digibury weekender - lifelong learning through the idiom of westeros
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Presented at the 2014 Digbury Weekender - my talk on Lifelong Learning in the digital age as demonstrated by Game of ThronesTRANSCRIPT
NEVER STOP LEARNING Build a bulletproof career
YOU KNOW JON SNOW!NOTHING,
WHEN YOU PLAY THE GAME OF THRONES YOU WIN OR YOU DIE
Lifelong Learning through the
idiom of Westeros
LEARNING IS GREAT!
That is the way society frames the first two decades of a person’s life!
of college graduates will never read an academic text again42%
The percentage of European adults who are engaged in
life long learning is:10%
Source: professionalacademy.com
GRAND MAESTER PYCELLE Probably has not passed an
OFSTED Inspection
SO WHAT IS LIFELONG LEARNING AND WHY DOES IT STOP?
It is the process of acquiring new knowledge, skills and competencies in our lives
Learn
Get a Job
Start a family
Stay in the Job
Get Trained
Get a Job
KING ROBERT BARATHEON Really should have taken a
course in effective parenting
THE POST DIGITAL AGE
The Digital Age has ended – it ended with the iPhone, 3G & the Cloud
These technologies have shifted the landscape beyond recognition
When organisations are Digital by Default their behaviour is more agile
Their flexibility is improved and they can disrupt competitors not embracing the future
WE BUILD BARRIERS TO LEARNING
Time!
I’m too busy! My job takes up too much time…
Money! Learning costs so
much! I don’t want a MOUNTAIN of student debt…
Information!
I don’t know where to start or what to study…
Location!
I don’t want to go back to school…
NED STARKAn Open University Degree in
PPE may have enhanced his
career prospects
HOW TO BE A LIFELONG LEARNER
Change Your Idea of Learning
Establish Goals
Ask Questions
Find a group
Practice & Teach what you
learn
PRINCE VISERYS TARGARYENWould have benefited from
studying Dothraki as a foreign
language
THE CITY VS. TECH CITY
Tech City driving start-ups jobs boom with web developers ‘like gold dust’
Evening Standard Headline – 10th Oct 2013
PM unveils Tech City transformation
Evening Standard Headline – 12th Dec 2012
The new head of Tech City UK said ‘the time is now’ for Britain to cement
its status as a global player in the digital technology and entrepreneurial industries
Gerard Grech in interview - 17th March 2014
LADY LYSA ARRYN Perhaps a crash course with the
British Parachuting Organisation?
THE UK IS FALLING BEHIND
Lifelong education is not the norm - our global competitors are outperforming us
Of UK nationals hold a masters level degree or above7%
The percentage of US adults who hold a masters level
degree or above is15%
Source: ONS & New York Times
PRINCE OBERYN MARTELL A Law Conversion Course may
have been better for his health
LEARNING BRINGS CAREER BENEFITS
There is always something that we can learn that will improve the way we work
You are not alone – find co-workers & friends who want to learnOrganise!
The Tech Community is open standards based and often
open source, learn, benefit and collaborateShare!
Why are you, your organisation and your friends doing things in that way?Question!
KING JOFFREY BARATHEONWould have benefited from ILM
certification and membership to
ancestry.com
HELP THOSE AROUND YOU
The most amazing thing has happened - we are in an interconnected digital world
IT IS NEVER TO LATE!
YOU And I am OK with thatKNOW JON SNOW!NOTHING,
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Game of Thrones (or a Song of Ice and Fire) is awesome – The books are by George R.R Martin,
the TV Series by HBO. Images from the TV series used with love, adoration and the UK’s far less
litigious fair use copyright laws on Parody