Learning to learn with other people is likely to be a key capacity in the future. Exponential social and technological change eliminate the possibility that any one organization, much less any one person, can have the answers or the knowledge needed to succeed. The prediction is that within the next five years a student entering college to earn a technical degree will discover everything she or he learned as a freshman is obsolete as they begin their senior year.
The luxury of knowing something…once and for all…is gone. It is becoming increasingly clear that collaborative learning and intentional systems design will be essential capacities for individuals, teams, and organizations as a whole.
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