What does it mean to Work?
What is work?
Work should be meaningful.
I could go on and on about this, but the stats show that worldwide, only 13% of people are engaged at work (Gallup, 2018).
13%.
Sounds like a huge market opportunity to shift how we conceive of work and learning.
Learning = Meaning
The Joy of Life is to Learn whether through experiences, your teammates, close friends, failures, etc;. Wherever social ties exist, there's an opportunity to learn.
This is why, post-college, most people primarily learn through workplace experiences, whether through casual chit chat with teammates, or projects that require deep collaboration, creativity, and an opportunity to learn something new.
Work consists of the 3 key factors that drive and nurture learning:
1. People
2. Goals
3. Experiences
I consider where the Future of Work and Future of Education meet as the Future of Learning.
The Future Workplace will embrace strengths, skills, and competencies.
It will reward learning agility more than experience or expertise.
Continuous education won't be an option, it'll be a requirement.
We're going to see deep shifts in the workplace, but first, we need to shift our collective mindset on what it means to work. ____________________________________________________________________
Thank you for reading!
I am the CEO of Guide, a social e-learning application for high school students to learn essential life skills from their favorite creators, the Global Evangelist with WeWork, and founder of Mentors & Mentees, a Guide community, a 10,000 member community helping students and professionals take control of their careers to achieve career fulfillment. I live to strengthen the bonds that people share through compassionate and empathic action. If you're interested in collaborating with me on this mission, reach out to me on LinkedIn, my Facebook page or my email address: [email protected]
Companies have such an incredible opportunity in front of them to take what they perceive to be an “unskilled” workforce and TEACH them. In the course of my recruiting career, I’ve witnessed firsthand a decline, a disinvestment, in the workforce they have already in their organizations. Many overlook the very talented teams that are already under their roofs and look out the window. They are continuing to raise the price for walking in the door while not considering how many people who work there today are craving and capable of so much more thank they are being trusted to do. I personally believe the companies paving the way in educating their existing workforce to be the workforce of the future will lead (or continue to lead).
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5 年I appreciate the call out on rewarding learning agility. The opportunity in the workplace is how are we recognizing it in order to reward it.
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5 年I think this is already happening. Contrary to what society leads us to believe, learning is a lifelong process that doesn't stop until you die. Even after you die, you continue to teach the living by the life you led and the decisions you made. I used to think learning stopped at college, but I was totally wrong.?
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5 年Love this bro!