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Join our team!🎊 We’re hiring a Director of Operations and Events!🎉 If you have a passion for organizing events, producing content, and building community we would love to hear from you!🎉 This is a part-time role, ideally based in New York! For more information please email [email protected] 📧

We kicked off our first WAYE Future of Work Mentorship session for 2024, joining us all the way from South Africa 🇿🇦. The world of work has always been dynamic. But technologies, including AI, have accelerated the pace of required learning and skill evolution across most industries and sectors. At the same time, technology is also creating new opportunities for entrepreneurs and independent workers. We are committed to helping our community prepare for the shift. Stay tuned for more mentorship giveaways and more announcements on larger future-of-work initiatives from WAYE. Happy Monday!

While AI literacy and data literacy skills will be important for the future—with basic AI literacy playing a central role— skills such as critical thinking, adaptability, judgment, and a background in the humanities will be equally (and in some cases more) valuable. We encourage education departments not to sideline the humanities at the expense of STEM. We need both.

The future of work will demand a life of continuous learning where our skills evolve in tandem with technology. New roles will emerge alongside the technologies that drive them, making learning a continuous part of our daily lives and careers. This isn’t a new concept; “more than two-thirds of today’s fastest-growing job roles on LinkedIn were nonexistent 20 years ago”— @microsoft . Roles have always evolved with technology. However, the pace of change and the volume of learning required throughout our careers are accelerating. When it comes to AI, we recommend engaging deeply with the technology. Explore generative AI systems like ChatGPT, Bing, and Gemini. Familiarize yourself with these tools by applying them to everyday tasks at home or tasks that you would do at work—analyze a *fake* financial report, draft PowerPoint slides, enhance a (nonsensitive) email, or even devise a grocery list based on dietary habits. These practical applications exemplify the evolving skills needed in our rapidly changing world. Note: if your company has not authorized AI use, engage with these systems outside of work on tasks that you would do at work but using fake data (ie., analyzing a mock up of a financial report). #WAYE #WAYETALKS #futureofwork

The world of work is changing rapidly and we want to do everything we can to support you! Making sure that our community feels empowered with the right tools and resources needed to sustain the digital shift has always been our top priority... So we are back with our first giveaway for 2024, where THREE followers will win a one-on-one Zoom mentorship session with WAYE founder, Sinead Bovell.⁣ ⁣ What are you working on? A career change? Building a startup? Even if you are just unsure of what next steps you should be taking, what you should be studying, or need some general advice, we want to hear from you!⁣ ⁣ 👉🏽Let us know in the comments below what you need help with (or nominate a friend who you think could use the mentorship instead) for a chance to win!!⁣ 👉🏽Make sure you are following @wayetalks ! The winners will be announced next Friday May 10th!🎉—— Update 📣: all winners have been announced! Thank you to everyone who entered! We will be hosting more mentorship sessions all year!

Last week the @unitednations @unyouthaffairs hosted the inaugural ECOSOC Youth Forum, joined by thousands of youth in person and virtually to put the goals, issues and opportunities young people want to address on the map and to ensure youth get a seat at the table. WAYE Founder Sinead Bovell lead the discussion on AI for an equitable future, which elevated the voices of young leaders in technology championing pathways to fair and responsible AI. In preparation for the @unitednations Summit of the Future this September, it is critical that we ensure youth get to play a leading role in this doctrine and consensus on what our future should look like and how we achieve the SDGs by 2030. You can help elevate the voices of youth leaders by signing the open leader to world leaders (link in bio)

That’s a wrap on our first board meeting of 2023! Generative AI—use cases, experiences, and ethical concerns— was a big focus for us today. Along with strategizing on the most effective ways to bring conversations about technology to the masses, and in a way that everyone can understand. Stay tuned for some exciting initiatives in the pipeline! 🎉

Youth, the @unitednations wants to hear from you! Leading to the Summit of the Future, the @unitednations welcomes your input for consideration for the Global Digital Compact. The Global Digital Compact is expected to “outline shared principles for an open, free and secure digital future for all”. The @unitednations wants to hear the input and thoughts on the matter. What do you believe should be required to build and share a secure digital future? Submissions are due by March 31, 2023. You can learn more about the submission details here: /techenvoy/global-digital-compact

OCAD University. Thank you so much for an unbelieveable event! We dove head first into the intersection of AI, the Metaverse, and the future of creativity. We discussed how artificial intelligence doesn't mean that knowledge is being taken away, it means that knowledge is being changed. We conversed about the viability of the Metaverse based on present day visions of what it should be. And what needs to change in order for it to reach its potential. We pressed fast forward and dove into life in 2030. What technology means for creators and for the world of the arts. The ethical challenges these technologies present, and much more. The thought-provoking questions from the audience to the conversation to new heights. Thank you for your passion for the future. And thank you for opening up your doors to WAYE. We can't wait to share the footage from this event. Stay tuned!

On Tuesday, November 29th WAYE Talks, in conversation with Professor Alexander Manu, will take a deep dive into the powerful technologies shaping the world of creativity. From artificial intelligence to the metaverse, we will be answering the question: what should we know and do today, in our personal and professional lives, to better prepare us for tomorrow? See you tomorrow OCAD University!

Rapid advancements in Artificial Intelligence and technologies we associate with the Metaverse are having a profound impact on creativity and the arts—industries we once assumed to be "uniquely human." So the question becomes, how can we expect technology to disrupt creative industries going forward? What does this mean for creators? And how will these technologies impact how we consume art in the future? We can think of no better person to have this conversation with than world renowned futurist, author and lecturer Alexander Manu! Professor Manu has advised Fortune 500 companies across the world on how to prepare for the future. He has published six award-winning books, over 20 world-renowned white papers, and 10 exhibitions spanning from Denmark to Venezuela on the intersection of business, technology, and the future. 👉🏽We will leave you with one of our favorite quotes by Professor Manu: "All we have defined so far as the indispensable infrastructure for our way of life might simply not exist in the industrialized world 50 years from now. Yes, that means roads, cars, shopping malls, transportation companies, parking lots, gas stations, insurance and financial institutions, as we have know them over the past 120 years. Because just around the corner we are seeing the first signs of a life in which everything is social, everything is augmented and everything is autonomous." - Alexander Manu Although this is a closed WAYE Talk to OCAD students, it will be fully recorded and shared via social media afterwards. ⁣

Thank you to the @unitednations @ituofficial and @_generationconnect for hosting us at the first ever #globalyouthsummit 5000 young people 115 countries Heads of state. All joining forces to co-create a digital future that works for everyone. A future in which no one gets left behind and everyone has equal and inclusive access technology. The outcome of the summit was the Youth Call To Action. A declaration worked on for 18 months by young people across on how we can build the future we want and what we expect from world leaders. From prioritizing climate change and gender equality, to ensuring access to technology is equal and inclusive. More to come!