How ‘Chaos Theory’ Can Help You Get Ahead in Your Career
It’s time to say goodbye to the traditional linear path of the past
The pandemic has accelerated many employment trends that were already building over the past few years. Many companies moved to remote working during the pandemic. Many workers have been happy to embrace the flexibility of working from home while companies have found they can massively reduce the cost of maintaining expensive offices. The growing gig economy has seen both workers and companies rejecting traditional fixed employment in favor of having tasks performed on an ad-hoc basis.
Long before the pandemic hit, the traditional world of long-term stable employment was already becoming outdated. A 2018 Deloitte survey of 10,455 people across 36 countries born between 1983 and 1994 found that millennials were much less likely to stay in one job for an extended period than previous generations. The survey discovered that 43% of millennials planned to leave their job within the next two years and just 28% expected to remain with the same company for the next five years.
This lack of employment stability can be both disorientating and liberating. Chaos theory can help workers think about their careers in new and dynamic ways. It may provide the key to forging a successful career in the…
