DISCUSSION 8
You use your problem solving skill every day, even when you don’t realize it. For example, maybe you need to be at work for an important meeting, but your child is sick. How do you make arrangements so you can get to your meeting?
Or imagine you’re trying to make pancakes on Sunday morning, and you have one egg when the recipe calls for two. How do you finish your mix? Or maybe your rent is due tomorrow, but you’re short $150. What do you do?
Your agility skill is an essential part of being successful in our ever-changing world. Employers are looking for job candidates who are able to adapt to evolving technologies and practices and are willing to embrace those changes.
Imagine you have just learned a new and more effective way to complete a task at home or work. Now, you must teach this technique to a friend or coworker, but that person is resistant to learning a new way of doing things. Explain how you would convince them to practice agility and embrace this new, more effective method.
You have learned many useful skills in the workplace in this course. Now you have the opportunity to share what you have learned.
In paragraph 1, which do you think will have the biggest impact on your current or future profession? Why?
