A Brief History of Professionalism

In this episode of the Only Human with Dr. Tony Kern podcast, our host—and author of the book, Going Pro: The Deliberate Practice of Professionalism—delivers a tale from our past, recounting briefly the history of professionalism. Starting with its religious roots as someone who “professed” or vowed to a religious order, through its use to signify different levels of skill and attainment within the trade guilds at the end of the Middle Ages, to its use in the Modern Era and the contemporary world.