Sessions at SXSW Interactive 2012 about Careers and Productivity

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Tuesday 13th March 2012

• Your Best Just Got Better

  by Jason Womack

  Understanding the fundamentals of workflow and the principles of human performance enable entrepreneurs with the tools and the processes to get more of their work done, on time, with fewer resources and with less stress. Learn what top performers know, do and say about professional productivity and effective leadership. If there were just a handful of secrets to being more purposeful, productive and profitable this year, when would you want to know them? Tomorrow? Next month? How about right now? As an entrepreneur your work is always "right there." On the job or off, while you're commuting or while you're out to dinner with clients, your mind wanders over your to-dos. The solution: Call it all work. This session is about "the psychology, sociology and technology" of productivity. You will learn how to get more done and done faster by conquering the three channels affecting your productivity:

  • Careers
  • Leadership
  • Productivity
  • Psychology

  At 11:30am to 11:50am, Tuesday 13th March

  In Ballroom G, Austin Convention Center

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• The Future of Work and the Free Radical

  by Althea Erickson, Josh Rubin, Scott Belsky, Benjamin Dyett and Richard Schatzberger

  How we work is changing. But where we work isn’t.

  Over the last ten years a new way of working has emerged, along with some people who live it every day. They’re available 24/7. They network endlessly, and then plug their skills into others’ in surprising combinations. They choose when and how they do what they do, on their terms. They don’t want job security – they want career fluidity. We call them free radicals. And they’re creating the future of work.

  But when they look for a place to do all that, the options are weirdly outdated: office, home, or on the go – say, a café. Those are actually poor choices. Offices mean fixed cost and daily routine. Home is isolated and full of distractions. And cafés get old after the second latté.

  Be transported by this panel of experts into the future of work, as they walk you through their vision of the ideal work experience for free radicals just like you.

  • Careers
  • Freelance
  • Productivity
  • Work

  At 12:30pm to 1:30pm, Tuesday 13th March

  In Brazos, Marriott Courtyard Austin Downtown/Convention Center

  Coverage write-up audio clip