But even with his new, huge contract and the addition of Jimmy Graham, he's looking more like a skilled manager – both at game managing and brand managing – than a generational talent.
Rather than a top-down, regimented style – the regular army model, if you like – cabaret acts work more like special forces: highly skilled at specific tasks, self-determining, nimble and adaptive.
Malaysia should give up its labor-intensive operations to countries with lower wages, like China, he said, and concentrate on more highly skilled work like research and development, financial and health care services.
Conveyor belts and massive steel furnaces made blue-collar workers comparatively wealthier and hurt more highly skilled craftspeople, like blacksmiths and master carpenters, whose talents were disrupted by mass production.
Skilled workers are needed to apply and manage new technologies, while less skilled workers are more likely to become obsolete.
Developers become much more skilled much more quickly.
On the other hand, marketplace platforms like Thumbtack and Upwork, where individuals are empowered to provide a specialized, skilled service, are more likely to provide a sustainable, full-time living that will be much more resistant to automation.
Where Westley liked players who reflected the hardwoods surrounding the stadium, Sheringham will promote a more thoughtful, skilled approach.
Eventually, labor — albeit more skilled and therefore more highly paid labor — becomes important again.
China, Zhang wrote in Basketball Pioneers magazine, must develop smaller, faster and more skilled players like the ones who thrive in the West.
