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TEDxSydney 2019 ADAPT Overview – Legacy: We Are What We Leave Behind
Jun 17, 2019 | 10 min
ADAPT’s Top Takeaways and Actions from TEDxSydney 2019
TEDxSydney was held on 24 May 2019, the 10th year TEDx has had an Australian presence. The theme of this year’s event was ‘Legacy’, which is very relevant to the IT function. The event posed the questions: ‘What have we been left with? What are we doing with what we’ve been left with? What will we leave behind?’
This is a rather different take on the concept of legacy as understood in the IT industry, where it almost universally has negative connotations. The TEDx event asked us to consider the positive aspects of legacy – the combined wisdom it represents and the lessons we can learn from it. Perhaps IT leaders need to reconsider what legacy means to them and their organisations.
ADAPT’s views of the key takeaways from TEDxSydney 2019:
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