The world of work is at the beginning of a tectonic shift driven not by technology, but by psychological nature.
Today, those who talk about the future of work and reduce resilience, creativity, and empathy to operational competency goals fail to recognise the real dynamics.
𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 – 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲.
What is celebrated today as skill development may soon be revealed as systemic self-deception:
Mental abilities such as self-regulation, imaginative competence, or emotional coherence are not additive skills but emergent states of a robust system.
Without these prerequisites, training will remain ineffective.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗵𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲:
1. Initially, productivity remains stable while the intrinsic motivation base erodes.
2. Subsequently, the company loses its innovative plasticity.
3. Finally, a form of structural rigidity sets in: adaptability is simulated but no longer realized.
This process remains invisible for a long time because it takes place at the level of psychological resources; not at the level of short-term KPIs.
𝗣𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴-𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀.
Companies that do not structurally anchor psychological safety, meaningful connection, mental relief, and collective memory risk nothing less than insidious decay.
𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
Without active cultivation of these factors, not only do individual states of exhaustion arise, but systemic blockages: innovation gaps, leadership failures, cultural fragmentation.
𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗽𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀. 𝗢𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀, 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.
I accompany some organisations on this path: not through symptom work, but by building a sustainable, regenerative collective inner economy.
𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲: 𝗪𝗵𝗼𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 – 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗹𝘆, 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗹𝘆, 𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗯𝗹𝘆.
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