"Most of the successful white-collar workers in the past hundred years found reputable companies to work for early in their lives and then **moved up narrow functional hierarchies** while learning the art of management. Most successful blue-collar workers found companies with good unions, learned how to do a certain job, and then stayed in that position for decades. **In the twenty-first century, neither of these career paths will provide many people with a good life because neither encourages sufficient lifelong learning, especially for leadership skills**." --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[counter-intuitive-thinking]], [[learning-and-development]], [[leadership]] **Source** -- [[20250320103315 - B - Leading Change]]