Podcast appearances and mentions of michelle weise

Collaboration, communication, and problem-solving are a few skills you often see pop up in job descriptions, but for years, they have been relegated to "soft skills." They're helpful, but not essential especially compared to experience in a certain role. However, that's changing. As technology is advancing, new jobs are being created every year. And because no one has experience in a job that has yet to exist, one's ability to learn, adapt, and work with others becomes vital to doing that job well. Dr. Michelle Weise is the author of the award-winning "Long Life Learning: Preparing for Jobs That Don't Even Exist Yet." In this episode, she discusses how our careers are poised to change, the human skills that will help employees thrive, and the importance of continuous learning in a continually evolving workplace. *Apologies for the sound quality dip around the 28-minute mark. We don't know what happened there (: RELATED LINK: https://www.workhuman.com/blog/soft-skills-vs-hard-skills/

Today on the Road to Ambition podcast, we sit down for a conversation with author and strategist, Dr. Michelle Weise. Remi and Michelle discuss the important role mentors can play in the life of a young person, the importance of teens knowing all that is available in the modern workforce, and the necessity of practicing the skill of empathy in work and life. Thank you, Michelle, for your insight and expertise! Show Links: - Long Life Learning: Preparing for Jobs that Don't Even Exist Yet by Michelle Weise - https://www.amazon.com/Long-Life-Learning-Preparing-Exist/dp/111959748X - Rise & Design - https://www.riseanddesign.io/ - Thrivers: The Surprising Reasons Why Some Kids Struggle and Others Shine - https://www.amazon.com/Thrivers-Surprising-Reasons-Struggle-Others/dp/0593085272 Connect with Us! - https://www.ambitionangels.org/ - https://www.linkedin.com/in/remi-sobomehin/

Feel like you're a job hopper? You're not alone! Turns out job hopping — and switching fields — are about to become the reality for most of us, says today's HRchat guest.Joining Bill is education and workforce strategist Dr. Michelle Weise.Michelle is the author of Long-Life Learning: Preparing for Jobs that Don't Even Exist Yet (Wiley, 2021). Her book was awarded the 2021 Phillip E. Frandson Award for Literature by UPCEA (University Professional and Continuing Education Association), recognizing the author and publisher of an outstanding work of continuing higher education literature. Thinkers50 named her one of 30 management and leadership thinkers in the world to watch in 2021.Michelle leads Rise & Design, an advisory service tailored for organizations seeking to design education and workforce strategies that will prepare working-age adults for the jobs of today and tomorrow. Questions Include:  * You talk about how the future of work is the future of education. What do you mean by that? * Tell me about your book, Long-Life Learning: Preparing for Jobs that Don't Even Exist Yet - what's it about, who it's aimed at and what are some of the hoped-for learning outcomes? * You suggest that "employers will have to begin viewing themselves as not just talent consumers, but talent creators." What do you mean by this? * What advice would you give to leaders and HR managers about how to shape an effective L&D program that supports worker retention and advancement?More About MichelleHer service work includes advising BrightHive, a data collaboration platform, the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), the SkillUp Coalition, Basta, Hitch, Bayes Impact, Clayton Christensen Institute Social Capital R&D Project, and World Education's Personal and Workplace Success Skills Library. She has also served as a commissioner for Massachusetts Governor Baker's Commission on Digital Innovation and Lifelong Learning, Harvard University's Task Force on Skills and Employability, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences' Commission on the Future of Undergraduate Education.Her commentaries on redesigning higher education and developing more innovative workforce and talent pipeline strategies have been featured in The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Harvard Business Review.In the past, she has served as Vice Chancellor of Strategy and Innovation at National University System, Senior Advisor at Imaginable Futures, a venture of The Omidyar Group. She was also the Chief Innovation Officer of Strada Education Network as well as of Southern New Hampshire University. With Clayton Christensen, she coauthored Hire Education: Mastery, Modularization, and the Workforce Revolution (2014) while leading the higher education practice at Christensen's Institute for Disruptive Innovation.​Michelle is a former Fulbright Scholar and a graduate of Harvard and Stanford.

We dive into the Future of Work in an episode that kicks off our new feed dedicated to the subject. Mike Palmer is joined by Ruth, his virtual cohost, to share some of our favorite conversations and perspectives on the rapidly evolving nature of learning and the workplace. We hear excerpts from Mike's conversations with Michelle Weise, Jeff Gothelf, Kumar Garg, Frances Valintine, and Beth Porter covering a wide range of perspectives on the future of work in our transformative times. Then Mike and Ruth lean into a "lightning round" where we touch on other conversations with folks like Paul Fain, Ryan Craig, Jane Oates and Kathleen DeLaski that will also be featured in the new feed launching. If you like what you're hearing, subscribe to Trending in Education wherever you get your podcasts. And if you want a tighter focus on the Future of Work, check out our new Trending in Ed: Future of Work feed launching this week with new episodes dropping throughout the summer. Visit us at TrendinginEd.com for more!

"The answer to filling a skills gap or for upskilling for the future is not always going to be another degree." There's approximately 4,000 degree granting institutions across the United States, offering hundreds of thousands of different credentials. Each of these institutions offer the promise of secure and fulfilling employment after graduation, but in a rapidly changing working landscape, how is someone supposed to know what credential is going to best suit their needs? More importantly, who can afford the cost, both in time and in finances, to attend these institutions? These are just some of the areas that our next guest, Michelle Weise, focuses on. Author of the book "Life Long Learning: Long Life Learning: Preparing for Jobs that Don't Even Exist Yet", and Chancellor of Strategy and Innovation at the International University System, Michelle has dedicated her professional career to creating an educational system that's better suited for a workforce that is expected to work longer, emphasize soft skills, and be more strapped for time. With the value of college being questioned more than ever, The Great Resignation showing no signs of slowing and the future of work in more flux than ever before, Michelle's strategies are more important than ever. This is another episode you're not going to want to miss, so without further ado…let's bring it in!

