The adaptation advantage : let go, learn fast, and thrive in the future of work / Heather E. McGowan and Chris Shipley.

"Three profound and fast-moving changes are disrupting work and society, and in the process stripping us of our comfortable work-centric identities. First, our mental models of employment and education are still based on institutions developed in the early twentieth century, as work first moved...

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Main Authors: McGowan, Heather (Consultant) (Author), Shipley, Chris (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2020]
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • The world is fast : technology is changing everything and planting opportunity everywhere
  • The only things moving faster than technology are cultural and social norms
  • You're already adapting and not even noticing
  • Getting comfortable with adaptation : the slowest rate of change is happening now
  • What do you do for a living? The question that traps us in the past
  • Finding the courage to let go of occupational identity
  • Learning fast : why an agile learning mindset is essential
  • Rise of the humans : developing your creativity, empathy, and other uniquely human capabilities
  • Leading in continuous change : modeling vulnerability, learning from failure, and providing the psychological safety that builds trusting teams
  • The adaptive organization : creating the capacity to change at the speed of technology, market, and social evolution
  • Capability is king : looking beyond the resume to design your adaptive team
  • Getting ready to seize your adaptation advantage.