Habits, Hope, and the Shape of a Life - Episode 4 IMAGINA

Talent is not something we either have or don’t have. Talent becomes something we can practise into existence.

- Fun quote fact

- I bring in Carol Dweck's growth vs fixed mindset: Instead of thinking “I can’t do this!” we think “I can’t do this… YET”

- Ulrich's Talent Triad: competence, commitment, contribution, with the addition of CONTEXT.

- Jornal Maio changing the world!

- The Summer Day, by Mary Oliver

Further reading:

• Cassar, L., & Meier, S. (2018). Nonmonetary Incentives and the Implications of Work as a Source of Meaning. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 32(3), 215–238. https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.32.3.215 

• Ulrich, D. (2014). The future targets or outcomes of HR work: individuals, organizations and leadership. Human Resource Development International, 17(1), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1080/13678868.2013.825144

• Ulrich, D. & Smallwood, N. (2011). What is talent? Leader to Leader, 2012(63), 55–61. https://doi.org/10.1002/ltl.20011 

• Amy Wrzesniewski & Jane E. Dutton (2001) Crafting a Job: Revisioning Employees as Active Crafters of Their Work. Academy of Management Review, 26(2), 179–201 

• On the challenges of quoting people: https://blogs.umb.edu/quoteunquote/2012/05/08/its-a-much-more-effective-quotation-to-attribute-it-to-aristotle-rather-than-to-will-durant/