Young Nigerians have been urged to develop their capacity for networking, relationship development and sustainability for the realisation of their dreams and goals.
 
This was the focus of an Innovation and Growth Summit, ThriveX, themed: “Navigating The Vision Playbook: Global Success by Mastering Networking, Execution and High-impact Strategies” held in Lagos.
 
The Summit noted the self development quality of relationship management as an important factor in sustaining the bridge between ideation and execution.
 
Organisers sought the cultivation of a culture of peer mentoring among youths, which was identified as critical in the growth process and the transformation of ideas for global success.

Convener of the ThriveX summit, Temitope Ojagbule, who also convenes Temitalks, said that young people should be intentional with their dreams, career path and interactions and realize importantly how networking and maximizing relationships that matter are critical to achieving set goals.
 
He explained that the ideology behind ThriveX is to create an environment for visionary youths to bridge the gap between conception and execution of ideas and create impact “because some people may have the vision but get stuck because they lack the guidance to go through the process”.
 
“The goal is to be able to network the people to create an enabling environment where plans can move from vision point A to success point B. Helping Nigerian Youths connect their dreams with the execution process is key in today’s clime.
 
“As much as the aim is to create a community, we want to also export our Nigerian culture and heritage. This is why we are having a London edition of ThriveX October 8, later this year.
 
He said young people should learn that from school, they can leverage with people who matter to their vision or career path success. “There is power in collaboration and people should be able to recognize it on time and key into its drive train. Young people must learn to imbibe the culture of collaboration. It works,” he noted.
 
“Two communities in the UK effectively apply the the power of collaboration. They are of the Asian and the Jewish communities. There is a place in London around Newton Green/North London area, coming down to Seven Sisters which are dominated by Jews and these people are very wealthy.
 
“What most in the Asian community in the UK do is that before you travel from your country, whether India, Pakistan or China, you already know why you are making the journey. It is similar to the old Nigerian way where a community would sponsor one person for a sojourn. These communities are intentional and they leverage on relationships.
 
“I have a friend who relocated to Canada from the UK recently. Before he left Nigeria earlier on for the UK, all I needed was his passport data page which I sent to my boss. He arrived the UK in the morning and started work at Night. Now, he has even moved on to Canada with his family. This is an example of how we can help each other grow.
   
“Nigerians to leverage on such as well. We should not see everything as competition. A typical Nigerian wants to have his/her fellow Nigerian as a maid. That is not a development mindset”.
 
Seasoned speakers at the Summit include: Deji Fash, a product design consultant and Vice President of Products for Appzone Group. Deji, who in his delivery, said Strategic, Tactical and Operational Planning are needed in achieving realistic goals, led the audience in talks on the power of vision which he described as more than just a dream but a clear compelling picture of a future one intends to create.
 
He noted that the first key to navigating the vision playbook is networking. “It is not just about collecting business cards but building meaningful relationships and leveraging the gift of other human beings.
 
“Focus on building genuine connections, maintaining relationships and honoring the relationships, not just the transactional ones.
 
Motivational Speaker and Pastor, Deolu Gbamigbe, on his part, said young people must learn to work beyond their primary community and tap into resource beyond local provisions and local competitive capacities. Engaging financial expansion strategies require connecting to the value chain of wealth distribution in productivity process.
 
During a panel moderated by: Oyindamola Ige, actor and filmmaker, Damola Olatunji, who successfully transitioned from the electrical/electronic engineering to Business and then Entertainment, said people have the option of either choosing to go through the credential or potential.
 
Olatunji explained that he is an engineer and business administrator by credential but an entertainer by potential.