ROCK PAPER SCISSORS LIZARD – WHO?
WHAT’S CHANGING IT’S STUCK PARADIGM OF TRAINING AND
CERTIFICATION?
DISRUPTION: WE INTERRUPT THIS INTERRUPTION TO SHAKE THINGS UP A BIT…
• DISRUPTION VERY MUCH “HIP” TODAY BECAUSE IT CREATES NEW MARKETS AND
OPPORTUNITIES
• THE “SPACE BETWEEN” AS DESCRIBED BY JOHANSSON (MEDICI EFFECT) AND KIM &
MAUBORGNE (BLUE OCEAN STRATEGY)
Discipline
A
Biology
Discipline B
Architecture
Opportunity
Disruption
EDUCATION AND TRAINING: SAME OL’ SAME OL’
• EDUCATION WAS TO BE KEY IN THE INFORMATION AGE
• EDUCATION WAS DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN / LATER, DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN
• CREDENTIALLING SERVED AS A DIFFERENTIATOR
• HIGHSCHOOL DIPLOMA
• COLLEGE DEGREE
• CERTIFICATION
• TAKE THE CLASS – PREP THE TEST – EARN THE CERT
• AS THE MODEL BECOMES EVER MORE COMMON, MORE SHORTCUTS DEVELOP
• FOCUS ON THE “EARNER” AND DRIVE TO KEEP CERT RELEVANT: RELUCTANCE TO ABANDON
ROCK > Scissors > Paper (YAWN)
CERTIFICATION AS DIFFERENTIATION:
OR MAYBE NOT….
CTT MCSD+ACE
PDI CEH CNDA+
VCP
SO WHERE ARE THE DISRUPTORS IN EDUCATION?
• KNOWLEDGE IS EVERYWHERE
• YOUTUBE / KAHN ACADEMY
• W3 SCHOOLS / CODE ACADEMY
• CREDENTIALS AREN’T DIFFERENTIATING
• PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR NEW WAYS TO
• LEARN
• DIFFERENTIATE
• COLLABORATE
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