Month: August 2022

2050: The HR Odyssey – Episode 4

Somewhere in the world, on a date you really don’t need, we have located an advanced technology that allows us to get into the daily lives of employees. This fantastic journey through the experiences of different employees will take you to the edge of the Future of Work and allow you to see the challenges of business transformation. Today in our odyssey, discover the daily life of Aloïs…

 

“Stop! You just committed a cyber offense by trying to get into this building that is not accessible to you in Metaville. I’m going to have to issue you a ticket.”

 

In the middle of the Metaverse, Aloïs had just tried to enter the offices of a prestigious metacouture house, which only produces virtual clothes.

 

“I just wanted to drop off my resume… I didn’t think it was punishable by a fine… Is this new metaloi?”

 

“Indeed. Find out what the rules are in your country, but in France, the parliament has just voted to set up a metaverse police force. There are many offences that were not dealt with before. Assaults, thefts, and… intrusions! But listen… if you really want to drop off your resume, why don’t you send it by email?”

 

“Hahaha!” exclaimed Aloïs. “Okay Zoomer. How about a text while you’re at it!”

 

“You young people… I sometimes forget that you were born with the Metaverse! It’s been 25 years already… I didn’t understand much about it at the time, and here we are in the middle of a conversation with the only physical interaction being smileys above our avatars” replied the metasecurity officer. “Well, I’m not going to fine you, but I can’t give you access, so you’d better go to Cyber Job.”

 

Aloïs replied with a smiling smiley face, which was immediately displayed above his virtual avatar, and then set off.

While his parents, real Zoomers from generation Z, used to tell him about Pôle Emploi at the time, today one could access these organizations in the metaverse and find… meta work.

 

“Hello and welcome to Cyber Job. How can I help you?”

 

An artificial intelligence was facing Alois. A virtual menu appeared before his eyes, offering several options:

 

1 – Registration

2 – Make an appointment with your virtual consultant

3 – Other request

 

It wasn’t the first time for Aloïs, who already knew his Cyber Job advisor well. She was the one who had sent him to the doors of Virtual Clothing this morning and who had almost cost him a fine. Maybe the AI data should be updated following the new cyber law… With this thought, Aloïs chose option 2. His advisor was available and Alois would soon be back in the real world for lunch.

 

“Hello Aloïs! How’s that job search going?”

 

“Not very conclusive, I was stopped at the doors of the building by a virtual security guard. Results of the races, I return to the starting point. Don’t you have any new offers for me?”

 

“What a shame. I apologize for the inconvenience. I will update this new information in my system to improve my service. Let me look at the new open positions. I’ll ask you for a moment.”

 

A loading icon indicated that his advisor was looking for Aloïs’ new opportunity. A few minutes later, Aloïs saw a notification appear on the side of his virtual headset: *New document available in your Candidate Area*

 

“I have just sent you several job sheets adapted to your profile. All your information and documents are ready to be sent. If you wish to apply, simply press the button at the bottom of each job description. Don’t hesitate to come back to me if you need more information!”

 

Aloïs ended the meeting and opened the sent document.

 

NEW POSITIONS AVAILABLE!

 

Metaverse Team Manager

As a metaverse specialist, you are able to manage a team of avatars in complete autonomy. Your main role is to build and maintain a virtual link with a team of 15 people in the world, within the virtual space of a global organization, directly from the metaverse. For more information, click here.

 

Metaverse Tourist Guide

Museums, cinema, architecture, there are so many beautiful things to discover in your Metaville! If you have a meta-digital dexterity and you want to accompany the new avatars in their discovery of the virtual world, apply here.

 

Metaverse Event Manager

Concerts, weddings, exhibitions, galas, corporate events… Are you a virtual event specialist? We need your skills to organize large-scale meta-events that make the eyes of the participants shine in their virtual helmet! If you recognize yourself in this ad, we invite you to click here.

 

Virtual avatar stylist

Virtual fashion has no secrets for you. You are aware of the latest NFT releases and virtual collections, you have a sense of aesthetics and a good address book? Become a virtual avatar stylist and help avatars navigate through virtual fashion. Ready to revolutionize meta-style? Click here to apply.

 

This last offer caught Aloïs’ attention. Maybe finally, his skills in 3D realization and his knowledge in virtual fashion will give him access to the building that was not open to him earlier…

 

Conclusion

In 2050, the job market will be reinvented. Changed by the emergence of the metaverse and new technologies, new professions will develop to manage this new “life” space. At the end of 2021, the American gaming expert Jon Radoff proposed four major families of jobs related to the metaverse and web 3.0. On this basis, Jérémy Lamri, CEO of Tomorrow Theory, has pushed the exercise even further by drawing up a list of 40 professions, which inspired this article.

Kintsugi or the art of making mistakes

 

Make mistakes. Blunder. That’s how you learn, and how you improve. Indeed, making mistakes is an integral part of any career and business life. While it is common to make mistakes at work, it is not often advisable to brag about them. And yet, it is always possible to make up for our mistakes. We didn’t invent this philosophy… It is directly inspired by Kintsugi (金継ぎ), a Japanese technique for repairing damaged porcelain and ceramics.

 

Kintsugi is an ancestral art that appeared in the Japanese archipelago in the 16th century. Its name comes from the contraction of kin (gold) and tsugi (joints). A true metaphor for resilience, Kintsugi consists of repairing objects by sublimating them with gold powder. The technique highlights cracks by making them aesthetically pleasing, rather than masking them. It strengthens and repairs, while enhancing the object. This art, both decorative and spiritual, can then be applied as a philosophy to everyday life, to assume who we are, with our flaws and our wounds.

