PART 2 · CHAPTER 10 · What Being Early Changes

The Half-Life of Skills

Some skills are expiring faster than ever. Others are appreciating just as fast. Knowing which is everything.

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The chapter's route

  1. 01The Shelf Life of Competence
  2. 02What Models Are Absorbing
  3. 03Depreciation Is Not Disappearance
  4. 04The Skills That Appreciate
  5. 05Taste Is a Form of Compression
  6. 06Judgment Under Uncertainty
  7. 07Problem Framing Is Leverage
  8. 08Orchestration Is the New Managerial Skill
  9. 09Rebalancing the Skill Portfolio
  10. 10Learning at the New Clock Speed
  11. 11The New Apprenticeship
  12. 12The Human Premium
  13. 13A Practical Curriculum for Being Early
  14. 14The Durable Edge
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