HeyFuture!
A 2-week programme to establish work-ready skills and real-life job opportunities for 18-22 year olds who haven’t found their place in the world… yet.
Sustainability
An understanding of how to take environmental impacts into consideration in a range of scenarios.
Collaboration
Real-life experience of the combined benefit of diversity of thought, inspiration, tools and techniques to solve a business challenge.
Creativity & curiosity
The recognition that these skills are a superpower, and everyone can have them.
Problem-solving
Developing the most sought-after skill required by employers today, tick!
Digital impact
Experience with digital innovations to grow your portfolio and skillset.
Leadership
An understanding of different leadership styles – finding yours, embracing it and being proud of it.
Entrepreneurship
Experience the process of coming up with ideas, having the skills to evaluate them, and preparing them for market.
Confidence
Recognition of your own potential and values in order to pitch and present confidently.
Who you'll hear from (more to be announced)
Frances Valintine, founder of The Mind Lab and Tech Futures Lab
Frances Valintine CNZM is a thought-leader in emerging and disruptive technologies and has 20 years’ experience across business, technology and education.
Rich Rowley, Innovation Advisor at Tech Futures Lab
With a background in law and education, Rich has become our resident champion of change and neurodiversity, specialising in challenging and disrupting the status quo.
Te Mihinga Komene, Pou Ārahi at The Mind Lab
Te Mihinga is passionate and committed to the revitalisation of reo Māori in education. She specialises in language, grammar and vocabulary, and using digital tools to enhance and support te reo Māori learning and teaching.
Taurean Butler, Innovation Advisor at Tech Futures Lab
Research orientated, and hailing from New York, he has worked as a designer and product manager to develop products grounded in understanding and empathising with humans. He’s curious, yet methodical and statistically minded.
Priti Ambani, Director of New Business & Innovation at Tata Consultancy Services
Priti Ambani is an engineer, entrepreneur and educator. Priti has led initiatives and startup ventures that leverage the dynamics of digital collaboration and emerging disruptive technologies to create thriving societies.
Karl Sheridan, Creative Director and Founder of Monster Valley
Karl founded creative agency and production studio, Monster Valley and is a huge advocate for the arts scene in Aotearoa. His studio on Auckland's Karangahape Road is also a gallery space and regularly hosts events.
James McLeod, Co-Founder of Made4Baby Natural Skincare
The son of a Wairarapa farmer, James dropped out of uni after 6 months, worked for Telecom (aka Spark), and found himself in marketing. He's lived and worked all around the world, and cofounded Made4Baby Natural Skincare, currently selling in 8 countries around the world.
Fiona (Fee) Webby, General Manager at The Mind Lab
Fee has been with The Mind Lab since 2015 and leads the team here with passion and purpose. With years of experience in advertising and marketing, Fee made the leap to a 'for good' role and has never looked back.
Ellie Harwood, Social Media Manager for Viva La Dirt League
Ellie grew up in East Auckland and after studying at Waikato Uni with a Bachelors degree in Psychology, ended up working at ZM as an award-winning producer on Bree & Clint's drive show. She's now social media manager (and actor) for the popular YouTube channel, Viva La Dirt League.
Murray Streets, Managing Director of Dentsu New Zealand
Murray started his early career as a Latin and Ancient Greek high school teacher, before shifting to advertising. He's committed to a culture that promotes self-awareness, personal purpose, diversity and mental and physical wellbeing.
Meet your programme lead, Coco Kim-Corey
Coco has been working with The Mind Lab since it first started in 2013. She has held various roles including EdTech Educator, Postgraduate Marker, Next Gen Lead and now, her favourite role – Programme Lead for HeyFuture!
Coco loves introducing people to new ways of thinking, learning and doing things. Her background is in Design, 3D Modelling and Animation and she holds a Masters in Design, which focused on design thinking in education.
As a life-long learner herself she is always encouraging curiosity, perseverance, creative thinking and problem solving.
Coco has a relaxed, supportive and patient style, which makes her the ideal person to guide 18-22 year olds through this journey of learning.
Sometimes it’s not about opening the doors, it’s about knowing which doors to knock on. Get confident, get connected, and get comfortable with failure, with HeyFuture!
Linkedin Blog
Frances Valintine: Reimagining Higher Education to prepare students for their future
Our founder, Frances Valintine, shares where the inspiration for HeyFuture! came from, and why it’s vital for the future of our 18-22 year olds.
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