Learning should be part of our daily routine ..

The generation of today will be the people set to lead the industry of tomorrow. It is essential that the present younger generations get to understand  what are the major changes going to happen into the future and how to cope with them.

active learning thru doing

This classroom activity came out of reading the HBR document of Nov 2021 titled, Make learning part of your daily routine (click here) as part of a creative classroom engagement.

I divided the class into pairs of 4 groups and asked them the propelling questions, part of the HBR article, which got them to think more into how their learning, unlearning and relearning activities into the future needs to get conditioned.

Click here for my presentation on propelling questions. 

I asked the 4 groups these propelling questions in order, one after the other and wanted them firstly hold pair wise discussion  in their group and then discuss their finding and points with the class.

1. Imagine it’s 2030. What three significant changes have happened in your industry?

2. How might you divide your role between you and a robot?

3. Which of your strengths would be most useful if your organization doubled in size?

4. How could you transfer your talents if your industry disappeared overnight?

5. If you were rebuilding this business tomorrow, what would you do differently?

When these 5 questions were asked to the students in the particular order, there were perceptible apprehensions in the class as to how humans needed to learn, unlearn and relearn aspects and features of work in the future world, which will still be relevant in 2030.

Asking propelling questions is a tool in the unlearning stage, which helps the participants to understand how their work skills and areas will get overrun by modern technologies or events, to identify the specific areas and skills that will remain untouched by the impact of exponential technologies.

The outcome of the class activity was interesting. The students were of the unique opinion that all work mundane, repetitive and daily decision making will get automated and done by robots, but 

• infrequent decision making, 
• motivation, 
• leadership, 
• conflict resolution, 
• new product development, 
• research and development areas where emotional quotient will have a major role to play, will be untouched by robots or autonomous machines.

The relearning aspect on the above noted skills needs to focus on these aspects of our work to better adjust to the changes of the future.

George..