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Sally Waterston

Sally Waterston. 16 th June 2016. Today is Bloomsday. Public use. Introductions. “ My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people do not know.” ― Arthur Conan Doyle , The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle. Technology as a discipline.

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Sally Waterston

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  1. Sally Waterston 16th June 2016 Today is Bloomsday Public use

  2. Introductions • “My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people do not know.” ― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle

  3. Technology as a discipline ‘IT as we know it could disappear by the end of the decade, killed off by the relentless consumerization of technology. Forester Research 2013’

  4. Taking a step back- the bigger picture I'm not suggesting people abandon musical instruments and start playing their cars and apartments, but I do think the reign of music as a commodity made only by professionals might be winding down. David Byrne Talking Heads

  5. What about in the enterprise? ‘The Child is father of the man’ William Wordsworth 1802

  6. A digital interconnected ecosystem ‘There is constant interchange …within each system…..these ecosystems …form one category of the multitudinous physical systems of the universe ‘ A.G Tansley ‘Ecology XVI’ 1935

  7. How can we learn? • “A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.” ― James Joyce, Ulysses

  8. What is stopping us? • ‘Sir, I am too old to learn.’King Lear William Shakespeare

  9. Why does it matter? ‘If you work just for money, you'll never make it, but if you love what you're doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours.’ Ray Kroc

  10. Disruption is the key to innovation • ‘a School in the Cloud, where children can explore and learn from one another. ‘ • SugataMitra

  11. How do we change? It was a prolonged and systematic attempt to stifle all enquiry and punish all inquirers Henry Thomas Buckle 1857

  12. Who are we looking for? • Integrity and ethics • Intelligence • Knowledge

  13. What can we do? • Work with schools • Invite young people to the hack days • Reverse mentoring • Break down gender prejudice • Demonstrate that problem solving is fun • Explain that Logic and creativity are not mutually exclusive • What else?

  14. Bloomsday “To learn one must be humble. But life is the great teacher.” ― James Joyce, Ulysses

  15. Sally.Waterston@waterstons.com www.waterstons.com/people/sally-waterston

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