And that's exactly why people are never going to agree on this subject . I do not think you get the job of EIC of such an important publication to "learn" on the job, you get there as the pinnacle of your career. His tenure in my opinion has simply been, poor, there is no other word for it, it's not awful as he needs to be fired asap and is ruining the magazine reputation, but he made this publication the height of blandness. And if you think about it's quite ironic and an almost impossible feat taking in account the fact that the racially diversity he champions, and it is clearly visible, should make it more vibrant, instead there is a "luvvie" vibe permeating everything that I find particularly off putting . I see that failure as solely his responsibly.
You know what would have saved you some time instead of writing this post?
Getting to the heart of the manner and just saying that you think ‘Edward is a mediocre EIC and a mediocre man/human being who will never accomplish anything worthwhile at his tenure at UK Vogue.’
That would’ve been quicker to write.
That being said, I can’t let the ‘substance’ of your post remain unchallenged.
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But in America and other international cities and countries there is this practice called onboarding. And it happens for everyone starting a new job, from the barista at a coffee shop to the new CEO of one of America’s biggest companies.
Everyone who starts a new job gets an onboarding time period where they learn the policies and work culture of their new place of employment, even the high powered CEO who has to have years of experience to qualify for their role. Now how long that formal period last depends on the job, employee, etc.
Then after that formal onboarding period has concluded the employee is usually granted more time to learn and get better in their job based on what they’ve been taught by superiors, coworkers, interacting with customers. Not to mention in some industries’ technology improvements happen so frequently that even the top people in the company, including a CEO, are still learning even after that formal learning process.
That’s called continual professional development. For instance, our teachers in America get professional development days set aside to learn new best practices in education and they don’t have to teach on those days.
So whether it’s a coffee barista, a teacher, an academic (ever heard of a sabbatical?) or even a CEO, on the job learning and training is a continual process (CEOs years into their roles will go to the Harvard Business School to get certificates to boost their credentials).
Not to mention Malcolm Gladwell’s 10 thousand hours rule, applicable for both professional and personal life long learning.
My point? If you’re not learning you’re dead. Learning is a lifelong process for humans both in their personal and professional lives.
No person should just be automatically expected to come in with all the knowledge they’ll ever need to perform a task, a job.
That’s an unrealistic and harmful expectation. But that’s become expected when it comes to Edward and the expectations forced on him on tFS, of which he’ll never accomplish.
You know there’s having opinions and then actively rooting for Edward to fail. I’ve observed that it’s the latter regarding Edward on here.
So if that’s your opinion - Edward is a mediocre EIC and man, state your opinion as such. But please don’t argue that somehow he should have all the knowledge he needs to do his job when he just celebrated his first year anniversary as the EIC - that’s just factually wrong based on everything we’ve learned from science about how people learn and grow, develop and become better throughout their lifespan.
