The Adaptation Advantage

Heather McGowan, Chris Shipley and Thomas Friedman

Let go, learn fast, and thrive in the Future of Work

STEP 1

Start the conversation with your team and take the initiative to be a part of our success. Use the getAbstract "The Adaptation Advantage" to get started.

STEP 2

Schedule a team meeting to discuss the questions.

STEP 3

Have a discussion with your team or reflect on the questions.

Discussion Questions:

How are technological augmentation, automation,
atomization affecting your job?
Is decoupling your identity from your job title
something that comes easy to you?
How would your organization’s culture and capacity
need to change to be better able to adapt to the rapidly transforming workplace?
What would you change in your organization’s hiring
practices to attract talent that will thrive in adaptive
teams?
Are you excited or fearful about the future of work?

Take away:

Technology is transforming the world of work faster than ever. At the current crossroads, you face a choice: to dig in or adopt a new mindset. In this month’s reading recommendation, Heather McGowan and Chris Shipley explain how you can come out on top of the technical, business and cultural shifts
affecting the workplace by detaching your identity from your job title and connecting it to your sense of purpose.

“Work is deeply engrained in our
psyche. It drives our sense of
value, purpose, and identity. If
work shifts, we shift.”

Heather McGowan, Chris Shipley and Thomas Friedman
Authors – The Adaptation Advantage

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The Adaptation Advantage

Heather McGowan, Chris Shipley and Thomas Friedman

Let go, learn fast, and thrive in the Future of Work

STEP 1

STEP 2

STEP 3

Discussion Questions:

Take away:

“Work is deeply engrained in our
psyche. It drives our sense of
value, purpose, and identity. If
work shifts, we shift.”

How to Guide: How to Prepare for Jobs That Don’t Exist Yet

Channel Future of Work

The Adaptation Advantage

Heather McGowan, Chris Shipley and Thomas Friedman

Let go, learn fast, and thrive in the Future of Work

STEP 1

STEP 2

STEP 3

Discussion Questions:

Take away:

“Work is deeply engrained in ourpsyche. It drives our sense ofvalue, purpose, and identity. Ifwork shifts, we shift.”

How to Guide: How to Prepare for Jobs That Don’t Exist Yet

Channel Future of Work

“Work is deeply engrained in our
psyche. It drives our sense of
value, purpose, and identity. If
work shifts, we shift.”