Tag Archives: Career

#FutureWork [Pt 3] – Qualifications into Capability

Posted on September 28, 2020 by julianstodd

Jo enjoyed talking to grandad about the old days, when he had a career, although she was secretly glad not to have had one herself. The idea of doing all your education at the start without really knowing what ‘work’ … Continue reading →

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Ways of Working: Perspective Shift

Posted on October 15, 2019 by julianstodd

A great many Organisations have a focus on future ‘ways of working’: sometimes expressed as a future culture, sometimes as specific digital skills, often as an approach to innovation or change. These programmes represent the normalisation of change, and the … Continue reading →

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Aspects of the #SocialAge – Part 3 – Permanence is Ending

Posted on August 3, 2016 by julianstodd

We say the Social Age is about change, and that’s true, but it’s not just about change in systems, about changing careers, about changing technologies. Its about change in the nature of permanence itself. In our mental construct of the … Continue reading →

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Let Slip the Dogs of War: Unfit Organisations and the Social Revolution

Posted on April 11, 2016 by julianstodd

The gradients of power in the workplace today are often imbalanced, imperfect and just plain wrong. Whilst we have come some way from the poorhouse and indentured service, we are a long way from nirvana. The Social Age is a … Continue reading →

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Words About Learning: Dreams

Posted on February 18, 2016 by julianstodd

Spent part of today writing in a comic book store: a shop that sells board games and graphic novels. The chap running it had been made redundant, so he did the sensible thing and, instead of saving the cash, he … Continue reading →

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The Subscription Career

Posted on March 5, 2015 by julianstodd

The theme this week is the future: yesterday, the evolution of knowledge, before that, the future shape of organisations. Today: the future of ‘career‘. Specifically, the subscriptions or community career. Organisations used to own our career: they recruited us, structured … Continue reading →

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The Ladder to Leadership

Posted on October 30, 2014 by julianstodd

Where does it start? You reply to the advert, get an interview, shortlisted and complete the psychometrics. You get the letter and go through induction, new starter, first team leadership role and finally management. A function, a department, a Division, … Continue reading →

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Gender in Technology: Feature or Culture?

Posted on August 20, 2014 by julianstodd

I was pretty tired when i got home last night: a long day in London, a delayed train home, it was gone midnight when i opened the door and stepped inside. Only as i was falling asleep did i realise … Continue reading →

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Choices and opportunities

Posted on May 15, 2014 by julianstodd

The Social Age is a time of constant change: careers are fractured and we’re likely to change direction many times. As the nature of work evolves and the opportunities presented by social collaborative technology increase, we are spoilt for choice … Continue reading →

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In the Social Age, who structures your career? What should you learn?

Posted on January 31, 2014 by julianstodd

Some journeys are easy: you get on one train and sit for hours until you reach the destination. Others, substantially more difficult: multiple changes, some at tiny stations where you’re sat in the rain for half an hour, then a … Continue reading →

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