Hi @angelica7
I bookmarked your post a couple of days ago to come back to and just found the time.
It is an interesting topic based on interesting research.
Knowledge in the workforce is so important but my experience is that many people, despite the opportunities, do not seek greater knowledge. I work in Europe in a professional services organisation. You could say I am a knowledge worker.
We find it very difficult to find the resources who have sufficient knowledge to do the work that we do, despite the fact that the roles can be well paid. So why is it that in a time when jobs are competitive, we cannot find people?
I believe that too many people just want the easy options in life and that working hard and thinking long term is just too much effort.
Hello Awah, what emotion you have given me by indicating that you are pending to read again.
Certainly, the culture in organizations has changed so much that perhaps the greatest value that can be had is the gift of human quality, from my personal opinion.
I mean, apart from the importance of technology within organizations, what should never be lost is the personal relationship and respect, no matter whether it is in person within an organization or from a distance.
Within your concerns I can find that you indicate that:
Knowledge in the workforce is so important but my experience is that many people, despite the opportunities, do not seek greater knowledge.
This reality that you have just highlighted, leads us to that worker who does not want to leave his conford area and is satisfied with just being within the organization without doing further, or learning new things to seek to create and provide contributions within the organization.
To this type of employee, the author refers that, to be in the society of the future, it is necessary to be a knowledge worker, which implies adapting to changes and even why not say it, fighting against ourselves and our refusal or laziness of not learning new things.
This author wrote this book many years ago, perhaps some things can be understood out of time, but today more than ever I see it adapted because it invites us not to remain anchored, but to look for new ways within management so that business leaders move your employees and for this it is necessary to adapt, evolve, act, among other elements that provide value to the change processes.
I was pleased to answer this comment, but much more to find this question, because the incredible thing about this blockchain world is the form of interaction and the opportunity to meet people who are interested in what you do, sincerely thank you, and I hope that in the place Wherever you work, you are giving the best, because wherever we are, each one of us must do the best, that can be the big difference between one organization or another, having identified employees and giving or better.
Good vibes.
Thank you so much for taking the time to give such a lengthy reply.
I believe that in the future, most current unskilled work will be replaced by machines leaving knowledge working as the area that humans still engage. Education will need to be for longer and more in-depth to gain the level of understanding to complete these jobs.
When this happens, I belive we will be split into 2 groups of people.
A group that don't want to put the long years of effort to study and learn. They will more and likely be satisfied by universal basic income and have most of their time following leisure activities.
A few that do study long and hard to take the high knowledge working jobs. The reward may be more but the hours put in will make many think it is not worth it.
Perhaps a third group still of the super-rich.
Thanks again for your reply - and stay safe.