Meeting the Midcareer Moment
The headlines blare from newspapers and websites, echoing the “Help Wanted” signs posted on storefronts. For the workforce in many countries, it’s a historic moment. Bargaining power is shifting from employers to workers. Job openings are high, as are the numbers quitting current jobs to seek better ones. To attract talent, companies are paying more […]
The Future of Work: Technology, Value, and Co-Creation
With digitization, increased globalization, and an ageing population, the world of work is invariably changing. The extent to which individuals, firms and economies can harness the benefits of these changes critically depends on the readiness of adult learning systems to prepare people with relevant skills[1]. Our last episode featured three guest speakers we met in WISE@Paris, where […]
The Future of Work: Personal, Adaptive, Protected
About a decade ago, few companies used the internet as a means to research potential candidates to employ for the workforce. Now, having a bad online presence is considered detrimental to a company or employee’s reputation. CareerBuilder conducted a national survey and found that 57% of employers are less likely to interview a candidate they […]
WISE-JobTeaser Survey: “Preparing the New Generation for the Future of Work” World of Work February 21, 2019
On the occasion of WISE@Paris taking place on February 20-21, 2019, the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) and its partner JobTeaser, the European leader in career guidance and the recruitment of young talent, have asked Ipsos to conduct an extensive survey that dives into the prospects of the European youth, employers and educators regarding […]
Why Africa Needs Entrepreneurship Education and How to Do It Right
During the World Economic Forum on Africa 2017 held in Durban, South Africa last May, participants discussed the double imperative facing Africa’s youth, namely Unemployment and Unemployability. Africa’s youth are not just struggling to find decent jobs, they are also poorly equipped with the skills that are required to carry out existing jobs. Today, with two-thirds of Africans […]
Tackling Youth Unemployment with 21st Century Skills
In 2017, a science teacher at Happy Days Primary and Nursery School in Najjera, Uganda, a town on the outskirts of Kampala, noticed that a large number of her students were missing school due to typhoid. She taught her students about the importance of handwashing in disease prevention but when they asked the school administration […]
Bringing the World to Learning
The development of the global economy and the transition to knowledge economies has strengthened the significance of education. Preparing students, through education as a means of social investment, is critical to advancement in the global economy. Specifically, the cultivation of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) competencies is imperative in the development of the […]
Lessons From Africa: Local Impact, Global Promise
For nearly five years, I lived in Mumbai, India, during a period that overlapped with the financial crisis in Europe. For a little while, at least, observers looked to India to glean lessons from its jugaad innovation approach (a term denoting “work-around”), which came to signify creative improvisation and frugal management. Increasingly, global innovation and education communities […]
Opportunities for Investors in African Education
Emerging markets are a growing opportunity for global investors in education, and the quantum of transactions in emerging markets education grew nearly 70 times between 2001 and 2015. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is no exception to this trend, with an estimated private investment requirement in education over the next five years of $16 billion to $18 […]
The Urgent Need for Innovative Solutions in Education
My first teacher was my mother. This is not just because my mother taught me how to make my way in the world, but because she started the school I attended throughout my childhood. The school was a simple but tidy place, about a mile from my childhood home and steeped in my mother’s Christian […]