Click the Title to Play or Download. Interview with Michelle Weise, Vice Chancellor, Strategy and Innovation, National University. NU offers over 75 programs and four-week classes designed to help students reach their goals while balancing busy lives. A pioneer in online education, NU has offered online classes for over 20 years, as well as classes on-site at locations across California and on select military bases nationwide. We discuss:Michelle's backgroundDr. Michelle WeiseHistory of National UniversityInnovator's dilemma  Unique 4-week termsPartnership with Amazon Military and working adult populationRight-sized learning experiencesOne-to-one, hybrid, and fully online modalitiesProblem-based learningBadges, micro-credentials, and certificatesNext-generation degreeSkills CompassAI-powered career navigation tools Jobs of tomorrowLinksLong Life Learning: Preparing for Jobs that Don't Even Exist Yet, by Michelle R. WeiseRPP #135: Disruptive Innovation in Education: Interview with Michelle WeisePodsafe music selectionVivaldi: Concerto No. 1 in D Major (Spring, 1st Movement) from The Four Seasons by the American Baroque OrchestraDuration: 41:54

Aging and longevity experts suggest that the notion of a 150 year life-span is closer than you think. In fact, according to this week's guest, some have suggested that the first people to live this long have already been born. How do we prepare today's college students for a future where the average working life potentially spans 100 plus years and has no beginning, middle, or end? That is the focus of Dr. Michelle Weise's newest book, Long Life Learning: Preparing for Jobs that Don't Even Exist Yet. In this episode, IngenioUs host, Melissa Morriss-Olson speaks with Dr. Weise about how our current education system is poorly equipped to educate workers for such a long journey and how we must design a new learner-centered ecosystem to meet the needs of a new generation of workers. Contemplating a shift from the educational all-you-can-eat-buffet of college and university to an “as-you-need-it” approach to delivering education, Weise explains why and how worker education is overdue for momentous changes. According to Weise, for colleges and universities willing to adopt a long life learning strategy, the benefits for students as well as for the workforce are substantial.

“Transformation” is a buzzword in today's world, and it's easy to talk about why it's necessary. But how do you actually do the hard work of bringing about change within a college or university? This week's episode of The Key features highlights from a panel session at this month's SXSWedu conference in Austin, Tex. The discussion, heavy on practical advice for leading change within and across institutions, includes Michael Sorrell, president of Paul Quinn College; Michelle Weise, vice chancellor for strategy and innovation at the National University System; and Bridget Burns, executive director of the University Innovation Alliance. Inside Higher Ed's editor and host of The Key, Doug Lederman, moderated the discussion. This episode is sponsored by Pearson Inclusive Access. 

Click the Title to Play or Download. This special episode marks a milestone for Rod's Pulse Podcast. Dr. Murray remarks on some of the progress seen since he started his podcast in 2006. Most never heard of podcasting back then but podcasting has seen tremendous growth and education has changed forever because of the Covid pandemic. Rod discusses:Rodney Murray, PhDPodcasting milestonesPodcasting 101 excerpt Steve Jobs introduces podcasting and "Pod Father" Adam Curry Rod's Pulse Podcast was a podcast on podcastingeLearning milestones and trendsImpact of the Pandemic on elearningShoutout to education futuristsClever new edtech startupsPromise for the futurePodcasts on the Future of Higher EducationRPP #189: Covid as a Catalyst for Positive Change by JT KostmanRPP #183: Academia Next with Bryan AlexanderRPP #153: eLearning after 20 Years - Interview with Ken HartmanRPP #149: Teaching in a Digital Age - Interview with Tony BatesRPP #142: 10th Anniversary Edition - Podcasting 101RPP #135: Disruptive Innovation in Education: Interview with Michelle WeisePodsafe music selectionOn a Podcast by CruiseboxDuration: 25:17

We had an incredible year of programming at Trending in Ed in 2021. This episode is our 85th of the year and we talked to 86 different guests over the course of the year. Mike Palmer walks us through the five conversations that are resonating with him heading into the New Year. We begin with our first conversation from 2021 where we interview Mike Marriner, the CoFounder and President of Road Trip Nation. From there we hear Michelle Weise talk about her book Long Life Learning before bringing back a conversation with Steve Joordens predicting The Great Snapback. Then Kumar Garg shares his perspectives on new and emerging trends in ed tech and Tim Clark drops knowledge about the Four Stages of Psychological Safety. We conclude with a bonus excerpt from our conversation with the legendary psychologist, Robert Sternberg. It was quite the year and these conversations only begin to scratch the surface of what we covered. Subscribe to Trending in Education wherever you get your podcasts to keep up with the latest and greatest. Visit us at TrendinginEd.com for more insight into the future of learning.

This week's episode comes in the form of a reading recommendation! In our most recent episode we discussed the fact that learning can't simply take place at the beginning of our “careers” it has to happen throughout. That is exactly the point https://www.amazon.com/Long-Life-Learning-Preparing-Exist/dp/111959748X/ref=asc_df_111959748X/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=459680637280&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3380072660521432887&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9010275&hvtargid=pla-945801834621&psc=1 (Michelle Weise makes in her excellent book “Long Life Learning)”. Weise highlights the fact that our careers now span 60 years or more and that our systems of education were never designed for continuous learning. Her book looks at the status quo and suggests a new model for a learning ecosystem that supports continuous, lifelong learning. Thanks for listening!

A former Fulbright Scholar and graduate of Harvard and Stanford, Dr. Michelle R. Weise is the author of Long-Life Learning: Preparing for Jobs that Don't Even Exist Yet. She was awarded the 2021 Phillip E. Frandson Award for Literature by UPCEA (University Professional and Continuing Education Association). Thinkers50 named her one of this year's 30 management and leadership thinkers in the world to watch. Her work over the last decade is about preparing working-age adults for the jobs of today and tomorrow. In this episode, we discuss the future of work. Tune in...

