Will a robot take your job? learn how to future-proof your career
In a future where 40% of current jobs will be displaced by robots, AI and automation, an ability to adapt and respond nimbly to workplace change will be essential. So what can people do to future-proof their careers? Professor Paul Steffens argues that entrepreneurial thinking and being entrepreneurial will be a key to success. Hear how developing an opportunity orientation, being proactive and innovative, developing resilience to overcome barriers and adopting a future orientation will help you navigate an exciting new world. This thinking might also just help you to start South Australia’s next Unicorn.
Bio
Dr Paul Steffens is Professor and Director Postgraduate Programs at the Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Innovation Centre (ECIC), The University of Adelaide, Australia. His current research is concerned with the creation, development and growth of new ventures, and diffusion of innovations. He has been a chief investigator for several major research programs totalling over $2 million, including the Comprehensive Australian Study of Entrepreneurial Emergence (CAUSEE) and currently leads the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) in Australia – the world’s largest entrepreneurship research project. Paul has published in leading entrepreneurship, management and marketing journals including Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Journal of Product Innovation Management and R&D Management and serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Business Venturing, the leading international entrepreneurship journal. Paul has also consulted for a range of private and public sector organisations including Department of Industry, Innovation & Science, Monsanto, Waitrose (UK), ENERGEX and the Institute of Public Administration Australia. He has been involved as an investor, advisor and mentor for many startups and has co-founded several companies including a not-for-profit Advancing Entrepreneurship Australia.
8:30pm @The Alma, 66 Magill Road, NORWOOD 5067
Also speaking at this location at 6:30pm is James Muecke