Portfolio Thinking
Managing a diverse collection of projects, skills, or investments for balanced growth and risk.
Also known as: Career portfolio, Project portfolio
Category: Concepts
Tags: strategies, careers, risk-management
Explanation
Portfolio Thinking applies investment principles to careers, projects, and skills. Instead of betting everything on one path, you maintain a portfolio: some safe, established work; some experimental projects; some skill-building activities. This balances stability with growth potential and reduces risk. For knowledge workers, a portfolio might include core work, side projects, learning investments, and creative experiments. The portfolio evolves over time as experiments succeed or fail.
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