Post on 13-Apr-2017
What If?Putting New Technologies to Work….the Challenge and the Opportunity
Dr. Tony O’DriscollDuke CE
VUCA Vortex Seven Scary Problems LimitingOrthodoxies
Learning to Change New Design Rules
A Narrative in Five Acts
Technology and theVUCA Vortex
Pop Quiz!
SHOUT OUT the ONE TECHNOLOGY you believe has CHANGED THE WORLD more than any other?
A Brief History of Economic Growth:Two Technological Inflections
Gro
wth
Time
A Brief History of Technology Adoption: Four Key Patterns
Adop
tion
Time
2004
A Brief Primer of the Pace of Technologcical Change: Three Successive Derivatives
A NEW-NORMAL of Constant Disequilibrium
New Normal
Learning Challenge = Navigate permanent WHITEWATER
Challenges are Less
Predictable
KnowledgeIs
LessReliable
VUCAVortex
Seven ScaryProblems
We’ve Painted Ourselves into a CORNER!
LearningFormal InformalPe
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1. Autonomous Learner
2. Timing
3. Packaging
4. Performance
6. Transfer
7. Value
5. Routinization
Breaking out of the Formal Classroom Learning BOX
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Learningfrom
Experience
Learning whileDoing
Learning from
Others
Shift from bringing the workerto the learning….
...to bringing the learning tothe work….
A Question from Peter Henschel
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If more than two-thirds of learning in organizations happens
informally, can we afford to leave it up to chance?
Overcoming Learning Orthodoxies
Aidan’s Summer Field Trip to the Lost Colony
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How did the people of the Lost Colony disappear between
1585 and 1587?
1585
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First Stop, the Blacksmith Shop….
Lost Colony Story
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…Next Stop, the Clothes Maker….
Lost Colony Story
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….and FINALLY….the Baker!
Aidan’s AHA Moment!
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They must have all starved to death…How could anyone live without sliced
bread?
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One LAST Stop Dad…Pleeeeaaaaassssseee?
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OK Dad, lets go…I know what this is…It’s a
CLASSROOM!
Two Quick Questions……
Why is this story Humorous? What is the Wisdom in
the Humor?
Experiencing the Power of ORTHODOXY
• XXX• XXX• XXX• XXX • XXX• XXX • XXX
YELL out the colors of the letters
Experiencing the Power of ORTHODOXY
YELL out the colors of the letters LOUDER
• Green• Red• Blue• Green • Blue• Yellow • Red
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A Strong Orthodoxy that lEARNING = TEACHING
Course
Curriculum
Teacher
Student
Program
Topic Test
An important insight from Peter Senge
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In organization learning efforts the confusion between training
and learning is fatal.
Learning to Change
PERFORMANCE Centered “From-To’s”
...to LEARNING CHALLENGE
From lesson plan...
...to DO IT TOGETHER
From do it yourself...
...to REAL-TIME
From classroom time...
...to PROBLEM SOLVING NETWORKS
From subject matter experts...
CONTEXT Centered “From-To’s”
...to TASK
From topic...
...to SITUATIONAL CONTEXT
From course content...
...to DOING THEN LEARNING
From learning then doing
LEARNING centered From-To’s
...to LEARNING PULL
From teaching push...
...to VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE
From physical classroom...
...to LEARNER AUTONOMY
From Teacher Authority…
...to CONTEXT CURATION
From Content Creation…
LEARNER Centered From-Tos’
From One Size Fits All…
…to One Size Fits ONE
..to LEARNER centered
From teacher centered...
…to Each at his/her OWN Path
From All Move Together...
A thought from Jay Cross…
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Getting things done requires good connections of the human and internet kind.
Schooling has confused us into thinking that learning is equivalent to pouring knowledge into people’s heads.
It’s more practical to think of learning as optimizing our networks.
New Design Rulesto build a Deliberately Developmental System
REFRAMING 70-20-10 as a Deliberately Developmental System
LearningthroughTraining
Learningthrough
Experience
InstitutionalizedLearning Practices
Authentic Business
Challenges
Real-Time
Feedback
Purp
osef
ulRe
flect
ion
LearningthroughOthers
POP QUIZ: The X Factor?
Content is King but Context is the Kingdom
The X-Factor: Putting Competence in CONTEXT
Competency Competency in Context
Explicit Knowledge
Tacit Knowledge
Competencies in Role
Performancein Context
The Nature of Work: From “Find-it-Out” to “FIGURE-IT-OUT”
Role BasedCohorts
Collectivesof Individuals
TransferringKnowledge
CollectiveSensemaking
The Learning Environment: From Program to EXPERIENCE
Programs ofStudy
Curated Experiences
Faculty asTeacher
Faculty asCollaborator
ControllingWhat is Learned
Designing thePlaying Field
The Learning Path: From Giving Answers to Eliciting QUESTIONS
SkillForward
PerformanceBack
Start withthe Answer
Start withthe Question
ProductiveLearning
GenerativeLearning
To learn how to navigate the
permanent white water created by the
VUCA Vortex…
…we must address the scary problems that
have painted us into a formal classroom learning corner…
…by overcoming our own limiting learning
and development orthodoxies…
…to recognize how technology is rapidly
changing the nature of learning on multiple
different dimensions…
…that can enable new design rules to
build a deliberately developmental learning
system
Coming Full CIRCLE
Thanks!