start Up Of You, R. Hoffman

1. ASPIRATIONS: DESIGN A BETTER FUTURE KNOW WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR

1. ASPIRATIONS SEEK EMOTIONAL RESONANCE

2. MARKET REALITIES: SENSE-MAKING DEMAND…FOR DESIGN THINKING, CX, RIGHT-BRAINED SKILLS OF SOCIAL INTERACTION…IS ON THE RISE BUT ON THE EARLY PART OF THE S-CURVE

2. MARKET REALITIES: NEW NORMAL THE TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT ARE CHANGING; GENFLUX IS AGE-AGNOSITC

2. MARKET REALITIES: EMERGING PATHS IT’S SITUATIONAL, EXPERIMENTAL, FLEXIBLE

SPANNING FOR-PROFIT, SOCIAL IMPACT, NON-PROFIT ROLES

FT Position

Traditional

FT Position

Tours of Duty Approach;

Social Impact Jobs

Gigs

Interim Executive

Firms

Private Equity

Portfolio Career

Start-Up

Personality, Financial, Risk Profile

Associate Intrapreneur Solopreneur Entrepreneur

2. MARKET REALITIES A PORTFOLIO CAREER EVOLVES WITH YOU & MARKET REALITIES

Income Producing Activities

Biz Consulting

Adjunct Faculty

Board Member

Expert Network

Pro Bono Project

3. ONE ASSET EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A DIVERSE, COLLABORATIVE NETWORK

70/20/10; CURIOSITY CONVERSATIONS; GIVERS GAIN!

3. HOW NETWORKING WORKS SOCIAL CAPITAL, POWER CONNECTOR, WARM INTRO, WEAK TIES

STRATEGIES THEN TACTICS HOW TO STAND OUT, TIMOTHY TONELLA

Aspirations

Market Realities

Assets

Mobile Campaign

Resume

LinkedIn

Bio

Portfolio

ARE WE THERE YET? THERE IS NO “THERE” THERE. IT’S PERPETUAL BETA!

KEY TAKEAWAY

APPLY DESIGN THINKING

TO YOUR OWN CAREER

Design Thinking Agile Career Strategies

Design a Better Future

Use Models to Examine Complex Situations

Be-Human-Centered; Build Emotional Resonance

Connect & Collaborate

Do Frequent Experimentation

Learn From the Market

Pursue Opportunities that Prove Themselves

CROSSING THE KNOWING-DOING DIVIDE WE REMEMBER 50% OF WHAT WE DISCUSS

CROSSING THE KNOWING-DOING DIVIDE SHARE PAIR: ONE MINUTE…ONE INSIGHT OR ONE QUESTION

PLEASE WELCOME…

Jules Pieri David Parsons Jeevak Badve

CROSSING THE KNOWING-DOING DIVIDE WE REMEMBER 75-90% OF WHAT WE PRACTICE AND TEACH

Choose a Breakout Session

• 1. Based on the model, (aspirations, market realities and assets) start a diagram, sketch or map to help guide people through the career design thought-process. Imagine how you would answer someone who said, I don’t even know where to start.

• 2. As a team, coach one person in your session using the model as a guide: what do they want, where on the continuum do they want to play, and who do they need in their network?

• 3. Another topic of your choosing.

• Deliverable: Be prepared to share 1-2 Insights, Stall Points, or Questions. Thank you!

RESOURCES REFERENCED

Aspirations, Assets, Market Realities Model: The Start Up of You, Reid Hoffman

TED Talk: David Brooks, Should you live for your resume or your eulogy? Book: The Path to Character

Eulogy Exercise, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey Harvard Business Review, The Evolution of Design Thinking, September 2015 Fortune, Humans are Underrated, August 2015 Fast Company, Secrets of Generation Flux, January 2012 Interim Executive Firms, Paths inside Private Equity: Teten.com 3 Ways

Proven Executives Get Paid Curiosity Conversations, A Curious Mind, Brian Grazer Givers Gain, Give and Take, Adam Grant Quiet Revolution, Susan Cain, quietrev.com Campaigns: How To Stand Out On Resumes—Every Time!, Timothy Tonella,

LinkedIn Blog, August 2014

Thank you!