When you are over fifty you begin speculating about what life could have been when you were young. When you are young you speculate about what life will be like when you turn 35 and become old. Neither are spared their delusions as they journey onward. This is the second part of “Our Transition Recession.”
We begin with a comment on an interesting article by Reihan Salam (Time Magazine, March 22, 2010, pg.46, 47). Its title foretells the life stories for many in future generations: “The Dropout Economy, The future of work looks a lot like unemployment.” Whether or not present spectators of our times believe we are witnessing a tectonic shift in how the economic, social and political landscape is being reconfigured, we are definitely feeling the ground move beneath our feet. Incidentally, that big wall of water is not a mirage, it is a tsunami racing towards us to wash-away the doubters about change. Salam’s view of the future is not grim, nor sci-fi in its conclusions. He simply writes a picture board of images depicting what many of America’s tomorrow’s will look like. If those tomorrow’s are for the better or for the worse, they will depend upon how we prepare ourselves for unknowns, countless challenges and in how we energize ourselves to live–with reduced governmental and institutional support. (more…)
Perspectives on Leadership for the 21st Century 