metacognition & reinvention: the 21st century career paradigm

© 2009

Christopher BishopIBM Global Services Internal & Executive Communications

Metacognition and Reinvention:

The 21st Century Career Paradigm

Keynote AddressBennington College – Senior WeekFebruary 19, 2009

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Why me?

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Why me?The world is changing…rapidly

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Why me?The world is changing…rapidlyMetacognition

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Why me?The world is changing…rapidlyMetacognitionSecret sauce

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Why me?The world is changing…rapidlyMetacognitionSecret sauceWhat’s next?

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AGE

YEAR

1970 1980 20091990 2000

Graduated from

Bennington

McKendree Spring

NYC session musician

Jingle producer

Web producer

Business Strategist

Comms Specialist

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Academia70

My own career trajectory

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Touring rock musician…

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Freelance New York session player…

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Jingle composer/ producer in NYC…

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Web producer in NYC…

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Various roles at IBM…

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Christopher Express – Second Life

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Otis & The Hurricanes – Block Island 2008

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IBM Site - Building 4 - Somers, NY

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The world is changing…rapidly

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Five historical cycles …

InventionInnovation

The Industrial Revolution

Age of Steam and Railways

Age of Steel, ElectricityHeavy Engineering

Age of Oil, Automobilesand Mass Production

Age of Information and Telecommunications

Frenzy SynergyDeployment

MaturityPanic1797

Depression1893

Crash1929

Dot.comCollapse

• Formation of Mfg. industry• Repeal of Corn Laws

opening trade• Joint stock companies • Industry exploits economies

of scale

Current period ofAdoption

• Separation of savings, investment banks

• FDIC, SEC• Build-out of Interstate

highways • IMF, World Bank, BIS

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Source: “Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital”, Carlota Perez, 2002

Panic1847

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1829

1875

1908

1971

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1974

1829

Crash

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Automobile

Inte

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Technology adoption continues to accelerate

0 25 50 100 125 15075Years

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Radio

Television

VCR

PC

Cellular% P

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Metaverse

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An estimated 2 billion people will be on the Web by 2011 ...

… and a trillion connected objects – cars, appliances, cameras, roadways, pipelines – comprising the "Internet of Things."

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Technology…is making geography …history

World is getting flatterWorld is getting smarterRapidly changing business models

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Increasing technology advancements foster decentralization

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Increasing decentralization makes motivation, creativity and flexibility more important than ever

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Workers are not being rewarded for carrying out orders efficiently, but for figuring out what needs to be done…

and then doing it

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MetacognitionThinking about thinking

Learning what to learn

ReinventionLearning needed skills

Applying them to go forward

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You are uniquely positioned to be

successful in this new paradigm

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Creativity

Dealing with ambiguity

Passionate

Self-directed

Resilient

Global perspective

Work across disciplines

Designing your own education has positioned you to design your own career(s)

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Estimates are 85% of the jobs you’ll be doing haven’t been

invented yet…

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The top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010 did not exist in 2004!

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U.S Department of Labor estimates that today’s learner will have 10-14 jobs…

by the age of 38!

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Computer-aided surgeon

Nanobiologist Metaverse evangelist Archeogenomologist Climate strategist Space vacation consultant

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Secret Sauce

1. Antenna

2. Brand

3. Network

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1) Antenna

Chase the maelstromSpidey-senseTrust your instinctsFollow your bliss

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2) Brand Essence of who you are What makes you unique Establish your expertise Everything you say & do

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It’s not what you know, it’s who you know Lifelong job Strangers with experience Share your perspective Use the tools!

3) Network

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What’s next?

Go forth

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What’s next?

Go forth

Have fun

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What’s next?

Go forth

Have fun

Change the world

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What’s next?

Go forth

Have fun

Change the world

Keep me posted

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SL: Christopher Express

THANKS!

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Resources

The World is Flat – Thomas FriedmanThe Future of Work – Tom MaloneThree Cups of Tea – Mortenson & RelinLife After Television – George GilderThe Monk and the Riddle – Randy Komisar

Books

Technology Review magazine & websiteWiredThe Economist

Magazines

Web sitesTechnorati WSJ Online