Today's guest offers us a fascinating glimpse into a near-future where careers last 100 years, and education lasts a lifetime.  Our guest makes the case that learners of the future are going to repeatedly seek out educational opportunities throughout the course of their working lives — which will no longer have a beginning, middle, and end.  Her book focuses on the disruptive and burgeoning innovations that are laying the foundation for a new learning model that includes clear navigation, wraparound and funding supports, targeted education, and clear connections to more transparent hiring processes.  The book examines:    * How will a dramatically extended lifespan affect our careers?   * How will more time in the workforce shape our educational demands?   * Will a four-year degree earned at the start of a 100-year career adequately prepare us for the challenges ahead?   We welcome the author of Long Life Learning: Preparing for Jobs that Don't Even Exist Yet, Michelle Weise, welcome to the show.

We know that our guests are eager learners and hungry for education. On this episode of TalentTalk with PeopleG2 CEO and host, Chris Dyer, and guests, Michelle Weise, Author of, “Long Life Learning”; and Chuck Cooper, Managing Member at WhiteWater Consulting. We discussed navigating better economic opportunities, HR AI opportunities, how to attract & retain high performing employees, and more.  First up, Education & Workforce Strategist, Thinkers50 Radar List 2021, and Author of Long Life Learning, Michelle Weise. We discuss how today's workforce is different from years past and how educators and employers can adjust to this. We’re covering how to improve the skills gap and a “new ecosystem for education.”  Stay tuned for Chuck Cooper, Managing Member at WhiteWater Consulting, who is passionate about helping business owners navigate the world of HR through consulting, education, analysis and solutions, to eliminate the fear, uncertainty and doubt business owners have when it comes to solving their people problems. We discuss what the future of work look like for small and midsize companies, how COVID has impacted employee engagement and mental health, what leaders can do to help their employees deal with mental health challenges, and how employee benefit strategies are impacting talent retention and employee engagement. You’ll want to tune in to this discussion for more on how the pandemic changed leadership and talent management needs and how the economy and education systems need to play catch up. Looking for more than audio? View our TalentTalk Radio video recording on TalentTalk Radio host, Chris Dyer's, channel. >> CLICK HERE

Lifelong learning is an essential element of a satisfying retirement. And lifelong learning is an increasingly vital part of a successful career, including a second career. Our special guest, Dr. Michelle Weise, explains how longer lifespans are changing the nature of careers and education, and why lifelong learning is important for individuals and employers. _________________________ Bio Dr. Michelle R. Weise is the author of Long-Life Learning: Preparing for Jobs that Don’t Even Exist Yet. Thinkers50 named her one of 30 management and leadership thinkers in the world to watch in 2021. She is a senior advisor at Imaginable Futures, a venture of The Omidyar Group. Dr. Weise's work over the last decade has concentrated on preparing working-age adults for the jobs of today and tomorrow. She was the chief innovation officer of Strada Education Network as well as Southern New Hampshire University. With Clayton Christensen, she coauthored Hire Education: Mastery, Modularization, and the Workforce Revolution (2014) while leading the higher education practice at Christensen’s Institute for Disruptive Innovation. Dr. Weise also advises BrightHive, a data collaboration platform, the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), the SkillUp Coalition, Strategic Education Inc.’s HIRE board, MIT SOLVE, Village Capital, Western Governors University Teachers College, Clayton Christensen Institute Social Capital R&D Project, and World Education’s Personal and Workplace Success Skills Library. She has also served as a commissioner for Massachusetts Governor Baker’s Commission on Digital Innovation and Lifelong Learning, Harvard University’s Task Force on Skills and Employability, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Commission on the Future of Undergraduate Education. Her commentaries on redesigning higher education and developing more innovative workforce and talent pipeline strategies have been featured in The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Harvard Business Review and on PBS Newshour. ​Michelle is a former Fulbright Scholar and graduate of Harvard and Stanford. __________________________ Wise Quotes On Longevity "...basically since the 1840s, every year we've added on an average of three months to our lifespans. And there's no sign that that's actually stopping or lessening over time. I think we do have an interesting phenomenon here with the pandemic that is kind of shaping our mortality rates, obviously in this century, in this year, in this decade. But for the most part, we know that our lifespans have been extending. And then there are different kinds of futurists and experts on aging and longevity who are proposing that the first people to live to be a hundred and years old have already been born. So if we just take this concept of a hundred-year life or 150 year work-life, even if we don't maybe fully buy into it, or want to buy into it because we don't want to live 150 years, that's still a very helpful mental model for us to think about how do we actually thrive in this future, where we are already seeing that a lot of working-age adults are staying in the workforce for far longer than they had ever anticipated well into their sixties and seventies.   On Preparing for an Extended Worklife "We see that early baby boomers are experiencing 12 job changes on average by the time they retire. So even if we just extend a little bit in terms of thinking about an extended work-life, whether it's 60, 80, or a hundred years, it's not actually that difficult for us to extrapolate and think, 'Oh, we could possibly face maybe 20 or 30 job changes by the time we retire' - and how in the world are we going to do that when navigating one [job change] is so difficult. And so the way that I think about a way to visualize this idea of long-life learning is really the future of work and the future of education are going to become inextricably tied.

