Business as Unusual: How to train when expertise becomes outdated

How can we develop training programs under conditions of rapid change? In this essay I use the example of COVID-19, and lessons we have learned from the pandemic, to re-think expertise, re-think how we identify…

AIQ: Helping People Get Smart about Smart Machines They Are Using

Untrusted AI systems won’t be used…

Are Schools Preparing Our Children for Life?

Lack of basic education seriously hampers a person’s ability to have a decent life…

Toward a New Hidden Curriculum

More than thirty years ago, Philip Jackson observed that schools have a “hidden curriculum” designed to…

Approaching Professional Reskilling Like We Approach Technology Transfer in Universities

Can Universities Prepare People for the Future of Work?

The Midwest Foundry, an example of employees taking control in a crisis by re-inventing the business and adapting…

About Work — Introducing Ourselves

A Periodic Blog Moderated by Lia DiBello, Alan Lesgold, and Steve Reder

The world of work and our ideas, theories, and guesses about work in the future are in a constant state of change. We see large forces changing the fate of workers, but we…

Reskilling a workforce quickly by “Rehearsing the Future” using a special simulation method.

Standardized Tests: What We Learn from GPT-4

Standardized tests are used to screen applicants for work training programs and…