The conversation around career navigation has exploded in recent years. Students feel unprepared, parents are overwhelmed by postsecondary options, counselors are stretched beyond capacity, and employers continue to raise concerns about workforce readiness.

But what if career navigation isn't the real crisis?

In this audio whitepaper analysis, I explore a deeper issue hiding beneath the surface: the assumption that education should prepare students for stable, permanent careers in a labor market increasingly defined by change. As artificial intelligence accelerates workforce transformation and career paths become less predictable, adaptability may matter far more than certainty.

From internships and work-based learning to entrepreneurship, AI, small business engagement, and the future of workforce development, this discussion challenges some of the foundational assumptions driving career readiness conversations today.

The question may no longer be what students want to be when they grow up.

The question may be whether education is helping them develop the capacity to become something new whenever the world changes around them.

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