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Business Schools and the Problem-Solving Skills Gap
By: Corey Phelps, Ph.D. Research on complex problem-solving shows it doesn’t come naturally for most people. Numerous cognitive biases trip us up. To overcome these biases and become better problem-solvers, we must be taught how to do it well.
Future of Learning
New Merger Brings Learning and Workforce Solution for Cities Across the U.S.
Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) and LRNG merge to deploy innovative community-based education strategy in cities across the U.S. Discover what that means for the future of learning and work.
Future of Learning
Three Shifts as Big as Print to Digital
We just lived through the biggest shift in learning since the printing press—a 25-year shift from print to digital. As Tom explains, that set the stage for three shifts that will change what and how people learn.
Future of Work
A Moonshot to Address Wage Stagnation
Maria Flynn, president and CEO of JFF, recently caught up with Tom Kalil, chief innovation officer of Schmidt Futures and former deputy director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, to talk about the $1 Billion Wage Gain Challenge, a moonshot to address wage stagnation.
Competency-Based Education
Education, State Policy and the Future of Work
Many of us will agree that it can feel as though our education system is struggling to maintain an at-best-moderate pace of adapting to the quickly changing world around it. This new guide from the XQ Institute provides strategies to help state policymakers change that.
Series
Big Five: Whither Global Capitalism?
Tom's weekly recap of whats new in the space, what our team has been up to this week and what you need to know as you head into the weekend.
Future of Work
Career Academy Giant NAF Gets an Upgrade, Expands Access to Work-Based Learning
The leading career academy network, NAF, is shifting from a focus on design principles to certification of career-ready knowledge and skills.
Future of Work
Career Ready High Schools
After reviewing Ryan Craig's book we searched for examples of high school programs that put young people on the first rung of an attractive economic ladder.
Future of Learning
Friday Five: Robots, Rebels, and Radical Markets
Whats new in the space, what our team has been up to this week and what you need to know as you head into the weekend.
Future of Learning
Building the Cognitive Muscles to Thrive in the Automation Age
The Information Age was a four decade long global sprint to incorporate information technology; the World Economic Forum calls it the Third Industrial Revolution. It changed how we live, work, play, and, just in the last few years, how we learn.