Historical perspective as well as my Future Career Toolkit outlining steps for succeeding at data science jobs of the future.HINT: Download the PDF - my speaker notes are in a layer you can toggle on.

1. Christopher Bishop
chief reinvention officer, improvising careers
June 29, 2019
How to succeed at data science jobs that
don’t exist…yet!

2. 2
• Today every successful company is a technology company -
whether they like it or not.
• Proliferation of data generation – IoT, social media, mobile
• In the future - regardless of industry or vertical - organizations will
be required to embrace the power of data science.
• Data science is being incorporated into every aspect of business
regardless of discipline or geography.
Big picture

3. © 2018 improvising careers
3

4. Charles Babbage - The Difference Engine (1822)
4 © 2018 improvising careers
4

5. 5
© 2018 improvising careers5
5

6. 6
© 2018 improvising careers6
6

7. 7
Job opportunities are always
driven by new business models

8. 8
mobility
8

9. 9
biomedical tech
9

10. robotics
10

11. Nanopharmacist
financial services
11

12. 12
media and entertainment

13. extraterrestrial travel
13

14. 14
What
14

15. 15
What
15

16. Future Career Toolkit
VOICE + ANTENNA + MESH =
FUTURE SUCCESS
┼ ┼
1. Voice - defining your own brand
2. Antenna – mapping what you do to what is happening in the world
3. Mesh – finding and sharing with people who share your interests
16

17. Future Career Tool #1 – Voice
•OBJECTIVE: Define your “uniqueness”
•What qualities make you stand out?
•What skills and experience make up your personal brand?
Keep in mind: your Voice will change and evolve over your work life
EXCERCISE
• Pick a favorite movie, book, TV show, game – current or from your
childhood
• What do you like about it? Why does it resonate with you?
• Write down the 2-3 aspects of the book or movie that you relate to
• Duration: 2 minutes (individual)
17

18. Future Career Tool #1 – Voice
•OBJECTIVE: Define your “uniqueness”
•What qualities make you stand out?
•What skills and experience make up your personal brand?
Keep in mind: your Voice will change and evolve over your work life
EXCERCISE
• Pick a favorite movie, book, TV show, game – current or from your
childhood
• What do you like about it? Why does it resonate with you?
• Write down the 2-3 aspects of the book or movie that you relate to
• Duration: 2 minutes (individual)
FAVORITE TOPIC
MOVIE: Blade Runner 2049 Future culture, technology
BOOK: Rise and Fall of Nations Economics, global business
18

19. Future Career Tool #2 – Antenna
19

20. Voice
attribute
Source Description Frequency
Future Career Tool #2 – Antenna
• Research 1-2 sources for each topic from your Voice exercise
• Pick a range of sources, media, channels
• Assign a frequency – how often will you check?
• Duration: 3 minutes
Tracking culture, business, society, politics, technology
20

21. Voice
attribute
Source Description Frequency
Future
culture
Futurism Newsletter, Web site Daily
New York Times Printed, digital Daily
Tech MIT Tech
Review
Web site, print mag Monthly
BBC Click TV show, web site Weekly
Global
business
Bloomberg Tech TV show Weekly
Wall St Journal Web site, app Occasionally
The sweet spot – where ideas for new careers come from!
Future Career Tool #2 – Antenna
Tracking culture, business, society, politics, technology
21
• Research 1-2 sources for each topic from your Voice exercise
• Pick a range of sources, media, channels
• Assign a frequency – how often will you check?
• Duration: 3 minutes

22. Future Career Tool #3 - Mesh
22

23. • Using criteria defined in the Voice exercise, do a LinkedIn
search for groups/people in your areas of interest
• Pick 3 people to “Connect“ with based on shared interest
• Find one group to join based on your topic
• Describe who you found and who you might connect with
• Duration: 5 minutes
Future Career Tool #3 - Mesh
CRM tools
23

24. • VOICE continually reflect on what makes you unique –
know that it will evolve
• ANTENNA be diligent about monitoring information
sources and finding new ones
• MESH add five people a week to your profile – reach
for them when you are ready to move to your next job
Putting it all together…
VOICE ANTENNA MESH
24

25. Key takeaways
25
1. Technology is constantly changing
2. Don’t get hung up on the tools
3. Focus on business problems, not coding problems
4. Move up the value chain
5. Be creative!

26. See you in the future…☺
@chrisbishop
chris@improvisingcareers.com
linkedin.com/in/christopherbishop123 26