Keeping Up with the Changes and Disruption
From the Emerging Technologies Blog
by Kevin Coleman
UPDATED MAY 2020 - This blog will appear monthly from now on. Today, all organizations depend on technological innovation in order to sustain their existence. Analysis of emerging technologies and identification of those technologies with the greatest potential is essential to being prepared for upcoming projects. The objective of this blog is to establish future oriented technology analysis and insights. This blog was established to provide program and project managers with information about these emerging technologies. These emerging technologies have far reaching repercussions for program and project managers. This blog will jump-start the learning process and allow program and project managers to become proactive.
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Recently during a think-tank session examining change and disruption due to emerging technologies, the question of keeping pace with all that is going on became a repeating topic and a fairly lively debate. Multiple times the topic of education came up. It is becoming more evident that professionals should be mandated to take at least 4 hours of continuing education that is focused on drivers of anticipated disruption that is likely to happen in the next 3 to 5 years. That brought up the issue of traditional education (college level) and if they are keeping pace with all that is happening. The question is if anyone is looking at how old many of the classes and textbooks are and if they are out of date. What are your thoughts?
Posted on: June 03, 2018 12:29 PM |
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Brian Martin
Chief Project Executive| CONFIDENTIAL
Ca, United States
H just looked at a current text book and the copyright date was 2007. 11 years old. Interesting.
Kevin Coleman
Subject Matter Expert, Author, Speaker and Strategic Advisor| - Insights
Pa, United States
@ Brian now subtract 2 more years for writing, editing and publishing (being very kind!).
Not only are they out of date, but today's academic institutions and their progressive (read as regressive) professors are out of sync with reality, which is why nowadays I only take online degrees so I don't have to confront virtue signaling politically correct social justice warriors wrapped up in safe spaces.
For most parts of the world, unfortunately this is true for traditional education, updates are hard and slow to come by due to so called protocols and bureaucracy
Kavitha Gunasekaran
Project Manager| Aerospace & Defence Organisation
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
I can never agree more Kev. I am alarmed at the rate at which our education is getting outdated and also the reluctance of some of the professionals to pursue continuing education simply because they don't feel the need to embrace change.
Greg Githens
Author, "How to Think Strategically." Executive & Leadership Coach| Catalyst & Cadre LLC
Lakewood Ranch, Fl, United States
Concrete intelligence (the knowledge of things) is always going to age and become outmoded. Fluid intelligence and mental intelligence are the competencies of futures-ready managers.
I'd be less concerned with aging knowledge of disruptive ideas, and rather want to know if the materials are enhancing fluid intelligence. The need is to be able to observe weak signals of discontinuity, some-but-not-all of which will have disruptive impact.
Georgia Harris
GLH Project Manager| Independent Consultant
Pa, United States
I find it very troubling that so many people are anti progress because "CHANGE" would be required. If they like it or not CHANGE is and will take place.
Change is great. I love it, embrace it, and have actually been part of many change (transformation) programs. But things should not change for the sake of change alone. Not agreeing with change does not mean anti-progress, because the words "progress" and "change" are so subjective. Any one person's ideas on change or progress can be completely polarized; just look at politics. The education system I'm afraid is filled with supposedly progressive change agents, but the reality is they are regressive at the very core by restricting free speech; the foundation of any democratic society and cornerstone of higher learning. When (according to some polls) over 95% of the professors at the top universities are left-leaning, support bans on some speakers (who are right-leaning), and even call these right-leaning speakers "Nazis", then this is not change but a dystopian society muzzled (censored) by the regressive/repressive left who once called themselves liberals. Remember the very term liberal in the education sense means "concerned with broadening a person's general knowledge and experience, rather than with technical or professional training." That can not happen by restricting free speech, banning certain speakers, labeling free speech as hate speech, and identity politics. So you are right, change and progress is needed. We need to progress and create change by bringing back 100% free speech, letting people of all opinions speak, and dare I say it, culling the over representation of left-leaning professors who are currently poisoning the next generation.
Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Good Point Kevin and I fully agree with Sante's feedback.
Kevin Coleman
Subject Matter Expert, Author, Speaker and Strategic Advisor| - Insights
Pa, United States
TODAY !!! One organization will not even think about looking into two emerging technologies and their issues and opportunities EVEN THOUGH their BIGGEST competitor just announced they are looking at the technology and will potentially working with a thought-leader beginning later this year!
Vincent Guerard
Coach - Trainer - Speaker - Advisor| Freelance
Mont-Royal, Quebec, Canada
Change is great, but like Sante, commented change is not always progress
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