The Upskilling Imperative: 5 Ways to Make Learning Core to the Way We Work

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Building a Learning Culture Means Getting Comfortable with Change

Understanding and accepting that change is constant, necessary, and positive is the key factor for thriving in the modern workplace. I refer to this sense of adaptability as change agility, which is all about seeing change as an ongoing opportunity, not as a threat or liability.

That’s easier said than done, but when you embrace change and are open and adaptable to what comes next, you’re positioning yourself and your team for the twenty-first century workplace. The consulting firm McKinsey & Company equates this sense of adaptability with “lifelong employability: helping people continually and successfully adapt as the economy evolves.”¹ McKinsey also found that many companies ...