It's quite possible that people now entering the workforce could hold 20 or even 30 jobs over the span of a career that will last far longer than it has in the past. And the skills they learned to prepare for the jobs of today will be obsolete in record time. In this episode of Get Reworked, Dr. Michelle Weise, senior advisor at Imaginable Futures, joins us to talk about what this all means for the future of workplace education. She shares insights from her recent book, Long Life Learning: Preparing for Jobs that Don't Even Exist Yet. The short story? What we've done in the past isn't going to cut it anymore. "With all these different kinds of rapid technological advancements and changes in artificial intelligence and machine learning and deep learning, we're going to actually have to skill up continuously and return to learning in order to remain competitive in that longer life," Michelle said. In this episode, Michelle explains how medical advances are making a 150-year life span a reality, meaning the next generation of workers could very well have a career that spans a century. Highlights of the conversation include: What extended careers mean for education, both at school and at work. The role of companies in helping workers reskill and upskill. The skills we'll need to thrive in the jobs that haven't even been created yet. How lifelong learning is like a spiral staircase. Plus, co-hosts Mike Prokopeak and Siobhan Fagan share how their first jobs quite possibly violated multiple child labor laws, but the lessons learned carry on to this day. Listen in for more. Have a suggestion, comment or topic for a future episode? Drop us a line at editors@simplermedia.com.

What is the role of innovation within education?   Shawn Kanungo, a globally recognized innovation strategist, shares his insight into how innovation occurs and what it could look like within schools. Shawn offers challenges and inspiration for educators and school leaders to do school differently.  For example - "if you don't understand how video games work for middle school students - you are irrelevant." Listen to the conversation for more ways that we can seek innovation within education and beyond. Post a review. Subscribe. Shawn Kanungo is a globally recognized innovation strategist. His work and interviews have been featured in a number of publications such as The Guardian, and his content has garnered millions of views.  Shawn was named in Forbes as the “Best Virtual Keynote Speaker I’ve Ever Seen.” Music: Believin Stephen Shout outs:  Matthew Downing Links:  Iowa Big, CAPS Network, Michelle Weise , Christensen Institute Podcast ad:  RethinkingEDU

How do we prepare for jobs that don't exist yet? Michelle Weise guides us through this transition with thoughtful insight and tons of examples.  Michelle explains how the system needs to be transformed in order to support new workers and workforce. This conversation keeps innovation at the forefront with many ideas that can be easily applied beyond higher education. Post a review. Subscribe. Michelle Weise is a renowned thought leader and author.  She is an Entrepreneur in Residence and Senior Advisor with the US global education team of Imaginable Futures.  Before that, Michelle served as Chief Innovation Officer of Strada Education Network.  Her writing has appeared in The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, The Harvard Business Review, and her most recent book, Long Life Learning. Music: Believin Stephen Shout outs:  Strada Institute for the Future of Work, Wil Zemp, Gunnar Counselman, and Michael Horn. Links:  Strada Education Network.  The Omidyar Group.  The Strada Institute of the Future of Work.  Harvard Business Review. The Economist.  Wall Street Journal.  Long Life Learning  https://claytonchristensen.com   Mursion.  Simon Sinek Podcast ad:  RethinkingEDU

What does the future of work and learning look like?What do you need to know to prepare?According to Dr. Michelle Weise, “for the future of work, we are all going to have to be very skilled problem solvers and system thinkers” and “that really does require a different approach on the part of higher-ed institutions in cultivating those kinds of learners.” Michelle’s work focuses on the bottom 25% of income earners and what needs to change to help them to overcome barriers that prevent them from achieving academic and career success. One of the largest barriers Michelle describes is solving for time and lack of funds.We talk about the role of A.I's role:Helping to bridge the gap for employers to understand if a potential employee has the skill set they need. Helping employees to feel confident that the education or training that they are pursuing will lead to work.Right now, we are teaching in silos. Things will need to become more interdisciplinary. Michelle provides examples of organizations that are doing it well.Refer this podcast to:Anyone struggling to move forward in their careerAnyone needing free resources to up-skillHigher Ed | Career Planners/Counselors/Academic AdvisorsCollege Planners/CounselorsEmployersJoin Our Podcast Email List! Follow Our Podcast:Website: Listen To Our Podcast HereYouTube Channel Twitter LinkedIn Facebook InstagramAll Things College and CareerMeg's LinkedIn Bobbie's LinkedInACADEMIC & CAREER ADVISING SERVICES:Visit Website: Academic and Career Advising ServicesSchedule an Appointment with Academic & Career Advising ServicesEmail Meg: meg@academicandcareeradvisingservices.comMusic Production by Lena Ozea: Lena Ozea Sound CloudTechnical Production: Richard BarnettSHOW NOTES:Buy Michelle’s Book on Amazon: Long Life Learning: Preparing for Jobs that Don't Even Exist YetFollow Michelle on Twitter: @rwmichelleFollow Michelle on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rwmichelle/Visit Michelle’s Website: https://www.riseanddesign.io/Michelle collaborated with Clayton M. Christensen on a Book | Hire Education: Mastery Modularization, and the Workforce Revolution:

Michelle Weise is the author of Long-Life Learning: Preparing for Jobs that Don’t Even Exist Yet. She is an entrepreneur-in-residence and senior advisor at Imaginable Futures and her work over the last decade has concentrated on preparing working-age adults for the jobs of today and tomorrow. In this episode we discuss: - The current state of the landscape in workplace training and higher education - The blend of skills we'll need to develop individually and as a society to thrive in the future - What Michelle learned from working with legendary Professor Clayton Christensen If you're interested in the intersection between the future of education and work this conversation is for you as well as giving you with plenty of original insight into how to direct your own career in a rapidly changing environment.

