INTRODUCING THE NEW PARADIGM AND THE LEAPFROG PRINCIPLE IS/LS 5200 University of Minnesota

New Paradigm model Globalization Knowledge Society Accelerating Change New Paradigm

Globalization Dichotomies Local vs. global Homogenization vs. heterogenization Periphery vs. core

Dichotomies

Local vs. global

Homogenization vs. heterogenization

Periphery vs. core

Rise of the knowledge society and the knowledge economy Modes 1-3+ Socially distributed knowledge Academic capitalism and entrepreneurship Knowledge-producing institutions can no longer isolate themselves Can we manage knowledge?

Modes 1-3+

Socially distributed knowledge

Academic capitalism and entrepreneurship

Knowledge-producing institutions can no longer isolate themselves

Can we manage knowledge?

Accelerating change Kurzweil’s Law of Accelerating Returns Technological Singularity limits the horizon of human foresight Enormous advances in genetics, nanotechnology and robotics coming soon

Kurzweil’s Law of Accelerating Returns

Technological Singularity limits the horizon of human foresight

Enormous advances in genetics, nanotechnology and robotics coming soon

Accelerating Change, Accelerating Returns Time Level of Advancement J

A New Paradigm Note. Old paradigm and emergent paradigm domains, from fundamental relationships to reality , adapted from Schwartz, P., & Ogilvy, J. A. (1979). The emergent paradigm: Changing patterns of thought and belief . SRI International. Globalized Globalizing Local Place Contextual Perspectival Objective Reality Creative destruction Morphogenic Assembly Change process Anticausal Mutual Linear Causality Design Indeterminate Deterministic Worldview Synergetic Holographic Mechanical Relationships of parts Intentional, self-organizing Heterarchic Hierarchic Conceptualization of order Complex creative (teleological) Complex Simple Fundamental relationships New Emergent Old Domain Paradigm

The problem The three phenomena driving the New Paradigm are rarely explored together as a whole, particularly as it pertains to leadership.

The three phenomena driving the New Paradigm are rarely explored together as a whole, particularly as it pertains to leadership.

Furthermore This suggests a looming crisis in human capital development.

This suggests a looming crisis in human capital development.

Attending to the New Paradigm: The power of ‘Leapfrogging’

Leapfrog! Level of Advancement J Time J’

What does Leapfrog mean? Leapfrog means leadership rather than catching up. One could say that it offers a Great Leapfrog Forward.

Leapfrog means leadership rather than catching up.

One could say that it offers a Great Leapfrog Forward.

How does Leapfrog support Sustainable Innovation? (an example from education) Leapfrog education means using advanced (wireless) technologies to assist students and teachers Leapfrog education technologies permit moving from memorization to creative and innovative knowledge production

Leapfrog education means using advanced (wireless) technologies to assist students and teachers

Leapfrog education technologies permit moving from memorization to creative and innovative knowledge production

How does Leapfrog apply to education? Knowledge creation is the core of modern innovation societies Schools must learn to serve Sustainable Innovation through new relationships between students and teachers

Knowledge creation is the core of modern innovation societies

Schools must learn to serve Sustainable Innovation through new relationships between students and teachers

How does Leapfrog education work? American students read Mandarin Chinese by using special “smart” reading glasses Chinese students read English using “smart” reading glasses The glasses teach the languages

American students read Mandarin Chinese by using special “smart” reading glasses

Chinese students read English using “smart” reading glasses

The glasses teach the languages

How does Leapfrog support Sustainable Innovation in the New Paradigm? Leapfrog supports Sustainable Innovation by upgrading human capital and human performance in far shorter periods of time Leapfrog permits students of all ages to contribute to Sustainable Innovation through creativity and “instant” competence

Leapfrog supports Sustainable Innovation by upgrading human capital and human performance in far shorter periods of time

Leapfrog permits students of all ages to contribute to Sustainable Innovation through creativity and “instant” competence

Leapfrogging is leadership.

Leaders must reorient their policies and practices to attend to rapid advances in technology and the rapid virtualization of learning, living, and working. They must Leapfrog toward Sustainable Innovation.

Looking Ahead Imagine a global miracle in sustainable innovation… Where our regions are the leaders among knowledge and innovation economies Where no student fails in schools and colleges Where our citizens are the global standard for leading edge Sustainable Innovation development and application

Imagine a global miracle in sustainable innovation…

Where our regions are the leaders among knowledge and innovation economies

Where no student fails in schools and colleges

Where our citizens are the global standard for leading edge Sustainable Innovation development and application

Looking Ahead (from our education example) Imagine our teacher training colleges … As the world’s leading centers of Sustainable Innovation within a decade As one crucial link in a chain of education opportunities for PreK-17 learners amid an ecology of sustainability opportunities Bolstered with advanced networking technologies to support Sustainable Innovation in all levels of education

Imagine our teacher training colleges …

As the world’s leading centers of Sustainable Innovation within a decade

As one crucial link in a chain of education opportunities for PreK-17 learners amid an ecology of sustainability opportunities

Bolstered with advanced networking technologies to support Sustainable Innovation in all levels of education

Thank you!