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04-06-2013, 07:17 AM
How Volatility Boosts Career Resilience: Small Fires Prevent a Big Burn
A low risk career is “stable” in the way a country like North Korea or Saudi Arabia is stable. Dictatorships do not allow much day-to-day volatility, but when there is a fire, it can quickly turn into major chaos or even revolution. By contrast, Italy has been dealing with constant political turmoil for centuries, and has experience in responding to unexpected crises. As Joshua Ramo explains (http://www.amazon.com/The-Age-Unthinkable-Constantly-Surprises/dp/0316118117/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20), Italy is resilient to dangerous chaos because it has absorbed frequent attacks, like “small, controlled burns in a forest, clearing away just enough underbrush to make [them] invulnerable to a larger fire.”
http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130405063051-659753-how-volatility-boosts-career-resilience-small-fires-prevent-a-big-burn
A low risk career is “stable” in the way a country like North Korea or Saudi Arabia is stable. Dictatorships do not allow much day-to-day volatility, but when there is a fire, it can quickly turn into major chaos or even revolution. By contrast, Italy has been dealing with constant political turmoil for centuries, and has experience in responding to unexpected crises. As Joshua Ramo explains (http://www.amazon.com/The-Age-Unthinkable-Constantly-Surprises/dp/0316118117/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20), Italy is resilient to dangerous chaos because it has absorbed frequent attacks, like “small, controlled burns in a forest, clearing away just enough underbrush to make [them] invulnerable to a larger fire.”
http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130405063051-659753-how-volatility-boosts-career-resilience-small-fires-prevent-a-big-burn