One of Friedman’s ten “flatteners” is “in-forming,” and he recommends a strategy for workers to become “untouchables” by waking up every morning wondering how to become: “special, specialized, highly adaptable, or more securely anchored.” In this brave new world of learning, every person is in charge of their own IP and “learning how to learn” becomes a [the] core skill of the survivors of global flattening.
What does workplace learning look like in a flattened, time-shifted world of global collaboration? How should corporate training departments cope and adapt when the skills that are most difficult to train (such as innovation, invention, and customer intimacy) become the most vital skills in a flattened world? And what strategy must we in the learning profession adopt to help our organizations and learners thrive in the ever-flattening world?
As Ross Perot used to say, "I'm all ears" if anyone has answers to these questions...
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