By Mark Lang

Did you know? 1 in 4 been with current employer < 1 year 1 in 2 been with current employer < 5 years Today’s learners expect to have jobs …. by their 38 th birthday …. by their 38 th birthday The top 10 jobs that will be in demand in 2010 did not exist in The 25% of the population in China with the highest IQs is greater than the population of North America. Years to reach 50 million audience  Radio 38 years  TV 13 years  Internet 4 years There are over 2.6 billion searches performed on Google each month. To whom were they addressed B.G.? It is estimated that 1.5 exabytes (1.5 x 10 18) of unique new information will be generated worldwide this year. Shift Happens!

8000 BC Agrarian Age Industrial Revolution Information Age Organized Innovation Behaviors 10,000 Years250 Years20+ Years Innovation Age ?? Years History of Human Commerce 2000 ©2009 Charter Partners Institute

Little formal education (common sense) Apprenticed skills Solo innovation Agriculture & Crafts to Sustain Life Agrarian Age Industrial Age Information Age Innovation Age Linear Thinking ©2009 Charter Partners Institute

Agrarian Age Industrial Age Information Age Innovation Age Organizational scale More complex products not possible with crafts Hierarchical organization Fixed division of labor Mass trained workforce; socialized to conform Linear Thinking ©2009 Charter Partners Institute

Agrarian Age Industrial Age Information Age Innovation Age Automation and efficiency added to organizational scale Global scale & efficiency Hierarchical organization Automation takes over more routine tasks More outsourcing (distributed supply chain) Higher skills to leverage technology (more productive) Employees more job ready (no time to train) Critical Thinking ©2009 Charter Partners Institute

Agrarian Age Industrial Age Information Age Innovation Age Technology mediated global networks Constantly changing competitive conditions Innovation and agility along with efficiency Networked organizations (flat world) Everyone contributes to innovation; constantly learning Relationships and leadership to quickly assemble resources Creative Thinking ©2009 Charter Partners Institute

The View from Some Corporate CEOs “Constant reinvention is the central necessity at GE … We’re all just a moment away from commodity hell.” Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman & CEO, GE “The world is changing very fast. Big will not beat small anymore. It will be the fast beating the slow.” Rupert Murdoch, Chairman & CEO, News Corporation “You have to go down blind alleys. But every once in a while you go down an alley and it opens up into this huge, broad avenue. That makes all the blind alleys worthwhile.” Jeffrey P. Bezos, Chairman, Pres, and CEO, Amazon.com

Longitudinal Study of Divergent Thinking Fraction Scoring at Genius Level (1600 Children) Age 3 – 598% Age 8 – 1032% Age 14 – 1510% Age 25+ 2% (200,000 adults) Breakpoint and Beyond: Mastering the Future Today George Land and Beth Jarman (1998) ©2009 Charter Partners Institute

21 st Century Innovation Skills Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making Break challenge into manageable steps Explore alternative solutions Adapt before the outcome is known Identify the real problem based on mission/goals ©2009 Charter Partners Institute

21 st Century Innovation Skills Innovation & the Creative Process Study identified situation (deep dive) Recognize opportunity with intuitive discovery Formulate direction within ambiguity Carry out experiments while managing risk Learn from failure ©2009 Charter Partners Institute

21 st Century Innovation Skills Communication and Collaboration Facilitate people with different personalities and styles Use digital media for collaboration Manage team to co-create better outcome than individual contributions Select best team for a task Visionary Leadership Formulate mission that guides and motivates Manage reaction in face of sabotage ©2009 Charter Partners Institute

What can I do? Help Make Innovation a Core Value Within Education in the Greater Lehigh Valley Where Pioneering Educators Learn 21 st Century Skills August 10-13, 2009 September 26, 2009 October 17, 2009

The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it. --- Michelangelo ©2009 Charter Partners Institute

Critical Thinking Creative Thinking analyticgenerative convergentdivergent verticallateral probabilitypossibility judgmentsuspended judgment focuseddiffuse objectivesubjective answeran answer left brainright brain verbalvisual linearassociative reasoningrichness, novelty yes butyes and ©2009 Charter Partners Institute

Reptilian Brain Low level Very quick reaction, repeated experiences Dog Brain Mid-level strongly tied to emotions and hygienic factors; sense of happiness Cognitive Brain Neocortex Limbic brain Brain Stem Highest level deep thinking; new connections; motivation Responses are negotiated across the different levels Triune Brain ©2009 Charter Partners Institute