3 Steps on the Path to Agility
This article originally appeared on Gallup. In operational terms, the concept of agility can be defined as employees’ capacity to gather and disseminate information about changes in the environment, and…
Age of Agility
Getting Smart Podcast: Let’s Make Sure America Succeeds in the Age of Agility
Before last week’s Age of Agility Summit DC, our very own Tim Taylor sat down with Tom Vander Ark of Getting Smart to discuss our work, America Succeeds’ big ideas…
David Brooks on how everyone must be a Changemaker
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In this New York Times piece, David Brooks is both alarming and reassuring in his assessment about the future of work. He rightly assesses: “For millenniums most people’s lives had…
How 5G will change the world
We are on the verge of a whole new level of connectivity—between people, places, and things—complements of the new “5G” technologies. It brings about new possibilities in virtually every aspect…
The Next Economy Super Power
In Learning: The Next Economic Super Power, authors Tim O’Reilly and Karen Herbert-Maccaro argue that humans and machines working together will result if humans commit to lifelong learning as the…
Automation in Everyday Life
Are Americans worried and concerned, or enthusiastic and optimistic about the continuing developments in automation? Pew Research Center surveyed over 4,000 American adults to gauged their opinions on various scenarios…
Getting Smart | Staying Ahead of the Robots: What Grads Should Know and Be Able To Do
Listen and learn as Tom Vander Ark leads a discussion that argues: “This automation economy is changing the employment landscape, making it a good time to reconsider the purpose and…
Getting Smart | KnowledgeWorks On Redefining Readiness
Listen and learn as Tom Vander Ark hosts Katherine Prince, who directs the Strategic Foresight team at KnowledgeWorks Foundation. They have a fascinating discussion and describe things this way: “The combination of urbanization,…
