Carrying on the theme of Ken Robinson’s excellent book “Out of our minds - learning to be creative” a colleague sent me a link to an interview with Gartner Researcher Tom Austin who talks about the evolution of technologists. It is bang on and explains the reality of what Ken Robinson believes that the needs of business are changing and education is not necessarily keeping pace. The interview talks about technology leadership roles becoming the domain of social anthropologists, and not just them. As the less traditionally referred to ‘academic’ subjects are required more, our view of intelligence and educational needs will have to evolve. The trouble is Governments move more slowly and they set educational strategy.
It’s not about the technology
2 04 2008Carrying on the theme of Ken Robinson’s excellent book “Out of our minds - learning to be creative” a colleague sent me a link to an interview with Gartner Researcher Tom Austin who talks about the evolution of technologists. It is bang on and explains the reality of what Ken Robinson believes that the needs of business are changing and education is not necessarily keeping pace. The interview talks about technology leadership roles becoming the domain of social anthropologists, and not just them. As the less traditionally referred to ‘academic’ subjects are required more, our view of intelligence and educational needs will have to evolve. The trouble is Governments move more slowly and they set educational strategy.