Closing the Loop

Our son is completing his last year of elementary school. Like many lucky parents of still elementary-aged children, we have been fondly listening to their evolving answers to the proverbial question of what they want to be when they grow up. I am already wishing I had opened up a notebook during every of these conversations that I could have given to them any time they engage in purpose finding in the future.

Our daughter wants to be a car designer. We are not entirely sure what it entails or how she came up with it. Our son is still set on making it to Major League Baseball though he’s also decent at statistics and running the numbers (aka limited chances) in his head.

I keep thinking back on data Suzy Welch mentioned at Responsive last month. By the time kids graduate high school, they can usually think of only three jobs they might want to pursue (two of which being their parents’ jobs). There are 135 industries and so many more permutations. How do we expose kids to as many of them as possible, as reasonably early in their journey as possible, to help them forge fulfilling career paths and pursue engaging learning opportunities in the mode of schooling that suits them best? If you are working on a creative solution to achieve that goal, please email me here and/or fill out this form. I look forward to hearing from you!