idea.jam Ingrid Diep – Joycelyn Ma

Australia

In 2022, I manage an optical social enterprise:

+ The world’s first company to design and manufacture spectacle frames and lenses from 100% recycled or sustainable materials + Labs based in regional areas of South and South-East Asia, with

local staff trained by industry experts + Product for sale in general optical retailers and the world’s first

fair-trade/eco-friendly practices

5% to investors 30% returned to business for growth 65% to community development projects and programs

Pro

fits

are

div

ided

The enterprise is a profitable social business

–the typical business model for a company of the future.

Respected companies are B-Corporation certified –beyond financial obligations towards shareholders,

they are also accountable environmentally and

socially. Transparency in all three areas is critical and verified by an independent third party.

Rainwater harvesting tank

Solar Panels

Warehouse at the back Rooftop garden

Alternative fuel delivery vans

Company HQ in regional port-town

– Meet with design team to discuss new season range and crossover partnerships –Read over research team’s report into potential new frame material – Meet with marketing manager to discuss expansion and new potential markets – Drive out to village health centre built and developed through company profits for meeting and lunch with hospital director to discuss further support –Return to office and read over products sales performance in Australia, then meet with Australia area-manager –

New industry in developing regions

↑Employment ↑Local economic growth

Sustainable manufacture

Solving problems of waste management and establishing a trend for eco-friendly production in the optical industry

Empowering Communities

Business is a handshake, not a hand-out –allowing developing communities to help themselves

Opportunity for locals to upskill

↑ skills and career choice beyond agriculture, including illiterate persons

Optical enterprise belongs to the health sector, which will

still be one of the dominant sectors alongside

education and government.

Jobs in those industries allow workers to make a

difference to the people.

This attracts inspired and idealistic youth with a vision.

Jobs that offer ample opportunity for travel, learning and the room

for creative and lateral thinking engage and retain talent.

Work-location, working-hours and leave are flexible. Community development projects or programs are key to the company.

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE OF

Managing the business would require

community development

A DAY AT SCHOOL IN 2022

Morning sports:

Healthy bodies,

healthy minds

School breakfast: Ensures

all students receiving most

important meal of the day

Core subjects

(math/languages/

science) taught in the

morning in traditional

classroom setting

after lunch: team projects – self-study – community

action – field trips – character building activities – interning – workplace visits – interviews with experts – conversation, discussion and dialogue – meditation –

A University Day to equip business-ready graduates

27 WEDNESDAY 2013 LIFELONG CAREER

8 am

9am

10am University lectures Skilled & theoretically capable

11am

12pm Lunch break

1pm Problem-based tasks

- To find solutions to

real-world practical

problems, relevant to

current issues

- open-ended issues

People skills, communication

Team work

Engaged, self-motivated

Socially and globally aware Gain basic business skills and

acumen

Inquisitive attitude to

problems

Self-directed investigations

Creativity/ Innovation

Lateral thinking

2pm

3pm Self-study Self-motivated 4pm Community engagement

- working on the ground with

the community

Engaged

Values and ethics Globally aware

5pm After hours commitment

- e.g. physical activity

Healthy bodies, healthy minds

6pm

Future companies

will recruit staff who are passionate and insightful problem-solvers: the changing face of education will help a generation develop these talents.

will be written into the syllabus

International issues for example the middle-eastern conflict, millennium development goals, HIV

Values & Ethics Community work and speakers from development agencies

Foreign language and student exchange Problem solving–lateral thinking challenges

Entrepreneurship and basic business skills Wilderness camps and expeditions