Taking the Stage as things change around us.

 All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,

William Shakespeare. As You Like it.

Smart man, our William. The challenge for us today I think is that we've forgotten the last line.

Our education, training and organisations suggest we are best to concentrate on one part, and that the part takes place in the context of the work we do. Specialise. Focus. Perform.

It used to more or less work, not so long ago, within my lifetime, when the "job for life" was a notion. Within the scheme of things, it has collapsed quickly - within a couple of workplace generations. Boomers were brought up to it, Millenialls, rightly, ridicule it.

There is a wealth of great work considering the parts we play. C.G Jung explored it at great depth at a personal level with his archetypes. Torbert and Rooke did seminal work on leadership styles. There's a whole industry offering different flavours and colours of psy…