{"id":1885,"date":"2019-09-27T13:53:46","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T11:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62\/?p=25"},"modified":"2019-09-27T13:53:46","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T11:53:46","slug":"what-kind-of-shaped-professional-are-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabiocicerchia.it\/career\/what-kind-of-shaped-professional-are-you","title":{"rendered":"What kind of shaped professional are you?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The most common one is the T-shaped professional or more correctly T-shaped skills since we&#8217;re talking about abilities.<\/p>\n<p>The original term was coined by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tceb62\">Tim Brown<\/a>, Chair of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ideo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IDEO<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The vertical bar of the letter T represents the depth of the skills in a single field, instead, the horizontal bar is the ability to collaborate across disciplines in other areas.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_599\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-599\" style=\"width: 354px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mike-taylor.org\/2018\/07\/18\/how-would-you-build-a-modern-workplace-learning-professional\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-599 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/fabiocicerchia.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/null19.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"354\" height=\"259\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-599\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Mike Taylor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>These Shaped-Skills are in demand mostly for the ability to innovate and strengthen their organisations. For this reason, having people with these skills can be a competitive advantage.<\/p>\n<p>So far there are few more distinction in the different types of skills one can use in the market:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>X<\/strong>-shaped, extracurricular activities and cross-training. Generally in leadership, strategy and team management.<\/li>\n<li><strong>I<\/strong>-shaped, a specialist in one specific area. Usually without communication skills.<\/li>\n<li><strong>E<\/strong>-shaped, combine 4 Es (experience, expertise, exploration, and execution). Mostly focused on execution by being able to transform ideas into reality.<\/li>\n<li><strong>M<\/strong>-shaped, multiple specialities.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pi<\/strong>-shaped, combine breadth with multiple specialities (a combination of T and M-shaped).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dash<\/strong>-shaped, generalists. The breadth of experience, but little depth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Further Readings<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceri.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Primer-on-the-T-professional.pdf\">A Primer on the T-professional<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/T-shaped_skills\">T-shaped skills<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/breakitproject.eu\/organizations-demand-t-shaped-professionals\/\">Organizations demand T-shaped professionals<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/trydesignlab.com\/blog\/how-to-get-hired-understand-if-youre-an-i-t-or-x-s\/\">How to Get Hired: Understand If You\u2019re an I, T, or X-Shaped Person<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mike-taylor.org\/2018\/07\/18\/how-would-you-build-a-modern-workplace-learning-professional\/\">How Would You Build A Modern Workplace Learning Professional?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceri.msu.edu\/t-shaped-professionals\/\">T-Shaped Professionals<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/new-design-firms\/whats-the-x-to-your-t-shaped-professional-profile-736abe77c7b3\">What\u2019s the X to your T-shaped professional profile?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/jmeier\/2013\/08\/31\/e-shaped-people-not-t-shaped\/\">E-Shaped People, Not T-Shaped<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tcagley.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/14\/productive-agile-teams-i-t-e-and-m-shaped-people\/\">Productive Agile Teams: I, T, E and M Shaped People<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most common one is the T-shaped professional or more correctly T-shaped skills since we&#8217;re talking about abilities. The original term was coined by Tim Brown, Chair of IDEO. The vertical bar of the letter T represents the depth of the skills in a single field, instead, the horizontal bar is the ability to collaborate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[59,60,61,62],"aioseo_notices":[],"author_meta":{"display_name":"fabio","author_link":"https:\/\/fabiocicerchia.it\/author\/fabio"},"featured_img":null,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/fabiocicerchia.it\/category\/career\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Career<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Career<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/fabiocicerchia.it\/category\/career\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">career<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/fabiocicerchia.it\/category\/career\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">personal development<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/fabiocicerchia.it\/category\/career\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">skills<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/fabiocicerchia.it\/category\/career\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">t-shape<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">career<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">personal development<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">skills<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">t-shape<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 5 years ago","modified":"Updated 5 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on September 27, 2019","modified":"Updated on September 27, 2019"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on September 27, 2019 1:53 pm","modified":"Updated on September 27, 2019 1:53 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabiocicerchia.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1885"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabiocicerchia.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabiocicerchia.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabiocicerchia.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabiocicerchia.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fabiocicerchia.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1885\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabiocicerchia.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabiocicerchia.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabiocicerchia.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}