From the course: Handling Workplace Change as an Employee
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Why you need to be T-shaped
From the course: Handling Workplace Change as an Employee
Why you need to be T-shaped
- Another part of surviving restructurings within organizations is to be T-shaped. The idea of being T-shaped is that you have a broad width of knowledge and skills, that's the cross of the T, and then you also have at least one area of specialist expertise, something that you're really the expert on, that's the vertical part of the T, going deeply down into the subject. And you need to have both. It's not enough to be one or the other. The broad generalist is great, but you can always get another one of those, so they are replaceable, and that's a risk. Also, they aren't as well paid as specialists, in fact, often they aren't respected as much as they should be. You have to be an expert on something to earn the respect of other specialists. On the other hand, the specialist is essential, but only as long as that particular area is in demand. So, for example, if cloud storage comes along, then suddenly the external hard drive expert is not needed. So, it's risky to put all your eggs…
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