Abhijit Bhaduri’s Blog

I write about careers, skills and the world of work. The cartoons and sketches are mine.

Is there a way to measure Human Progress?
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Is there a way to measure Human Progress?

ETS has been known as the measurement company. They have just released the Human Progress Report 2024. They leveraged their geo footprint across 190 countries to discover that 80% people view themselves as ‘lifelong learners’. They found three factors that constitute human progress.

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Where have all the learners gone?
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Where have all the learners gone?

When the hashtag#customers change, it is time to rethink the hashtag#productmarketfit

Here is why your hashtag#webinars are so boring and forgettable. The learner has changed. The hashtag#content hashtag#strategy has not.

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How to better engage in the new world of online learning

How to better engage in the new world of online learning

Online learning is going to be the way for great content to be distributed more efficiently. But it needs to be supplemented by high dosage coaching in small groups. The ability to build great content that engages the learner; facilitators who understand the new media and the corporate culture that values learning is at the heart of this new world.

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Abhijit's Sketchnotes No 11
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Abhijit's Sketchnotes No 11

The New Education Policy was unveiled in India. Harvard, Princeton, Oxford etc are all moving classes online. Is that the end of college? What about Social Learning - does that work? Can writers earn enough to pursue writing as a full time career? Because there is a new world of careers brewing it is a terrific time to be alive. So let’s dive in …

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Building India as a talent-hub

Building India as a talent-hub

Automation may require an estimated 375 million workers to reskill for new jobs by 2030. New jobs are being created that have never existed before. Being a standup comedian is a thing now. As is the role of a ‘Tweeter-in-Chief’ that Twitter it looking for to run its Twitter account. The position requires a “fun, creative person with story-telling skills”.

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Reimagine education for the new ecosystem

Reimagine education for the new ecosystem

We often ask children what they want to be when they grow up. 85 per cent of the jobs that will exist in 2030 haven't even been invented yet. There were no jobs called Data Scientist, YouTube star, Sports Psychologists, even a few years back. The educational institutions have to stop being credentialing machines. My take on the Adobe Education Leaders Seminar 2019 ...

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3 Factors Shaping Your Career

3 Factors Shaping Your Career

Creating low end jobs is not going to be sustainable. Machines will outperform us every time. It may be hard to build the capability at scale to build techies with deep expertise in Artificial Intelligence. As machines take over from humans, all that is left is creativity and the ability to manage human relationships. That is what India excels at. Instead, India needs to leverage the strengths that it has. It is a culture where relations matter. This is not to take away from the need to build deep tech skills, but to supplement it with something that we may have an advantage in. How do we handle the impact of the 3 factors? Read on...

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