http://techshelf.com/2010/02/06/linchpin-review-godins-best-yet/ Nerdy professional books, their authors, and the buzz around them all. Sat, 14 Aug 2010 05:42:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://techshelf.com/2010/02/06/linchpin-review-godins-best-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-451 Empire building and becoming a Linchpin | Mike Ziarko musing Sun, 16 May 2010 20:03:38 +0000 http://techshelf.com/?p=404#comment-451 [...] Now I’m not trashing the MBA or post-secondary education.  What I am challenging is the belief that good education is only achieved though traditional brick & mortar institutions.  There are many alternatives that exist nowadays that suggest the the established education system, which has dominated the public consciousness for hundreds of years, is failing to keep up with the times.  And perhaps wrongly preparing young people to be workers instead of leaders.  Seth Godin writes about this in the book that I’m reading: Linchpin: Are you Indispensable?, which is already being called the most important business book of the year.  He argues that there’s a shift happening which is moving us away from the factory and back to artistry, and the role of the easily replacable cog/worker is dying.  See a quick but excellent review of the book on Techself.com. [...] [...] Now I’m not trashing the MBA or post-secondary education.  What I am challenging is the belief that good education is only achieved though traditional brick & mortar institutions.  There are many alternatives that exist nowadays that suggest the the established education system, which has dominated the public consciousness for hundreds of years, is failing to keep up with the times.  And perhaps wrongly preparing young people to be workers instead of leaders.  Seth Godin writes about this in the book that I’m reading: Linchpin: Are you Indispensable?, which is already being called the most important business book of the year.  He argues that there’s a shift happening which is moving us away from the factory and back to artistry, and the role of the easily replacable cog/worker is dying.  See a quick but excellent review of the book on Techself.com. [...]

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