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Developing a Polymathic Mindset for the Future of Work — A Personal Reflection

In: LEADING IN A DIGITALLY DISRUPTIVE WORLD

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  • Jimmy Wong

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At the time of writing this chapter, I was leading a course called The Future of Work at the university I was working for. It was a postgraduate course in which my students were mostly working adults pursuing a degree in the Master of Management. In my preparation, I chanced upon the concept of polymathy and I was deeply captivated by it. So, I incorporated it as the final topic for my class where students reviewed how a polymathic mindset could enhance one’s career in the future of our work. To my surprise, among all the concepts covered in this course, the feedback was most positive for this topic. Consequently, given the demands of the high-intensity work culture here in Singapore, I felt compelled to put down my thoughts in this chapter on how the concept of polymathy could prepare the local workforce for the future of work…

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  • Jimmy Wong, 2023. "Developing a Polymathic Mindset for the Future of Work — A Personal Reflection," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Yew Haur Lee & Amy Ooi Mei Wong (ed.), LEADING IN A DIGITALLY DISRUPTIVE WORLD, chapter 3, pages 53-74, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:wschap:9789811278570_0003
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    Keywords

    Digital Disruption; Innovation; Industry 4.0;
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    JEL classification:

    • L2 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior
    • M1 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration
    • M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes

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