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Future Leaders Forum

Agents of Change

Young Professionals Management Young Professionals Management

Training Program 2012Training Program 2012







What is the most important

issue facing the Consulting

Engineering profession?

“GOOD REMUNERATION“

- JANE NAKI TETTEH, GHANA

“LACKOF LEADERSHIP SKILLS”

- JUKKA-PEKKA PITKÄNEN, FINLAND

“PUBLIC PERCEPTION”

- CORY WILSON, CANADA

- KARL WILKINSON, NEW ZEALAND

“ENGINEER’S VALUE TO SOCIETY ”

- JEREMY CARKNER, CANADA

“LACK OF INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION ”

- HIROMI MATSUBARA, JAPAN

“BUSINESS INTEGRITY AWARENESS”

- LEONARDO PAIVA, BRAZIL

“SOCIAL RECOGNITION, INFLUENCE TO INDUSTRY”- CONG QIANG, CHINA

- HE WENYUAN, CHINA

- LI JIANHUA, , CHINA

- LIAO QUNSHAN, CHINA

- LIANG JINGYUAN, CHINA

- WANG XIAOPENG, CHINA

- LIU HONG, CHINA

- JIANG CHENGSHA, , CHINA

- LIU DINGWEI, CHINA

- XIE SHUFENG, CHINA

“ADAPTABILITY”

- JACOB PHILIPSEN, DENMARK

“DRAWING THE WORLD FUTURE”

- ALI TORKI, IRAN

“LACK OF TRANSPARENCY”

- RAMY NAGUIB, EGYPT

- ZAID SHROOF, JORDAN

- MAYSOUN AL DISSY, JORDAN

- OSSAMA DAHABREH, JORDAN

- WISAL AWAD, SUDAN

“GLOCALIZATION”

- BO RAM AHN, KOREA

- SEUNG YEOL YI, KOREA

- SEOK WOON KIM, KOREA

- KYOUNG JIN KANG, KOREA

- JI WOON KANG, KOREA

“CORRUPTION”

- SAHIL PATEL, SOUTH AFRICA

“MULTI DISCIPLINARY THINKING ”

-CORSTIAAN VAN DAM, THE NETHERLANDS

”RETAINING ENGINEERS”

- BALAJI VONTIVILLU JEEVANBABU, SINGAPORE

“TO PROMOTE THE BEST PRACTICES”

- ABIODUN AWOSINA, NIGERIA

“LACK OF LOCAL PROFESSIONALS”

- EMMANUEL MUGOOWA MUGOTE, UGANDA

- MUSINGUZI BEGUMISA, UGANDA

“LOW FEES”

- LAWRENCE OJOGWU , NIGERIA

Become Become

Champions of Champions of

SustainabilitySustainability

Become Become

Champions of Champions of


Promote the Promote the

Value of Value of EngineeringEngineering

Promote the Promote the

Value of Value of EngineeringEngineering

Ji Woon, KangJi Woon, KangJi Woon, KangJi Woon, Kang

Drive Drive

InnovationInnovation

Drive Drive

InnovationInnovation

Jacob PhilipsenJacob PhilipsenJacob PhilipsenJacob Philipsen Jeremy Jeremy CarknerCarknerJeremy Jeremy CarknerCarkner

Promote the Value of Promote the Value of

EngineeringEngineering

Promote the Value of Promote the Value of

EngineeringEngineering

• Public Needs – Technical Solutions

• Investments – Driving Economy

• Environment and Forces of Nature

Value of EngineeringValue of EngineeringValue of EngineeringValue of Engineering

Client/Society PerceptionClient/Society PerceptionClient/Society PerceptionClient/Society Perception

Official Bodies

Other Stakeholders (Contractors, Clients..etc)

Consulting Environment (Fellow Engineers, Consulting Managers,

Project Managers)

Wh

o?

Why the Under Valued Perception?Why the Under Valued Perception?Why the Under Valued Perception?Why the Under Valued Perception?

Failure in representing engineers

Change in priorities (Revenues come first!)

Fierce Competition (Low prices)

WE DID IT TO

OURSELVES

Wh

y?

Why the Under Valued Perception?Why the Under Valued Perception?Why the Under Valued Perception?Why the Under Valued Perception?

Client Dissatisfied -

Poor Image of Industry

Poor Payment for

service rendered

Value of Consulting

Engineering not

recognised

Losing of Engineers to

other professions

Lack of Mentorship

Compromised Quality

of Work

ImplicationsImplicationsImplicationsImplications

How Do We Reposition?How Do We Reposition?How Do We Reposition?How Do We Reposition?

As Young Professionals

• Bring our work into LIFE

• Be PASSIONATE & INNOVATIVE

How Do We Reposition?How Do We Reposition?How Do We Reposition?How Do We Reposition?

• Repackage and Rebrand

• Price based on perceived value

• Take the lead, initiate and manage projects

• Media to promote the real value of engineering (relate more to people)

Where Do We Go From Here?Where Do We Go From Here?Where Do We Go From Here?Where Do We Go From Here?

• Member Associations

– to publish annual performance ratings on local

consultants

– to lobby government for protection of local

consultants

– to measure the Continuous Professional

Development (CPD) activities of all member firms

Where Do We Go From Here?Where Do We Go From Here?Where Do We Go From Here?Where Do We Go From Here?

Drive InnovationDrive InnovationDrive InnovationDrive Innovation

Motives for InnovationMotives for InnovationMotives for InnovationMotives for Innovation


• Limited resources



• Reduce pollution




• Reduce costs

(without compromising

quality)




• Reduce costs

(without compromising

quality)

• Add other value to the Client

Quality,

Efficiency,

Productivity.

etc.




• Reduce costs

(without compromising quality)

• Add other value to the Client

History of InnovationHistory of InnovationHistory of InnovationHistory of Innovation

How to Drive InnovationHow to Drive InnovationHow to Drive InnovationHow to Drive Innovation

• By creating awareness



• By being creative




• By encouragement of staff





• By challenging your limits






• Invest in training and education







• Push beyond common practices








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Information

Possibilities








Information

Possibilities

Benefits








Information

Possibilities

Benefits

Risk















• Maintain/improve a strong

connection between Technical & Marketing departments


Drive InnovationDrive InnovationDrive InnovationDrive Innovation

Be Champions of Be Champions of


Be Champions of Be Champions of


Sustainability Sustainability IIn Our Regionsn Our RegionsSustainability Sustainability IIn Our Regionsn Our Regions







Thinking HolisticallyThinking HolisticallyThinking HolisticallyThinking Holistically

InitiativesInitiativesInitiativesInitiatives

Key ConclusionsKey ConclusionsKey ConclusionsKey Conclusions

• Assert our role as leaders

• Rebrand and repackage

• Reignite our passion for engineering

• Practice engineering not sell

engineering resources

• Challenge our limits

• Expand our views

• Inspire peers through networking

Through this course we have:

• Embraced our differences

• Learned the value of global networking

• Ignited our passion for engineering

• Been exposed to global knowledge

• Experienced Korean hospitality

• Established long-lasting relationships

• Determined that we are the “Agents of

Change”

The Bigger PictureThe Bigger PictureThe Bigger PictureThe Bigger Picture

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