A Talk for Quest and ACS on Creating new jobs in ICT

1. Creating new jobs in
ICT
Anne-Marie Elias
Collaborative Alchemist | Change Strategist | International Speaker & Facilitator
ACS, April 2017

2. ICT as an enabler
“ICTs are influencing employment both as an industry that creates
jobs and as a tool that empowers workers to access new forms of
work, in new and more flexible ways.”
Chris Vein, World Bank’s chief innovation officer for global ICT
development, 2013

3. ICT Industry
•2015: ACS & Deloitte Access Economics, report, Australia’s Digital
Pulse, digital technologies is one of the fastest growing parts of
Australia’s economy,
• economic contribution grew in the past three years to a 5.1% share of
our GDP – from $50 billion in 2011 to $79 billion in 2013-14.
•5% growth in the number of ICT professionals, with an increase to
600,000 ICT workers in 2014, and demand for a further 100,000 workers
over the next six years.

4. Are we ready?
1
Workforce capability
building
2
ICT Graduates – retention
New opportunities – The
Last Mile
3
Growth in coding &
computational thinking
4
Unearthing talent –
refugees and migrants

5. ICT Skills of the future
Cross
discipline
STEAM
01
Problem
solving
02
Collaborative
Alchemy
03

6. Vibewire – skills of the future

7. ICT Innovation
ICT
Innovation
Our people -
Service users,
customers
and staff
Design
Data
Digital

8. Ecosystem
University,
TAFE,
RTO
•Education
& Skills
Startup/
Tech •Disruption
Data,
Design,
Digital,
Social
•Cross
discipline

9. Its up
to you

10. Takeaways
Disrupt or be disruptedDisrupt
Connect with the ecosystemConnect
Collaborate across sectors and expand your orbit
Collaborate

11. Anne-Marie Elias
@ChiefDisrupter
Mobile: 0418236546
www.anne-marieelias.com
www.chiefdisrupter.com
QUESTIONS ?
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