How Current Are You?

A recent report announced that 85% of Apple’s profits this year came from products that were not even thought of five years ago. I used to daydream about how much of his country George Washington would recognize today. Now I wonder how much of his nation Jack Kennedy would know!

But has our work changed, really?

As much as we have managed to drive a microchip into everything around us, from cats to cars, living out our lives in ways that only appeared in comic books 50 years ago, the basics stay the same.

Despite the changes, and maybe because of them, people still crave relationships. In fact, much of the technology today focuses on building and maintaining relationships. Take your average cell “phone.” Yes, we talk. But increasingly we send simple texts, longer written messages, pictures, and even motion pictures of us talking! Why? Because we are maintaining relationships with those who are important to us — at work or among our families and friends.

How is this a career step? How do you keep up your relationships with the tools at hand — old or new?