学习力，才是职场上的硬通货

在日益“曲折”的职业生涯中，人们更加频繁、流畅地转换角色，并朝着不同的方向发展，忘记、学习和重新学习的能力对于长期的成功至关重要。它有助于我们更好地准备迎接变化带来的机遇，以及更好地应对未来不可避免的挑战。具有适应性和主动性的学习者是组织非常看重的资产，投资于学习可以为我们的职业发展带来长期的回报。本文作者提出了一些技巧和工具，以帮助你使学习成为日常生活的一部分。  

学习能力正在成为我们职业生涯中的硬通货。之前，我们在工作中学习如何做好一份工作；现在，我们的工作则是学习本身。适应能力强、积极主动的学习者是组织的宝贵财产。并且，当我们对学习进行投资时，我们就为自己的职业发展创造了长期的红利。

领英的创始人雷德·霍夫曼说，他会寻找那些拥有“无限学习曲线”的人：那些不断学习，并能快速学习的人。微软首席执行官萨蒂亚·纳德拉重申了学习的重要性，他说：“无所不学总是比无所不知要好。”      

然而，学习能力并不仅仅是获取新知识那么简单。在我们日益“曲折”的职业生涯中，人们会更频繁、更流畅地转换角色，并朝着不同的方向发展。因此，忘却、学习和再学习的能力对长期成功而言至关重要。我们曾为全球超过5万人设计和提供职业发展培训，积累了丰富的经验。基于这些经验，我们与包括维珍、联合利华和微软在内的组织合作，确定了几种技术和工具，这些工具能够帮助你将学习作为日常发展的一部分。

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由于我们在日常工作中花费了大量的时间、精力和努力，所以工作为我们提供了最重要的学习机会。挑战在于，我们并未刻意在日常发展中投入更多精力——我们总是忙于完成日常事务性的工作，没有任何多余的时间留给其他事情。这种做法把自我发展的问题放在了职业规划中次一级的位置上，是一种极具风险性的职业发展策略。因为它降低了我们对周围发生的变化的适应能力和反应能力。我们有三种方法可以让你在工作中掌握学习的主动权。

向他人学习。你周围的人是知识的重要来源。你可以创建一个多元化的学习社区，这个社区可以为你提供新的视角，并降低你自我设限的风险。你可以设定一个目标，比如每个月和一个你从未见过的人一起喝一杯咖啡，一起小谈片刻，无论是在网上还是当面。这个人可以是来自不同部门的同事，他能够帮助你从新的角度看待公司；也可以是来自另一家公司，但与你处在同一行业的人，他可以拓宽你的知识面。你还可以在每次谈话结束时问对方这样一个问题，以此来进一步拓展你的好奇心：“你觉得还有谁对我有用，可以联系吗？”这不仅为你创造了建立新关系的机会，而且你还可能受益于他人的直接介绍。

英文原版

Our capacity for learning is becoming the currency we trade on in our careers. Where we once went to work to learn to do a job, learning now isthe job. Adaptive and proactive learners are highly prized assets for organizations, and when we invest in our learning, we create long-term dividends for our career development.

Reid Hoffman, the founder of LinkedIn, shared that when assessing founders of potential investments, he looks for individuals who have an “infinite learning curve”: someone who is constantly learning, and quickly. Satya Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft, echoed the importance of learning when he said, “The learn-it-all will always do better than the know-it all.”

However, it’s not as simple as acquiring new knowledge. In our increasingly “squiggly” careers, where people change roles more frequently and fluidly and develop in different directions, the ability to unlearn, learn, and relearn is vital for long-term success. Based on our experience designing and delivering career development training for over 50,000 people worldwide, working with organizations including Virgin, Unilever, and Microsoft, we’ve identified several techniques and tools to help you make learning part of your day-to-day development. 

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Since we spend so much of our time, energy, and efforts at our day jobs, they provide the most significant opportunities for learning. The challenge is that we don’t invest intentionally in everyday development — we’re so busy with tasks and getting the job done that there’s no space left for anything else. Deprioritizing our development is a risky career strategy because it reduces our resilience and ability to respond to the changes happening around us. Here are three ways to take ownership of your learning at work.

Learn from others.The people you spend time with are a significant source of knowledge. Creating a diverse learning community will offer you new perspectives and reduce the risk that you’ll end up in an echo chamber. Set a goal of having one curiosity coffee each month, virtually or in person, with someone you haven’t met before. This could be someone in a different department who could help you view your organization through a new lens or someone in your profession at another company who could broaden your knowledge. You can extend your curiosity even further by ending each conversation with the question: “Is there anyone else you think it would be useful for me to connect with?” Not only does this create the chance for new connections, but you might also benefit from a direct introduction.

海伦·塔珀（Helen Tupper）、萨拉·埃利斯（Sarah Ellis）|文

海伦·塔珀是Amazing If公司的联合创始人兼首席执行官，这家公司的目标是让每个人的职业生涯都变得更好。在创办Amazing If之前，她曾在微软、维珍和英国石油公司担任过领导职务。萨拉·埃利斯是Amazing If公司的联合创始人兼首席执行官。在创办Amazing If之前，她曾在巴克莱银行和森宝利担任过领导职务。

张振涛|译  周强|编校