Starting Over, Again and Again: What Global Careers Really Feel Like
YOUR CAREER IS OVER A career is ‘old technology’. It was a great way to structure work for many years. It was an efficient way to get a return on the investment of training and developing staff. That world is over. Today the world expects you to be trained, it expects you to educate yourself constantly and to bring something new to the table. For
... See moreDaniel Priestley • Key Person of Influence
People love to ask what you do for work and understand your professional trajectory. Often, it’s a surface question. Or, used to quickly categorize people in familiar boxes. But beneath this lies a far more interesting story.
I don’t think you can truly answer questions about work without exploring ambition and identity. Looking back over the last... See more
Sam Sager • Work, Ambition, and Identity
Many people who first entered senior roles in 2010-2020 are finding current roles a lot less fun. There are a number of reasons for this. First, managers were generally evaluated in that period based on their ability to hire, retain and motivate teams. The current market doesn’t value those skills particularly highly, but instead prioritizes a... See more