Talking about T-type talents

? T-type talents refer to new talents differentiated by knowledge structure.

The simple understanding is "one expert can do many things". Use the letter "T" to express their knowledge structure characteristics. "-"means extensive knowledge, "|" means depth of knowledge. The combination of the two has both deep professional knowledge and extensive knowledge, and is a kind of talented person with deep knowledge and wide knowledge. This talent structure not only has extensive general knowledge cultivation horizontally, but also has deep understanding, unique views and strong innovation ability in vertical professional knowledge.

T-type talents are very popular. Many schools are also considering training such talents, and we should strive to become such talents.

We are in a world of network structure-knowledge is network, information is network, relationship is network, and intersection and integration are everywhere. If we only rely on single-point, fixed and linear thinking, it is bound to be very narrow.

This narrowness is manifested in the following aspects: first, because we can't see other related elements, we may miss some new opportunities; Second, there are other more convenient and efficient paths to reach the same destination, but I didn't see them; Third, it is easy to go into a dead end when solving complex problems only by exerting force on a single point or single line.

The PK among talents entering the post-knowledge economy era is no longer based on how much knowledge and skills they have mastered, because the world is getting more and more flat and the differences between regions and education levels are getting smaller and smaller. Those who have received systematic education and professional training can hardly widen the gap in knowledge and skills. In addition, more and more intelligent robots and management systems are replacing people's work. If they want to be future leaders, it depends largely on their thinking.

It depends on who can break through the limitations of thinking, jump out of the professional box, keep an open attitude towards new things, embrace change, dare to try all kinds of possibilities, keep learning and react quickly. This "talent tonality" is the main theme of the new era.

In this context, the concept of "T" talents has been put forward, and it has become a talent that major enterprises, especially innovative enterprises, compete for.

What is a "T" talent?

1) The vertical axis is the depth of knowledge and the horizontal axis is extensive knowledge.

The combination of the two has both deep professional knowledge and extensive knowledge, and is a kind of talented person with deep knowledge and wide knowledge.

2) The vertical axis represents the professional depth and the horizontal axis represents the thinking breadth.

It is necessary to have profound knowledge and skills in a certain professional field, and at the same time have a strong interest and curiosity in other fields and disciplines.

In the traditional sense, people's understanding of designers only stays in having professional design ability, while the designers of IDEO, a world-renowned business innovation consulting company, not only have the background of industrial design, interactive design, communication design or business design, but also widely involve macroeconomics, cognitive science, food science, anthropology, applied linguistics, genetic engineering and other fields.

Because IDEO found that teams with multidisciplinary backgrounds are more conducive to solving various complex problems from multiple angles and innovatively.

3) The vertical axis represents concentration and participation, and the horizontal axis represents acceptance and openness.

We should not only focus on a certain point internally, devote ourselves wholeheartedly and strive for perfection, but also keep enough openness and acceptance of other seemingly unrelated fields and different practices outside. Now, the concept of market competition is no longer the competition between the same industries, but that any industry can make a surprise victory in a very short time.

The two typical industries in these two years are finance and media. The stability accumulated by the banking industry over the years was instantly shaken by the Internet. If practitioners only pay attention to their inner circle and don't pay attention to the external dynamics, it may not be a big problem in the past, but it is very dangerous now. A deadly opponent may be hidden where you can't see or turn a blind eye.

4) The vertical axis represents root thinking and the horizontal axis represents integrated design.

We should not only dig deep enough to see the source of the problem, but also design solutions systematically and comprehensively from a strategic perspective. What is "root thinking"? Unlike many designers, Jony Ive, Apple's chief designer, does not sketch as soon as he comes up, but thinks about what this product is and what it is used for. He won't start sketching until he understands these fundamental problems.

When many people get a problem or task that needs to be solved, they will immediately think about the solution to this problem, such as planning a new product to go on the market. When they come up, they will focus on the plan itself: how to write it, where there are plans to learn from, and so on. Then write it out bit by bit like milking.

This kind of thinking is single-point. The root of thinking is to think about what it is, why it should be done, and what is its starting point and final effect;

Then think about it from a systematic point of view: at the level of spatial structure, which link and position it is in the panorama of the whole new product listing; On the relationship level, who is its stakeholder, who participates, who decides and who benefits; In terms of time and relevance, what are the continuity and inheritance from the previous new product listing planning in form and content, and what are the differences from competing products listed at the same time?

In this way, the tonality of the whole thing comes out, as if all the basic shapes were cut out with a blade, and the next thing to do is carving.

The above explanation describes a T-type talent from the perspectives of knowledge structure, mentality and way of thinking. To sum up, "T" talents are: with both professional depth and thinking breadth, they can think and explore across borders; We should not only focus on one point, but also keep an open mind to the outside world and accept different perspectives; We can not only think about the root of the problem, but also design an integrated solution from the perspective of the system.

