On the call today were Paul Signorelli, Jill Hurst-Wahl and Maurice Coleman. We did a thought experiment of talking about what the future of our work as trainers-teachers might look like. This discussion was loosely based on the “in 2035” idea/graphic on Jonathan Nadler’s web site. Questions, which we thought we might consider, were:- What will training/teaching look like in 5, 10 or 17 years? (2023, 2028, 2035) Why?
- What do trainers – people like us – need to do now to prepare for that new reality?
- What’s the best cause scenario? Worst case?
However, we spent our time mostly on the first one.
We started by thinking what has changed in the last 17 years? For example:
- How people and groups take notes
- Democratization and sharing of information
- The language we use, including our use of pronouns
What came up when we thought forward 17 years?
- How do we scale what we do now? (e.g., note-taking and interacting)
- How will storytelling – which is a part of training – change?
- How will people be trained on those assumed skills (e.g., word processing)?
- Will people be willing to be trained on needed basic skills (which the likely could fake)?
- Will people maintain their curiosity?
- And more…
Resources
- The FutureWe Framework by Jonathan Nadler
- The Essential Drucker by Peter Drucker (2001)
- Thought experiment: A 50-year rollback by Josh Shear
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