Opening Insights
According to Top10OnlineColleges.org...
Informational Insights: The 6 Drivers of Change
All of the 10 skills will tie back into these disruptive shifts on the horizon:
Extreme Longevity
- People are living longer
- By 2025 the number of Americans over 60 will increase by 70%
The rise of smart machines and systems
- Tech can augment and extend our own capabilities
- Workplace automation is killing repetitive jobs
Computational world
- Increases in sensors and processing makes the world a programmable system
- Data will give us the ability to see things on a scale that has never been possible
New media ecology
- New communication tools require media literacy beyond text
- Visual communication media is becoming a new vernacular
Superstructed organizations
- Social technologies drive new forms of production and value creation
- Social tools are allowing organizations to work at extreme scales
Globally connected world
- Diversity and adaptability is at the center of operations
- The United States and Europe no longer hold a monopoly on job creation, innovation, and political power
Future Work Skills of 2020:
Sense making
- Ability to determine the deeper meaning or significance of what is being expressed
- The Drivers: Rise of smart machines and systems
Social intelligence
- Ability to connect to others in a deep and direct way, to sense and stimulate reactions and desired interactions
- The Drivers: Rise of smart machines and systems, Globally connected world
Novel and adaptive thinking
- Proficiency at thinking and coming up with solutions and responses beyond that which is rote or rule-based
- The Drivers: Rise of smart machines and systems, Globally connected world
Cross cultural competency
- Ability to operate in different cultural settings
- The Drivers: Superstructed organizations, Globally connected world
Computational thinking
- Ability to translate vast amounts of data into abstract concepts and to understand data based reasoning
- The Drivers: New media ecology, Computational world
New Media Literacy
- Ability to critically assess and develop content that uses new media forms, and to leverage these media for persuasive communication
- The Drivers: Extreme longevity, New media ecology, Superstructed organizations
Transdisciplinary
- Literacy in and ability to understand concepts across multiple disciplines
- The Drivers: Extreme longevity, Computational world
Design Mindset
- Ability to represent and develop tasks and work processes for desired outcomes
- The Drivers: Superstructed organizations, Computational world
Cognitive load management
- Ability to discriminate and filter information for importance, and to understand how to maximize cognitive functions
- The Drivers: Superstructed organizations, Computational world, New media ecology
Virtual collaboration
- Ability to work productively, drive engagement, and demonstrate presence as a member of a virtual team
- The Drivers: Superstructed organizations, Globally connected world
Source: Top10OnlineColleges.org and The Institute for the Future
Possibilities for Consideration
Take a moment and examine…
- As you reviewed the material above, what stood out to you?
- What is the potential impact, economically and/or socially?
- What action is needed to stop or support this idea?
- You may want to consider whether you:
- want to be aware of,
- should become supportive of,
- would want to be active in this topic?
Add Your Insight
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply.
Being willing is not enough; we must do.
LEONARDO DA VINCI
