7. âOur task is to educate their our
studentsâ whole being so they can
face the future. We may not see
the future, but they will and our
job is to help them make
something of it.â
Sir Ken Robinson
9. How do we nurture a
passion for the unknown?
⢠Include into KPI? Mission Statement?
⢠âCuriosityâ as a key hiring / HR element?
⢠Personal time to research ânewâ areas?
⢠âSuper Ideaâ Week / Month?
⢠Projects over exams? P2P assessment as
dominant?
⢠âEvery-student-a-teacherâ motifs?
⢠Critical Questioning skills to be compulsory?
⢠Curiosity 101 modules?
⢠What else?
11. âThere are a gazillion things,
a gazillion truly different and
differentiated thing, a gazillion
things of genuine value, to be
the best in the world at.â
Quoted by Seth Godin
12. âBest in the world just refers to the world of your
community in that moment, and best means the
thing that most appropriately fits their
worldview. In other words, you have to be the
best in the world at classical violinâŚyou can do
great by having the innovative lecture notes in
Damansara, or being the administrator with the
most dependable filing system.
Compromise is the enemy of that. So is fear. So is
the desire to fit in or be average.â
(Alwyn Lau re-wording Seth Godin)
13. How do we become recognized
as the best in the world?
⢠What are we doing to become better than
âvery goodâ?
⢠How would people know weâre the best?
⢠Does our best âfinds it wayâ into our everyday
lives, or only professionally?
⢠Whatâs stopping us from being the best at that
âthingâ we know we can be? Attitude? Belief?
Bad habits? Other people?!
⢠Etc.
14. #3 Grab an Oar, Hoist the Sail,
Wash the Desk
(or Augment Your Domains)
17. How do we
encourage multi-expertise?
⢠Make double/triple-majors the norm?
⢠Have inter-departmental qualifications?
⢠âCredentialiseâ as many skills as possible?
⢠Charge lower for second (or third) degree of
the same level?
⢠Etc.?
18. #4 Use the Telescope Often
(or be an Amateur Futurist) )
19.
20.
21. How do we promote
futuristic thinking?
⢠Initiate futuristic think-tank departments? To
provide trend reports regularly?
⢠Include / Infuse futurist studies into
curriculum?
⢠Teach research in secondary schools?
⢠Focus on what âwe donât know we donât
knowâ?
⢠What else?
22. âWe did not come here to fear
the future.
Weâre here to shape it.â
BARACK OBAMA