1. Stephen Murgatroyd, Phd CEO, Collaborative media group inc.
The New road to skills
Stephen Murgatroyd, Phd
CEO, Collaborative media group inc.

2. Why need to think differently about skills development…
Work is changing
Automation
Artificial intelligence
New business models
New skills for productivity

3. And… Demography of Canada is changing..
By 2030, 30% of Canadians will be over 60 years of age
There will be 2 working age people in Canada for each retiree – down from 4:1 in 2015.
GDP could fall by as much as 52% (McKinsey)
More seniors than students in K-12 for the first time.

4. The nature of work is changing – the Uberization of work
By the year 2000 in Canada, app. 50% of the workforce were contingent workers – contracted for service rather than employees.
Largest number of contingent workers are young people under the age of 35.
Canada has the 3rd largest contingent workforce in the world behind New Zealand (#1) and the US (#2).
By 2030 we anticipate that 65% of the Canadian workforce will be contingent
Many over 65 also continue to work out of choice (some do so out of necessity)

5. LEARNING IS INTEGRATED INTO WORK NOT APART FROM IT…
Old career pathway
New careers pathway
Day care
Elementary
Junior high / high school
Apprenticeship / college / university
Job 1 in career 1
Job 2 in career 1 – small promotion
Job 3 in career 1– small promotion
Job 4 in career 1 – larger promotion
retire
Day care / elementary / tutor
Junior high / high / self-taught
Skills learning
Career 1
Career 2
RETURN TO LEARN
Career 3
Career 4
{REAPEAT OVER AND OVER}

6. What does this mean for skills based learning?

7. Skills based learning needs to be..
AVAILABLE ANYTIME, ANYWHERE TO ANYONE – AT WORK, AT HOME, VIA COLLEGES, VIA TUTORS, VIA workbased learning – learning needs to be everywhere
FLEXIBLE, FAST AND EFFECTIVE
MODULAR, STACKABLE AND PORTABLE
ABOUT COMPETENCIES, SKILLS AND ABILITIES – NOT ABOUT TIME or age
FOCUSED ON WHAT SOMEONE CAN DO AND HOW THEY DO IT AND LESS ON CREDENTIALS
MICRO-CREDIT AS IMPORTANT AS A RED SEAL, DIPLOMA OR CERTIFICATE
EMPLOYERS WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU BRING TO THEIR ORGANIZATION IN TERMS OF “SOFT SKILLS” AS WELL AS HARD SKILLS

8. WE NEED TO MOVE TO SHORTER MODULES (2-3 WEEKS) DELIVERED FLEXIBLY
BASED ON COMPETENCY
ASSESSMENT ON DEMAND
MODULES SHOULD STACK FROM A BADGE TO AN APPLIED DOCTORATE

9. WE NEED TO RETHINK APPRENTICESHIP
ITS NOT ABOUT TIME, ITS ABOUT CAPABILITIES
ITS NOT ABOUT RATIOS FOR SUPERVISION – ITS ABOUT MENTORING, COACHING AND GUIDING FOR SUCCESS
IT IS ALSO ABOUT RECOGNIZING PRIOR LEARNING, WORKBASED LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS ACQUIRED FROM ANY SOURCE – ITS NOT ABOUT NAIT OR SAIT, ITS ABOUT CAPABILITY
THE KEY ROLE FOR NAIT / SAIT AND OTHER PROVIDERS IS MENTORING, COACHING, GUIDING, ASSESSMENT – SOME TEACHING MAY BE REQUIRED

10. WE NEED EMPLOYEES TO HAVE THE LEGAL RIGHT TO ASK FOR TRAINING
EMPLOYERS INVESTING MORE IN TRAINING AND LEARNING
MORE PROVIDERS OF LEARNING
ASSESSMENT IS THE KEY – CAPABILITY BASED ASSESSMENT IS THE FUTURE

11. imagine Assessment of skills and competencies on demand
assessment leads to credentials
All credentials are stackable – lifelong learning has momentum
And all learning is transferable and recognized anywhere – forget geographical boundaries

12. Times are changing..

13. “THE FUTURE IS RARELY A STRAIGHT LINE FROM THE PAST….”
EXPECT THE NEXT CHALLENGE TO LEARNING TO BE A CURVEBALL!

14. STEPHEN MURGATROYD, PHD