Activity 1: Download the "Inform Yourself " guide

McKinsey Article: "The future is not what it used to be: Thoughts on the shape of the next normal" (April 2020) 

NeuroLeadership Institute Podcast: "Your Brain at Work" - 

Deloitte Article: "Future of Work: Ways of working in uncertain times:  Increasing organizational resilience in the face of COVID-19" (2020)

LinkedIn Pulse Article: What we’ll need to survive, and thrive, amid economic uncertainty,  an excerpt of "Reprogramming the American Dream," by  Kevin Scott, the current CTO of Microsoft, about the  impacts and opportunities of AI and technology in future life and work (2020)

Key Question: What is the human, personal impact of predicted future of work and life?

• Video: PBS Future of Work Ep1: New Industrial Revolution (2021)
• Video: PBS Future of Work Ep2: Future Proof (2021)
• Video: PBS Future of Work Ep3: Changing Work. Changing Workers (2021)
• Video:  The Digital Skills Gap and the Future of Jobs 2020 - The Fundamental Growth Mindset (Start here - this is a good one to set the stage for future work!)
• Video: The future of work: is your job safe? (Good overview of trade-offs of future work) from The Economist (Recommended)
• Video: Automation Entering White Collar Work (2019)
• Video: Robots and AI: The Future is Automated and Every Job is At Risk (2018) (Older video but worth watching)
• Video: The Future of Work: A VICE Special Report 
• Video: WSJ: The Robot Revolution (2018)
• Video: In the Age of AI - PBS Series (2019)
• Video: IAM Robotics (2019)
• Video: Bloomberg "Rise of AI" series on youtube (Awesome video highlighting Canada's AI contributions)
• Podcast: The Future of Work with Jacob Morgan'
• Podcast: Making Sense: AI: Racing toward the Brink (Sam Harris)

• Future of Virtual Internships, National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Summer Newsletter (2020)
• World Economic Forum: World Order is going to be rocked by AI: This is How (2020)
• The Gig Economy is Making Workers Feel Lonely and Powerless (2019)
• The Future of Work in an AI Economy: What this means for jobs,income and human purpose (Tony Robbins)
• Robots are here:  check out Kindred Robots 
• Like social science, but want to be relevant to technology? Check out Human Factors and Engineering Psychology
• Worldbank.org: Remote Learning, EdTech & COVID 19

Key Question: What are the potential trade-offs (benefits/costs) if the predictions of the future economy hold true? 

2020 IDC Report: "The Future of Higher Education: Digital Transformation" (Register to Download from Salesforce)

Colleges are closing: See Education Dive.

Inventory your own skills with: EMSI's SkillsMatch,  

Kaplan: Merging degrees with industry certification 

Schools of the Future: Defining WEF: New Models of Education for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

How can we prepare students for the Fourth Industrial Revolution? 5 lessons from innovative schools around the world

Education Week: Microsoft, Verizon, and Other Big U.S. Companies Design Their Ideal High School Courses (2020)

Education Week: Data: 5 Big Challenges in Preparing K-12 Students for the World of Work

College Tuition Price History (Data about cost inflation since 1977) 

Parker Dewey: Digital Internships! 

America's Mathematics Curriculum Doesn't Add Up,  2019 by Steven D. Levitt.  

Key Question: What new learning pathways are emerging? Which are declining?