The document discusses how the illiterate of the 21st century will be those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn in a time of rapid technological change. It notes computing and connectivity are disrupting every form of public life. It advocates for broad, continuous core education that focuses on skills like searching, verifying information, thinking laterally, constant learning, and maintaining connections to adapt to changing skills demands and career instability.

2. “The illiterate of the
21st century will not
be those who cannot
read and write, but
those who cannot
learn, unlearn, and
relearn”
Alvin Toffler, Future Shock

3. Death of the machine age – Birth
of the computer age
Death of the machine age – Birth of the computer age
Computing and connectivity are disrupting every form of public life
Globalization, the rise of big corporations and the fall of trade walls
are creating a new economy
Tech and access to markets has never been cheaper or easier

4. The second
economy, machine
to machine
New economics of
money
The social
economy
Mobile economy Data economy Security
IPR Creativity
Intelligence,
smartness sand
automation

5. 50+ years of work
Economic
instability
Lack of consensus
Rapid skills
change
Constant
contracting
Automation, first
manual jobs and
now professional
jobs
Globalization/
migration
Democratic tech
and connectivity
Maker Culture

6. EMERGENCE OF THE ARTISAN
TECHNOLOGIST
PORTFOLIO CAREER/MULTIPLE
MEDIA
RE EMERGENCE OF THE ARTISAN

7. Broad and
deep,
continuous
core
education
Ability to
search, verify
and filter Presentation,
Pitching,
Working with
people
Ability to think
laterally
Mindset of
constant
enquiry
Continuing
learning –
Constant
reskilling
Mentoring
and Guidance
Constant
Connections
Intelligence,
Intelligence,
Intelligence
Personal
Branding

9. Fine Art
Teaching art and
music
Artists and
computing
TwoWayTV
TVU/UWL Yoomedia BBC Publicis Chemistry
Own Business
SCA
(Personal project)
BSkyB
(contract)
Aviva
(contract)
Microsoft Studios
(contract)
RSC
(contract)

10. Processes
Rigid, engineering
Stage/Gate
Lean and Agile
Continual and iterative
Tools
High degree of tech skills
Tough, inflexible, discrete
Web tools, connected
Modular, easy, smart and
connected

11. REQUIRES
EMERGENCE OF A NEW/OLD WAY
OF EDUCATING
RE EMERGENCE OF THE ARTISAN

12. Good artists ask
questions, iterate and
test continually…
Start thinking
of themselves
as Conductors
not
Composer/
Performers
Craft skills need
to change and
adapt…

13. Thanks