Alignment Workshop

My summer in Vancouver has really been filled with great successes and priceless experience that I will carry with me into my next career steps back in Europe. My consultancy project for the Arthritis Research Centre of BC is coming along very well, my mentorship with the summer students have been inspiring and to top it off I got to work with Academy Award-winning animation pioneer and games industry veteran – Mr. Glenn Entis.

Alongside with MDM alumni and idol, Brian Ford, we were asked to work with Glenn to support him in a workshop for the faculty and staff of the MDM program. The core theme was focused on "alignment".

It was very much a relief to find out that the techniques and style that I have been part of facilitating so far are very similar to Glenn and Brian. With Glenn’s working experience from Pacific Data Images and Electronic Arts, and Brian’s experience from Autodesk, a lot of credible stories were brought to the table that helped support the discussions between the participants and provide lucrative feedback from leading companies in the industry.

Facilitating a workshop is quite a difficult job – it requires good attention to detail and making sure that the energy levels are maintained throughout the session. Usually a workshop requires 2 days but we ambitiously managed to reach the core objective of the workshop – which was to have an aligned understanding of the MDM and what the core competencies that graduates of the program come out with. Thereby, also generating an action plan and ideas of how to generate more successes in creating leader in an ever so changing industry.

Below are some pictures of what we’ve done.