Michelle Weise sheds light on the learning challenges professionals will face in the near future—and how we can prepare for them. — YOU'LL LEARN — 1) How to surface your hidden skills 2) How to keep AI from making you irrelevant 3) Nifty tools for upskilling quickly Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep644 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT MICHELLE — Michelle Weise was just named to the Thinkers50 thinkers to watch in 2021. She is senior advisor to Imaginable Futures, a venture of The Omidyar Group, and BrightHive, a data collaboration platform. She is former chief innovation officer of Strada Education Network and Southern New Hampshire University. She led the higher education practice at Clay Christensen's Institute for Disruptive Innovation. Her most recent book is LONG LIFE LEARNING: Preparing for Jobs that Don't Even Exist Yet (Wiley, 2020). Her first book, with Clay Christensen (2014) is Hire Education: Mastery, Modularization, and the Workforce Revolution. • Michelle's book: Long Life Learning: Preparing for Jobs that Don't Even Exist Yet • Michelle's LinkedIn: Michelle R. Weise • Michelle's Twitter: @rwmichelle • Michelle's website: RiseAndDesign.io — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Tool: Freestyle2 Keyboard for PC • Website: Skills Match • Software: GLEAC • Software: Mursion • Company: FutureFit AI • Company: Skyhigh Manpower Recruitment International • Company: InnoCentive • Company: Climb Hire • Book: Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein • Book: Beloved by Toni Morrison • Previous episode: 376: How to Become the Success Nobody Saw Coming: Research Insights into “Dark Horses” from Harvard's Todd Rose — THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • MunkPack. Save 20% on delicious, keto-friendly snacks at Munkpack.com with the promo code AWESOME.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We are living through a time of immense disruption the full scale of which we don't yet fully understand. The pandemic has caused millions to lose their jobs and changed the business models of entire industries. Understanding the skills now needed in the labour market and the level of reskilling required is further complicated by the rise of artificial intelligence and automation. So what does the future of work now look like and how can companies and individuals navigate the next few years? My guest this week is Dr Michelle Weise, Senior Advisor at Imaginable Futures and author of the book, Long Life Learning - Preparing for jobs that don't even exist yet. Michelle specialises in the future of work and the future of learning and has some incredibly valuable insights to share In the interview, we discuss:    ▪   A more positive vision for the future of work    ▪   The lack of a common skills taxonomy    ▪   Data infrastructure for talent mobility    ▪   Why employers are struggling to articulate the skills they have and recognise the gaps    ▪   The role of technology    ▪   Restructuring the working day to enable reskilling    ▪   Developing an "Education GPS"    ▪   What does the future look like and how can we solve these problems Subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts

Michelle Weise is the author of Long Life Learning: Preparing for Jobs That Don't Even Exist Yet. Michelle is also a Senior Advisor at the philanthropic investment group, Imaginable Futures. On this episode, she joins Mike Palmer to discuss her new book and how we can reimagine our learning ecosystem in response to longer lifespans, automation, and rapid transformation of the 21st Century. We begin with Michelle’s origin story, how she moved from being an English professor into educational technology including stints at Clayton Christensen’s Institute for Disruptive Innovation, Southern New Hampshire University, and Strada Education Network. Michelle notes the difficulty of predicting actual future careers, and how her book focuses on the type of worker and the type of problem solver we all need to become. We need to offload much of the current tasks that AI can do better while developing both our “human-plus” skills as well as the technical expertise required to exercise judgment. Mike and Michelle discuss “T-shaped” learners, and how they develop over a long career. Michelle talks about later-life learners, and how they can profitably upskill. Pursuing a four-year degree may not appeal to 55+ learners, and even the current MOOCs may not meet their needs. Given all the challenges, Mike asks Michelle to provide some hope. She tells him how Clay Christensen helped her stay optimistic, and how the wide variety of innovators should stick to the shared agenda of creating a robust ecosystem: breaking down the walls that obtain between K-12, higher ed, and workforce learning. And how the pandemic has further exposed this need. Mike and Michelle discuss the work of Suzanne Simard regarding the surprising subterranean ecosystem of trees and how it can serve as a model of the idealized education ecosystem. They then discuss the power of such metaphors. They also note David Epstein’s Range, and the importance of the generalist in the world of specialization. “Far transfer” is also on the table. Finally, Michelle discusses “skills compasses”. Enterprises often do not know the skills their employees have, and let them go despite their potential usefulness. She notes a few innovative companies that help those laid off find the training they need to meet the skills demanded in their labor market.   There's plenty to explore in this conversation you don't want to miss! For further information: Emsi Suzanne Simard, Finding the Mother Tree SkyHive Future Fit The Americans with Disabilities Act How to Find Michelle: Twitter: @rwmichelle LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rwmichelle/ riseanddesign.io How to Find Mike: Twitter: @TrendingInEd Email: mike@palmer.media If you like what you’re hearing, follow us at TrendinginEducation.com and wherever you get your podcasts.

As work life morphs into an expanding series of limited engagements, education and training need to be retooled for the long haul. Workforce training expert Michelle Weise, author of the new book Long Life Learning: Preparing for Jobs That Don’t Even Exist Yet, says the sector needs to do a better job of accommodating the demands of the workplace and the realities of workers’ lives. Senior advisor to education venture fund Imaginable Futures and data collaboration platform BrightHive, the former Skidmore English professor deconstructs learning, hiring, and skills.

Michelle Weise returns to Future U to talk about her new book, Long Life Learning: Preparing for Jobs that Don’t Even Exist Yet and why creating a new learning ecosystem for what’s ahead is so critical for all of us.The Future U Podcast is supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Follow Future U on Twitter • Facebook

As a leading expert and true innovator related to the future of learning and work, Dr. Michelle Weise has had the unique opportunity to engage with a multitude of stakeholder viewpoints surrounding the third sector of education. She is currently the entrepreneur-in-residence and a senior advisor at Imaginable Futures and author of several books, including her most recent, Long Life … The post Long Life Learning with Michelle Weise appeared first on Leading Learning.

