IPSE QA Freelancer Awards - We are the Makers
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The talk I gave at the IPSE Awards on the need for Digital Innovation, the risks of Digital Disruption and how 'Thinking like a freelancer' is good for all of us.
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IPSE QA Freelancer Awards - We are the Makers
- 1. We are the Makers Freelancers, Entrepreneurship and why Change Matters
- 2. How do you see technology?
- 3. Technology is not a cost, it is a differentiator
- 4. We are QA
- 5. We are QA • Over 1,200 employees delivery training • A network of over 20 training centres across the UK
- 7. Think like a Disruptor
- 8. Be Change driven in all we do
- 9. Once it is business normal move on to the next challenge
- 10. This is a continual challenge in a 30 year old business
- 11. Think like a freelancer
- 13. QA and the Freelancer Market Freelancers allow us to scale our delivery capability
- 14. 14 “We are at the end of the digital beginning as companies reshape and retool for life in the new normal” PWC’s Global entertainment and media outlook “With Digital Transformation the consumer, rather than the technology, is in the driver’s seat, and this matters” Forbes
- 15. Britain Does Not Make Anything… "A Britain carried aloft by the march of the makers” George Osborne 2011
- 16. The Digital ‘Manufacturing’ Economy The UK has retained its position as the largest Internet economy in the G-20, according to research released today by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). The sector has seen strong growth since 2010, but the research argues that fresh digital-policy commitments are needed to ensure this trend continues.
- 17. The Disruptors are coming!
- 18. WhatsApp 5 Years Old Vodafone 23 Years Old VALUE PER EMPLOYEE$345.5m $1.4m VALUE $128bn$19bn EMPLOYEES55 92,812 USERS / SUBS 443m450m
- 19. < 2004 Failing to Adapt can be Fatal Netflix vs Blockbuster stock prices 2011 > 0 NETFLIXBlockbuster Blockbuster separates from Viacom Netflix switches to online format
- 20. The Need for the Freelancer EconomyDisruptive Technology Predictive Analysis HTML Internet of Things Mobility Cloud Digital Immigrant Omni-Channel Digital Footprint Data Mining Hadoop Big Data Sharing Economy UX/UI API Digital Native Geotagging XaaS Agile
- 21. The Entrepreneurial Spirit To create the champion, entrepreneurial businesses of the future, we need to remember that productivity is important, but agility is critical James Sproule – Chief Economist, Institute of Directors
- 22. Pairing Innovation with Business • Freelancers are the Innovators and Makers • Working in multiple sectors, and organisational environments is your strength • Delivering an outsiders view offering ’friendly disruption’
- 23. Disruptors that want to help
- 24. Innovators and Influencers Bring Cultural change
- 25. Innovators and Influencers Innovators who speak the language of business
- 26. Innovators and Influencers Visionary view of the future
- 27. Innovators and Influencers Unlock the potential of a business
- 28. Innovators and Influencers Freelancers and Consultants that leave your business transformed
- 29. QA use Freelancers to Innovate
- 31. Digital will Transform Your Lives as well
- 32. People that see beyond the walls…
- 33. Loneliness Working alone is hard
- 34. Rise of the co-working spaces
- 35. New Initiative – Freelancer meetups A Better Way of Working?
- 36. Innovate or DieLearn more to earn more
- 37. • Value in relevancy and scarcity • Continual upskilling • Maximise potential • Be an Evangelist for Change Freelancers The challenge is relevancy
- 38. “The Future is already here, it is just unevenly distributed” William Gibson, Author
Editor's Notes
- Technology can play a major role in achieving differentiation and becoming a market leader. However, technology on its own is not a differentiator. Businesses that understand how to design and create market leading solutions based on appropriate technology will achieve differentiation. And those that use technology to enable their big ideas, rather than in place of big ideas, will become market leaders.
- Technology can play a major role in achieving differentiation and becoming a market leader. However, technology on its own is not a differentiator. Businesses that understand how to design and create market leading solutions based on appropriate technology will achieve differentiation. And those that use technology to enable their big ideas, rather than in place of big ideas, will become market leaders.
- QAL, QAA and QAC (especially QAL and C)
- QAL, QAA and QAC (especially QAL and C)
- QAL, QAA and QAC (especially QAL and C)
- QAL, QAA and QAC (especially QAL and C)
- QAL, QAA and QAC (especially QAL and C)
- QAL, QAA and QAC (especially QAL and C)
- QAL, QAA and QAC (especially QAL and C)
- A value engendered in us all the way down from our CEO William McPherson
- We maintain a pool of skilled freelancers allowing us to scale flexibly Providing business Agility with trusted partners Freelancers allow us to grow by releasing in-business talent We have relationships with our community that extend over a decade
- As the speed of technical change accelerates so must we
- Britain as a service driven economy The digital economy Making the future in a world of digital innovation The challenge in Britain is the adaption of our established economies to a digital world.
