Thomas L. Friedman’s Next New World: Dispatches From the Front Lines

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TLDRThis conversation addresses the urgent need for discussions around employment in an increasingly innovative economy. It compares current changes in the job market to the historical impact of Gutenberg's printing press. Emphasizing the importance of educational systems encouraging curiosity and hands-on experience, it advises individuals to consider themselves as valuable products for employers. The dialogue suggests ways to creatively approach job applications, detailing the qualities companies like Google seek, including cognitive ability and leadership potential, as well as the significance of maintaining a strong LinkedIn profile. Furthermore, it argues for a leadership approach that values journey and purpose over rigid planning.

Takeaways

  • 💼 Focus on innovation-driven economy challenges.
  • 📚 Encourage curiosity in education.
  • 🔍 View yourself as a product to add value.
  • 🚀 Use creative strategies to land jobs.
  • 🏢 Understand qualities sought by companies like Google.
  • 📈 Optimize your LinkedIn profile effectively.
  • 🌍 Leaders should embrace non-linear business journeys.
  • 🔗 Networking is key to professional opportunities.

Garis waktu

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    The conversation focuses on the importance of addressing real-life issues, such as job opportunities for the younger generation. The speaker observes a significant transformation in how information is processed and utilized in today's innovation-driven economy, akin to the impact of Gutenberg's printing press but occurring at a much faster pace. The speaker advocates for educational systems that encourage curiosity and self-directed exploration, suggesting that students should be viewed as products that add value to employers, emphasizing the need for them to hustle for job opportunities beyond traditional methods.

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Video Tanya Jawab

  • What should I focus on in education to prepare for the job market?

    Focus on fostering curiosity and hands-on experiences that encourage discovery.

  • How can I improve my chances of getting a job?

    Think of yourself as a product, show value, and find creative ways to get noticed, like unique application methods.

  • What four qualities does Google look for in candidates?

    General cognitive ability, emergent leadership, cultural fit, and technical expertise.

  • How should I optimize my LinkedIn profile?

    Make it reflect your professional brand, experiences, skills, and ambitions. Ensure it is fresh and relevant.

  • What mindset should leaders adopt in business?

    They should view business as a journey rather than a linear plan, embracing adaptability and purpose.

