8. Supporting Unlearning to Enable Upskilling

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword xi
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I: Talent of the Future: Are We Missing the Mark?
6. First Introduction 9
7. Second Introduction 11
8. 1. Equipping a New Generation with the Skills Needed in the Automation Age 17
9. 2. The Role of Citizen Developers in Developing Technological Literacy 29
10. 3. The Future of Work: Four Difficult Questions I Ask Myself as an Employer 37
11. 4. Why Geography Is So Important 43
12. 5. Enabling a High-Performing, Human-Centered Organization in Pfizer’s Upjohn Division 50
13. 6. How the Future of Work Impacts the Workforce of Technical Organizations 59
14. 7. Corporate Learning and Development Has a Vital Role to Play in the Robotics Revolution—Is It Ready? 67
15. Part II: Higher Education: Still the Solution for a Workforce in Flux?
16. First Introduction 73
17. Second Introduction 75
18. 8. Supporting Unlearning to Enable Upskilling 79
19. 9. Higher Education’s Changing Faces: Serving STEM Learners for a Lifetime 85
20. 10. The Future of Business Education: New Economies of Automation, Certification, and Scale 92
21. 11. Back to the Future: Fragile Workers, Higher Education, and the Future Knowledge Economy 103
22. 12. The Evolution of the Liberal Arts 112
23. 13. The Evolution of Liberal Education in a Technology-Mediated, Global Society 120
24. 14. The Core and the Adult Student 129
25. 15. Perpetual Learning as Alumni Engagement: Renewing the Social Contract 141
26. Part III: Bridging the Gap between Learning and Labor
27. First Introduction 151
28. Second Introduction 153
29. 16. Harnessing the Power and Potential of Diversity and Inclusion 159
30. 17. Public Education and the Future of Work 171
31. 18. Developing Workers for the Workplace: How Businesses and Higher Education Can Alleviate Worker Barriers to Retraining or Upskilling 179
32. 19. Past as Prologue: Apprenticeship and the Future of Work 184
33. 20. Bachelor’s-Level Registered Apprenticeship for Engineers: Possibilities and Challenges 194
34. 21. The Agility Imperative: The Future of Work and Business–Higher Education Partnerships 203
35. 22. Demand for the “Blended Digital Professional” 210
36. 23. A Coherent Approach to Connect: Education and the Future of Work 217
37. Conclusion 224
38. Notes 233
39. About the Contributors 257
40. Index 275