Knowmad Society

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Education Futures LLC, Jun 19, 2013 - Education - 272 pages

Knowmads are nomadic knowledge workers –creative, imaginative, and innovative people who can work with almost anybody, anytime, and anywhere. The jobs associated with 21st century knowledge and innovation workers have become much less specific concerning task and place, but require more value-generative applications of what they know. The office as we know it is gone. Schools and other learning spaces will follow next.


This book explores the future of learning, work and how we relate with each other in a world where we are now asked to design our own futures.


Key topics covered include: reframing learning and human development; required skills and competencies; rethinking schooling; flattening organizations; co-creating learning; and new value creation in organizations.


In this volume, nine authors from three continents, ranging from academics to business leaders, share their visions for the future of learning and work. Educational and organizational implications are uncovered, experiences are shared, and the contributors explore what it’s going to take for individuals, organizations, and nations to succeed in Knowmad Society.

 

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Dr. John Moravec (editor) is an education futurist, co-initiator of the Invisible Learning project, and the editor of Education Futures. His research and action scholarship agenda are focused on exploring the convergence of globalization, innovation society, and accelerating change; and, building positive futures for human systems which are approaching an increasingly complex and ambiguous era.

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