Charles+Fadel


 * 21st Century Skills: The Imperative for Teaching Creativity and Innovation in Schools**


 * Relevance is the key. Brain science supports this.**

What's our world like now, what will our world be like in the future? US Army College has an acronym: VUCA (wiki entry on VUCA)
 * V = Volatility. The nature and dynamics of change, and the nature and speed of change forces and change catalysts.
 * U = Uncertainty. The lack of [|predictability], the prospects for [|surprise] , and the sense of awareness and understanding of issues and events.
 * C = Complexity. The multiplex of forces, the confounding of issues and the chaos and confusion that surround an organization.
 * A = Ambiguity. The haziness of reality, the potential for misreads, and the mixed meanings of conditions; cause-and-effect confusion

Never in the history of mankind have we seen the population grow to the extent that it has, creating an unprecedented increase in the population of skilled workers( to the tune of 300 million)

Alan Blinder, Princeton University Economist, creates the distinction between personal delivery and impersonal delivery AND non-routine and routine skills.

New jobs, new opportunities that we cannot even imagine. Check out Optogenetics: media type="youtube" key="I64X7vHSHOE?rel=0" height="282" width="503"

When you see something great happening, be a "first follower"--this transforms a "lone nut" into a leader. media type="youtube" key="fW8amMCVAJQ?rel=0" height="315" width="560"