So a couple of weeks ago, I downloaded Final Cut Pro and committed to learning how to use it. Despite logging hundreds, if not thousands, of hours in other video editing software, this is a big challenge. I took some time to reflect on how I make sense of learning a new skill like this—because learning new skills is an essential component of navigating the 21st-century economy.Footnotes:<ul><li><a href="http://whatworks.fyi/articles/learn-new-skill">Read the essay version of this episode here.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Adult_Learner/SGIPEAAAQBAJ?hl=en">The Adult Learner</a> by Malcolm Knowles</li><li>"<a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/861279/apple-creator-studio-apps-subscription-price-availability">Apple Creator Studio is launching to take on Adobe</a>" on The Verge</li></ul>Registration for Making Sense, an 8-week workshop series on turning "Wait, what?!" moments into compelling content, is open for registration. Program starts March 24. Learn more: <a href="http://whatworks.fyi/making-sense">whatworks.fyi/makingsense</a>

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This Process is a Mess

Work is central to the human experience. It helps us shape our identities, care for those we love, and contribute to our communities. Work can be a source of power and a catalyst for change. Unfortunately, that's not how most of us experience work—even those who work for themselves. Our labor and creative spirit are used to enrich others and maintain the status quo. It's time for an intervention. What Works is a show about rethinking work, business, and leadership for the 21st-century economy. Host Tara McMullin covers money, management, culture, media, philosophy, and more to figure out what's working (and what's not) today. Tara offers a distinctly interdisciplinary approach to deep-dive analysis of how we work and how work shapes us.