- WHAT MESSAGE See more at: https://www.techuk.org/insights/news/item/4075-uk-s-digital-economy-is-world-leading-in-terms-of-proportion-of-gdp#sthash.nLsZO2J6.dpuf The digital economy is of incredible value – it sees profound growth in UK business. We are not measuring effecticly – apparently every facebook user in the world is worth $10 – something we do for 20-30 mins a day every day is worth $10 according to the official figures, free telecoms has had *no effect* of gdp or productivity. Frankly the digital economy and its value is underappreciated and underwhelming IT is not a
- WHY MESSAGE Why is there a need to be disruptive? Businesses are facing many challenges in the digital world, not least from potentially disruptive competitors – often start-ups – that are using technology to meet customer needs in new ways. These new competitors are changing the rules of business and creating more dynamic markets where speed and agility are more important than size and brand. And they also think differently to traditional businesses, they have different ways of working and they have a relentless focus on the customer, which they use to shape everything the company does. To rise to this challenge, traditional organisations have to build new capabilities; they need to be able to match the speed, agility and customer focus of companies that were built for digital. And they need to do this as quickly as possible if they want to avoid getting left behind. In other words they need to disrupt themselves to avoid becoming a victim of disruption.
- WHY MESSAGE Why is there a need to be disruptive? Businesses are facing many challenges in the digital world, not least from potentially disruptive competitors – often start-ups – that are using technology to meet customer needs in new ways. These new competitors are changing the rules of business and creating more dynamic markets where speed and agility are more important than size and brand. And they also think differently to traditional businesses, they have different ways of working and they have a relentless focus on the customer, which they use to shape everything the company does. To rise to this challenge, traditional organisations have to build new capabilities; they need to be able to match the speed, agility and customer focus of companies that were built for digital. And they need to do this as quickly as possible if they want to avoid getting left behind. In other words they need to disrupt themselves to avoid becoming a victim of disruption.
- Something I see time and time again are mature and at scale organisations overwhelmed with choices and direction They need people who have driven this entrepreneurial change to help guide them http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/09/23/why-blockbuster-went-bust-while-netflix-flourished/ http://blog.soa.com/enterprise-apis-apis-are-not-just-for-the-cool-kids/
- This is why we need people like you to think outside the box and beyond what is normal to follow your self belief that there are better ways of working
- HOW MESSAGE Do enterprise organisation really want people with Entrepreneurial spirit? Can we use the spirit of others to transform an idea of innovation Agility – not agile, not just agile!
- Your greatest value acting as a bold partner helping make the next Netflix, and stop them from being the next block buster
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- Partners and allies What makes a great partner as a Freelancer
- Tom has worked for the Cabinet Office and Government Digital services He helped us in QA get over a hump for a project that had sat on a backburner for six months giving us the energy and direction to move us forward.
- This is why we need people like you to think outside the box and beyond what is normal to follow your self belief that there are better ways of working
- NOTES: The difference between pre and post digital organisations is striking. One is an environment that nurtures collaboration and interaction. The other has an almost factory line mentality, with people working in isolation. Flexible work spaces: Pull down the physical barriers, but also challenge the mental ones too e.g. on a regular basis periodically rearrange the desks. Create a work space that will flex to accommodate changes in teams and projects. Places to display and discuss: For a digital team to be at its most effective they need areas that support impromptu discussions and allow work to be constantly on display for quick reference. e.g. whiteboards that can be wheeled around the office. If people want a meeting they grab a whiteboard and pull it over to their desk. People can huddle around and discuss things right there. Best of all the board can be left up after the meeting for future reference. Spaces to think: Open plan can create noisy environments. Need areas where employees can go and work in comfort and quiet. A chance to isolate themselves so they can better focus. These are also places that people can go to just chill out and step away from their work. The right equipment: IBYOD can help. (Source of photo: Martin Talks)
- NOTES The 2020 Intuit report starts with: “imagine a world where companies motivate and manage employees who never set foot in their corporate office.” This is a distinct possibility in coming years. Technology is empowering an increasingly mobile workforce. It’s not just employees who are mobile — the makeup of workers in the U.S. (and beyond) is changing. Statistics today suggest that 33% of the workforce is currently independent or freelance, and as the infographic below suggests, this number is projected to be 40% by 2020. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amanda-schneider/the-rise-of-coworking_b_8382042.html
- QA IPSE Meetups Helping to build a support network Deliver free talks from our SME on demystifying new technologies Free Wi-Fi And (pretty decent) free coffee Launching in July in London and Manchester and using our national reach to met the demand you show us.
- Self funders Flexibility – QAHE Digital Learning Virtual Learning