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A talk given by Wali Zahid, ceo, Skill City Bahrain, at premier NED University of Engineering & Technology in Karachi, Pakistan on 3 October 2013

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Engineers as Future Leaders

Wali Zahid | ceo, Skill City bahrainNED University Karachi, Pakistan: 3 October 2013

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Who’s Wali?

Asian businesses have known Wali for his 20-year work

on business leadership and executive coaching

Leads the longest-running Train-The-Trainer program |

13th year | 16+ Asian locations | 1,000+ trainers

Taught MBA courses at IBA, ZABIST, CBM, UMT, IIU, Dow

Board/Advisory @ LCWU, Indus Valley, CBM, PSTD

At heart: a disruptor | challenging schooling,

performance, training efficacy, leadership readiness

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World’s first paper-free TTT

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That’s us on web!

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That’s us on FB! Like us

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Advising NS government

Was flown in to advise the new Nawaz Sharif

government on turning around state-owned

enterprises before the cabinet took oath!

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Leads CEO leadership workshop

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2050 interview – Urdu Digest

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CEO Summit with Shahbaz Sharif

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At Pakistan Vision 2025 meeting

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Let’s talk about you, engineers!

You create or recreate the world!

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You create this

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You create this

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You create this

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You create this

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You create this

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Engineers are clever!

German Engineering Arab Technology clip

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Impatient Gen Y’ers / Millennials

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Three parts of the talk

1. Where the world is heading – technologically,

economically

2. How is it easy or challenging for engineers to

be leaders

3. How you can get ready to lead by using

Wali’s Will-Skill Matrix

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All of this

Through visual content

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Part 1: Where the world is heading

The world is connected today in ways that are

shattering traditional communications concepts

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Technologically

Changes at exponential speed

Gen Y: Impatient – want it now, not five minutes from now!

Facebook and Youtube replace everything

Did you know? clip

Microsoft vision clip

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What is out

1. Teachers, teaching, knowledge, instruction

2. Attentive, disciplined students (not made any

more!)

3. Degrees (Google HR - no GPA, no interviews!)

4. Schools & universities (replaced by MOOCS, Khan

Academy, FutureLearn)

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End of teaching? Edudemic

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Learning, not teaching! Wharton

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End of college degrees: HBR

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GPA & interviews useless: Google

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Khan: Teacherless classrooms

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MOOCs replacing unis

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Free education globally

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MOOCs rising

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Even UK unis following!

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Economically

Pakistan is one of the top 20 economies in the

world in 2050*

*Goldman Sachs

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World in 2010

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World in 2050

Goldman Sachs: Jan 2012 report

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Bordering 2 giants – China & India!

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Just one glimpse

Retail sector in Pakistan – CNN clip

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Socially/demographically

We are becoming a richer and healthier world

Muslim populations in the West are increasing

at a rate that it will change the European

cultural landscape by 2050

Hans Rosling clip

Church clip on Muslim Demographics

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Part 2: Engineers as leaders

Expectations from the world

Your personality type

Challenges

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Expectations from the world

The American Society for Engineering Education

The Engineer of 2020 Project

A high-risk, high-pay-off approach for the

future of US engineering education

9 attributes

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9 attributes of engineer of 2020!

1. Strong analytical skills

2. Practical ingenuity, creativity; innovator

3. Good communication skills

4. Business, management skills

5. High ethical standards, professionalism

6. Dynamic/agile/resilient/flexible

7. Lifelong learner

8. Able to put problems in their socio-technical and operational context

9. Adaptive leader

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Role of engineers in the economy

If you want good manufacturing jobs, one thing you could do is graduate more engineers.

Jeffery Immelt, CEO General Electric

More S&P 500 CEOs obtain their bachelors degree in engineering than in any other field.

US National Academy of Science, 2007

In the emerging economy of the new century, the team with the most engineers wins .

Director Maine Heritage Policy Center

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A world with issues

Four key issues

Energy

Transport

Climate change

Waste disposal

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Solution depends on?

