It's not inconsistent. It trained me to understand portability. You're taught as a lawyer or an accountant that you own your skills, and that you are a business. Even if I'm part of a major accounting firm, I am an individual. And that thinking is beginning to be seen throughout business.
People are career.
You see people getting their own projects. You wondered at the end of your book whether, in this more mobile age, young people would be able to get the training they need to be portable. I changed my thinking about that too. Companies have to keep employees' skill sets up to date to keep them relevant. But they're also putting more emphasis on training in order to retain them.