I was asked the above question by an audience member a few years ago, immediately after a keynote that I had opened with:- “65% of children entering primary school today, will enter jobs that don’t exist yet” * I had gone on to hypothesize what a few of those jobs might be (some of which […]
Do you think the current education system (wherever you live in the world) adequately prepares children for the future of life and work? Should it? Do you think children will still “go to school” 100 years from now? Why? These are just some of the questions I’m asking children, adults, parents and educators to provide […]
Every year kicks off with a number of “predictions for the year 20xx” articles and posts as if in some way, the world hits a reset button at midnight on New Year’s Eve and faces a fresh start every calendar year. But as Heraclitus said “change is the only constant in life” and even if your […]
In the light the events over the last few months, I can’t argue with the sentiment expressed by Hal David’s lyrics in Burt Bacharach’s seminal song of the title (here is a link to Jackie DeShannon’s original 1965 rendition as a reminder) and I make no apology for the fact that many of you will now […]
Don’t panic – calm down – this is not an enticement to partake in hallucinogenic drugs (well, not unless that’s your thing and who am I to judge?) – but this is genuine advice that I received over 20 years ago and it has served me extremely well ever since. In the 90’s, I was […]
I don’t know about you but I’m spoilt for choice. It’s a great time to be a consumer of virtually anything – technology advances have been driving down barriers to entry in almost every industry, meaning that even the most historically stagnant have now become interestingly invigorated by new entrants and challengers. But for many […]