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A post-jobs era?

February 15, 2017 by Tom Graves

Do we now live in a post-jobs era? With the rise of AI (artificial/augmented intelligence) and suchlike, do we need to rethink the meaning of ‘a job’ – or what it is to be without one? To me, the short-answer…

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Categories #eavoices, business, Complexity / Structure, employment, knowledge, post-jobs, Power and responsibility, RBPEA, responsibility, Society, worldview Tags #eavoices, job, Power

‘No jobs for generalists’ – a summary

August 27, 2012 by Tom Graves

Why is it so hard for enterprise-architects and other generalists to get employment as generalists – despite the evident very real need for such skills in the workplace? And what part do current business-paradigms play in this problem? At first glance…

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Categories business, employment, Enterprise Architecture, generalist, generalist vs specialist, Jobs, RBPEA, recruitment, Society, taylorism

Yet more on ‘No jobs for generalists’ [3e]

August 25, 2012 by Tom Graves

Why is it so hard for enterprise-architects and other generalists to get employment as generalists – despite the evident very real need for such skills in the workplace? And what part do current business-paradigms play in this problem? [[This post has been…

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Categories business, employment, Enterprise Architecture, generalist, generalist vs specialist, Jobs, RBPEA, recruitment, Society, taylorism

Yet more on ‘No jobs for generalists’ [3d]

August 24, 2012 by Tom Graves

Why is it so hard for enterprise-architects and other generalists to get employment as generalists – despite the evident very real need for such skills in the workplace? And what part do current business-paradigms play in this problem? [[This post has been…

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Categories business, employment, Enterprise Architecture, generalist, generalist vs specialist, Jobs, RBPEA, recruitment, Society, taylorism

Yet more on ‘No jobs for generalists’ [3c]

August 23, 2012 by Tom Graves

Why is it so hard for enterprise-architects and other generalists to get employment as generalists – despite the evident very real need for such skills in the workplace? And what part do current business-paradigms play in this problem? [[This post has been…

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Categories business, employment, Enterprise Architecture, generalist, generalist vs specialist, Jobs, RBPEA, recruitment, Society, taylorism

Yet more on ‘No jobs for generalists’ [3b]

August 23, 2012 by Tom Graves

Why is it so hard for enterprise-architects and other generalists to get employment as generalists – despite the evident very real need for such skills in the workplace? And what part do current business-paradigms play in this problem? [[This post has been…

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Categories business, employment, Enterprise Architecture, generalist, generalist vs specialist, Jobs, RBPEA, recruitment, Society, taylorism

Yet more on ‘No jobs for generalists’ [3a]

August 23, 2012 by Tom Graves

Why is it so hard for enterprise-architects and other generalists to get employment as generalists – despite the evident very real need for such skills in the workplace? And what part do current business-paradigms play in this problem? A quick round-up of…

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Categories business, employment, Enterprise Architecture, generalist, generalist vs specialist, Jobs, RBPEA, recruitment, Society, taylorism

Yet more on ‘No jobs for generalists’ [2]

August 20, 2012 by Tom Graves

Why do enterprise-architects and other generalist disciplines find it so challenging to prove the value of their work? Why does it seem that there are ‘no jobs for generalists’? And what can we do in practice to resolve this challenge?…

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Categories business, employment, Enterprise Architecture, enterprise canvas, generalist, generalist vs specialist, Jobs, RBPEA, recruitment, Society

Yet more on ‘No jobs for generalists’ [1]

August 18, 2012 by Tom Graves

Why is it so hard to prove the value of generalist disciplines such as enterprise-architecture? And what can we do in practice to resolve this challenge? As I see it at present, there are three distinct yet interrelated parts to…

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Categories business, employment, Enterprise Architecture, generalist, generalist vs specialist, Jobs, recruitment, Society

More on ‘No jobs for generalists’

August 15, 2012 by Tom Graves

Wow… My previous post ‘There are no jobs for generalists‘ certainly touched a nerve: it’s been my most popular post for months, with so far (barely a day later) well over 1,000 reads, and some 35 ReTweets so far on…

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Categories business, employment, Enterprise Architecture, generalist, generalist vs specialist, Jobs, recruitment, Society

There are no jobs for generalists

August 13, 2012 by Tom Graves

“How do I get a job as an enterprise-architect? Where do I go for that kind of job?” This is an obvious necessary follow-up to the post ‘On learning enterprise-architecture‘, and it’s a kind of question I get asked all…

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