Mark Smith: The Kista Mentorspace
The Kista Mentorspace is an open environment where knowledge sharing
between people is the primary function. Participants in a
Mentorspace, exchange knowledge to enhance their own personal and
intellectual growth, and the exchange of knowledge includes the
connections of that person to others in an academic, economic, and
community sense. The Kista Mentorspace was started in order to
answer the question of how engineering students can acquire the ability
to realize future Information Technology products. This is a
complex question because no single school acting alone can accomplish
this goal in any broad sense. One indication of this is that IT
products have become extremely diverse over time, and IT itself can now
be found in products that only a few years previously had little or no
IT in them. Personal healthcare, transit, living and working
spaces, fashion, media, literature, and art are all examples of
this. But these disciplines are not typically covered at
technical universities. Another indication of this have come from
some companies local to the Kista area who have expressed
dissatisfaction with the university graduates they interview and an
unwillingness to hire them. They cite the lack of any bridge
between theory, science, and practice leaving students unable to
contribute to their business needs. Finally, the Kista community
itself has recognized that Information Technology in many forms are
central to future urban development, but local government have few
opportunities to tie social issues to the curriculum given at schools
and universities. The Kista Mentorspace creates an environment
that combines academics, business, and local government in a way that
equips students to contribute to the social, economic, and knowledge
base of the communities they live in.
The Mentorspace is open to all students, not just ones from KTH. It doesn’t cost anything, there is nothing to join, and you don’t even need to be on social media. You only need to want to grow and help others do the same. Who knows? You might end up starting a company or finding an entire new direction to your school or career goals. It is also very open to individuals from companies and local city officials who would like to share their knowledge, and work towards the common good of the community. There is much more to the Kista Mentorspace than can easily be said here, so come visit us. The Kista Mentorspace is located on the KTH Kista campus. The street address in Kista is Isafjordsgatan 26 or Kistagången 16. If you contact me before coming by, I will be happy to show you around.
The Mentorspace is open to all students, not just ones from KTH. It doesn’t cost anything, there is nothing to join, and you don’t even need to be on social media. You only need to want to grow and help others do the same. Who knows? You might end up starting a company or finding an entire new direction to your school or career goals. It is also very open to individuals from companies and local city officials who would like to share their knowledge, and work towards the common good of the community. There is much more to the Kista Mentorspace than can easily be said here, so come visit us. The Kista Mentorspace is located on the KTH Kista campus. The street address in Kista is Isafjordsgatan 26 or Kistagången 16. If you contact me before coming by, I will be happy to show you around.