As a leading expert and true innovator related to the future of learning and work, Dr. Michelle Weise has had the unique opportunity to engage with a multitude of stakeholder viewpoints surrounding the third sector of education. She is currently the entrepreneur-in-residence and a senior advisor at Imaginable Futures and author of several books, including her most recent, Long Life Learning: Preparing for Jobs That Don’t Even Exist Yet. In this second episode in our series on the surge of the third sector, Celisa talks with return-guest Michelle about the tremendous challenges and opportunities that exist surrounding the third sector of education. They also discuss the importance of breaking down silos, the need for a robust data infrastructure, and why the third sector needs to pay more attention to the non-consumers of higher education.  Full show notes and transcript available at https://www.leadinglearning.com/episode259. We are grateful to our sponsor for this series, Blue Sky eLearn: ** For nearly 20 years, Blue Sky eLearn has been transforming the way organizations deliver virtual events and educational content. Blue Sky’s customized cutting-edge solutions connect hundreds of organizations to millions of learners worldwide. These include their award-winning learning management system Path LMS, webinar and live streaming services for short events to multi-day virtual conferences and learning strategy and development solutions. These robust, easy to manage solutions allow organizations to easily organize, track, and monetize educational content. These include their award-winning learning management system Path LMS, webinar and live streaming services for short events to multi-day virtual conferences, and learning strategy and development solutions. These robust, easy to manage solutions allow organizations to easily organize, track, and monetize educational content.

In the not-so-distant future, workers will make dozens of career changes over a working life of 75 or even 100 years. Michelle Weise, an expert on the future of work and author of “Long Life Learning,” says human skills like communication, creativity, and teamwork will remain critical in an era when robots and automation take over routine jobs. What’s more, workers increasingly will need to learn new skills rather than assuming a degree early in life will carry them through.

The disruptions in the job market caused by COVID-19 mean colleges and employers will need to rethink the relationship between the workplace and the classroom. That’s according to Michelle Weise, who makes the case in her new book, Long Life Learning.

Today, Tom is talking with journalist and author, Jeff Selingo, about his new book, Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions. This book was published in September 2020 and was named an Editor’s Choice by the New York Times book review. Jeff has written about higher education for more than two decades and is a New York Times best-selling author of three books. He is also a regular contributor to The Atlantic and is a special advisor for innovation and professor of practice at Arizona State University. Additionally, he co-hosts the Future U Podcast, with Michael Horn. Listen in as Tom and Jeff talk about what’s going on under the hood of higher ed and what opportunities there are for a more equitable future. Jeff also shares many tips and advice for learners and their families when selecting and applying for the college and universities that are right for them.   Key Takeaways: [:10] About today’s episode with Jeff Selingo. [:48] Tom Vander Ark welcomes Jeff to the podcast! [:52] What percentage of Americans have a post-secondary degree? And is it better than it was twenty years ago? What should we be aiming for? [1:52] Does Jeff see higher ed changing from something that you do after high school to something that you continue to access throughout life? [4:53] Should colleges be turning their alumni networks into learning networks? [6:14] How many institutions are there for American higher ed? [7:06] The impact that the pandemic is having on these institutions and, in turn, the communities they’re a part of. [8:32] How many universities are selective? [9:47] Is it true that a large percentage of young people actually get into their first-choice college? [10:30] Jeff shares his thoughts on the ACTs and the SATs. Is he pro- or anti-testing? [12:20] Has college lost its return on investment over the last decade? [13:20] Tom congratulates Jeff on his new book, Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions. [13:40] Why did Jeff decide to write this book? [15:06] While researching his book, Jeff spent a lot of time in three universities in particular. How did he choose them and why? And were these universities selective? [15:54] How many students did Jeff track at these universities? [16:15] Is the admissions process better or worse than most would think? [17:37] What does Jeff mean by, “Schools are either buyers or sellers”? [18:48] Jeff’s predictions for the future of “buyers.” [20:32] Jeff’s advice for applicants from his book. [22:59] How big should your college funnel be? And how do you narrow it down? [24:02] Does early admission improve your chances of getting in? [24:33] Is fit or image more important when choosing where to go? [25:12] How Jeff advises learners and their families on the trade-offs between reputation and cost. [27:57] What the parents’ role should be in this process. [28:50] What should the high school experience be so that learners are positioned to make a good choice in selecting which college or university is right for them? [30:27] What would Jeff add to his book now, given the pandemic? [31:43] Jeff’s predictions on what college might look like coming out of the pandemic. [32:14] What does Jeff mean by, “Colleges should recruit all students like athletes”? [33:15] America seems to have fallen out of love with higher ed in the last few years. Is Jeff optimistic about the future of the sector? [35:08] Tom plugs Jeff’s book, Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions and gives his recommendation on who should be reading it. [35:47] Where to learn more about Jeff and his book online. [36:10] Tom thanks Jeff for joining the podcast.   Mentioned in This Episode: Jeff Selingo Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions, by Jeff Selingo Future U Podcast with Jeff Selingo and Michael Horn Lumina Foundation Getting Smart Podcast Ep. 286: “Jamie Merisotis on Human Work in the Age of Smart Machines” Getting Smart Podcast Ep. 297: “Michelle Weise on Long Life Learning” Long Life Learning: Preparing for Jobs that Don‘t Even Exist Yet, by Michelle Weise Getting Smart Podcast Ep. 228: “Michael Horn on Choosing College”   Get Involved: Check out the blog at GettingSmart.com. Find the Getting Smart Podcast on iTunes, leave a review, and subscribe.   Is There Somebody You’ve Been Wanting to Learn From or a Topic You’d Like Covered? To get in contact: Email Editor@GettingSmart.com and include “Podcast” in the subject line. The Getting Smart team will be sure to add them to their list!

