The Graduate School is delighted to announce that Mac Montana, a graduate student in accounting, has won the global U21/PwC Innovation Challenge competition. To win the challenge, Mac developed an inspiring response to the following question:
We are living through a fundamental transformation in the way we work; automation and “thinking machines” are replacing human tasks, changing the skills that organisations are looking for in their people. But what will the future look like? PwC has developed four scenarios in their Workforce of the Future study: a Red World where innovation rules; a Blue World where corporate is king; a Green World where companies care, and a Yellow World where humans come first. Assuming you find yourself on a journey that looks like it ends in a “Green and Yellow Worlds” scenario where companies care and humans come first, what are the pros and cons for you? What skills will be important for individuals to thrive in this world, and how do you plan on adapting to it?
Mac won the UConn stage of the competition last November. In the international phase of the competition, Mac competed against students from nine U21 institutions in Asia, North America, and South America. Please join me in congratulating Mac on this achievement. You will find more information about the competition and Mac’s video at https://universitas21.com/news-and-events/news/universitas-21-and-pwc-announce-winners-innovation-challenge-group-b .
Kent Holsinger
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Kent E. Holsinger
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor
Vice Provost for Graduate Education
and Dean of The Graduate School
University of Connecticut
www.grad.uconn.edu
For more information, contact: The Graduate School at gradschool@uconn.edu