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Collaboration. Vision. Future.

Collaboration. Vision. Future. EmployED Todd Anthony Soulas Australia University of Western Australia. It’s 7AM, the morning of 26 September 2022. I gaze out across the New York skyline, pensive, coffee in hand, ready.

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Collaboration. Vision. Future.

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  1. Collaboration. Vision. Future. EmployED Todd Anthony Soulas Australia University of Western Australia

  2. It’s 7AM, the morning of 26 September 2022. I gaze out across the New York skyline, pensive, coffee in hand, ready. I live a fractured life, with conflicting schedules and responsibilities, but I relish every moment. I am a new bread of CEO; lawyer, financier, academic, mentor, father, friend, husband. Today, New York. Tomorrow, London. The day after, Nepal. I am untethered by a physical office, preferring to dial in to videoconferences. I have no single master. I have several.I spend my time between my responsibilities as a partner at a global law firm, an academic at a prestigious university, a CEO of an independent corporate advisory firm and a director of several charities. Every day I learn. Every day I grow. Every day I change the world.

  3. Instantly connected, but not constantly. Mobile technology allows me to work on the run, in the remote and rapidly. Companies have thrown off the shackles that ‘Silos’ created, they have embraced workplace flexibility and creativity. The professional services industry has continued to grow, continually adapting to the dynamic global economy that we live in. Organisations now “share” employees, even CEOs, allowing people to build their skills in multiple areas, bringing more and more to the table each time. By encouraging cross-pollenisation between organisations, companies have reduced turnover and increased productivity. Collaboration is the norm now, not just within companies but across industries. Employees feel like they are a part of a movement, and are able to satisfy their curiosities without changing career.

  4. Dynamism. The ability to embrace chaos. Bravery in the face of adversity. Courage of convictions. Educational institutions have shifted from creating workers, to creating change makers. A society that understands the need for progression and one that value education as not just a means to an end, but as an end in itself.

  5. Education is no longer static; it no longer has a definitive end. The process has changed. The classrooms are still there, but aren’t necessary. I dial in to my seminar from Nepal. Write my thesis and receive comments from New York whilst in Sydney. I join a group of class mates for a ‘field trip’ to Mali; working on a microfinance project. Our professors are our colleagues, friends, mentors, students.

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