Derek Scallet
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Derek Scallet commented on the Humanities on February 21, 2008, 2:29 PM
Practical reasons to study the humanities.I have worked as a senior officer restructuring both global 100 and regional companies. If you want my attention, you will need to offer me more than technical competency -- i.e. your success is rarely based strictly on skill, even in the most professed meritocracy, and is, at least, equal parts relationship building by fully referencing the human condition.Separately, I have found people with a background in the Humanities, as well as, a technical competency to be much better problem solvers. I.E. have the ability to think beyond the "accepted" that prevents the "constant improvement" that maintains success. Thereby their own technical competency is enhanced.I struggled many years before ever achieving technical recognition or business or family success. In part, because I hadn't fully absorbed the lessons from the Humanities. When I returned to history, literature,... I found solace and grounding that led me to pleasure and enjoyment that built my success.