class: left, middle ## Let's start at 12:10PM - No **Week 12** folder: we are done! - Final **Technical Exercise** teaser available - Recorded session to be made available on YouTube (unlisted) #### In case of connection dropoff - Immediate announcement on shared Slack using mobile data - Leave and revisit the session recording later - Stick around in the chat room if it allows #### Formal cancellation if attempts fail in the next 10 minutes - Solitary session recording for reference #### **Bad audio due to slow Internet connection?** - Let me know immediately via chat #### View online at https://ckportfolio.com/slides/pc8005-w12 --- class: left, middle ## Let's get started ... --- class: left, middle, title ## The Virtual Organization #### PC 8005 - School of Professional Communication - Week 12 https://ckportfolio.com/slides/pc8005-w12 --- class: center, middle ### Assignment #3
#### Empathize, identify, prototype, and ... sell --- class: left, middle ### Upcoming milestones - **December 13**: Exercise #5: Web Automation - **December 20**: Assignment #3 - Product Presentation #### Imminent feedback - Research Reading Group, Sets #5 and #6 - Assignment #2: Interactive Wireframe --- class: center, middle ### Web automation
#### macOS Automator meets Google Chrome --- class: right, middle ## Any questions? Moving onto the this week's content ... --- class: left, middle ## Today's agenda - **Shift in retail commerce** - Challenges and opportunities in e-learning - Onshoring production --- class: center, middle ### Lockdown
#### First implemented in March 2020 --- class: center, middle ### Retail business
#### Panic buying and in-store restrictions --- class: center, middle ### Bars and restaurants
#### Overstock and in-person dining restrictions --- class: center, middle ### Fairs and exhibition
#### Complete shutdown with little to no alternatives --- class: center, middle ### "Digital transformation"
#### Provincial and municipal efforts for retailer education --- class: center, middle ### Forced to adapt
#### Shift in consumer demand --- class: center, middle ### Platform expenses
#### Delivery, transaction, and other costs --- class: center, middle ### Platform overdependence
#### Recurring fees and add ons --- class: center, middle ### Subscription fatigue
#### Existing products going digital --- class: center, middle ### Emerging merchants
#### Entryway for young, emerging entrepreneurs --- class: center, middle ### Experience over goods
#### Sense of community being eroded --- class: center, middle ### Digital literacy
#### Embrace of tech sector --- class: center, middle ### Middleman scrutiny
#### Legislators pressuring tech companies --- class: center, middle ### Business model challenges
#### Concept of "shop local" --- class: center, middle ### Real estate reexamined
#### Commercial and office space lease being pressured --- class: left, middle ## Today's agenda - Shift in retail commerce - **Challenges and opportunities in e-learning** - Onshoring production --- class: center, middle ### University shutdown
#### Class of 2020 seriously disrupted --- class: center, middle ### Forced shift to remote
#### Forced to use conference tool for education --- class: center, middle ### Enrollment drops
#### Uncertain future, living situation, and visa issues --- class: center, middle ### Skepticism from all fronts
#### Faculty, students, and employers --- class: center, middle ### Permanent changes to campus
#### Digital open house; fully remote until September 2021 --- class: center, middle ### Platform deficiencies
#### Bandwidth, multimedia, and delivery issues --- class: center, middle ### Content incompatibilities
#### Courses that require physical interaction --- class: center, middle ### Faculty resistance
#### Intellectual property, stipend requirements --- class: center, middle ### Student skepticism
#### Especially for junior students --- class: center, middle ### Job market shifts
#### K-shaped recovery is real --- class: center, middle ### "Learn to code" resurgence
#### Alternative education and upskilling --- class: center, middle ### Young freelancers
#### Much more proactive in search and demand --- class: center, middle ### Remote work for disabled persons
#### Great equalizer for disabled workforce --- class: center, middle ### Digitizing expertise
#### Virtual reality, personalized experience, interactive --- class: center, middle ### Market disruption
#### Job, education, and government response --- class: left, middle ## Today's agenda - Shift in retail commerce - Challenges and opportunities in e-learning - **Onshoring production** --- class: center, middle ### Mask shortage
#### Every social media platform becomes a PPE marketplace --- class: center, middle ### Supply chain problem
#### Canana significantly reduces manufacturing sector since 2010 --- class: center, middle ### Dropshipping
#### Quickly proving less desirable as tech becomes cheaper --- class: center, middle ### Digital outsourcing
#### IT projects done cheaper (and more clumsily) --- class: center, middle ### Barriers for sustainability
#### Geopolitical tension, rising costs, and communication issues --- class: center, middle ### IT resurgence in Canada
#### Silicon Valley moves to Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal --- class: center, middle ### Call for manufacturing resurgence
#### Ketchup, cars, and masks --- class: center, middle ### Physical products, elevated by tech
#### Bringing tech to more tangible industries --- class: center, middle ### Supply chain transparency
#### Blockchain and other provenance technology --- class: center, middle ### Bridge between STEM and crafting
#### Woodworking class digitalized --- class: center, middle ### Isolationist by necessity
#### Self-serve approach to subsistence and innovation --- class: center, middle ### Rise of Canadian brands
#### Feel-good acknowledgment as a bonus --- class: left, middle ## Takeaways - Huge damages to retail and opportunities to rewrite rules - Remote learning remains clunky but brings new opportunities - Opportunities for onshoring forced upon us, and we are ready --- class: left, middle ### Tasks for upcoming weeks #### Listed in order of priority - Production work for Assignment #3 - Final technical exercise #### More details available on D2L --- class: left, middle ### Things to expect over the next weeks - Email announcements - Assignment and milestone reminders - Adhoc troubleshooting --- class: left, middle ### Course archive https://blog.ckportfolio.com/archive/the-virtual-organization #### Bookmark for future reference --- class: left, middle, title ## The Virtual Organization #### PC 8005 - School of Professional Communication - Week 12 https://ckportfolio.com/slides/pc8005-w12