Barrie Hopson (portfoliocareers.net, UK) keynote at ePIC 2012 on how to lead a portfolio career.

1. Freedom
… to be the architect of your own
future
Barrie Hopson
portfoliocareers.net

2. Single Track
Career

3. Serial
Career

4. ‘You’ve thrown away your career so many
times you should be fined for littering’.

5. Lifestyle
Career

6. Portfolio Career

7. Mr Benn

8. Who do I want to be
today?

9. The Facts

10. The Facts
1.4 million have two or more
jobs.

11. The Facts
1.4 million have two or more
jobs.
5.1 million have part time
jobs by choice

12. The Facts
1.4 million have two or more
jobs.
5.1 million have part time
jobs by choice
20% employers will increase
their use of temporary
workers this year

13. ‘why have one boring job for life when you can
have several cool jobs for the time being’
Nick Beadle

14. Lisa Milner

15. Trish Cowie

16. Instead of work/life balance – we
Work / Life BLEND
Balance suggests work and life are
separate.
Blend means we see more of a coming
together, a more flexible approach.
Some people will choose a blend with
a paid job or several paid jobs. Others
will opt for a different blend of paid,
unpaid work, study or leisure time.

17. Every job is temporary
‘Corporations once built to last like pyramids are
now more like tents… You can’t design your life
around a temporary organisation’ Peter Drucker

18. Flexicurity
Security
Depe
nden
c y

19. Flexible working

20. Flexible working
CBI – flexible work
and freelancing an
economic ‘must’

21. Flexible working
CBI – flexible work
and freelancing an
economic ‘must’
80% now spend
some time working
from home

22. Flexible working
CBI – flexible work
and freelancing an
economic ‘must’
80% now spend
some time working
from home
60% new
businesses start in
the home

23. Web changes everything
And its only 8,000 days old ………

26. X

27. X

28. X
✔

29. 10 Steps to Creating a Portfolio
Are you suited?
How would you fund it?
What are your motivated skills
And your values
Who are you going to be today
Your networks
Populating your portfolio
Your story
Your brand

30. So are you suited?

31. So are you suited?
 an excellent time manager and organiser

32. So are you suited?
 an excellent time manager and organiser
 able to work well under pressure

33. So are you suited?
 an excellent time manager and organiser
 able to work well under pressure
 little separation between your work and the rest of
your life

34. So are you suited?
 an excellent time manager and organiser
 able to work well under pressure
 little separation between your work and the rest of
your life
 a risk taker

35. So are you suited?
 an excellent time manager and organiser
 able to work well under pressure
 little separation between your work and the rest of
your life
 a risk taker
 high energy

36. So are you suited?
 an excellent time manager and organiser
 able to work well under pressure
 little separation between your work and the rest of
your life
 a risk taker
 high energy
 assertive

37. So are you suited?
 an excellent time manager and organiser
 able to work well under pressure
 little separation between your work and the rest of
your life
 a risk taker
 high energy
 assertive
 comfortable being your own boss

38. So are you suited?
 an excellent time manager and organiser
 able to work well under pressure
 little separation between your work and the rest of
your life
 a risk taker
 high energy
 assertive
 comfortable being your own boss
 not hung up on financial security

39. So are you suited?
 an excellent time manager and organiser
 able to work well under pressure
 little separation between your work and the rest of
your life
 a risk taker
 high energy
 assertive
 comfortable being your own boss
 not hung up on financial security
 a networker and marketer

40. So are you suited?
 an excellent time manager and organiser
 able to work well under pressure
 little separation between your work and the rest of
your life
 a risk taker
 high energy
 assertive
 comfortable being your own boss
 not hung up on financial security
 a networker and marketer
 can work to deadlines and who learns from their
mistakes

41. So are you suited?
 an excellent time manager and organiser
 able to work well under pressure
 little separation between your work and the rest of
your life
 a risk taker
 high energy
 assertive
 comfortable being your own boss
 not hung up on financial security
 a networker and marketer
 can work to deadlines and who learns from their
mistakes
 a self-starter

42. So are you suited?
 an excellent time manager and organiser
 able to work well under pressure
 little separation between your work and the rest of
your life
 a risk taker
 high energy
 assertive
 comfortable being your own boss
 not hung up on financial security
 a networker and marketer
 can work to deadlines and who learns from their
mistakes
 a self-starter
 preferably NOT a perfectionist

44. There is another way…..

46. You are never too old to reinvent

47. And the future of career planning is
………………………?
Career surfing

48. And the future of career planning is
………………………?
Career surfing

50. Whatever you choose to do let your passions fuel it and your skills
drive it. And, even more importantly, remember to enjoy the