Professionals are:
- I-Shaped: professional in one specific subject
- T-Shaped: professional in a specific subject, but with knowledge of various business aspects
- A/V-Shaped: executives with knowledge of budgets and financial aspects
- Entrepreneurs: economic and community leaders
The Journey:
- Professionals graduate as “I-Shaped” and get into the work environment
- After about 3 years, they gain business knowledge and become “T-Shaped”, which usually makes them supervising other “I-Shaped” professionals
- In 3-6 years, the “T-Shaped” managers learn how to handle budgets and ROI, qualifying them to act as executives: some of them are promoted to “A-Shaped” executives, others stay as Servant Leaders in a “V-Shaped” professional style
- Many professionals stay executives for life, but few create a professional network in 3 years that can promote them to Economic Community Leaders
Thus, it takes a professional 9-12 years to be an entrepreneur making positive economic impact
The Global EcoSystem method shortens the journey to a maximum of 3 years, speeding up the healing of economy systems