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The skill that matters more than being technically good

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The skill that matters more than being technically good

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All right, everyone. My name's Zar, and

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I am the director of TKS here in

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Calgary. So, we just finished our

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showcase, which is where all the

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students come to present their work that

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they've been working on so hard over the

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past 9 months here at TKS.

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>> And how do you think they changed in

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this past 10 months of TKS?

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>> I mean, there's so many areas of growth

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for these students. There's three kind

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of buckets we focus on at TKS. There's

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the project building, then there's also

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like the mindsets and the frameworks of

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thinking, and then there's the

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relationship building aspect of things.

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And so, you know, as much as we focus on

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the technology building and portfolio

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building, we also focus on developing

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the soft skills, being able to go

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approach people and, you know, uh pitch

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your ideas to them and look make eye

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contact and shake their hands and, you

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know, all of those things take practice

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and [music] it takes time to uh build

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those skills. And so, that's actually

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the biggest area of growth is not

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actually even on the technical front.

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It's on the all of those soft skills and

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to be able to come into the classroom

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and, you know, be boots on the ground

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with the kids going through the

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trenches. They're turning their projects

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into real-life [music] problem-solving,

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actually creating impact. And just

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seeing that growth from when they

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started to where they are now has been

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really awesome for me.

Interactive Summary

Zar, director of TKS Calgary, discusses the progress of students following their nine-month showcase. He highlights that while students develop technical skills, their most significant growth occurs in soft skills, such as networking, communication, and real-world problem-solving.

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