On a roll with Charles Handy

Yes, I finished the book The Hungry Spirit by Charles Handy. There is one quote that I felt is very pertinent in today's context.

"Look for Customers, not jobs" he told his children. If you make or do something that other people will pay you money for will you be ultimately be employable. That requires self-confidence, a saleable skill or competence and social skills of quite a high order.

The statistics are quite clear. In Britain the shift is quite significant. The combined total in percentage of part-timers, self-employed, temporary workers and unemployed is 51. That is more than half the available workforce do not have a proper full-time job inside an organization.

The employed with an organization will be fewer but earns a lot more with a lot more perks and privileges. The gulf between the employed and the rest will widen dramatically. The rich become richer and poor become poorer. This is not good for social stability.