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Big Skill: Applying and Maintaining the Right Governing and Economic Structure
Sat May 27 2006
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I have suggested that there are Big Skills out there, the most important skills for all of us. (The inability of traditional formal learning programs to spread these big skills should be considered a canary in the coal mine both for educators and trainers, but that is a different issue.)
I have suggested that there are Big Skills out there, the most important skills for all of us. (The inability of traditional formal learning programs to spread these big skills should be considered a canary in the coal mine both for educators and trainers, but that is a different issue.)
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Big skills share a lot of interesting properties. One is that they are simultaneously relevant for individuals, work groups, organizations, even industries, states, and countries.
Big skills share a lot of interesting properties. One is that they are simultaneously relevant for individuals, work groups, organizations, even industries, states, and countries.
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One big skill is the ability to apply the right models, including governing, economic, and value . This includes an intellectual componenet, understanding different options, and a doing component, successfully implementing it. Think of the following lists, in the context of your career, your role in a given project, the training function as a whole, what your entire organization is doing, and what you did yesterday.
One big skill is the ability to apply the right models, including governing, economic, and value. This includes an intellectual componenet, understanding different options, and a doing component, successfully implementing it. Think of the following lists, in the context of your career, your role in a given project, the training function as a whole, what your entire organization is doing, and what you did yesterday.
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Economic (how do you get paid for it)
Economic (how do you get paid for it)
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pay-per-use
pay-per-use
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commons
commons
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sales tax
sales tax
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income tax
income tax
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buy
buy
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rent
rent
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confusopoly
confusopoly
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high end
high end
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low end
low end
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license
license
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Value (what one gets from you)
Value (what one gets from you)
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infrastructure
infrastructure
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high innovation/ research
high innovation/ research
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low cost
low cost
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high service
high service
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relationship-based
relationship-based
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path of least resistance
path of least resistance
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power-based
power-based
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addictive
addictive
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mold to customer
mold to customer
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mold to vendor
mold to vendor
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delighting customers
delighting customers
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problem-solving
problem-solving
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sales or other paths
sales or other paths
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trains-run-on-time
trains-run-on-time
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distribution
distribution
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high customer satisfaction
high customer satisfaction
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Governing
Governing
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democracy
democracy
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communism
communism
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dictatorship
dictatorship
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franchise
franchise
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public company
public company
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private business
private business
