chris bishop - keynote - texas steam summit - jan. 13, 2017
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Christopher Bishopchief reinvention officer, improvising careersTexas STEAM Summit – January 13, 2017
Connecting science and the arts for successful careers
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• Why me?
• Socio-cultural perspective
• Real world context
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Where are we in the arc of history?
“I refuse to issue a patent for fear it will put my poor subjects out of work.”
Queen Elizabeth I
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1589
regarding a mechanized knitting machine
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Historical context…
Innovation
The Industrial Revolution
Age of Steam and Railways
Age of Steel, Electricity
Age of Oil, Automobilesand Mass ProductionAge of Information and Telecommunications
Deployment
Heavy engineering
Model T
Internet/World Wide Web Every aspect of life
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Source: “Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital”, Carlota Perez, 2002
Steam locomotive1829
1875
1908
1971
Mechanical looms
Textile manufacturing
Transporting people & goods
Infrastructure-buildings, bridges,
Travel ecosystem
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•Social network manager•Cloud software engineer•Sustainable energy technician•3D printer operator•Data scientist
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Changes driven by technology…will create new careers in every discipline!
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Nanopharmacist
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Mobility strategist
Extraterrestrial mining engineer
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Mixed reality content
consultant
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15%
85%
Current Jobs
Non-existent Jobs
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…using technology that doesn’t exist …
To solve problems we do not yet know are problems.25
Workers not rewarded for carrying out orders, but for figuring out what needs to be done
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U.S. Department of Labor predicts that todays’ learners will have ?? jobs…
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U.S. Department of Labor predicts that todays’ learners will have 8-10 jobs…
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U.S. Department of Labor predicts that todays’ learners will have 8-10 jobs…and by age 38!
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• Gild - data science to discover talent• Found on GitHub - code downloaded >1,200 times• Demonstrated several programming languages • Blogs/tweets - confident, opinionated person
Big data as recruiter: Jade Dominguez
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G.P.A. + test scores worthless – they don’t predict
anything1. General cognitive ability
• process on the fly
• learn things to solve problems
• pull together disparate bits of information
2. Emergent leadership• step in at the appropriate time
• step back and let someone else lead
3. Humility - without it you are unable to learn
4. Ownership - fundamental attribution errors
• if it works, it’s because I am a genius
• if it fails, it’s because someone’s an idiot
5. Expertise - least important attribute
What looks for…
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“The world only cares about - and pays off on - what you can do with what you know…and it doesn’t care how you learned it. This will be true no matter where you go to work.”
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Laszlo Bock,
SVP, People Operations at Google
“The future doesn’t care how you
became an expert.”
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David Blake
CEO
•Talk to thought leaders and practitioners
•Share ideas, inspire each other
•Learn from best practices
•Focus on making STEAM real at your school!
Call to action
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