How to prepare for a good life of work | Dr. Michelle Weise

Have you ever wrestled with the question of finding a sense of meaning or purpose in your work life? Over the coming years, argues Michelle Weise, this questioning and searching will become a much more frequent occurrence as our careers extend in unfathomable ways. Michelle weaves together a compelling new vision for “the soul of work,” or how we encounter others in a longer, more turbulent work life.

Dr. Michelle leads Long Life Learning Strategies, a consulting firm for organizations seeking to prepare working-age adults for a longer future of work. Her award-winning book, Long Life Learning: Preparing for Jobs that Don’t Even Exist Yet, was recognized by University Professional and Continuing Education Association as the most outstanding work of continuing higher education literature in 2021. That same year, Thinkers50 named her one of 30 management and leadership thinkers in the world to watch. She was also the Chief Innovation Officer of Strada Education Network as well as of Southern New Hampshire University. With Clayton Christensen, she coauthored Hire Education: Mastery, Modularization, and the Workforce Revolution (2014) while leading the higher education practice at Christensen’s Institute for Disruptive Innovation. Michelle is a former English professor, Fulbright Scholar and a graduate of Harvard and Stanford.

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