Thoughts on Digital Media industry

Agentic thinkingAgentic Communications, Inc.

Contact: Phillip DjwaSuite 701 – 207 West Hastings St.

Phone: 604-255-2131x101Fax: [email protected]

@phillipdjwa

Agentic Thinking

1. Social cognition perspective that views people as self-organizing, proactive, self-reflecting and self-regulating, not just as reactive organisms shaped by environmental forces or driven by inner impulses.

2. The capacity for human beings to make choices in the world.

It’s human agency...

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Agentic is not just a group of smart developers. We’re creative technologists that solve problems!   We have deep experience in the social change sector.

- Phillip Djwa, Creative Director

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Why are we doing what we are doing today?

Copyright Future Work Institute.

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What have I noticed?

I need high quality talent.

They don’t grow on trees.

Global competition is fierce.

So who cares?Contribution to GDP growth

• Generated 9.5% of GDP growth from 2002 to 2010

Contribution to Canadian standard of living

• Since 2002, GDP per employee increased by 31% in ICT sector

• compared to 2.7% in the rest of the Canadian economy

Source of high quality jobs• Average salary of $67,225 or

52% more than national average

ICT enables all other sectors • (e.g. health, environment,

education, energy) and is critical to competitiveness

Performed 33.4% of all private sector R&D in 2010

$26 billion in exports

Stats from presentation given Apr 24, 2012

If my company was the same as yours, I’d say:

• We can’t compete locally – have to increase markets

• We are small and nimble companies

• We fight time zone issues

• We under invest in Innovation

• Create jobs with self-

control of time for increase of women in mgmt & increase in satisfaction (M+F)

• We don’t have a good pipeline for people

• Entrepreneur driven companies – are frankly, hard on mgmt

Some themes I would like• Encouraging

enrolment and graduation from post-secondary ICT programs (including by a diversity of workers)

• Ensuring that post-secondary program curricula are aligned with industry requirements

• Encouraging continuous

career training• Developing programs

that incorporate immigrants into the workforce

• Developing and disseminating improved and ongoing tracking of ICT labour market info

Our focused innovation

“CREATIVE BY NATURE”

Agentic Communications, Inc.Phillip DjwaSuite 701 -207 W Hastings St.Phone: 604.255.2131 [email protected]@phillipdjwa