KEYNOTE SPEAKER:  Ernesto Santoscoy, MBA, P.Eng, PMP, Project Management Director at Cummins.

SUCCESS STORY: Daniel Shakeel, Financial Analyst, Finning International Inc.

Modern work life involves hustling between tasks and solving new challenges. Many attractive jobs today require people to be analytical problem solvers who can take on new challenges and find creative solutions for them.

Strategic thinking involves skills that allow you to use critical thinking to solve complex problems and plan ahead. These skills are critical to acing interviews, achieving business goals, overcoming barriers, and meeting challenges.

So, what can you do to help yourself? Is there a better way to complete this task?

Being strategic involves more than just possessing specific skills- it also entails an orientation towards accessing and employing those skills.

Our experienced keynote speaker, Ernesto Santoscoy, shared with us some tried-and-tested tips and tricks to building a strategic mindset and achieving those goals successfully. He spoke about the five arms of investing in oneself; those being- Brand Equity, Social Capital, Intellectual Capital, Economic Capital and Human Capital. He explained how one can use these capitals to achieve goals more efficiently both personally and professionally. Our participants went back with immense knowledge about how to improve their thought process to have a strategic mindset.