Summary Sunday Good Reads and Job Creation

Summary Sunday Good Reads and Job Creation Certainly some interesting happenings this week for me.   I can now officially call myself an International Speaker thanks to STC Torontos invitation to speak at their Career Day Conference.   Combine that with a presentation with Deborah Mourey on Monday on Reverse Mentorship and Ive learned a lot. We are a both a stubborn and eager to learn society. Stubborn in that we desperately want things to be like they used to. We crave security and stability.   Well, at least those old enough to remember the good old days.   And as I was listening to a presentation yesterday on MBTI types, I heard that the majority of people in North America are SJ types.   These types crave a sensible orderly world.   They are process-oriented.   So when we look at what the future requires, it isnt so much about maintaining a process but innovating a process, idea, service or product, and SJs arent so good at that.   How can we switch our personalities to NP?   How can we make this the new cultural norm?   I dont have the answer, but I am thinking about it and I hope you do too.   How can each of us become a bit more comfortable using the opposite traits that can make more innovation? There are two books that I think can help with this. Thomas L. Friedman (NY Times columnist and author of The World Is Flat) and Michael Mandelbaum have recently published That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back If you havent read The World is Flat, you may want to.   It explains how and why we are a global economy.   It is scary and exciting. The other book that may be helpful in preparing us all for the new challenges of leadership and even self-leadership is called What Got You Here Wont Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful by Marshall Goldsmith, executive coach. I recommend both of these based on endorsements from others.   I have not yet flipped them open myself. For some shorter, more bite-sized nuggets of help, here are some of the posts this week I recommend: The Forever Recession by Seth Godin This post has to get you thinking.   It will piss some people off and others will argue against it.   I, personally, chose to embrace his message and encourage people to do the same.   Heres a section of his post: Job creation is a false idol. The future is about gigs and assets and art and an ever-shifting series of partnerships and projects. It will change the fabric of our society along the way. No one is demanding that we like the change, but the sooner we see it and set out to become an irreplaceable linchpin, the faster the pain will fade, as we get down to the work that needs to be (and now can be) done. Networking Is Not a One-Hit Wonder by The Wise Job Search The 4 Step Process for Closing the Job Search Sale on GlassDoor  (original post from  MonsterThinking) Do you think it is possible for the US government to create jobs?   Or do you think there is a better way to create jobs/stimulate the economy?