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Technology-Focused Expansive Professionals: Developing Continuous Learning in the High-Technology Sector

mlondon{at}notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

Thomas Diamante

State University of New York at Stony Brook

This article outlines a conceptual model to explain the focus and development of expansive behavior. Key indicators of expansiveness are high self-directed energy, motivation for continuous learning, and an action/applied orientation. Particular attention is given to technology-focused expansive professionals who show continued involvement in knowledge acquisition, discovery, and invention. Emerging technologies impose fast-paced, competitive, global pressures that demand and energize technology-focused expansiveness. However, as technologies stabilize, learning more about oneself and how one relates to others (self-awareness-focused expansiveness) may be important for continuous learning and business success. Human resource challenges for managing technology-focused expansive professionals, creating suitable business cultures, and developing the self-awareness necessitated by business maturity are discussed.

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