1. Technology

2. People

Q: Which side engineers are good at?

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Technology/People mix!

Innovation: Change through technology

Leadership: Change through people

Technical ability x leadership = Impact!

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Our numbers maybe right, but…

Math vs trust clip

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Engineers are left-brained?

Business

leadership

is a

whole-brain

function!

A AnalysisD DecisionsE EvaluationL LogicN NumbersW WordsV VerbalMemorySurgeon/Accountant/ Lawyer / EngineerRational

C ColourI IdeasG GesturesA ArtR RibbonF FeelingsI ImpulseImageRhythmEmotional

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Engineers on the RIDO scale

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Mostly, engineers are…

Left-brained

Introvert / need ‘alone’ time

Logical/rational/analytical

Practical (not very ‘creative’)

Structured/methodical/process-oriented

Functional expertise vs people skills?

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Two issues

1. Politics

2. Too much hard work!

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4 styles of political behaviour

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How people are promoted

Research: What takes you ahead at job?

Learning: What does this tell you? (Ashridge, UK)

Performance (work)

Image (reputation)

Exposure (visibility)

10%

30%

60%

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Part 3: Getting Ready!

How you can get ready to lead by using

Wali’s Will-skill Matrix

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Some useable examples

Did I say: Inspiring?

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How Steve Jobs did this

46 seconds clip

Lessons: changing the world?

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How Samsung does it!

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13 pivots of Samsung…1

1938 – Samsung started as a grocer

1. 1940s – groceries → noodles

2. 1950 – selling sugar

3. 1954 – largest woolen mill

4. Late 1950s - insurance and securities

5. 1960 – black & white TVs

6. 1980 – phone switch boards & fax systems

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13 pivots of Samsung…2

7. 1987 – founder dies; department stores, chemicals & logistics, paper/telecom and electronics

8. 1980 – investment in electronic facilities

9. 1990 – investing → construction

10. 1990s – downsizing and merging during recession

11. Late 1990s – largest memory chip manufacturer

12. 1995 – chips → LCDs; largest flat screen TV manufacturer

13. 2010 – LCDs → smartphones

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How a child does this

Indian tree fall clip

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Before anything, you need a goal

What do you want to achieve, say, in 5 years?

Take 3 minutes

Try as much clarity/foresight as you can

Be as ambitious/crazy as you can!

It doesn’t need to be about money

Tell people around you

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Your BIG goals?

What are they?

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How some others will use 5 years

The 5 years clip

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To achieve your goal

What you need is…

five BIG things

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The first two

1. Will

2. Skill

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Wali on will & skill

To succeed as a leader, engineers need

Willand

Skill

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Will & Skill

Will = desire,

hunger, drive,

ambition,

willingness, your

reason for being,

mindset

Skill = ability,

competence,

capability,

something you are

known for, niche,

skillset

Let’s watch a clip from Shaolin Soccer

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Wali’s Will-Skill Matrix v1

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The next two

3. Focus

4. Energy

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Focus-Energy Matrix

ENERGY High

Distraction40%

Procrastination30%

Purposefulness10%

Disengagement20%

High

FOCUS

Low

Bruch & Ghoshal study for Harvard Business Review

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Why focus matters?

Focus clip

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How disengagement wastes you

Boring job clip

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Procrastination/distraction

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The fifth

5. The Flow

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The Flow?

MihalyCsikszentmihalyi: Good business: Leadership, Flow and the Making of Meaning

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The Flow

David Beckham clip

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All of this, with team work

Teamwork clip

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In summary…

Engineers will be ready to lead if you:

1. Have a worthwhile goal

2. Have a high will and a high skill

3. Work with high focus and high energy

4. Move to a higher-level challenge (flow) when things become routinised

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Before we end, the final 3 pieces

What leads to success clip

Of eight things, what is your pick?

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The right thing vs the easy thing!

Rise and shine clip

This clip will guide you how to create global

success and become Olympians!

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Finally, remember

Every time you fall clip

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Thank you!

Wali Zahid

[email protected]

www.skillcity.co

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