The benefit is articulation and the ability to create and respond to initiative. The measurable benefit is the strategic success of a person's later career. A

The benefit is articulation and the ability to create and respond to initiative. The measurable benefit is the strategic success of a person's later career. Another way to think about it is whether you need to be told explicitly what you do for a job or whether you are given a field of problems to solve for (implied tasks). One of those is far more limited in risk and potential while the other is far more benefited by higher education.