According to Hamza, managing millennials and knowledge workers the same way we manage traditional factory workers can be disastrous. Speaking through his own experience as a manager and alternatively a manager, Hamza argues that millennials need to be led, instead of managed, and given autonomy to complete their tasks, so that they can grow and achieve their goals. full potential.

If you ask Hamza Khan about his role as a manager, he will tell you that his approach to management is to avoid it altogether. Before his success as an award-winning digital marketer and entrepreneur, Hamza was a student who struggled to find a practical outlet for his creativity while pursuing a degree in business and political science at the University of Toronto Scarborough. During his third year of college, Hamza changed his major and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree to facilitate a future career in creative multimedia and storytelling. Since graduating, he has worked as a graphic designer and marketer and teaches social media strategy at Seneca College. He is also credited with making Ryerson University the leading Canadian university in online student engagement.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

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