{"619734":{"#nid":"619734","#data":{"type":"news","title":"What is a Global Career: Sten Saluveer on Human Communication in the Future of Innovation","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe 21st Century Career Design Studio interviewed\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ESten Saluveer, CEO and Founder of\u0026nbsp;Storytek\u003C\/strong\u003E, a company that matches talented entrepreneurs from around the world with mentors who can bring their projects to life. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/youtu.be\/tCDu8NSx7g4\u0022\u003EA video of the interview is available on YouTube\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;Learning a language unlocks your knowledge about how societies and people operate,\u0026quot; Saluveer said, speaking to the students of\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;JAPN 4113: Advanced Reading and Listening in Japanese\u003C\/em\u003E, taught by Dr. Amanda Weiss, Visiting Assistant Professor of Japanese.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJapanese is one of six languages that Saluveer speaks, including, English, Estonian, and Russian. He spoke to the class in a video conference from Tallinn, Estonia, where Storytek is based.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESaluveer emphasized the critical importance of storytelling for the future of technological innovation.\u0026nbsp;\u0026quot;We are living in a time of exponential growth in the second machine age. Things that 10\u0026nbsp;years ago were unimaginable, in the next 5-10 years they will be totally fine....We really need storytellers and people\u0026nbsp;who understand both technology and language and humanities to communicate that change to the world.\u0026quot;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStorytek is an organization trying to do exactly that. The company\u0026nbsp;mobilizes media producers,\u0026nbsp;storytellers, and content creators to \u0026quot;help creatives and early-stage companies to develop business and fast-track their content, products, and services to the global markets\u0026quot; (Storytek website).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECommunications and international business\u0026nbsp;development is just one career path for students who pursue language and cultural studies. The 21st Century Career Design Studio will continue to be\u0026nbsp;exploring what it means to have a global career today, so stay tuned for more videos coming soon!\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis interview is part of a series on the role of the humanities and language study in 21st century careers, \u0026quot;What is a Global Career?\u0026quot; It was produced by Dr. Amanda Weiss and Dr. Jenny Strakovsky.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe 21st Century Career Design Studio is part of the M.S. in Global Media and Cultures. For more information, visit: https:\/\/gmc.iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The 21st Century Career Design Studio hosted CEO of Storytek Sten Saluveer to speak to the Modern Languages Japanese Program about the role of language in entrepreneurship and the information age."}],"uid":"34878","created_gmt":"2019-03-27 16:48:29","changed_gmt":"2019-05-03 17:47:38","author":"ystrakovsky3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-03-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-03-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"621292":{"id":"621292","type":"image","title":"Sten Saluveer, CEO of Storytek","body":null,"created":"1556893691","gmt_created":"2019-05-03 14:28:11","changed":"1556893691","gmt_changed":"2019-05-03 14:28:11","alt":"","file":{"fid":"236664","name":"Sten_Saluveer.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Sten_Saluveer.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Sten_Saluveer.png","mime":"image\/png","size":272952,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Sten_Saluveer.png?itok=RqeaT41e"}}},"media_ids":["621292"],"groups":[{"id":"611608","name":"Global Media and Cultures (GMC)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. Jenny Strakovsky, Assistant Director of Career Education and Graduate Programs\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["strakovsky@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}