CHAPTER 8

Interconnected Learning: Technology Closes the Skills Gap

Key Takeaways

  • Employ an entrepreneurial mindset to navigate your learning and up-skilling.
  • Future trends in the “What” and “Where” of AI partnered work demand evolving skills.
  • Better coordination is needed between employers and employee skill levels.
  • Open standards for certification and badging are emerging.

As Reid Hoffman suggests, having a start-up mindset is the necessary approach to transforming a career in this emergent, turbulent era. Entrepreneurial career planning requires being flexible, persistent, and proactive for opportunities.

Lifelong learning of new skills and working with augmentation will be necessary, but not sufficient. Your learning plan should include ...

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