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With Dan Szuc (Founder, Apogee, Make Meaningful Work & UX Hong Kong).
Wed, Apr 05, 2017 @ 06:30 PM   $25   Primitive Spark, 209 E El Segundo Boulevard
 
   
 
 
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<P><STRONG>What if we could create an ecosystem that encourages people to thrive?</STRONG></P>
<P><SPAN>People love ...</SPAN></P>
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<LI>Working with other people & projects that matter</LI>
<LI>Positively influencing & learning from the people they work with</LI>
<LI>Energizing people they work with to be & do better</LI>
<LI>Having a shared sense of narrative & purpose</LI>
<LI>Continuously learning from customers.</LI>
</UL>
<P><SPAN>But sometimes people spend significant amounts of time at work on projects that do not provide meaning for themselves & others.</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN>We all get caught up with the workings, speed & delivery of our projects that we forget about ...</SPAN></P>
<UL>
<LI>Our own well-being</LI>
<LI>Reflecting on our project stories & observations</LI>
<LI>Sharing those observations with the people we work with on our own teams & on other teams</LI>
<LI>Collating the aggregated learnings from projects to determine what it means for better integrated practices over time</LI>
<LI>This results in people feeling purposeless, stressed, unhealthy & in a state of "sleepwalking."</LI>
</UL>
<P><SPAN>So this presentation together will help us ... </SPAN></P>
<UL>
<LI>Take a step back & breather from our projects</LI>
<LI>Examine the frustrations at work</LI>
<LI>Look at what a successful project does & does not do</LI>
<LI>Examine the soft skills needed to nurture our own capabilities</LI>
<LI>Look at key project artifacts needed to help us prioritize & focus on what matters</LI>
<LI>Look at an integrated framework for making meaningful work</LI>
</UL>
<P><SPAN>Finally, this presentation will leave participants with a manifesto for making meaningful work & an integrated framework to help us all move from being stuck (sleepwalking) on projects to help us flow (sparkle").</SPAN></P>
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<P><STRONG>Speaker - Dan Szuc</STRONG></P>
<P><SPAN><SPAN>Dan is a co-founder & principal at </SPAN><A HREF="http://www.apogeehk.com/" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow"><SPAN>Apogee</SPAN></A><SPAN> & co-founder of </SPAN><A HREF="http://www.makemeaningfulwork.com/" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow"><SPAN>Make Meaningful Work</SPAN></A><SPAN>, as well as the co-founder of </SPAN><A HREF="http://www.uxhongkong.com/" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow"><SPAN>UX Hong Kong</SPAN></A><SPAN>. He has been involved in the UX field for over 20 years, & has been based in Hong Kong for over 20 years. Dan has lectured about user-centered design globally. He has co-authored two books including </SPAN><A HREF="https://www.amazon.com/Global-UX-Design-Research-Connected/dp/012378591X" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow"><SPAN>Global UX</SPAN></A><SPAN> with Whitney Quesenbery & the </SPAN><A HREF="https://www.amazon.com/Usability-Kit-Gerry-Gaffney/dp/0975841912" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow"><SPAN>Usability Kit</SPAN></A><SPAN> with Gerry Gaffney. </SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN><SPAN>Dan has presented about "Make Meaningful Work" globally including Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Canada, India & the UK to name a few & has consulted & presented the same to <SPAN>LinkedIn,</SPAN>Fidelity, HSBC, Cathay Pacific, Reuters, eBay, Nokia, Dell & Net-a-Porter to name a few. He can be found on Twitter at:</SPAN><A HREF="https://twitter.com/dszuc" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow"><SPAN>@dszuc</SPAN></A></SPAN></P>
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