metacognition and reinvention: the 21st century career paradigm
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This is the current version of my metacog pitch. I presented this to Anne Nelson's New Media and Development class at Columbia on 11.30.11.TRANSCRIPT
Christopher Bishop
Columbia UniversityNovember 30, 2011
Metacognition and reinvention:The 21st century career paradigm
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1970 1980 20091990 2000
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
Inte
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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
% P
enet
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Metaverse
YEARS
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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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1829
1875
1908
1971
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1920
1974
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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