This week on "Dr. Dawn on Careers" we speak about Dr. Michelle Weise's new book "Long Life Learning" and how you can start to prepare for jobs that don't even exist yet! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Michelle Weise is an expert in higher education and in the development of more innovative workforce and talent pipelines. A former Senior Research Fellow in Higher Education at The Christensen Institute, she joined us on The Disruptive Voice to reflect on her career over the last decade, which has concentrated on preparing working-age adults for the jobs of both today and tomorrow. Hosted by Katie Zandbergen, they discuss Michelle's experiences working with Clayton Christensen, her thoughts on the disruptive potential of online competency-based education, her time in the role of Chief Innovation Officer at Southern New Hampshire University (where she lived the innovator’s dilemma!) and, of course, her newly-published book, “Long Life Learning: Preparing for Jobs That Don’t Even Exist Yet”.  In that book, Michelle considers questions of huge consequence, including “Can a four year degree earned at the beginning of a 100 year career possibly prepare us for all that is to come in our professional lives?”, “Why is education overdue for momentous changes?”, and “How can the existing education system adapt in order to meet the needs of a new generation of workers?” She takes listeners on a journey from considerations of our current system of education and learners’ engagement with the labor market to designing and building a learning ecosystem that better meets the needs of all of us, the future’s working learners. This conversation is a fascinating listen for anyone interested in higher education, the labor market, and the future of work in an age of longevity.

This week, Tom is sitting down with author and advisor, Michelle Weise, to discuss her new book, Long Life Learning: Preparing for Jobs that Don't Even Exist Yet. Michelle is currently serving as an entrepreneur-in-residence and Senior Advisor at Imaginable Futures, a venture of The Omidyar Group. Michelle was formerly the Chief Innovation Officer at Strada Education Network’s Institute for the Future of Work, and Sandbox Collaborative, the innovation center of Southern New Hampshire University. She was also the co-author of Hire Education: Mastery, Modularization, and the Workforce Revolution, with Clayton Christensen. In this conversation, Tom and Michelle discuss her background in the arts and innovation; how and why she came to write her new book, Long Life Learning; what long life learning means to her; what she predicts to be the future of business models for long life learning; and her advice on how we can all make good decisions about what to learn next no matter where we are on our long life learning journey.   Key Takeaways: [:10] About today’s episode with Michelle Weise. [:55] Tom Vander Ark welcomes Michelle to the podcast. [:59] Tom congratulates Michelle on her new book, Long Life Learning. [1:37] When did Michelle’s interest in language, literature, and poetry begin? [2:27] Michelle elaborates on her deep passion for poetry and how both reading and writing it helped her get through the death of her 10th-grade chemistry teacher. [3:07] Michelle’s exploration of Asian-American and African-American poetry and fiction in graduate school. [3:58] Michelle’s favorite African-American poet and what drew her to Asian-American poetry in particular. [4:57] Tom highlights a poet whose work he recently fell in love with: Rita Dove. [5:14] How and why Michelle came to be a Fulbright Scholar in Seoul, South Korea. [6:20] Michelle’s path after coming from Korea and why she decided to join an ed-tech start-up with Gunnar Counselman. [9:15] After a short stint at Fidelis, Michelle joined the Clayton Christensen Institute as a Senior Research Fellow of Higher Education for nearly 2½ years. There, she also had the opportunity to write a book with him called, Education: Mastery, Modularization, and the Workforce Revolution. [9:38] Michelle’s experience working with Clayton on their book together. [10:57] Tom reflects on a past experience with Clay and Michelle shares an important lesson that she learned through working with him. [13:16] After Christensen Institute, Michelle did another three-year stint at Strada, a non-profit impact fund in Indianapolis. [13:50] About Michelle’s role at Strada and how it led to her writing her new book, Long Life Learning. [15:53] At Strada, Michelle had the opportunity to interview hundreds of people. Was this specific to Long Life Learning or was it more for the R&D center at Strada? [17:00] Young people today are not only going to live longer but they’re also going to experience more change in their lifetimes than previous generations. The old model of education and work is already becoming obsolete. As Michelle shares in her book, we need to begin thinking about long life learning. [20:22] With this knowledge, is it becoming less critical to make a decision about where you go to college immediately after high school? [22:44] Would Michelle agree or disagree with the sentiment Ryan Craig expressed in his 2018 book, A New U, that unless you can get a free or subsidized education at a selective university you really should think about a hard sprint to a good first job as an entry point to an earn-and-learn ladder? [25:58] Does Michelle foresee Gen Zrs having careers somewhat resembling her own? I.e. taking a “tour of duty” approach? [28:17] What are the business models for long life learning going to be? [32:03] What advice do people need to make good decisions about what to learn next? [37:24] Does Michelle see AI making it easier for us to learn in the direction we point to? [40:28] Is Michelle optimistic about adaptive learning? [42:17] Some of the other ways Michelle sees AI aiding us in the future. [43:58] Does AI have the potential to make hiring more equitable? Or is Michelle concerned that more inequity will surface in AI-driven systems? [46:11] As a long-life learner herself, how does Michelle continue her journey every day in “getting smart?” [45:56] Would Michelle agree that Louise Glück was a good choice for the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature? [47:53] Tom plugs Michelle’s book, Long Life Learning. [48:23] Tom thanks Michelle for joining the podcast. [48:48] About Tom and Emily’s book, Difference Making at the Heart of Learning.   Mentioned in This Episode: Michelle Weise’s LinkedIn Long Life Learning: Preparing for Jobs that Don't Even Exist Yet, by Michelle Weise Imaginable Futures The Omidyar Group Education: Mastery, Modularization, and the Workforce Revolution, by Clayton Christensen and Michelle Weise The Power of Place: Authentic Learning Through Place-Based Education, by Tom Vander Ark, Emily Liebtag, and Nate McClennon Emily Dickinson (Poet) The Art of Hunger: Essays, Prefaces, Interviews, by Paul Auster Kamau Brathwaite (Poet) Rita Dove (Poet) Fulbright Korea Gunnar Counselman Michael Horn Strada Education Network Derek Thompson on The Atlantic Crazy/Genius Podcast by Derek Thompson Stanford d.school Harvard Extension School A New U: Faster + Cheaper Alternatives to College, by Ryan Craig David Blake Learn In Louise Glück Wins the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature Getting Smart Podcast Ep. 285: “Amy Klement on Equity and Imaginable Futures” Difference Making at the Heart of Learning: Students, Schools, and Communities Alive With Possibility, by Tom Vander Ark and Emily Liebtag   Get Involved: Check out the blog at GettingSmart.com. Find the Getting Smart Podcast on iTunes, leave a review, and subscribe.   Is There Somebody You’ve Been Wanting to Learn From or a Topic You’d Like Covered? To get in contact: Email Editor@GettingSmart.com and include “Podcast” in the subject line. The Getting Smart team will be sure to add them to their list!  

