Luddite Foresight - Metaskills For Managing (What Can Seem Like) Mayhem
What Skills and Knowledge Are Likely To Transcend Changing Times?
Technology is racing forward. I can't even keep up with software updates on my phone, much less the rapidly changing global economy, new products, or innovative ways to share information. What can anchor us in what can feel like mayhem, chaos, change, change, and more change? Upon what rocks can we stand? Clearly, there are some values, practices, and relationships, built over time, that have lasting worth and significance. Those require careful attention, intention, and personal investment. These are topics Profound Living will continue to address.
David Clemons and I talked about "metaskills" in our book Managing
The Mobile Workforce
, but there have been others before and since who have brought attention to those skills that have lasting value for our careers, professions, and leadership over time. As we move toward the end of 2019, perhaps it is a good time to reflect on the metaskills (in addition to personal values, habits, and practices) that are likely to serve us well professionally over the long run.
I just posted an essay titled Luddite
Foresight: Metaskills For Meeting Change
over at The Profound Bartender
and thought it would be good food for thought here. From that essay, "...there will always be a need for people with meta-skills. Those who can adapt to changing conditions. What will be the meta-skills in your profession? How can we prepare for changing times in order to have long and productive and satisfying careers?"
