Anthony Onesto explains how 20th-century jobs were built around rigid, pre-designed tasks, while 21st-century work should prioritize creativity and autonomy. He recommends auditing roles to automate routine work, freeing people for innovation instead.
Everyone, good afternoon. It is June 6th and 1st of all, wow, macroeconomic environment specifically in tech is just a 180 of where we were over the last seven to 10 years. Grow, grow, grow, grow, grow. Now it's no, no, no, no, no. Incredible. But the good news is in my new buck, the new employee contract, everything that I suggest in this book withstands both great, more importantly maybe, or either way or not so great economic environments. Last video we talked about chapter four, what the hell is a 20th century job? And now today talking about the elements of what a 21st century job is. And what I talk about in this book specifically is that you know the idea of a 20th century job of the rigorous nature, the pre designed set of tasks, the outcomes just not going to work for Gen Z. So starting to think about the elements of a 21st century job and how can you start creating jobs and building job design that has more of a focus on that type of work versus the expectation of someone coming in, punching a clock and leaving. Now there are going to be jobs that are rooted in 20th century kind of framework and there's not a lot you're going to be able to do with those jobs, transferring them to a 21st century job. But there are automation and other things, right? So the first step is really thinking through the elements of the jobs that you have in your organization and how can you automate the 20th century job elements of those roles and really focus on the 21st century, the ability to be creative and innovative within these jobs. And again, I understand that there are a set amount of tasks that need to be done, but how can you really start framing up the new idea or the new concept of a 21st century job in your job design? Now, what are the small elements you can automate? What are the small elements you can give more creative freedom and innovation to to accomplish those tasks. So something to think about, dive deeper into chapter five when you buy my new book, the new employee Contract out now on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Target, wherever you can find books. And we'll see you next time for chapter six of the book which is Bodies in Seats. We'll see you soon. Thanks.
