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Learning and work are becoming inseparable in the knowledge economy: what it means for professionals
People will need to learn constantly and increase their skills. It is no longer reasonable to expect that a large upfront investment in schooling will pay back over a lifetime. The economy and technology now change too quickly for students to keep up: a computer language learned in a four-year degree programme might be obsolete…
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Our city’s fan-powered Super Bowl victory reminded me how much Seattle needs to fight to steal away attention from the media capitals on the east coast and in California. I even have this crazy theory that as disinterested corporate titans in the New York area gave up their tickets to the game thereby depressing secondary…
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I’ve tried a few digital sabbaths, and I realize that I’m fooling myself in this age of technological mobility. Even if I’m not communicating directly with others on my smart device, I’m using it to read books, listen to music and watch videos. So this month, I watered down the “cold turkey” approach to something…
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I spent 2013 innovating within our graduate program by adding a second degree emphasis, even as I helped tell the story of innovation by partnering our Four Peaks television show with Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos’ new Center for Innovation. The reviews for that high-level project have been good. I was especially taken with this critic’s observation about one particular exhibit…