Warm-up · the eight from memory · 3 minutes
Do you remember Gardner's eight?
1
words → ?
2
logic → ?
3
space → ?
4
body → ?
5
music → ?
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people → ?
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self → ?
8
nature → ?
You saw them in tenth grade. In a chain, no notebook: linguistic, logical-mathematical, visual-spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalistic.
The key idea
One career, several intelligences
No 21st-century career uses a single intelligence. A video-game director combines visual-spatial (the world), logical-mathematical (the code) and interpersonal (the team). The reading calls it interdisciplinary synergy.
“When young leaders align their dominant cognitive strengths with emerging industry sectors, they transform into resilient entrepreneurs.”
Step 1
Know your top 2–3 intelligences.
Your balance from Workshop 1.1.
Step 2
Find the sector that needs that mix.
Emerging sectors, not only the classic ones.
Step 3
Align: choose the degree that trains it.
That is where your aim is.
Each career, its own mix
Which intelligences does each career demand?
| Career | Primary | Secondary | Sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Video game director | visual-spatial | logical + interpersonal | creative tech |
| Biomedical engineer | logical-mathematical | bodily + interpersonal | health tech |
| Psychologist | interpersonal | intrapersonal + linguistic | mental health |
| Environmental engineer | naturalistic | logical + spatial | green economy |
| Lawyer | linguistic-verbal | logical + interpersonal | justice |
| Architect | visual-spatial | logical + naturalistic | sustainable cities |
| Music producer | musical | logical + interpersonal | entertainment |
| Physiotherapist | bodily-kinesthetic | interpersonal + logical | health |
Primary = the one you use most every day. Secondary = the ones that support it.
Vocabulary · academic
Words to talk about alignment
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| to align with | to match, to line up with |
| synergy | two things working better together |
| interdisciplinary | combining several fields |
| emerging sector | a new, growing area of work |
| self-assessment | judging your own work |
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| threshold | doorway, starting point |
| insufficient | not enough |
| rigid | stiff, not flexible |
| multidimensional | multidimensional |
| forward-thinking | thinking ahead about the future |
This is how people really say it
Alignment in sentences
Align
My visual-spatial intelligence aligns with architecture.
Her interpersonal strengths align with teaching.
His profile aligns with the green economy sector.
Synergy
Game design requires a synergy of logic and art.
Medicine combines science with empathy.
Law integrates language and logical reasoning.
Emerging sector
Health tech is an emerging sector in Colombia.
Renewable energy needs engineers who value nature.
The creative industries are growing in Cali.
Comic · conversation
Choosing a degree
A
Advisor
Your top intelligences are logical and interpersonal. Which degrees are you considering?
S
Student
Systems engineering or business administration.
A
Advisor
Both align with logic. Which one uses your interpersonal side more?
S
Student
Business, I think. I'd rather lead a team than code alone.
A
Advisor
Then your aim aligns with your mind. That's the synergy the reading talks about.
Align, synergy, aim: today's vocabulary in a real dialogue.
Something to think about
44%
44% of workers' skills will change in the next five years.
World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Report 2023. The most in-demand skills: analytical thinking and creative thinking, two intelligences combined.
Which two of your intelligences will you combine to stay relevant in 2031?
Pronunciation · the long ones
Five syllables or more
/ˌɪntərˈdɪsəplɪˌneri ˈsɪnərdʒi/ · the g in synergy sounds /dʒ/.
mul-ti-di-MEN-sio-nal · self-a-SSESS-ment.
a-LIGNS: /əˈlaɪnz/. e-MER-ging.
en-tre-pre-NEURS: /ˌɑːntrəprəˈnɜːrz/. French origin.
na-vi-GA-tio-nal COM-pass.
«Fourth» with a final th: /fɔːrθ/.
Check · 1 of 5
A video game director combines visual-spatial intelligence with…
Aonly musical intelligence
Blogical coding and interpersonal leadership
Cnaturalistic skills
Dnothing else
Check · 2 of 5
My strengths ______ with careers in health.
Aaligns
Baligning
Calign
Daligned
Check · 3 of 5
'Interdisciplinary synergy' means…
Acombining several fields of knowledge
Bstudying one subject deeply
Cworking alone
Dfailing a test
Check · 4 of 5
According to the reading, traditional counselling chose degrees based on…
Amultiple intelligences
Bemerging sectors
Cpersonal values
Dfamily expectations and grades
Check · 5 of 5
The first step to align your career is to…
Achoose the highest-paid job
Bknow your top intelligences
Ccopy a friend
Dpick a rigid degree title
Level up · reading · The Alignment Trap
Career counsellors warn about a subtle mistake: aligning a career with a single dominant intelligence. A student who excels at logic chooses engineering, ignores her strong interpersonal profile, and five years later discovers that she hates working alone. Research on job satisfaction suggests that the happiest professionals are not those who use their strongest intelligence most, but those whose work engages at least three of their top intelligences. Emerging sectors — sustainable design, health technology, educational media — are attractive precisely because they demand this interdisciplinary synergy. Therefore, a forward-thinking student does not ask «what am I best at?» but «which sector needs my particular combination?».
Level up · reading · 1 of 2
What is the «alignment trap»?
AChoosing a career with no alignment
BChoosing a career based on only one intelligence
CWorking in an emerging sector
DStudying engineering
Level up · reading · 2 of 2
Which question does the author recommend?
AWhat am I best at?
BWhich career pays most?
CWhich sector needs my combination?
DWhich intelligence is dominant?
Match
Match the word with its meaning
subtle
engage
job satisfaction
precisely
counsellor
particular
adviser
not obvious
specific to one person
how happy you are at work
exactly
involve, use actively
Fill in the gap
Complete each sentence
emerging
engages
synergy
dominant
align with
forward-thinking
My profile should a sector, not a job title.
Health technology is an sector.
Modern careers demand interdisciplinary .
A student asks which sector needs her mix.
The best work at least three intelligences.
Choosing by one intelligence is a trap.
Video focus · look and speak
Describe her in two sentences: one adjective, one «someone who…».
Video focus · situation
First day at work · introductions
M
Manager
Welcome! Tell us a bit about yourself.
C
Camilo
I'm someone who finishes what I start. I'm focused and persistent, but I can be impatient with slow processes.
M
Manager
Good to know. Are you shy? You seem quiet.
C
Camilo
Not shy, just introverted. I recharge alone, but I love working in small teams and I have a good sense of humour.
Now change the details and say it with a partner.
Find the mistake
Spot the error
I am a person hardworking and focused.
I am someone who finish what I start.
I am introverted, so I feel nervous with new people.
Fill in the gap
Complete with the video's key phrases
but
introverted
sense
shy
someone
persistent
I am who never gives up.
I'm impatient, I'm working on it.
She is : she feels nervous with new people.
He is : he recharges his energy alone.
My friends say I have a good of humour.
A person keeps trying after failing.
After learning
The essentials
No career uses a single intelligence. Align your mix with an emerging sector: that is where your aim is.
Next class: reading Designing Your 2030 Roadmap. Bring your top 3 intelligences in writing.
Class score
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