ABSTRACT
This chapter provides the case studies which has contributions from the 11 participants. These case studies are ways of making sense of their journeys to their current occupations. These case studies may be viewed as empirical data from which the discussions in the next chapter are used and related to the sources from the earlier literature review chapters. The chapter describes an ambitious but restless corporate executive to a fledgling tech start-up founder. Underlying this narrative is a shift from reliance on structured, professionally ordered knowledge towards embracing more emergent, expansive learning. Moreover, younger staff got paid more than longer serving employees; the fewer years worked, the more pay the staff member received. This made no sense according to conventional pay ‘curves’ and indicated that employee relations trouble lay ahead.