As a school, how to cultivate T-type talents?

On the basis of designing the talent training mode, we emphasize the cultivation of professional skills and increase the proportion of practical teaching, so that the trained students have talents with "broad and solid theoretical foundation+professional and in-depth technical skills+accurate and skilled practical experience". This kind of talents will become "generalists" of enterprises in terms of theoretical knowledge structure, job skills and practical operation of projects.

The biggest feature of the "T-type talent" training project is that IT is employment-oriented and characterized by practice, and it is directly applied to the IT talent training project of enterprises, which has strong practical significance.

Go deep into the enterprise to conduct post research, understand the real talent demand of the enterprise, refine knowledge points, skills points and key work processes, and then make theoretical transition, form teaching plans and develop teaching materials. According to the employment needs of enterprises, we should analyze the professional technical requirements and knowledge structure of talents, develop characteristic teaching materials, update the contents in time, keep up with the development trend of the industry and the actual employment needs of enterprises, and make the trained talents "marketable".

The cultivation of "T-type talents" emphasizes practical operation, simulation training and case teaching. In theoretical teaching, we advocate the change from cramming passive teaching and learning to team cooperative learning, cite real engineering project cases, simulate the working environment of enterprises, let students play different roles, encounter various problems in the process of projects, and let them be familiar with the working environment and workflow of enterprises before entering enterprises, so as to be truly employment-oriented and practice-oriented.

The cultivation of "T" talents is characterized by "one specialty and many abilities" in the curriculum system. The reform of curriculum system and specialty setting in educational institutions needs to give "nails" without sharp corners on the basis of the original "broad foundation and thick theory" to create qualified sharp corners needed by enterprises, which we call "T-type talents" vividly.

How to become a T-type talent as an individual?

For example, I think writing is still a specialty, or the knowledge and experience I learned in the army can be used. It is feasible to achieve a gorgeous turn through writing, but you need to do the following.

Take the first step bravely, write or write.

It is impossible for a person to succeed without time accumulation and tempering.

Few people have started to act. It is absolutely rare to insist on doing one thing for a year. If one thing can persist for another year without seeing a return, it is already a dragon and phoenix among people.

It's hard to start action, and it's even harder to stick to it. The most rare thing is that he can force himself to make high-quality continuous output. This kind of person only accounts for 1% of the population.

Direction is the most important. Without direction, effort and concentration are meaningless.

The goal is positioning, what are you good at, what others want most, and what is your core competitiveness that distinguishes you from thousands of competitors? ...

These questions are more difficult than one, and you can't answer them without years of practice.

Both extensive learning and deep learning are based on actual needs, but you have to learn this technology before you can use it in your work. It's important to understand this-you have to use some kind of technology to be motivated to learn. Therefore, the best learning opportunities are learning while developing, working day and night, and working for a week on weekends-when there is a clear goal, the learning motivation is the most, and the learning effect is the best when the enthusiasm has not subsided.

If you want to learn knowledge and skills unrelated to your current job and invest in your future value, the best way is to design a software product for yourself (or participate in other people's projects), set a deadline and complete it with the technology you want to master. Useless knowledge equals nothing, which is the principle behind this sentence.

Therefore, if there is no demand, it is necessary to create demand, and if there is no problem, it is necessary to create problems. With needs and problems, learning will have a more sense of direction and purpose, and there will be sustained motivation. If you can actively create goals and needs, you can quickly build your own skill tree and make it deeply rooted in people's hearts, and you will become more and more valuable and earn more and more money.

When it comes to time, people complain. I don't have enough time. I'm busy. I have procrastination. ......

Say you don't have enough time or are busy every day, but in fact you still don't know what is most important.

Remember, do the most important thing first.

All other problems have been solved. If you don't understand, let others solve it.

Going in and out is definitely not possible. Study hard and systematically through people, things, books, networks and other channels.

Who still reads? Aren't you old enough to brush your circle of friends? ! ? If someone really thinks so and doesn't systematically learn knowledge in a certain professional field, after a year or two, most of them will still brush their circle of friends and then complain about the decline in the quality of their circle of friends.

Valuable information is definitely not a selfie, and chicken soup can carry it.

Speech is also an output, but a more effective output.

Holding a speech contest in Touma is better than oral sex online. In front of hundreds of people, thousands of people give speeches to exercise their ability to control the field.

Through the internet, constantly enlarge the influence.

Traditional enterprises talk about Internet transformation, the Internet talks about neutrality, and individuals talk about self-media. There are only a handful of people who really understand the internet and brush all over the circle of friends.

Being a spontaneous combustion person can give yourself motivation and make continuous progress.

Be a self-disciplined person. You can be strict with yourself and don't stop until you reach your goal.

Everyone wants freedom, time freedom, financial freedom, spiritual freedom and traveling around the world, but you must have a strong belief in your heart to support you to keep moving forward.