fences:
1) degrees
Degrees do not represent the talent or the passion that is inside of us, but still we trick ourselves into believing that degrees are meaningful. 2) function descriptions
you get hired because your degree matches a function description. This is a second fence and this one is based on the premise that all work can be standardized and that functions are the best way to make use of people’s talents in an organizational setting.Roles that are tied together in a social architecture ensure that the right talents are exposed to the challenges at hand. [i need to come back and read social architecture]3) retirement
Retirement happens because people have become too expensive and dispensable. There are dispensable because we have been focusing on their weaknesses and all that time we could have developed their talents.
Jef’s new book is a wake-up call that will make us look into a new direction. Jef concludes that:
- Schools of tomorrow become meeting places where learning is based on what you can get out of people – not on what you can put in.
- Career development is not longer based on functions but on roles and social validation.
- The retirement fence can only be abandoned when we abandon degrees and functions.
via Peter Vander Auwera aka @petervan