Concepts, Theories and Future Directions in Career and Life Design

Career and Life Design is a new paradigm that helps individuals prepare for and adapt to the increasingly chaotic, uncertain, and temporary nature of employment using methods, competencies and mindsets from Career Planning, Vocational Counselling, Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship and Positive P...

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Main Authors: Steven Gedeon, Sebastian Kernbach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CERN 2024-12-01
Series:CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation
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Online Access:https://e-publishing.cern.ch/index.php/CIJ/article/view/1565
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description Career and Life Design is a new paradigm that helps individuals prepare for and adapt to the increasingly chaotic, uncertain, and temporary nature of employment using methods, competencies and mindsets from Career Planning, Vocational Counselling, Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship and Positive Psychology. This paper identifies these foundational theories and concepts to identify gaps and future directions in the research and application of Career and Life Design. Increased integration of the tools and methods from these different foundational fields will create a more holistic approach to Life Design which includes building and measuring an individual’s internal resources because they are ultimately more important for long-term happiness and well-being than traditional career goals. Future research will measure how different tools, methods and pedagogical techniques impact participants’ well-being and happiness as well as internal resources such as authentic self-esteem, self-efficacy, optimism, hope, internal locus of control (ILC), perceived behavioural control, resiliency, curiosity, growth mindset, self-leadership, character strengths, human, social and financial capital.
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spelling doaj-art-720b8ed86dbf4b2c90cb74a24dd95b0b2024-12-16T11:22:52ZengCERNCERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation2413-95052024-12-018310.23726/cij.2024.1565Concepts, Theories and Future Directions in Career and Life DesignSteven Gedeon0Sebastian Kernbach1TorontoMet Entrepreneur Institute, Entrepreneurship & Strategy, Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University, 575 Bay Street, Toronto, ON, M5B 2K3, CanadaCreativity & Design, School of Management, University of St. Gallen, MCM-HSG, Office 48-120, Blumenbergplatz 9, 9000 St. Gallen, Switzerland, Stanford University, African Doctoral Academy Career and Life Design is a new paradigm that helps individuals prepare for and adapt to the increasingly chaotic, uncertain, and temporary nature of employment using methods, competencies and mindsets from Career Planning, Vocational Counselling, Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship and Positive Psychology. This paper identifies these foundational theories and concepts to identify gaps and future directions in the research and application of Career and Life Design. Increased integration of the tools and methods from these different foundational fields will create a more holistic approach to Life Design which includes building and measuring an individual’s internal resources because they are ultimately more important for long-term happiness and well-being than traditional career goals. Future research will measure how different tools, methods and pedagogical techniques impact participants’ well-being and happiness as well as internal resources such as authentic self-esteem, self-efficacy, optimism, hope, internal locus of control (ILC), perceived behavioural control, resiliency, curiosity, growth mindset, self-leadership, character strengths, human, social and financial capital. https://e-publishing.cern.ch/index.php/CIJ/article/view/1565Entrepreneurship educationCareer DecisionsHuman-Centered DesignOpen InnovationDesign ToolsNeed to Tech
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Human-Centered Design
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Design Tools
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title Concepts, Theories and Future Directions in Career and Life Design
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title_short Concepts, Theories and Future Directions in Career and Life Design
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topic Entrepreneurship education
Career Decisions
Human-Centered Design
Open Innovation
Design Tools
Need to Tech
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