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The Upskill Gambit
- Discover the 5 Keys to Your Career and Income Security in the Digital Age (Learning Wizard)
- Narrated by: Derik Hendrickson
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
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Publisher's Summary
“The Upskill Gambit—Discover the 5 Keys to Your Career and Income Security in the Digital Age”
Friends, if you want to discover the five keys to enduring career and earnings success then The Upskilling Gambit is for you. Join us for a journey that will transform your professional growth and unlock new opportunities for you and your organization. The global workforce—with an estimated 1 billion Knowledge Workers—has undergone a remarkable transformation from the Industrial Age to the Information Age and now entered the contemporary Digital Age. This transformation has been largely driven by technological advancements and economic cycles.
In the Industrial Age the workforce was primarily characterized by manual labor, with individuals working in factories and other manufacturing facilities. Specialization and repetitive tasks were the norm, with limited opportunities for intellectual engagement or skill development. The Information Age also brought about a shift towards knowledge-based work, as industries began to rely on information processing and communication infrastructure. This led to the rise of white-collar jobs and a growing demand for skills in computing, data analysis and first generation robotics.
Thesis: A generational opportunity awaits all Knowledge Workers who focus on “Upskilling” their talents—across all industries, functional disciplines and geographic regions—in the new digital economy. Given the vast focus on job displacement due to technology innovation and business process improvement—in the near term—the upside growth potential in the medium-long term far outweighs the downside risk for all who invest in “Upskilling”.
Contents:
I - Introduction
II - Upskilling—The Big Picture
III - Skills Reign Supreme
IV - Career Myths vs. New Realities
V - The Newest Normal
VI - The Upskilling Paradigm
VII - The 5 Keys to Successful Upskilling
VIII - Future Demand for Jobs and Skills
IX - Upskilling Teams...