Michelle R. Weise, Ph.D., is the author of Long-Life Learning: Preparing for Jobs that Don't Even Exist Yet (2020). She is currently serving as an entrepreneur-in-residence and senior advisor at Imaginable Futures, a venture of The Omidyar Group. Michelle’s work over the last decade has concentrated on preparing working-age adults for the jobs of today and tomorrow. She was the chief innovation officer of Strada Education Network’s Institute for the Future of Work and Sandbox Collaborative, the innovation center of Southern New Hampshire University. With Clayton Christensen, she coauthored Hire Education: Mastery, Modularization, and the Workforce Revolution (2014) while leading the higher education practice at Christensen’s Institute for Disruptive Innovation.,Michelle can be reached at riseanddesign.io or through LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/rwmichelle/ And the link to her book is here: https://www.amazon.com/Career-Century-Students-Future-Prepare/dp/111959748X Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hownottothink)

Dr. Dawn welcomes Dr. Michelle Weise, author of the forthcoming book "Long Life Learning: Preparing for Jobs that Don't Exist Yet" to discuss disruption in education, how the market is changing and what you need to do NOW to be prepared for the future of work! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As a thought-provoking conclusion to season one, Higher Ed Rewired will highlight a conversation on the future of higher education between three national higher education innovators and experts. Doug Lederman, Michelle Weise, and Alexandra Bernadotte tackle big questions like: How is higher education keeping up with our changing society? How can we change the way we support students to and through college? What is the relationship between higher education and the workforce? Where does higher education go from here?Listen in on this conversation on the changing landscape of higher education and reflections on what must happen to ensure student success in the future of our colleges and universities.If you haven’t already, please review us on  Apple Podcasts. It will help bring new listeners to learn more about student success efforts. Higher Ed ReWired is produced by California State University.

This episode featuring Michelle Weise was recorded at the 50th Annual ACCT Leadership Congress in October. Michelle is Strada Education Network's Senior Vice President of Workforce Strategies and serves as Chief Innovation Officer for the Strada Institute Future of Work, which is dedicated to advancing understanding of the future of work to build the learning ecosystem of the future.  Michelle's research focuses on the future of the workforce and how to connect student learners more directly to meaningful employment pathways through their working lives.  For more information on what Michelle spoke about, check out the book she co-authored with Clayton Christensen titled Hire Education: Mastery, Modularization, and the Workforce Revolution.

When it comes to disruption in education and the future of work – a topic growing increasingly important for all learning business leaders to be knowledgeable about – few people know more than Michelle Weise. As senior vice president, workforce strategies of Strada Education Network and chief innovation officer of the Strada Institute for the Future of Work, Michelle is a thought leader and expert in innovation and the connections between higher education and the workforce. And her book, Hire Education: Mastery, Modularization, and the Workforce Revolution, co-authored with Clayton Christensen, describes the disruptive potential of online competency-based education aligned to workforce needs. In this episode of the Leading Learning podcast, Jeff talks with Michelle about the future of work and the future of learning. They discuss findings and implications from the recently released Strada report, Robot-Ready: Human+ Skills for the Future of Work as well as the challenges and opportunities we are all facing as we adapt to this rapidly changing learning landscape. Full show notes available at https://www.leadinglearning.com/episode164.  Our sponsor for this episode is Learning • Technology • Design™ (LTD), our annual virtual conference designed specifically for those who work in the business of lifelong learning, continuing education, and professional development. This will be our fourth time offering LTD, and we know from all the feedback we have received that past attendees have found it a unique and highly valuable experience. Registration is open at ltd.tagoras.com. We are also offering the opportunity to be a Patron for the event, an option that may be of interest to companies that serve learning businesses. You can find out about that by going to ltd.tagoras.com/patron. And we would like to spotlight some of our current patrons including: 360factor (Oasis LMS) Authentic Learning Labs Avilar Digitell Event Garde ReviewMyLMS Web Courseworks We have also highlighted these Patrons on the LTD Web site. Definitely do take the time to find out more about them because these companies have demonstrated their commitment to learning businesses by becoming Patrons, so we encourage you to support them.

Michelle Weise, the Chief Innovation Officer & SVP, Workforce Strategies at Strada Education Network, talks to Michael and Jeff about the future of work and what it means for higher education.

Listen in to our interview with Michelle Weise to learn more about why postsecondary institutions need to engage students and working learners differently for them to avoid underemployment and access continued success in the workforce.

Southern New Hampshire University is known as a place trying new things, and one thing they hope to do is create a culture of change on campus. To do that, they've created a sandbox--an innovation lab called the Sandbox Collaborative. We sat down with the executive director of the sandbox, Michelle Weise, to get a tour of this unusual lab and hear why she thinks colleges need to change.

Today we are joined by Michelle Weise, Senior Research Fellow for Higher Education at the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation. Articles about massive open online courses (MOOCs) would be a lot shorter if shorn of words and phrases containing the word “disruption.”  But disruptive technology and the like are not simply catch phrases, but […] The post Interview with Michelle Weise on MOOC Disruption appeared first on Degree of Freedom.