Peter Weddle
"Every human being is a person of talent—they are endowed with a capacity for excellence which enables them to accomplish extraordinary feats at work." -- Peter Weddle; From his blog, WorkStrong.
Peter Weddle, founder of Weddles.com and author of The Career Activist Republic, writes; "The land of the free and the home of the brave has for many of its citizens become an unpredictable place consumed with anxiety. Poll after poll in late 2009 and early 2010 found the American people looking over their shoulder in fear. Time magazine even described the post-recession workplace as a new 9/11 for America—an economy characterized by an unemployment rate that sticks stubbornly in the 9-11percent range."
"While that fear is deserving of respect—the current situation is indeed a time of relentless testing—its impact will not devastate the nation’s inherent opportunity. The horizon of its frontier remains as vast and colored with hope as it has ever been. And already, the Great American Innovation Engine is starting to rev back up. It may take awhile to return to full throttle—after all, it’s been idling in greed and consumerism for decades—but it is even now starting to vibrate again across the economy."
"New ideas, new technologies, new industries, new products, new services are even now cascading out of the minds, the creativity and the freedom of the American population. Some of these spring from the employees of major corporations—IBM, for example, was awarded 4,914 U.S. patents in 2009, more than another other company in the world. Others are created by inquiring minds in America’s great research institutions—at the M.I.T. Media lab, for example, they are already at work on over 300 inventions, ranging from sociable robots to stacking cars. Collectively, these creative efforts create both new jobs and revitalized futures for all of the country’s working men and women. And that fertile capacity is unique to the United States of America." (Read the complete blog post here).
Welcome to a Success Strategies Channel Podcast on TotalPicture Radio, this is Peter Clayton reporting. At the recent HR Technology Conference, I had an opportunity to catch up with Peter Weddle, and discuss his latest book, The Career Activist Republic.
The Career Activist Republic is based on three startling ideas:
- Every human being is a person of talent—they are endowed with a capacity for excellence which enables them to accomplish extraordinary feats at work.
- In today’s turbulent global marketplace, employers are no longer hiring even perfectly qualified candidates—what they want, what they need to employ is talent.
- That desperate need empowers every American to work for him or herself while being employed by someone else—to create the kind of security they can actually count on even in difficult times.
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About Peter Clayton
Peter Clayton, Producer/Host, is an award-winning producer/director of radio, television, documentary, video, interactive and Web-based media who has created breakthrough media for a wide array of Fortune 100 clients.
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