If you are from the Educational field, probably isn’t a surprise the number of programs to promote creativity in children, teenagers, and graduate students.
This is great, really is. But one question that I keep asking myself is what will happen with those same youngsters when they join the workforce?
Given this new education they are experiencing (and by new I mean not-the-19th-century-factory-like-traditional-one), how will the work culture treat them? How they will feel about getting a job? Or even, is the workforce ready for them?
Also, we already have people in the workforce feeling bad about it -like, REAL bad: Millennials, a whole generation that has just finished higher education and joined the workforce, are considered a mostly depressed and bankrupt generation, which earned the nickname of “the burnout generation”.
According to research, even well-paid, well-trained workforces will fail without the right conditions. In the book The Case for Good Jobs, MIT Sloan professor Zeynep Ton offers operational choices employers and managers can make to maintain a well-paid, well-trained workforce.
Despite the fact that there is no one-size-fits-all solution, I think we can agree that changing the work culture is not an easy task. And if this new generation will join it soon enough, we should also focus on “creativity-friendly” educational programs for those who are already part of this work culture.
How are you thinking about the Future of Jobs?
Are your company ready for the new generation of workforce?