Why it’s so hard to align our work with our values, and how we justify not trying.
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Why it’s so hard to align our work with our values, and how we justify not trying.
Work with purpose and meaning sounds nice but might be impossible to reach? It’s not quite what I’m getting at with increasing agency.
Tom Critchlow • Some Notes on Agency at Work
The search for purpose is often positioned as an alternative to following a conventional, conformist, or self-serving career path.
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World
The way we’ve elevated professional identity to the centrepiece of selfhood comes at a considerable cost, narrowing our understanding of value and connection to something that can be neatly added to LinkedIn.
328 / What do you *like* to do?
aspirational values may organically align with some, but they continue to alienate many of us. When this misalignment occurs, those who are othered are left to try and fit into boxes they have no desire to squeeze themselves into.
LaTonya Wilkins • Leading Below the Surface
