For individuals, particularly those under risk of displacement, simply to remain employed will require engaging in lifelong learning and regular reskilling. Additionally, for all workers, continuous learning will not only be key to securing employment but also to building stable, fulfilling careers and seizing rewarding job transition opportunities. – World Economic Forum, Towards a Reskilling […]
Reskilling
The World Economic Forum recently started publishing a series of resources around the changes in the workplace and how to reskill the workforce. Organizations are complaining that they “cannot find the right skills.” Individuals, many of whom have been working to master certain knowledge and skills for years, find themselves with outdated knowledge and skills […]
Developing Inner Agility
Admission: Inner agility is not one of my strongest suits. I am a recovering control freak. To state the obvious – we are living in a time of increasing complexity. Much of that complexity is of our own making. Additive processes. The cult of “more.” A bias towards “growth” and speed. Access to an overwhelming amount […]
Strategy and Tactics at Point of Value
Point-of-Work (PoW) is where measurable business outcomes are generated…or they’re lost…if not lost…compromised. – Gary Wise Gary Wise has been a leading thinker in the Performance Support space for years. He’s been banging the drum for workforce capability and thinking in terms of point-of-work publically for almost 10 years. He was one of the key […]
#52books How to Change the World
—————– #52 Books – How to Change the World: Change Management 3.0 Format: Softcover Booklet Jurgen Appelo has taken 4 common models and combined them into what he calls a “supermodel.” Dance with the System – PDCA or Plan, Do, Check, Act Mind the People – AKDAR or Ability, Knowledge, Desire, Awareness, and Reinforcement Stimulate […]
How to Eliminate Noise
Michael Hyatt and his daughter Megan, in a recent Lead to Win podcast on the Cost of Overwork, observed that current technologies have made this an incredibly noisy world. The whole podcast is worth a listen (or read – I linked to the transcript above). However, what struck me wasn’t the cost of overwork (high), it was […]
The Window of Tolerance
The concept of Window of Tolerance is a useful one to help us understand why we feel so stressed in today’s working environments. The original theory comes from Childhood Development. I’ve observed the same behaviors in adults as well. Also, many of the same solutions. Are the environments you are creating around yourself safe or […]
So How’s That Working For Ya?
The dreaded question. Anyone who has spent time with business coaches has heard this one. It comes out when the coach has identified one of your blind spots. A pattern of behavior that isn’t working. And you don’t see it. OR you are holding onto it for dear life because it is familiar. I hated […]
#52books The Spark, The Flame, and The Torch
#52 Books – The Spark, the Flame, and the Torch:Inspire Self. Inspire Others. Inspire the World. (Amazon affiliate link) Format: Kindle “Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it” Ernest Holmes Lance Secretan argues that we are now seeing in our economy and our workspaces exactly what we […]
Flow-Friendly Environments
These are Csikszentmihaly’s 8 Characteristics of Flow We can influence environment We cannot MAKE someone experience Flow. They have to do that for themselves. I think we approach many of our change initiatives the wrong way. We seem to be focused on changing behavior. We don’t ask whether what we are doing is going to help […]
