Editor’s note: I’m getting increasingly interested in the future of work and how jobs are changing and the knock-on effect this will have on economies and ultimately society. This might seem like a slightly left-field line of inquiry for L&D. But is it? L&D needs to be thinking about how jobs are changing. And maybe we also need to call out jobs that aren’t required, as anthropology professor David Graeber suggests.
Editor’s note: I thought this short list of trends touched on some of the more significant changes that technology is enabling in organisations and public life generally. In particular, it will be fascinating to see what the Uber effect has on the way organisations and economies work.
Editor’s note: Society ‘is increasingly being divided between people who have money but no time and people who have time but no money. The on-demand economy provides a way for these two groups to trade with each other.’ This line sums up the article, which explores how the on-demand economy will impact all of us – whether we work in it it now or not.
At the start of the week I gave a presentation with #lpi chairman Don Taylor…
Editor’s note: LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman shares his thinking on talent and engagement at a time when a career for life, or a lifetime of employment, is looking like a thing of the past. First 10 slides are great.
Editor’s note: This week saw the launch of the Towards Maturity Benchmark report. It’s a must-read report because it shows how difficult organsations are finding it to reap the benefits of technology enabled learning. Try not to get too depressed at the findings.
Editor’s note: I was lucky enough to be in the panel debate on labour market trends at this week’s CIPD conference. Luckily Tim Scott did a great job capturing the debate. This debate frames all we do in L&D in my opinion.
The ever-growing digital native #news world now boasts about 5,000 digital news sector jobs, according to…
Rather than clutter up my slide decks with references and URLs that aren’t easy to…
Curated from www.forbes.com A short summary of this year’s #gartner #hype cycle for emerging #technologies.…
Editor’s note: It’s worth remembering these ideas – how well have they been adopted in online learning?
Editor’s note: Economist Tyler Cowen, who is well worth a read, sets out the salient points . . .
Provocative stuff here from Donald Clark, who presented three tech trends that will change learning…
Each year Mary Meeker of tech investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers produces an annual…
Editor’s note: Elliott Masie updates his trends blog after a recent meeting with big corporates. The insights are useful, including the role of L&D leaders in discussions on talent.