Reinvent Yourself for the New World of Work
The U.S. workplace has changed more in the last 70 years than at any time in history. We've shed millions of jobs in the last two years, driving the unemployment rate up from just under 5 percent to the peak of 10.2 percent in October 2009.
The global landscape is not faring much better. Even companies once recognized as primary outsourcing destinations are having to redefine their businesses and reinvent their organizations.
Today the business landscape feels as if it's built on shifting sand rather than slabs of concrete. Surviving and thriving in this environment requires that you take ownership for your career. Change is a constant and no amount of insularity will keep you safe, so why not choose to embrace it on your terms?
Welcome to Career Inc. and the new world of work.
Innovation Tribes In A Networked World
The rise of a global workforce with its ability to collaborate without walls continues to drive innovation that is marked less by territorial boundaries and more by entrepreneurial environments, team creativity, and individual adaptability.
As social capital becomes critical to influencing business decisions, bridging innovation will become more about leveraging your connections and re-purposing relationships in new ways.
Entrepreneurial leaders realize innovation occurs at all levels of an organization and that one size does not fit all. Bringing innovation into the workplace means first bringing it down "from the rafters".
This is where your mid-tier talent can make the real difference for an organization looking to reinvent itself. Emerging leaders, middle managers, program managers, and project leaders represent the central core of an organization. Rebuilding this talent into entrepreneurial thinkers, do-ers, and leaders can renovate work environments and kick start innovation.
Welcome to the new world of innovation.
