Browsing this morning through blogs I’ve long appreciated, I ran across Euan Semple pointing to Joshua-Michéle Ross’ statement …
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The ability to pay attention, focus and strategically disconnect will be a winning discipline of the next generation of business leaders.
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… which set off a "ding-ding" of recognition to something written about 4 years ago in preparation for delivering a course on leading and managing in a wired world.
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Wirearchy – The Future
More than ever, the ancient nostrums “know yourself” and “to thine own self be true” will occupy a central place in the life of every individual worker.
Being connected to oneself … will be the core competency in a completely interconnected, always-on and fluid workplace and world.
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Not quite the same, but close enough for me this morning.
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“Being connected to oneself … will be the core competency in a completely interconnected, always-on and fluid workplace and world.”
Supposing that this condition is true, are you advocating for it? That’s not clear to me. I can see how we, as consultants, might be tempted to leverage our insights into this new form of networked sociality for our personal economic gain, but, as humans, rue the creation of a world in which everyone is forced into the role of P.R. agent for one’s so-called “self.”
I would also wonder about the ability to strategically disconnect. It would seem to me that that is rather a privilege reserved for those with the economic security to survive off-grid, rather than a strategy accessible to all. The frantic frequency with which people twitter their miscellanea may be less a neurotic compulsion or narcissistic pastime, and more a survival strategy which they feel they’ve been forced into using.
Good catch, Taz. The dangers of short blog posts …
No, I am not advocating for the condition, but do believe that it is a critical competency to have or acquire .. but in the absence of other important and critical competyencies, it will lead to weak soup indeed.
I would and do deplore ” … might be tempted to leverage our insights into this new form of networked sociality for our personal economic gain, but, as humans, rue the creation of a world in which everyone is forced into the role of P.R. agent for one’s so-called “self.”” .. and see much too much of it for my liking in the webby world, a reflection of western societies’ obsessions with money and materialism, pride and power. I am not one who is deeply supportive of personal branding, for example .. to my significant detriment in terms of personal success.
I also in general agreement with your second paragraph.
As I said, the dangers of short blog posts. I have often been criticized for writing over-long blog posts. The other side of that story is that I am more-or-less willing to bet that if you have read some or much of my blogging over the years you might not have to ask the questions you have asked, or maybe not in quite the same way 😉
I like the idea of winning skills for a wired world – and the discussion that follows from it. skillfull multipresencing is a skill as valuable as being able to find deep focus.