The Old World of Work is established companies, secure jobs, employment based.
The New World of Work is start-up, free lance, entrepreneurial based.
Right now, both exist and The Old World of Work will be part of the current world of work for a decade or two more. But the percentage shift will start to tilt toward the New World of Work.
Why might that be good for your unmotivated teen boy? Because school structure provides excellent training for corporate structure. Stay in the lines and stay in line. Arrive on time. Leave when told. Due dates. Raise your hand. Stop talking.
None of those paradigms work for the energetic teen boy who seems unmotivated in school when in reality it might be that school is not motivating him.
Now comes the twist... school is the world as it is. Your son has to learn to deal with such structure because it is his present job and will also be the main way that he gains entrance to college of his choice. (As of now, there really are very few good alternatives to college for the majority of 18 year olds).
So, he does have to learn to do well in school.
But unlike the past where the post-school reward would be life within the IBM-like grid of corporate school, the New World of Work provides the potential for freedom that did not exist in such quantity prior to the work revolution that was started in the Internet days was pushed forward through globalization and heightened due to the recession.
He will be able to create his own work future.
There is a catch. He will need to position himself to take advantage of the promise of the New World of Work. How so? Skill development/contacts/credentials. With those in place, he could create his own Facebook/YouTube/Twitter/SnapChat/Instagram and any mini-version of a company that started with a couple of young guys who had an idea. Freedom awaits. But he'll have to work to get that freedom.
The New World of Work is start-up, free lance, entrepreneurial based.
Right now, both exist and The Old World of Work will be part of the current world of work for a decade or two more. But the percentage shift will start to tilt toward the New World of Work.
Why might that be good for your unmotivated teen boy? Because school structure provides excellent training for corporate structure. Stay in the lines and stay in line. Arrive on time. Leave when told. Due dates. Raise your hand. Stop talking.
None of those paradigms work for the energetic teen boy who seems unmotivated in school when in reality it might be that school is not motivating him.
Now comes the twist... school is the world as it is. Your son has to learn to deal with such structure because it is his present job and will also be the main way that he gains entrance to college of his choice. (As of now, there really are very few good alternatives to college for the majority of 18 year olds).
So, he does have to learn to do well in school.
But unlike the past where the post-school reward would be life within the IBM-like grid of corporate school, the New World of Work provides the potential for freedom that did not exist in such quantity prior to the work revolution that was started in the Internet days was pushed forward through globalization and heightened due to the recession.
He will be able to create his own work future.
There is a catch. He will need to position himself to take advantage of the promise of the New World of Work. How so? Skill development/contacts/credentials. With those in place, he could create his own Facebook/YouTube/Twitter/SnapChat/Instagram and any mini-version of a company that started with a couple of young guys who had an idea. Freedom awaits. But he'll have to work to get that freedom.
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