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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