TILT the Future
The Future of Work is dismantling the clear career ladders that served our parents. We are left with career plans that looks more like a roller coaster ride – fast, frantic and full of unexpected twists and turns. This experience could be terrifying or thrilling – or both – depending on how we tilt our mindset, and frame our perspective. If you are a young adult figuring out education and career in this new normal, this is a podcast for you. In a series of short discussions and interviews, Karena and her guests explore the technology, strategy, frameworks and skills that will help us stay a step ahead in this new digital era. Let's discover, explore and enjoy the Future of Work. Together. Let’s Tilt the Future in your favour.
Episodes
This is what I believe - that we are capable of amazing possibility.
The world - in all its glory, dirt and grime - has been handed down to my generation by all the hundreds of previous generations who battled through despair, disease, war, and so much more.
What do we do with it? How do we accept this gift? Do we tie a ribbon on it, and hand it forward to the generation after us, or do we open it, take a hammer to it and offer up th...
This is what I know:
I am a dot.
- I'm just one human in a world of 7.8 billion
- I exist at a specific point in time, stepping gratefully in the footsteps of those who came before
- Ours is just one of so many species that have covered this same earth for billions of years
- Our world is one planet, a dot in a galaxy and universe that is so wide and spans dimensions
I'm a dot.
And like a dot, I believe in connection. Connecting with fri...
ARE YOU A COURAGEOUS PARENT?
This is a book is for all us parents out there who feel like we are being called on to make BIG decisions for our children - those life-impacting, monumental decisions.
- It is for the parents-in-waiting, especially the first-timers who are simultaneously sure they’re going to do it better than their parents, and unsure if they can do it at all. (Yes, you can!)
- It is for the parents of toddlers who are w...
ARE YOU A COURAGEOUS PARENT?
This is a book is for all us parents out there who feel like we are being called on to make BIG decisions for our children - those life-impacting, monumental decisions.
- It is for the parents-in-waiting, especially the first-timers who are simultaneously sure they’re going to do it better than their parents, and unsure if they can do it at all. (Yes, y_ou can_!)
- It is for the parents of toddlers who are...
Host: Karena de Souza
Producer: Karena de Souza
Music for this episode: No. 4 Piano Journey, Esther Abrami, YouTube Audio Library
Technology: taped on HP desktop, using Audacity, Blue Yeti Nano
Processing: Audacity with apologies to all sound engineers out there
Photo credit: Karena de Souza, Canva
Editing recipe
Need to fix gain on mic - set mic slightly off from centre, at approx 30-degree angle
- Raised envelope on vocal to 0...
What if COVID is the dress rehearsal, a road map for how we as humans can handle the environmental crisis? We have now shown that nations can quickly agree on a consistent course of action, humans can make sacrifices for the common good.
As we ease back into a new normal of life after COVID, is there an opportunity to play leapfrog? Can we make economic and social decisions that ignore the actions that hurt the environment? And jump...
- The gift of a pocket of Time spent with family, discovering each other in deep conversations
- The gift of Humanity - the generous nature of people in real space and digital space
- The gift of Possibility - when we see how quickly nations and individuals were able to collaborate, it gives us HOPE.
Covid is the dress rehearsal for our collaboration in the fight for climate action. We got this!
Each time I have made a major pivot in my life, it was when I had a pocket of time. Most often these came at low points in my life - having an unnecessarily long job hunt, nursing a sick family member, not getting into the college of my choice.
It turned out that I had not received what I wanted, but offered a chance to get what I needed.
This episode is a pitch for a regular date with yourself - a time to sit down on a weekly, quart...
What would you do if you knew you had the permission?
Permission to speak up.
Permission to make something better.
Permission to be vulnerable.
Permission to connect.
Permission to care.
What would you do?
Because the punch line is “you have permission”
The world needs big bold dreams right now.
Insane ideas that might actually work.
The best idea can come from anyone, anywhere, at anytime.
