Metacognition and reinvention: the 21st century career paradigm

Christopher Bishop

Columbia UniversityNovember 30, 2011

Metacognition and reinvention:The 21st century career paradigm

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Graduated from Bennington

McKendree Spring

NYC session musician

Jingle producer

Web producer

Business Strategist

Comms Specialist

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Academia70

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Technology…is making geography …history

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Automobile

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Technology adoption continues to accelerate

0 25 50 100 125 15075Years

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100TelephoneElectricity

Radio

Television

VCR

PC

Cellular

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Metaverse

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Five historical cycles …

InventionInnovation

The Industrial Revolution

Age of Steam and Railways

Age of Steel, ElectricityHeavy Engineering

Age of Oil, Automobilesand Mass Production

Age of Information and Telecommunications

Frenzy SynergyDeployment

MaturityPanic1797

Depression1893

Crash1929

Dot.comCollapse

• Formation of Mfg. industry• Repeal of Corn Laws opening

trade

• Joint stock companies • Industry exploits economies

of scale

Current period ofAdoption

• Separation of savings, investment banks

• FDIC, SEC

• Build-out of Interstate highways

• IMF, World Bank, BIS

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Source: “Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital”, Carlota Perez, 2002

Panic1847

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1971

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1829

Crash

Increasing technology advancements foster decentralization

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Increasing decentralization makes motivation, creativity and flexibility more important than ever

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Workers are not being rewarded for carrying out orders efficiently, but for figuring out what needs

to be done…and then doing it again

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Estimates are 85% of the jobs today’s learners will be doing haven’t been invented yet

they'll be using technologies that don't exist to solve problems we don't yet know are problems15

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U.S Department of Labor estimates that today’s learner will have 10-14 jobs…

by the age of 38!

•iPhone/iPad app developer

•wireless marketing director

•microfinance infrastructure designer

•3D content developer for movies, TV

•social network manager

•deploying technology into the cloud

•organic solar cell development

•digital image management

Many top in-demand jobs in 2011 did not exist in 2005!

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•Nanopharmacist•Metaverse event designer•Lunar tour guide•Holographic content designer•Virtual lawyer

Future jobs we can't imagine

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MetacognitionThinking about thinkingLearning what to learn

ReinventionLearning needed skills

Applying them to go forward19

•Creative•Deal with ambiguity•Passionate•Self-directed•Resilient•Global perspective•Work across disciplines

To be successful…

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secret ingredients1.antenna - what you want to do+what is happening in the world2.brand - defining and assessing your own brand3.network - find people interested in your focus area, ask them to point you to other resources

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1) antenna

•Chase the maelstrom•Spidey-sense•Trust your instincts•Follow your bliss

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2) brand•Essence of who you are•What makes you unique•Everything you say & do•Establishes your expertise

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•It’s not what you know, it’s who you know•Lifelong job•Strangers with expertise•Share your perspective•Use the tools!

3) network

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What’s next?

•Off to the future…

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THANKS!

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