 

So, let’s follow the 5 steps of Kintsugi together and see what lessons we can learn about accepting mistakes in business! 

 

1- Putting the pieces back together 

The first stage of Kintsugi consists of recovering the pieces of the object to be repaired in order to assemble them later using a putty obtained by mixing a lacquer (urushi) and a clay powder.

This first step, transposed to the case of the company, is the moment when the mistake was made. You become aware of the mistake, its internal and external consequences and you gather your strength for the next steps. As the expression goes: you will have to pick up the pieces. The pieces that have fallen apart because of your mistake. So, informing the people involved and expressing your regret will be the best way to start your Kintsugi.

 

2- Let time do the work

This ancestral Japanese art requires time. Indeed, after having gathered the pieces and delicately applied the resulting putty on the broken pieces in order to glue them back together, it is time to wait for the object to dry and for the resin to harden.

This drying phase is often compared to a healing process in the Kintsugi philosophy. The object takes time to rebuild, and so do you. After a mistake, time is often an ally. In the heat of the moment, you have not yet had time to heal and therefore to learn from your mistake. This healing phase will allow you to analyse what the mistake has shown about your skills or revealed about your situation.

 

3- Getting off to a good start

The third phase of Kintsugi consists of polishing the ceramics to remove any roughness or irregularities. A thin layer of lacquer should then be applied with a brush directly to the cracks, and finally, you should wait a few weeks for it to dry.

This phase, which comes just after the healing phase, may represent the mourning you have done for the past mistake. In effect, you are erasing the rough edges of your mistake, and you can now start afresh. You can refocus on the present, better prepare for the future and prevent possible mistakes from occurring.

 

4- Revealing the beauty of cracks

This is the moment we have been waiting for. The stage that brings out the beauty and delicacy of the flaws. The flaws are revealed by the gold powder used to cover and enhance them.

Now that the mistake is behind you and you can see more clearly, you can finally learn from it and appreciate the lessons. You fully recognise your skills and the reasons for your mistake, without trying to hide your shortcomings. You are stronger because the mistake is no longer a “roadblock” but a crucial event in your career, which taught you about yourself and your work.

 

5- Cultivating the art of imperfection

Finally, the last step is to polish the gold lacquered patterns to reveal their brilliance. However, it is advisable to leave a few defects on purpose to give relief, but also to assume the cracks and not to try to make the object “perfect”.

Perfection does not exist. It is a trap that can end up hampering your productivity. It is crucial to cultivate your new philosophy and accept that mistakes will happen. Learn to appreciate the small imperfections of life, personal or professional.

 

 

Accept imperfections, mistakes and sublimate flaws. This is the lesson that the art of Kintsugi teaches us. This philosophy allows us to be more peaceful and ready to deal with life’s irregularities and uncertainty. In today’s world, it is important to develop this state of mind, as many unforeseen events are paradoxically to be expected. Thus, working on the way one experiences difficult situations and conceives problems is crucial. If you approach a problem by being defensive and imagining the worst, it is likely to complicate its resolution. This is where training comes in. By developing essential soft skills such as coping, problem solving and resilience, we prepare ourselves for the uncertainties of the future. Finally, the art of Kintsugi also teaches us to detach ourselves from the passage of time, and to accept the change that is part of life, and of us. In an ever-changing world, this is perhaps the best lesson to learn.



Create now your certificates in total autonomy!

 

Discover how to create your certifications directly from Coorpmanager, your unique entry point to manage your platform in complete autonomy! 

 

Certificates are a list of different courses available on your platform, but completion of which will allow the learner to validate a certificate. This feature allows you to train a specific population on a mandatory topic to ensure that your learners take the courses of your choice. By playing the certificate, learners will be rewarded with a badge, a diploma or additional stars on their Coorpacademy account.

 

Until now, the certificates were created at the request of our customers, through our Customer Success Managers. Many certificates have been created, such as an onboarding certificate for our client iQera, a CSR acculturation certificate for La Française des Jeux or a series of Digital Passport certificates for Michelin. Today, gain autonomy and benefit from a better customization of your platform by creating your own certificates!  

 

To create your certificate, follow these steps: 

 

  • Define general information

 

In the scrolling list on your left, go to the “Certifications” tab under Editorialization. Click on “Create certification”. You will be able to start defining the general information of your certificate: the language, the name of the certificate, the description and the associated logo. As you create your certificate, you will have the option to save your draft for later editing.

 

  • Translations

Once the general information is defined, it is possible to fill in the translations of this information. Translations are not mandatory.

 

  • Select courses

This is the time to select the courses that will be included. Courses are displayed in the default language of the platform. You can refine your selection by using the search bar, or the drop-down menu to choose what type of content you are looking for. You can choose as courses:

Classic courses; Custom courses; 5′ learning; External courses (podcast, article, video or scorm).


  • Course Settings

In this section, you can determine the number of courses that must be completed in order to obtain certification and manage the order in which the courses appear when completing the certificate.

 

  • Rewards

Last step before publishing your certificate! In this section, you have the possibility to reward your learners after the completion of the certificate. Among other things, you can define the number of stars earned, add a badge to be obtained and finally, make the certifying diploma available by importing a logo and a signature.

 

Once these 5 steps are completed, your certificate is ready to be published!

 

To authorize a user to create certificates, you will need to define roles within the Coorpmanager Administration tab. The “User” sub-section will allow you to assign roles and accesses to each user by clicking on one of them and selecting which roles are assigned to them. To give a user the ability to create a certificate, you will need to contact your Customer Success Manager. It is important to note that each role is assigned to the user you designate and not everyone will be able to change it in order to guarantee data security.

 

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