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MY SKILLS ARE…

Fatima El Mahdi

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INTRODUCTION

Head of THIMUN Qatar since 2018
High School based educator since 2005
Masters in Education, Gender and Development
Previous work experience includes UNAMIS, and SOLO in literacy and leadership building
Debate Coach since 2004

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WARM UP

What kind of personality are you?
Myers-briggs
Bringing down absolutism

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THERE IS ANOTHER WAY!

WORSHIP

Work
Rest
Play
Knowledge of self

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PAST SKILLS

Cooking
Cleaning
Sewing
Henna
Dancing
Generally being marriageable
Team sports
Choirs and music theory
Compassion and empathy: how to be in the shoes of another
Kindness: how to provide for that person at that persons point of need
How to talk to other people
Being of service
Listening
Represent the family
Getting good grades
Reading and writing for meaning
Learning facts

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WHAT IS MISSING?

Technical skills?
Self knowledge and introspection?
Project planning?
IT skills?
Hardware skills?
Mechanical skills ?
Mentoring and coaching ?
Global citizenship ?

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FUTURE SKILLS

POST- NORMAL TIMES

COMPLEXITY

CHAOS

CONTRADICTIONS

The ‘free market’ is as much a mirage as the suggestion that science or liberal secularism will rescue us from the current impasse. The world has long been a complex place, always interconnected. The era of globalisation we are living through, however, differs in scale, depth of interconnections and immediacy of consequences and reactions. In our time we no longer have the luxury of time to reflect, to observe and respond to undesired outcomes, to debate and manage with some semblance of order. The simple recognition of the fact that all our problems are intrinsically complex teaches us the old-fashioned and much neglected value: humility.

There is no necessity or inevitable rule that such individual empowerment will be inclusive, extensive and equitably distributed or dedicated to collective benefit. Notice that it took the actions of relatively small numbers of greedy bankers to bring down the economy of the whole world. An even smaller bunch of 9/11 terrorists triggered a chain reaction. Sardar/Futures 42 (2010) 435–444 439 that led to the ascendance of neo-conservative ideology in the US and Europe, changed the course of Iraqi, Afghani and Pakistani history, redefined the notion of security, revealed the limits of American power, and galvanised mass protests and dissent throughout the world, not to mention the millions who have been killed, maimed or been made homeless. In post normal times, the world can really be laid to waste by the actions of a few toxic individuals.

While it took 15years to sequence HIV, the SARS virus was sequenced in a matter of 31days. So it is not just that change is rapid but the actual rate of change is itself changing—exponential acceleration has now become the norm. Yet, vast segments of the planet and swathes of our social life are quasi-static. The structure of British society, with its class privileges, and in-built bias towards Eton and Oxbridge, has not changed for centuries.

The second contradiction concerns knowledge. While our knowledge has increased, and is increasing, by leaps and bounds in almost all spheres, we also seem to be more ignorant than ever. Notice how limited is our knowledge of other cultures—Islam, for example; or the indigenous cultures of Latin America; or the super diversity of India or China. The increase in xenophobia across the world is not only alarming but an indication of deep ignorance. While we are bombarded with information on almost all and every subject, we have very limited capability to actually discern what is important and what is trivial. Moreover, postnormal times have added extra dimensions to our ignorance.

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TRUST

Who? Me?

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TRUSTWORTHINESS

Leadership/ courage

Compassion and kindness

Mentoring/ coaching

Moral courage

Joyful ness

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BUILDING TRUST

Integrity

Humility

Modesty

Accountability

Learning to live together

Leadership

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GROWTH MINDEDNESS

Human centred design

Design Skills

Adobe

Data analysis

Programming basics

Critical thinking

Expereinces

Artificial intelligence, blockchain, 3D printing, cyber security, etc etc

Take the lead! Work as teams�

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LEADERSHIP

Analyse your leadership skills

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OPPORTINITES TO BUILD LEADERSHIP

FOLLOW YOUR FUN

CONNECT WITH COMMUNITIES

VOLUNTEER

DIVE DEEP!