I have commented often that learning should be a part of our life and work. This article represents a necessary push-back against that sort of view. Here is the argument, in a nutshell: "The incremental delivery of small assets, designed to ensure additive learning, does not include the ability to solve for the wholesale capabilities transformation, which our workforce desperately needs." I think it's a point well-made, but I have a few thoughts. My feeling is that the current crisis represents a systemic failure. Until recently, many employers acted as though "entire roles and job families ... being displaced" was not their problem. I think we now know they can't just focus on retraining existing staff. They need to invest in the network of supports - health care, education, income support - that enables people to prepare themselves for whatever future they face. This means, first, paying their taxes to support these programs. And second, it means supporting learning opportunities in the workplace over and above 'performance support' that allow people to prepare for their next job, and not just their current one.
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