2024 AIChE Annual Meeting

(270c) Breaking Symmetry: Resilient Careers for Unpredictable Futures

Author

Austin S. Lin - Presenter, Aiche MGMT Division
It’s not what you know, it’s knowing what to do with what you know. In a business landscape where disruptive companies are themselves becoming disrupted or replaced, it’s not sufficient to base career decisions only on title, salary and position. Instead of following the traditional career paths which mirror each other across industries, we explore nonlinear ways of strategizing your career, why applying the knowledge you have is more critical than only focusing on acquiring new knowledge alone. We’ll focus on how to expand your career thinking, growing from short semesters to legacy-building decades and accelerating executive career experiences outside your present professional area to impact future opportunities. Your biggest success may be in a field that doesn’t even exist yet. How will you prepare for industries that have yet to be created?