The Zack Arnold Podcast Redefining Your Career Path in a Post Generational Society | with Mauro Guillén
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Mauro Guillén is a Professor of Management and Vice Dean for the MBA for Executives Program at Wharton School, an expert in global market trends and a sought-after speaker and consultant. And what caught my attention is this quote from his website which pretty much describes not only the current situation of the entertainment industry but the world at large:
"The World you know is about to end — will you be prepared for what comes next?"
This is not fear mongering but an invitation to reinvent how you plan your life and your career. Our conversation took us deep into the reasons why the world is changing so fast and why the sequential model of life we've been trained to live (for over 120 years now) is not only obsolete but a danger to society as well. Mauro and I talk about the important shifts that we need to take which he lays out in his book, THE PERENNIALS: The Megatrends Creating a Post Generational Society.
My previous conversation with Christina Wallace talks about future proofing on an individual level, and this conversation with Mauro broadens out to the societal level. I cannot emphasize enough how timely these conversations are in helping you diversify your life and identify who you are beyond your resume.
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Here's What You'll Learn:
- Discover what should be the only possible response to change
- Who are the perennials and what does it mean for you
- What is the old sequential model and what are the many ways that this model is risky to society
- Why the current school system is no longer working for us
- What are the skills of the future and why we need to teach these in school now
- Why learning is the superpower of the future
- Why we should encourage students to think about multiple educations and careers
- How to diversify if you are already specialized
- The one important skill to relate with technology
- The two ways to address a problem and which one is better
- Why we need to rethink our idea of retirement
Useful Resources Mentioned:
The Perennials: The Megatrends Creating a Postgenerational Society
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Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
A Lifetime of Systems Thinking by Russell Ackoff
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Guest Bio:
Mauro Guillén
Mauro F. Guillén is one of the most original thinkers at the Wharton School, where he is Professor of Management and Vice Dean for the MBA for Executives Program. An expert on global market trends, he is a sought-after speaker and consultant. He combines his training as a sociologist at Yale and as a business economist in his native Spain to methodically identify and quantify the most promising opportunities at the intersection of demographic, economic, and technological developments. His online classes on Coursera and other platforms have attracted over 100,000 participants from around the world. He has won multiple teaching awards at Wharton, where his presentation on global market trends has become a permanent feature of over fifty executive education programs annually. He is the WSJ bestselling author of 2030: How Today's Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape the Future of Everything.
Show Credits:
This episode was edited by Curtis Fritsch, and the show notes were prepared by Debby Germino and published by Glen McNiel.
The original music in the opening and closing of the show is courtesy of Joe Trapanese (who is quite possibly one of the most talented composers on the face of the planet).
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