“Talentalism” and its impact on education in ICT sector Diana Bocaneala

Moldova ICT Summit 2013

• Talentalism and knowledge based

society

•What is the role and the potential of

Education System

•What is the role of the private sector.

Endava case study.

•What it’s for me

Agenda

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essential resource -means of production

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capital

natural resources labor

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21st century essential resource

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KNOWLEDGE

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knowledge becomes the key component of economic and social growth

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Places & Numbers

40kWide, niches

7k8k

11k

10k

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Impact # 1

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Impact # 2

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The leadership and management styles are not defined by power but by

responsibility and empowerment.

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Impact # 3

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Focus on developing contributors instead of bosses

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2SEPoQEgqA

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What is the role and the potential of Education System

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• To provide information and know-how

• The willingness to cooperate

• To interconnect activities that are both competitive and high-performance oriented

• To create entrepreneurial spirit

• To focus on behavioral and soft skills

• Capability to innovate

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Some facts and numbers

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• Stanford University and alumni have founded many prominent companies including: Google,

Hewlett – Packard, Sun Microsystems and Yahoo.

4543 new companies have been formed based on a license from an academic institution in the

period of 1980 – 2005

462 new companies based on academic discovery were formed in fiscal year 2004 by 191

institutions

336 million usd - amount the Stanford University made from selling its Google stock

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How about Moldova?

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The partnerships: Endava – University IT Departments

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• Internship Programmes

• Coordinating BA and MA workpapers

• Open lectures for students

• Sponsors for IT Competitions

• Graduates Programmes

• Input for IT Department Curricula

• Organising Endava Open Days with

workshops and training courses

• Partnerships with Students Organisations

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Endava’s investment in talent

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• Keeping up to date with technologies and trends

• Performance oriented culture

• Study Groups

• Technical Training Programme

• Soft Skills Training Programme

• Mentoring

• Workshops and presentations

• Knowledge Management Processes

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Knowledge based society: what’s for me?

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Invest in permanent education, over the entire lifetime, in order to gain superior competences both

in soft and technical :

•Verify

•Conceive

•Create

• Invent

• Apply

Make yourself indispensable!

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Thank you!

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