“What’s my passion?” “What do I want to do for the rest of my life?” These aren’t great questions because they’re fixed; they assume you’ll only have one job or one passion for the rest of your life. But the reality is, both you and the world around you will change. You need a career decision-making tool that isn’t surprised by change but assumes it.
In this Forum from CalTech in 2017, you'll learn about this tool. Hear from two Stanford professors — Dave Evans and Bill Burnett — as they discuss their New York Times bestselling book, Designing Your Life. They share about design thinking — and how its flexibility can help you navigate your career for years to come.
The reason design works is because it's inadvertently Christian. I don't mean that cheaply. It's inadvertently Christian because it started with a question, “What does it mean to be a human person?” And we're going to look at that ruthlessly, honestly; we're going to take an open mind and look carefully.
The world can throw you a curveball, right? I mean, not everything goes the way it's supposed to. The data says you're going to have three different careers. The data says it's not going to be based on your major. The data says that you're probably going to live to be 100. You're going to work for 70 of those years. And I'm pretty sure it won't be the same job all 70 years.
Fundamentally, this human-centered design thing works. It's human. What do you want to be when you grow up? You don't know? Okay, well, let's try some stuff and let's let's explore that. Let's explore that question.
