metacognition & reinvention: the 21st century career paradigm
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My keynote address about the requirements of the new workplace paradigm and how I navigated through my six careers.TRANSCRIPT
© 2009
Christopher BishopIBM Global Services Internal & Executive Communications
Metacognition and Reinvention:
The 21st Century Career Paradigm
Keynote AddressBennington College – Senior WeekFebruary 19, 2009
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Why me?
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Why me?The world is changing…rapidly
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Why me?The world is changing…rapidlyMetacognition
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Why me?The world is changing…rapidlyMetacognitionSecret sauce
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Why me?The world is changing…rapidlyMetacognitionSecret sauceWhat’s next?
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AGE
YEAR
1970 1980 20091990 2000
Graduated from
Bennington
McKendree Spring
NYC session musician
Jingle producer
Web producer
Business Strategist
Comms Specialist
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50
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Academia70
My own career trajectory
?
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Touring rock musician…
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Freelance New York session player…
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Jingle composer/ producer in NYC…
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Web producer in NYC…
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Various roles at IBM…
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Christopher Express – Second Life
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Otis & The Hurricanes – Block Island 2008
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IBM Site - Building 4 - Somers, NY
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The world is changing…rapidly
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Five historical cycles …
InventionInnovation
The Industrial Revolution
Age of Steam and Railways
Age of Steel, ElectricityHeavy Engineering
Age of Oil, Automobilesand Mass Production
Age of Information and Telecommunications
Frenzy SynergyDeployment
MaturityPanic1797
Depression1893
Crash1929
Dot.comCollapse
• Formation of Mfg. industry• Repeal of Corn Laws
opening trade• Joint stock companies • Industry exploits economies
of scale
Current period ofAdoption
• Separation of savings, investment banks
• FDIC, SEC• Build-out of Interstate
highways • IMF, World Bank, BIS
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Source: “Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital”, Carlota Perez, 2002
Panic1847
1771
1829
1875
1908
1971
1873
1920
1974
1829
Crash
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Automobile
Inte
rnet
Technology adoption continues to accelerate
0 25 50 100 125 15075Years
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100TelephoneElectricity
Radio
Television
VCR
PC
Cellular% P
enet
ratio
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Metaverse
YEARS
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An estimated 2 billion people will be on the Web by 2011 ...
… and a trillion connected objects – cars, appliances, cameras, roadways, pipelines – comprising the "Internet of Things."
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Technology…is making geography …history
World is getting flatterWorld is getting smarterRapidly changing business models
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Increasing technology advancements foster decentralization
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Increasing decentralization makes motivation, creativity and flexibility more important than ever
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Workers are not being rewarded for carrying out orders efficiently, but for figuring out what needs to be done…
and then doing it
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MetacognitionThinking about thinking
Learning what to learn
ReinventionLearning needed skills
Applying them to go forward
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You are uniquely positioned to be
successful in this new paradigm
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Creativity
Dealing with ambiguity
Passionate
Self-directed
Resilient
Global perspective
Work across disciplines
Designing your own education has positioned you to design your own career(s)
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Estimates are 85% of the jobs you’ll be doing haven’t been
invented yet…
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The top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010 did not exist in 2004!
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U.S Department of Labor estimates that today’s learner will have 10-14 jobs…
by the age of 38!
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Computer-aided surgeon
Nanobiologist Metaverse evangelist Archeogenomologist Climate strategist Space vacation consultant
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Secret Sauce
1. Antenna
2. Brand
3. Network
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1) Antenna
Chase the maelstromSpidey-senseTrust your instinctsFollow your bliss
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2) Brand Essence of who you are What makes you unique Establish your expertise Everything you say & do
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It’s not what you know, it’s who you know Lifelong job Strangers with experience Share your perspective Use the tools!
3) Network
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What’s next?
Go forth
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What’s next?
Go forth
Have fun
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What’s next?
Go forth
Have fun
Change the world
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What’s next?
Go forth
Have fun
Change the world
Keep me posted
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http://twitter.com/chrisbishop
http://groovemastersblog.blogspot.com/
SL: Christopher Express
THANKS!
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Resources
The World is Flat – Thomas FriedmanThe Future of Work – Tom MaloneThree Cups of Tea – Mortenson & RelinLife After Television – George GilderThe Monk and the Riddle – Randy Komisar
Books
Technology Review magazine & websiteWiredThe Economist
Magazines
Web sitesTechnorati WSJ Online