NEVER STOP LEARNING Build a bulletproof career

YOU KNOW JON SNOW!NOTHING,

WHEN YOU PLAY THE GAME OF THRONES YOU WIN OR YOU DIE

Lifelong Learning through the

idiom of Westeros

LEARNING IS GREAT!

That is the way society frames the first two decades of a person’s life!

of college graduates will never read an academic text again42%

The percentage of European adults who are engaged in

life long learning is:10%

Source: professionalacademy.com

GRAND MAESTER PYCELLE Probably has not passed an

OFSTED Inspection

SO WHAT IS LIFELONG LEARNING AND WHY DOES IT STOP?

It is the process of acquiring new knowledge, skills and competencies in our lives

Learn

Get a Job

Start a family

Stay in the Job

Get Trained

Get a Job

KING ROBERT BARATHEON Really should have taken a

course in effective parenting

THE POST DIGITAL AGE

The Digital Age has ended – it ended with the iPhone, 3G & the Cloud

These technologies have shifted the landscape beyond recognition

When organisations are Digital by Default their behaviour is more agile

Their flexibility is improved and they can disrupt competitors not embracing the future

WE BUILD BARRIERS TO LEARNING

Time!

I’m too busy! My job takes up too much time…

Money! Learning costs so

much! I don’t want a MOUNTAIN of student debt…

Information!

I don’t know where to start or what to study…

Location!

I don’t want to go back to school…

NED STARKAn Open University Degree in

PPE may have enhanced his

career prospects

HOW TO BE A LIFELONG LEARNER

Change Your Idea of Learning

Establish Goals

Ask Questions

Find a group

Practice & Teach what you

learn

PRINCE VISERYS TARGARYENWould have benefited from

studying Dothraki as a foreign

language

THE CITY VS. TECH CITY

Tech City driving start-ups jobs boom with web developers ‘like gold dust’

Evening Standard Headline – 10th Oct 2013

PM unveils Tech City transformation

Evening Standard Headline – 12th Dec 2012

The new head of Tech City UK said ‘the time is now’ for Britain to cement

its status as a global player in the digital technology and entrepreneurial industries

Gerard Grech in interview - 17th March 2014

LADY LYSA ARRYN Perhaps a crash course with the

British Parachuting Organisation?

THE UK IS FALLING BEHIND

Lifelong education is not the norm - our global competitors are outperforming us

Of UK nationals hold a masters level degree or above7%

The percentage of US adults who hold a masters level

degree or above is15%

Source: ONS & New York Times

PRINCE OBERYN MARTELL A Law Conversion Course may

have been better for his health

LEARNING BRINGS CAREER BENEFITS

There is always something that we can learn that will improve the way we work

You are not alone – find co-workers & friends who want to learnOrganise!

The Tech Community is open standards based and often

open source, learn, benefit and collaborateShare!

Why are you, your organisation and your friends doing things in that way?Question!

KING JOFFREY BARATHEONWould have benefited from ILM

certification and membership to

ancestry.com

HELP THOSE AROUND YOU

The most amazing thing has happened - we are in an interconnected digital world

IT IS NEVER TO LATE!

YOU And I am OK with thatKNOW JON SNOW!NOTHING,

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Game of Thrones (or a Song of Ice and Fire) is awesome – The books are by George R.R Martin,

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