The Death of Expertise Really

Danièle Henkel is a businesswoman, with heart and head who has made her mark, both personal and entrepreneurial, in Quebec. Her eponymous companies have helped pave the way for wellness and position "beauty in all truth" as a new social norm in the business world.

DANIELE HENKEL

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This page is a special space where I invite you to share my favorites , my inspirations and my positions. This week, I'm talking to you about my current reading, the book THE DEATH OF EXPERTISE by Tom Nichols.

THE question

Will expertise become outdated? Will young people still take the opinions of their elders seriously, when technology is constantly changing the way things are done and acquired knowledge quickly becomes obsolete? These questions have been on my mind for a while and have regularly punctuated my discussions with people from different backgrounds in recent years. Then, my son-in-law lent me this book by Tom Nichols which confirmed what I felt in the field for people aged 50 and over…

THE observation

The generation gap is a glaring reality in business today. Younger generations tend not to consider candidates or intrapreneurs aged 50 and over on the grounds that they are outdated or too old. To find their answers, they turn to the technologies and Googles of this world rather than to those who came before them and who have this experience, this invaluable knowledge.

THE reflection

Young people are so adept at working with information technology and artificial intelligence that they sometimes forget the importance of human relationships in their individual journey. They leave university with exceptional skills, but no field experience. This is where coaches or mentors can step in. I think the solution lies precisely in this mix of current technological skills and expert knowledge.

"Fortunately, I increasingly feel that awareness is growing since the demand for coaches and mentors is growing. We are therefore looking to fill the void with human collaborations based on experience."

THE book

Tom Nichols has come to dig into a hot topic in the current context of the United States where he observes a devaluation of intellectuals. In his book, he describes six factors explaining this phenomenon including instant and unlimited access to information on the Internet and the transformation of the media universe. His intuition goes back a long way since he had published an article on the subject in The Federalist in 2014. His book, based on very in-depth research and published at the invitation of the University of Oxford, was only published in 2017.

The Death of Expertise. The Campaign against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters, Tom Nichols , Oxford University Press, 2017, 252 pages.

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