Training Industry Magazine - Winter 2022 - 18

If organizations genuinely shift to
empathy-based management philosophy,
they must create a holistic strategy that
addresses all three of these barriers and
invest equally in each.
The New Nature of Work
Can Be Unbundled or
Broadened
With the advent of artificial intelligence
(AI) and the ability to automate repetitive
tasks, there has been an opportunity
to redefine jobs. Unbundling work
from the job and dividing it into smaller
pieces allows for greater mobility by
allowing employees to take on shortterm
challenges, opportunities, tasks,
projects
or
assignments
that
span
job titles and departments. Unboxing
people from jobs and deconstructing
them into their full range of skills,
experience and interests enables them
to be seen as unique individuals beyond
their job descriptions, with significant
DEI implications.
Figure 1
The Agile Learning Manifesto
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Values
Business outcomes
over knowledge gained
Growth mindset
over current skill set
Real-time embedded
over training time offline
C
Community compounding
over individual practicing
Source: Gartner
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Principles
Learning to earning
Motivation multiplier
Just-in-time microbursts
Dynamic pathways
Progressive layering
Flow of value delivery
Data-driven, AI-enabled
Socially amplified
On the other hand, according to Deloitte,
an alternative is to broaden the scope of
a job to focus on the broad outcomes to
be achieved or problems to be solved.
With latitude in defining the " how " of
work in pursuit of broad objectives,
employees get the opportunity to take
on more prominent, more integrated
roles and responsibilities
that
often
cross functional boundaries and
enable them to develop new skills
and gain experience. The focus is less
on specific hard skills and more on
broad human capabilities, such as the
problem-solving, curiosity and creativity
necessary to identify problems and
opportunities - and then develop, test
and iterate on solutions.
All Major Future of Work
Trends Need a New
Skilling Imperative
The proliferation of collaboration and
communication tools made the transition
to remote work and learning possible.
Stop trying to
predict skills and
invest in foundational
skills instead.
But the behavioral changes required
to optimize the new work models and
the accommodations for the shift in
employee expectations go beyond
what technology can offer. Thriving
in the post-pandemic era requires an
adaptive skillset and a mindset open to
continuously learning and unlearning.
The single most significant factor that
will drive organizational and personal
success through the decade is the
ability to pair continuing technological
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