St Annes College, Oxford Preparing For Your Future 2030

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St Anne’s College, OxfordPreparing For Your Future

10 April 2023

• Bob McKim • Stanford University• A Creativity researcher

in 60s and 70s• Ran Stanford Design

Programme

• One of his Creativity Exercises

• Draw your neighbour very quickly...

• 30 Seconds...• ...Lets GO

Let’s start by getting creative

Creativity exercise

Here’s one I made earlier

Let’s move some cheese

A short story about; 1. Two humans – Hem and Haw2. And Two Mice – Sniff and Scurry who live in & Maze.3. The Maze is a metaphor for life.4. The Cheese is a metaphor for food, money, happiness.

Who Moved My Cheese?

Dr Spencer Johnson

The MazeWhich one are you?

Globalisation 3.0 and an Exciting Future

Globalisation 3.0 and an Exciting Future

Mainframe PC

Internet Social Networking

TODAY

1990’S

1970’S1980’S

Globalisation 3.0 and an Exciting Future

The Future

Apollo 11 iPhone

X1million more powerful

“IN THE TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY PEOPLE ALWAYS OVERESTIMATE WHAT YOU CAN DO IN ONE YEAR AND UNDERESTIMATE WHAT YOU CAN DO IN ONE DECADE.”

Marc Benioff, Founder and CEO salesforce.com

Globalisation 3.0 and an Exciting Future

Reach

Years

1

13

38

The Future as we know it is very Unpredictable

The Future as we know it very Unpredictable

Last 40 years – over 2billion increase in population

Rising Income

Rising Life Expectancy – 25 years in the last 40 years

Falling Illiteracy – 50% to 25%

The Future as we know it very Unpredictable

People Living Longer By 2100 – 100 could be the new 70

As poor countries get richer, fertility rates decline

Dependency Ratio – Worker : Pensioner

Education – The Foundation for the Future

Education – The Foundation for the Future

Football Teams Tennis Stars

Olympic Games Cricket Stars

Education – The Foundation for the Future

Planning and Analysis

Working as a Community

Collaboration Hark work – there are no shortcuts

Education – The Foundation for the Future

“Excellence is not a skill, it is an attitude”

- Ralf Marsdon

Globalisation 3.0 and an Exciting Future

“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the most responsive to change”

- Charles Darwin, Origin of the Species (1809 – 1882)

Preparing for a Global Economy and Society

Preparing for a Global Economy and Society

• ...continuous improvements in communication and technology.• ....explosion of social media and online work will continue to blur geographic boundaries and will

enable you develop human and social capital in new ways.• New potential for innovation and development.• Remember

– “Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude” - Ralf Marston– “it is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the most

responsive to change” - Charles Darwin

• You have the opportunity to make the 21st Century the most glorious century – a new renaissance.

• Which are you?– Sniff/Scurry– Hem/Haw

• Thank you and Good luck!

Your Future – You have the opportunity to make the 21st Century the most glorious century

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