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We are already in an age of high tech and artificial intelligence. What skills will be needed to ensure that we are equipped to deal with the future changes to the world of work?
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sylvia hammond started the topic Call for papers – DHET 2019 Research Colloquium in the forum
4th Industrial Revolution 3 weeks, 6 days agoThe DHET and all the entities – that is:
21 SETAs, 3 Quality Councils (CHE, Umalusi, QCTO), SAQA, and the NSFAS, are planning a research colloquium for the 18th & 19th September 2019, in Gauteng, at a venue to be confirmed.The deadline for paper submission is the 19th May 2019.
“The aim of the 2019 Research Colloquium is to provide a platform…[Read more]
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sylvia hammond started the topic Call for applications – IGP Panel of Researchers in the forum
4th Industrial Revolution 1 month agoEmail alert received from sarah.marriott@uct.ac – DPRU
Details copied from website – see link belowThe Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU), has issued the following call for applications.
Appointment of a Panel of pre-qualified researchers & related professionals to provide consultancy services to the Inclusive Growth Programme (IGP)
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Suzanne Hattingh started the topic Do you have the skills set required in the GIG economy? in the forum
4th Industrial Revolution 1 month agoThe world of work in the 4th Industrial Revolution will result in a larger part of the workforce being engaged in alternative work arrangements, with many doing work for more than one organisation at the same time. This will be increasingly common in the ‘GIG economy’: a labour market characterised by flexible, on-demand work in short-term con…[Read more]
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Suzanne Hattingh started the topic Are you ready for Industry 4.0? in the forum
4th Industrial Revolution 1 month, 3 weeks agoHow should we respond to the challenges of the 4th Industrial Revolution? In a presentation in January at the 2019 SALSA Seminar of the Legislatures of South Africa, I posed these questions that we need to ask as individuals, leaders and critical thinkers.
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Suzanne Hattingh started the topic Eskom & 4th Industrial Revolution in the forum
4th Industrial Revolution 1 month, 3 weeks agoNo explanation needed!
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Cas Olivier started the topic Potential Development using Thinking Tools in the forum
4th Industrial Revolution 2 months, 2 weeks agoBecause human beings are destined to think, all information on earth was created by human brains.
This rule, i.e. that the brain is a knowledge creator, is acknowledged everywhere in the world, except in schools where learners’ brains are turned into knowledge duplicators.
(this is an extract from my latest book: Potential Development using T…[Read more]
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malose mofomme replied to the topic Rethinking our skills development strategies in the forum
4th Industrial Revolution 3 months, 2 weeks agoChallenges
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malose mofomme replied to the topic Rethinking our skills development strategies in the forum
4th Industrial Revolution 3 months, 2 weeks agoThank you Suzanne, i came across the same webinar and i thought to myself, are we ready? Yes rethinking our skills development is very important.
Where do we start?
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Tass Schwab replied to the topic Rethinking our skills development strategies in the forum
4th Industrial Revolution 7 months, 1 week agoThank you Suzanne, your recent webinar made me pat myself on the back at the way I am working, but also alarmed me. Thank you for this incredible wake up message that you are putting out there to the Skills Development World.
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Suzanne Hattingh started the topic Rethinking our skills development strategies in the forum
4th Industrial Revolution 7 months, 2 weeks agoThe 4th Industrial Revolution has brought the “exponential pace of change (that is) disrupting every industry in every country (and) impacting every aspect of how we work and how we live, creating threats and opportunities”. (Morgan: https://bit.ly/2lHu4Ej) These exponential disruptions will not affect all industries and occupations to the sam…[Read more]
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sylvia hammond created the group
4th Industrial Revolution 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Its is about time that leaders of businesses and government agencies to be ready to harness the full potential of Industry 4.0 to benefit their clients, their
people, their organisations, their communities
and society more broadly?