Be ‘Mr. Miyagi’ or find one!
summary
Personal history shows mentorship turning beginners into champions: six years of karate yields a brown belt, ~50 prizes, national titles and 3rd in Europe; legal apprenticeship produces a rare successful discrimination win; career switch to software exposes missing guidance that fuels a skills gap costing an estimated $775B in 2022 and 75% of IT leaders reporting shortages. Recommends an apprenticeship model, ten concrete practices (pick-your-mentor, train mentors, match styles, trust, agenda) and giving pairs an hour per week integrated into workflow.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Start
- 4:49My own Mr. Miyagi's
- 14:10Selfie time ;- A tip from my mentor
- 17:36CONTEXT
- 21:43The greatest system ever invented for the training of skills and the achievement of tacit knowledge.
- 22:32What does a mentor do?
- 24:22Who is the mentor?
- 25:5810 best practices
- 33:31Increased project costs?
- 33:49A limited ability to meet the objectives of the business?
- 36:27Mentoring is the solution
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