Becoming a Willing Student®

The future of work around the world is looking increasingly unpredictable. The job market has become noisy and crowded. Competition for opportunity has become fierce. The value proposition of your skills, qualifications or experience is being challenged as never before. Everybody wants an edge. This constant change and uncertainty makes many traditional career development models ineffective. Professionals that lack deep pockets are forced to rely mostly on the strength of their career development strategy and creativity. You could be the best, smartest, and most capable professional in your industry. And in all likelihood, you could still end up unemployed. Even if you do manage to get hired, you’re not guaranteed long-term employment. The employer-employee pact has fully disintegrated. Today's employers do not offer lifetime commitment to their employees. Traditionally, students would first graduate from high school or university, after which, they would seek to work a full-time job with regular hours that they would remain in for the rest of their lives. Work, today, however, has already moved from this traditional model, and is now constantly under disruptive pressure. It is in this spirit of the changing future of work, that Becoming a Willing Student® was founded. We believe that every professional today needs to become somewhat their own entrepreneur. This requires some form of entrepreneurial training, not just for those with a background in business or enrolled in a business program at a college or university, but for all professionals regardless of their background. It has become increasingly clear that all workers will spend a part of their whole careers being entrepreneurs, whether by choice or not. It is important therefore that all professionals, not just business professionals, learn entrepreneurship. That’s what we do at Becoming a Willing Student. We’re building a movement and training a coalition of business leaders who inspire and prosper.