{"id":56685,"date":"2016-09-10T15:55:47","date_gmt":"2016-09-10T19:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=56685"},"modified":"2016-09-10T15:59:40","modified_gmt":"2016-09-10T19:59:40","slug":"cultures-of-perpetual-learning-richardson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2016\/09\/10\/cultures-of-perpetual-learning-richardson\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultures of Perpetual Learning [Richardson]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cultures of Perpetual Learning<\/a><\/strong> — by Will Richardson<\/p>\n

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Over the years, we\u2019ve heard a lot of predictions about what the future of work holds for all of us, not just our kids. It\u2019s interesting now to see some of those predictions actually playing out.<\/p>\n

Case in point is this\u00a0post in the Harvard Business Review<\/a> that summarizes the Herculean change initiative now underway at AT&T. It\u2019s a fascinating read on it\u2019s own, but it\u2019s even more interesting when you start to align some of the findings to the work of schools. Or maybe more daunting.<\/p>\n

The biggest takeaway for me? Professional learning is now the responsibility of the learner<\/em>.<\/strong> <\/span>I\u2019ve harped on that for a while now, but AT&T pushes that idea in spades.<\/p>\n

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All of this works within a \u201cculture of perpetual learning<\/em>.\u201d AT&T employees know that their roles will change, on average, every four years<\/em>. In other words, if you\u2019re not constantly learning, you\u2019re toast.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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From the HBR article:<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Rapidly Shifting Technical Demands<\/strong>
\nFor the past three years, AT&T\u2019s CEO, Randall Stephenson, has been making large strategic bets on a diverse range of wireless technologies\u2014most recently the $63 billion acquisition of satellite television company DirecTV. Asked about the decision to venture into new businesses, John Stankey, the head of AT&T\u2019s Entertainment Group, says, \u201cWe have no choice.\u201d Customers are demanding constant connectivity; from 2007 to 2015, for example, data traffic on AT&T\u2019s wireless network grew by more than 150,000%. The company forecasts that by 2020, 75% of its network will be controlled by software-defined architecture. That percentage was virtually zero in 2000. This means, says Stankey, <\/span>that most of AT&T\u2019s global employees \u201csigned up for a deal that is entirely different from the environment in which their business operates today.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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