2. 2
Today’sAgenda
Melissa Sassi
Chief Penguin, IBM Z Global
Student Hub
•Welcome & Introduction
•Creating your own purpose-driven career
•What do we have cooking?
•What are we cooking next?
•Closing Remarks
@mentorafrika
4. Create your own
purpose-driven
career: an 8-
point formula
Melissa Sassi
Chief Penguin
IBM Hyper Protect Accelerator
mesassi@ibm.com
@mentorafrika
March 2020
5. A purpose-driven
career is not about
what you’re doing, but
how you’re being.
Want to read more?Check out A Purpose Driven Career by Aji R. Michael.
7. Step 1: Define Your Vision
Be an AND not an OR
What’s Your Passion?
Do You have a Purpose?
8. We are ANDs. We are not an ORs. Be an AND.
IBM Z Developer Advocate
Digital inclusion thought
leader
Tech for good rock star
Digital transformation
leader
Founder
Board Member
Entrepreneur
Intrapraneur
Lifelong learner
Impact investor
World traveler
Public speaker
Author
Volunteer
10. My purpose is digital inclusion!
We measure IQ
We measure EQ
Why not
measure DQ?
Want to learn more about digital intelligence?Check out the Coalition for Digital Intelligence.
11. Step 2: Document Your Gaps
Be a Learn It All
Find Kindred Spirits
Be Willing to Invest
12. Step 3: Give Yourself Space & Time
Practice mindfulness
Prioritize & organize
13. Step 4: Create Your Plan To Fill The Gaps
Own your path
Establish realistic timeline & goals
Take baby steps
14. Where do I play?
Purpose – https://ibm/biz/purpose
CEO’ing – www.mentornations.org
IBM Hyper Protect Accelerator – https://ibmz.biz/classof2020
Digital Skills – http://ibm.biz/digitalintelligence
Call for Code – https://ibmdeveloper.com/callforcode
Imposter Syndrome – https://ibm.biz/impostersyndrome
Digital Skills – www.coalitionfordigitalintelligence.org
Broadband Policy Reform – www.broadbandpolicy.org
Out of School Youth in Pakistan – www.takmil.org
Female Empowerment in Afghanistan – www.techwomen.asia
15. Take on stretch assignments
Volunteer with a startup
Give forward to non-profits
Step 5: Go Beyond 9-5
Want to explore stretch opportunities with social impact startups?Check out MovingWorlds!
18. Step 7: Document Your Journey
Build Your Personal Brand
Be Present Online & Offline
Be inclusive
Want to build your personal brand? Check out the link at the end of my Purpose blog for a PPT to get you started.
21. What’s the cadence?
Thought
Leadership
Mondays
Tech
Tuesdays
Personal
Development
Thursdays
Webinars | Webinar Playbacks | Blogs |
Code Patterns | Videos
Webinar & Content Topics to Come
Week of 3/30/2020
• Monday: Enterprise Computing Thought
Leadership
• Tuesday: Enterprise Computing Tech Talk
• Thursday: Purpose-Driven Career
Week of 4/6/2020
• Monday: Cyber Security Thought Leadership
• Tuesday: Cyber Security Tech Talk
• Thursday: Personal Branding
Week of 4/13/2020
• Monday: Development / Operating Systems
Thought Leadership
• Tuesday: Development / Operating Tech Talk
• Thursday: Tech Entrepreneurship
Week of 4/20/2020
• Monday: Middleware Thought Leadership
• Tuesday: Middleware Tech Talk
• Thursday: Creating a Pitch Deck
22. Get started today!
Join the IBM Z Student Community
@mentorafrika
https://ibm.biz/studenthub
Melissa Sassi
Chief Penguin
IBM Z Global Student Hub
IBM Hyper Protect Accelerator