AFM 211 – Week 1
Ted Talk: The Marvel of Innovation: 7 Essential Superheroes
- Colin complacent:
- Captain prepared:
- 13% of Canadian companies are prepared for the disruptive technology around us
- the super seven superheroes
o Sadie the sensor – always researching, curiousity, learn more, addicted to
learning, always on tech crunch -> reads reddit, can be annoying, so many ideas
and it can be hard to keep up with it, ideas don’t always come to life
o Chameleon connector – taking all the ideas and taking them to the corps,
communicate with the start ups or the large corporates, bridges those
organizations, you have too many links, 100s of friends,
o Daiya designer – always intuitive and thinking about others, bring concepts to
life, very observant and intuitive, half architect and half behavioural
psychologist, digital built into DNA,
o Kaiyla kreator – bringing designs to life, maximizes ideas, seeks discovery,
challenges norms, brings it into the real production world, makes a prototype,
directly collaborates with brave nouveau
o Brave nouveau – willing to take it to the market, always risk seeking and nimble,
willing to fail
o Marcus mentor – had the scars, had the failures and willing to share, shares
knowledge, strong BS radar, experienced visionary, done all the things before
and did the new capabilities, they love people and love talking to them, have
someone to help you, amazing for helping to accelerate your journey
o Baden the big builder – bring them out, strong and fast, always preserving, and
solve problems, very collaborative, builds it to scale and make it big
Slides
The top 5 skills identified by employers when hiring new university graduates
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Analytical
- Strong work ethic
- Problem solving