As Leaders You’ll Make the Future Derby Days: Cal Poly of Agricultural Sciences & Management

by Lisa Alley-Zarkades Vice President – Commercial Development

Roles & Background: Lisa Alley-Zarkades is vice president—commercial development of HORN Animal Wellness. She combines extensive experience in the food and nutrition industries with a passion for enhancing animal wellness. Previously, Lisa was vice president of HORN’s FoodTech group. • Lisa holds a bachelor’s of science in foods and nutrition from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona • Dean’s Council for the College of Agriculture, Cal Poly Pomona, 2011-Present • She is an active member of various food and animal industry associations and is a board member of the World Pet Association.

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Lisa’s Published Work

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Five Significant Changes Since I was in College - 1982 1. Computers became part of everyday life. 2. Cell Phones were invented. 3. We had the largest recession since the Great Depression. 4. The cost of education has skyrocketed. 5. Information overload and high speed of communication.

What Does It Take to be a Leader Today

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It’s a Time of Accelerated Disruptive Changes

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V.U.C.A. World by “Leaders make the Future” 1. Volatility 2. Uncertainty 3. Complexity 4. Ambiguity

10 Leadership Skills by Bob Johansen

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1.  Clarity

2.  Dilemma Flipping

3.  Immersive Learning

4.  Bio-empathy

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Four Leadership Skills – College of Agriculture

10 Leadership Skills: Clarity

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Ability to See thru Messes and Contractions Try to find clarity to a future others can’t see yet. Leaders must be clear about what they are doing, but flexible about how it gets done.

10 Leadership Skills: Dilemma Flipping

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New Problem Solving Skills – Turn Dilemmas, Which Unlike Problems Can’t Be Solved – Into Advantages and Opportunities Dilemma flipping a skill that Leaders will need in order to win in a world dominated by problems that nobody can solve. A dilemma is a problem that can’t be solved and will not go away.

10 Leadership Skills: Immersive Learning

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Ability to Immerse Yourself in Unfamiliar Environments & Learn from them. Learn in new environments in a first person way. Growing up playing video games could be very helpful since serious gamers have the chance to immerse themselves in dilemmas and learn advanced social networking skills.

Bio-empathy

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Ability to See Things from Natures Point of View, Understand, Respect and Learn From Its Patterns Bio-empathy requires seeing things from nature’s point of view. Respect for Nature is basic, with a long-term view of what is needed for life to go on for generations beyond the present.

Diasporas

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Big Change from Traditional Geographies, Now Linked by Networks and Amplified by Social Media Diasporas are commons by definition: they have strong shared values and common points of view on the world. Sharing is already practiced regularly within their communities, diasporas can create new commons structures for themselves more quickly.

Food Webs

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Food and Water Disruptions will Restructure Human Health and Politics Food has always been an interesting medium for expressing the maker instinct. In the always –busy world of the future, the desire to prepare meals will be tempered by time. Urban Farming and water woes will continue.

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