HOW I LEARNED TOHACK, GUIDE AND BALANCE

Tiago Teixeira Correia@tiagotcorreia

tiago.tcorreia@gmail.comin/tiagotcorreia

THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE SEE IN MY LINKEDIN PROFILE:

WHO WE ARE.

YEARSOLD

PEOPLE

THE TEAM.WE EMBRACE THE BEST PRACTICES OF STRATEGY CONSULTANCY, INNOVATION AND DESIGN TO SOLVE OUR CLIENTS’ TOUGHEST CHALLENGES.

THE KIND OF WORK WE DO.

Who and where are our next billion customers, and how should we attract them?

How do we combine both clients assets to re-define the reading & listening experience?

How can we grow our customer base by engaging the financially disengaged?

How can we redesign our sales process to drive revenues?

THE TOUGH CHALLENGES WE SOLVE COME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES.

T H E G R O W T H C O N S U L T A N C Y AND DOUBLING IN SIZE EVERY YEAR

WE DELIVER CRYSTAL CLEAR, ACTIONABLE AND TANGIBLE GROWTH STRATEGIES

AND BRING FAIL-PROOF PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND PROPOSITIONS TO MARKET, FAST

THESE ARE MY BADGES

BUT ... IS THIS ALL WE’VE DONE?WHEN DID WE TAKE A FIRST ATTEMPT AT LEADING?

WHERE DO WE LEARN HOW PEOPLE WORK?WHAT MAKES US CREDIBLE TO OUR PEERS?

BACK TO SCHOOL

IT WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN I MOST WANTED SUCCESSTHAT I FIRST TASTED FAILURE

I HAD LOST MY FIRST ELECTION

I AIMED HIGH. WE FLEW CLOSE. IT INSPIRED US.WHICH FURTHER FUELLED MY DESIRE TO BE INVOLVED.

HACK YOUR WAY IN

PAUL BUCHHEIT:“SOME PEOPLE WERE CONTENT TO SIMPLY FIND A

TRUTH, BUT OTHERS USED THEIR DISCOVERIES TO HACK THE

SYSTEM, TO TRANSFORM THE WORLD.”

THERE ARE ALWAYS OTHER WAYS, OTHER CHANNELS TO PARTICIPATE

2004 - CREATED THE ROLE OF HIGH SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVE2006 - MID-TERM REPLACEMENT IN UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT ASSOCIATION2007 - FOUNDED DISRUPTIVE JUNIOR CONSULTING ENTERPRISE2008 - SALVAGED UNIVERSITY STUDENT COMPETITION FROM NOT HAPPENING

JACK-OF-ALL TRADES

REPUTATION > BRAND

LETTING GO IS TOUGH

WHEN YOU ACTUALLY GET TO DO COOL STUFFYOU JUST WANT TO KEEP AT IT!

SOME SAY WE CAN’T LET GO.

TERRY PRATCHETT:“THERE ARE TIMES IN LIFE WHEN PEOPLE MUST KNOW WHEN NOT TO LET GO. BALLOONS ARE DESIGNED TO TEACH SMALL CHILDREN THIS.”

SOMETIMES LETTING GO MEANS CUTTING OFF TIESSOMETIMES IT MEANS PASSING THE TORCH

GUIDING IS NOT TEACHING

2009 - SUNK THE JUNIOR ENTERPRISE I HAD SET UP 2 YEARS AGO

2009 - LEARNED ANOTHER ‘TRADE’ BY GETTING TO KNOW AIESEC2011 - CHALLENGED A NEW TEAM TO REBUILD JUNIOR ENTERPRISE FROM ASHES 2011 - OFFERED ADVICE ON RE-CREATING OUR UNIVERSITY’S AIESEC COMMITTEE

WE LEARN FROM DOING AND FAILING ... AND SHARING

ATTACHMENT MEANS STRESSINGGUIDANCE MEANS CARING

SOUNDING BOARD

FRIEND > ADVISOR

YOU CAN’T MAKE IT ALONE

WHEN I LANDED THE MIM AT LBSI WAS EAGER TO APPLY MY LEARNINGS

BUT I FOUND MYSELF AMONGST PEERSWITH MORE EXPERIENCE THAN ME

STEVE JOBS:“FOCUSING IS ABOUT SAYING NO!”

WE DO WHAT WE WANT TO DO AND WE DO IT RIGHT!

BALANCE IS FOCUS

WE’RE ABLE TO DO IMPRESSIVE THINGS IF WE TAKE THE TIME TO KNOW

WHAT REALLY DRIVES US

2012 - ELECTED VP OF THREE CLUBS AT LBS

2013 - BOARD OF TWO ALUMNI ORGANISATIONS

FROM LEACHER ...

2014 - ADVISING STARTUPS FROM AN EXTERNAL POINT-OF-VIEW

TO SEEDER ...

KING OF THE NICHE

EXPERT > SMART

TRY IT OUT YOURSELVES

YOU ARE MEMBERS OF THE PERFECT PLATFORM TO PUT THESE TO USE.

YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A LEADER!

SO DON’T JUST LET 2014 FLOAT, GET INVOLVED!