So dream bold.
Speak up.
You have permission.
The corona crisis has shown how even the smallest organism has the power to such down the global economy and send us all sheltering in place.
There is big power in small.
And it goes both ways. Just as small can disrupt entire economies, small ideas can also have a major impact.
Now is the time for bold ideas - and no idea is too small or too simple to be voiced. Because it may be the next big idea.
Or it may launch a 100 other great ...
Life will never return to the way it was.
This was to be an anniversary episode to mark a year of podcasting. But Covid-19 has changed the celebration. The world as we knew it has changed, and across the globe individuals are working together to flatten the curve.
It is a huge adjustment. The speed with which social distancing and WFH have been brought in have caused major transitions for many. But thankfully that is an area where ...
Another in the series 'Never too young to lead', this is an interview with GenZ Henry Greenberg.
He has created a curriculum unit that teaches elementary students the basics skills and thought processes around Entrepreneurship.
Click here for the full transcript and show notes for this episode 'Henry Greenberg SOAR - Entrepreneurship, Education and Elementary school..'
The interview is also available on the YouTube Channel Tilt the ...
In a reversal from previous generations, Generation Z identifies their parents among their most important career influencer.
How would we use this information to offer GenZ the best support? Here are 3 strategies that tilt parents into effective career influencers:
- Better informed is better prepared
- Use open ideas, challenge mindset with a growth mindset
- Parents should not fall into a trap of 'parenting as they were parented'
"Tech Under 20 is run for students by students - because students are the ones who know best what they need to develop."
Denys talks to Kyle Newcombe and myself about the Tech Under 20 Cup challenge, the Pitch Yourself event, student engagement via the school chapters.
Denys shared his views on:
- Value of sustained commitment to a project or cause
- What Generation Z expects from the Future of Work
- How Tech Under 20 offers mentoring, i...
Trailer Episode: Want to know why I am so inspired by Generation Z?
While much of this set of podcast episodes focus on the new technologies that young adults are leveraging in order to solve problems, we also explore the other pillars of my work - well-being, foundation and transition skills.
This young generation are inventive, creative and itching to solve the problems small and large. I find such talent really engaging and motiva...
Here is a list of 10 valuable services offered by your careers centre.
This episode focuses on 1-5 that target getting you that first job.
Is there a valuable service that we should add to this list? Leave a comment on this site, or on LinkedIn.
For the full transcript, bonus material and links to the articles visit my blog:
10 Valuable Services at your Campus Career Centre
website: Tiltthefuture.com
Host: Karena de Souza
Producer: Karena...
What is the value in using your campus career centre?
As we pivot into a new era of the Future of Work, can we discover a different way of exploring our relationship to work, and therefore the jobs and careers that we will apply for?
I was surprised that many current students are not making use of their campus careers centres. This is a resource that helps your learning institution assist you in the broader set of career exploration...
Think outside the box is an idiom for Critical Thinking.
Which means there is a box.
We can only break out of the confines of our box if we know what that box looks like from the inside first.
That is why the first step is mastery.
For the full transcript of this episode, plus a longer think with bonus links & material, visit the partner blog:
website: Tiltthefuture.com
Host: Karena de Souza
Producer: Karena de Souza
M...
As this skill becomes sought after by employers who are anxious to have independent, confident, creative minds in a workplace that is constantly evolving, it is good to know that for those who do not have critical thinking as an innate skill, it can be nurtured.
Articles referenced:
World Economic Forum: 'This soft skill will boost your employability'
HBR: A Short Guide to Building Your Team’s Critical Thinking Skills
Share you thought...
We may see Critical Thinking as a skill possessed by the special few - astronauts & pilots (such as Captain Sully).
As this skill becomes sought after by employers who are anxious to have independent, confident, creative minds in a workplace that is constantly evolving, it is good to know that for those who do not have critical thinking as an innate skill, it can be nurtured.
Share you thoughts on this topic with those around you. De...
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