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Gulir Otomatis:
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    this is the
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    conversation uh we think the country
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    should be having cuz what would we be
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    talking about if we were talking about
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    what's really important we'd be talking
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    about what's on the lips of everyone I
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    encounter today how's my kid going to
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    get a
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    job I think we've gone through a leap in
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    just the last decade and a half in terms
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    of how in information and knowledge is
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    generated and transformed into products
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    and
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    services that is as big as gutenberg's
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    invention of the printing press with one
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    difference Gutenberg played out over 200
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    years and this is playing out over two
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    decades today we have a brand new
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    problem we don't have an industrial
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    economy increasingly we don't even have
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    a knowledge economy we have an
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    innovation driven
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    economy I give very parochial advice on
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    this I tell parents that I was a monu
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    kid and I'm so thankful for that it's
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    this completely hippie style of
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    Education where there are no grids
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    there's no curricular there's no math
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    now and history now what it taught me
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    was that the world is a super
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    interesting place and my job even as a
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    little kid is not to passively absorb
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    stuff from some adult but to go poke at
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    the world in ways that were intriguing
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    so these educ systems that that
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    encourage this sense of Discovery asly
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    as possible in life I think that's
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    fantastic um at at the level of higher
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    ed You' better treat College as a time
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    to really fill up your tool kit the the
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    silly advice I give is go spend time on
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    both sides of Campus go spend time with
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    the the math nerds or the or the
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    computer science nerds on one side of
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    campus and the drama Geeks or the
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    English geeks on the other side of
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    Campus
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    so the first thing I would say is think
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    of yourself as a product the company is
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    buying your product what's the product
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    going to make what is the value it's
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    adding and how much can you charge for
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    that product and when you start thinking
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    about yourself as something that
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    somebody's going to need you frame
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    yourself in a different way um that
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    that's the biggest thing the second
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    thing I would say is how are you going
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    to hustle your way into a job because
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    simply submitting a resume is not going
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    to be enough so what ins are you going
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    to find one of my favorite stories is uh
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    an applicant was applying to a courier
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    company okay this company delivers
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    things and the applicant instead of
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    submitting a resume ask for The Courier
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    to come to his home pick up a little
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    package with a little gift for the
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    hiring manager as well as the resume and
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    deliver it back to the company right so
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    that was an interesting approach to
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    actually showing that they understood
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    the value of the
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    company my favorite thing to do is walk
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    into an interview and you know if the
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    first thing they say is I love what you
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    built I love the company it's amazing
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    then I'm like all right this is never
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    going to work um you know I like when
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    they come in and be like why did you
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    change the community reward structure to
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    do X Y and Z and so you know we we try
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    to build a culture at the company where
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    you know you're always wanting the
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    company to be better and you're never
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    happy and so um really I would say find
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    me people that are going to push us to
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    be a better
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    business how do you get a job at Google
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    mhm um what is it take what is Google
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    looking for well so um there's four
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    things we look for in every candidate uh
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    and the four things are number one
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    General cognitive ability so and it's
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    not just smarts but it's problem solving
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    and curiosity and ability to learn
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    you're much better off hiring somebody
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    who can learn than somebody who
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    necessarily actually knows what they're
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    doing the main thing we look for is
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    intellectual aptitude to learning
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    ability second most important thing we
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    look for is what we call emergent
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    leadership
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    when we think about leadership at Google
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    we instead think about people who are
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    willing to step in when there's a
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    difficult problem and just as
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    importantly step out when there's not a
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    need for their expertise the third thing
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    is cultural fit when we talk about
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    cultural fit at Google what we look for
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    are people who are comfortable with
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    ambiguity because we're pretty chaotic
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    messy environment on the inside uh we
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    look for people who are highly
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    conscientious because if you have a
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    chaotic environment you want people who
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    are going to say you know oh look the
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    the water bottle needs to be changed
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    because you have a new person coming on
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    stage and you don't want them drinking
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    somebody else's backwash and then the
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    last thing is uh actual expertise and
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    for the technical roles in the company
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    which make up about half the company you
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    actually have to be quite good at
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    engineering you have to be great at it
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    for the other roles though we take a
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    portfolio approach where we believe for
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    most of our jobs we don't actually need
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    you to have deep expertise in what
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    you're going to do because again if you
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    hire people who are able to learn and
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    who are conscientious they'll take
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    something and figure out how to do
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    it
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    what are the attributes of people who
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    successfully use LinkedIn to to get a
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    job advance in a job what are the things
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    the tips that people should know well
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    first and foremost it starts with your
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    profile and representing who you are
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    professionally your professional brand
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    your experiences your skills your
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    Ambitions what it is you ultimately want
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    to accomplish and that's increasingly
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    how people are finding you that is how
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    you're putting your best professional
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    foot forward and for the vast majority
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    of folks when somebody searches your
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    name on a major search engine your
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    LinkedIn profile showing up at or near
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    the top of those results people who are
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    already in LinkedIn are also doing
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    searches and so the more you invest in
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    the relevancy and the freshness of your
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    profile uh the more likely you are to
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    show up for opportunities and I'm not
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    just referring to job opportunities all
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    kinds of opportunities uh people that
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    want to connect with you do business
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    with you business development people
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    that want to invest in your company uh
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    companies that you ultimately want want
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    to invest in uh journalists who are
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    doing primary research I mean the list
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    goes on and on and a profile is not just
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    about uh text completeness like a resume
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    uh our first objective was to ultimately
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    transform and replace the resume and
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    we've moved past that and while there's
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    still work to be done there uh the
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    LinkedIn profile now is essentially your
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    professional portfolio so there's you
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    see my work you can see your work so
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    take a general contractor who previously
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    would have been describing the dream
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    housee they just built and now they can
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    upload IM iny they can upload video uh
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    one of the two of us or both of us may
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    upload a video of today's presentation
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    and that's going to appear on our
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    profile uh a keynote presentation that
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    you did that you're really proud of that
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    demonstrates uh your ability your vision
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    your company's Vision uh those are the
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    kinds of things that increasingly are on
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    LinkedIn the marketplace is great at
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    using carrots and sticks collaboration
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    imagination commitment dedication
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    loyalty the resilience all the qualities
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    that we want from people you can't shift
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    for the only thing that has ever
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    elevated another human being is a
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    mission worthy of their loyalty a
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    purpose that implicates who they think
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    they are in their sense of dignity and
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    honor values of fairness and honesty
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    that allow people to lean in trusting
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    people with the truth they got to have
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    it and finally not seeing people as cogs
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    and part they're not there as part of
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    your execution plans you got to give
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    them a Journey life is a
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    journey and the reason I think life is a
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    journey is it's curval linear it goes up
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    and down but the business world has said
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    no journeying here everything has to be
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    linear for the next 5 years profits are
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    going to go like this Revenue like this
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    and when you try to superimpose through
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    planning and control and analytics
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    linearity in a curval linear world you
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    start to create all sorts of games and
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    and Detachment and if life and business
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    are merging then business and Leadership
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    have to be about Journeys and not plans
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    and
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    implementation
Tags
  • Job Market
  • Innovation Economy
  • Education
  • Curiosity
  • LinkedIn
  • Google
  • Leadership
  • Career Development
  • Cognitive Ability
  • Networking