Monthly Archives: December 2020

New Year Course Sale

New Year Flash Sale! Get my top selling courses for up to 90% off until January 3rd 2021.  During this holiday season, give yourself a gift that can last a lifetime and can help you transform your life.

New Year Course Sale
New Year Course Sale

2020 a year of massive change

Change was the name of the game in 2020 accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic. As a result, the future is arriving faster than would have otherwise happened without the pandemic. For example so many aspects of our lives moved online in 2020 such as work, learning, shopping, socialising, entertainment and even worship. Take for example the impact of the pandemic on the future of work and learning. Within a few short months hundreds of millions of people found themselves remote working and learning. The future of work and learning is now blended. That means a mixture of remote working/study and in person work/study. This sudden shift has massive implications for the future. For instance, as a result of the pandemic rents will fall and the market for commercial real estate will weaken. The disruption seen in 2020 underscores the need for lifelong learning. In conclusion, change is happening all around us so we also need to change and grow to remain relevant.

Lifelong Learning

According to Wikipedia lifelong learning is the “ongoingvoluntary, and self-motivated ” pursuit of knowledge for either personal or professional reasons. Change is happening whether we want it or not and we all need to change and adapt or become obsolete. To change and adapt we need a growth mindset and lifelong learning. Therefore make a conscious effort to make learning part of your daily routine in 2021. Set time aside in your daily schedule for learning and study. When you make your goals for 2021 make sure and include goals around learning and re-skilling and up-skilling. Please check out all my courses below but in particular the first two. The first course on goal setting will help you set clear and compelling goals for 2021. The second course ‘Future Skills’ will show you how technology and other forces including the Covid-19 pandemic are shaping the future of work. The course will show you which jobs are in and which jobs are out.

New year course sale

New technologies combined with other forces such as Covid-19 are creating massive change. However new technology also helps us change ourselves, grow and be ready for change. There is no better example of this than online courses. Below are my courses on sale for the new year. Included with individual courses are copies of my e-books on personal development and beekeeping. As indicated above I highly recommend the first two courses to set you on the right track for 2021.

Goal Setting 2021: Set & Achieve Big, Hairy, Audacious Goals ($12.99)

Identify your Life’s Purpose and Vision, then set and achieve Big, Hairy, Audacious long term Goals (BHAGs) in 2021 and over the coming years. 

https://www.udemy.com/course/goal-setting-101-how-to-set-and-achieve-goals/?couponCode=NEWYEARSALE2021

Future Skills 2030-Prepare for the 4th Industrial Revolution ($14.99)

Understand the technological changes happening all around us today and the skills needed to future-proof your career.  If you are considering a career change in 2021 then this course will definitely guide you as to which jobs are in and which jobs are out.

https://www.udemy.com/course/future-skills/?couponCode=NEWYEARSALE2021

Transform Your Life: 30 Experiments in Personal Change 2021 ($12.99)

Thirty personal growth experiments to reinvent yourself and build the life you want in 2021 and beyond.

https://www.udemy.com/course/transform-your-life-experiments-in-personal-change/?couponCode=NEWYEARSALE2021

Beekeeping: A first course for Aspiring Beekeepers ($12.99)

Designed specifically for the non-beekeeper.  Explore beekeeping as a new, exciting and rewarding lifetime activity.

https://www.udemy.com/course/beekeeping-an-introduction-for-aspiring-beekeepers/?couponCode=NEWYEARSALE2021

Background to Beekeeping: Start with Why! ($14.99)

Understand in depth why you should become a beekeeper and how beekeeping can transform your life for the better.

https://www.udemy.com/course/background-to-beekeeping/?couponCode=NEWYEARSALE2021

I look forward to seeing you on any of the above courses.

Very best wishes for 2021!

Tom

Future Jobs Post Covid-19

For the past number of weeks I have been updating my online course Future Skills 2030-Prepare for the 4th Industrial Revolution. As a part of this updating process I have been thinking and reading a lot about the future of jobs post the Covid-19 pandemic. In this article I want to share with you the key things that I have learned.

Covid-19 and the future of work

The first thing that I want to say is that technological change is relentless with or without the pandemic. In the online course I cover the major areas of technological change occurring in the world. I discuss technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics, quantum computing, nanotechnology and biotechnology. In fact I cover 17 key areas of technological change. I also look at how technological change combines with other major changes such as climate change, globalisation and population growth. In 2020 we have an additional unprecedented driver of global change – the corona virus pandemic.

Change

Before the pandemic came along change was happening anyway in the world and at a rapid pace. A future of work largely defined by an increased prevalence of Artificial Intelligence (AI), automation and digital adoption was always anticipated. In March 2020, more than a third of humanity was in lock-down to prevent the spread of the virus. According to the United Nations the COVID-19 pandemic has created the largest disruption of education systems in history, affecting nearly 1.6 billion learners in more than 190 countries and all continents. From the start of the pandemic, it was clear that digital businesses and organisations would be among the few winners. And so it has proved. Lockdowns have encouraged a remarkable acceleration in digitalisation across many sectors. These include online retail and digital finance, online entertainment, telehealth, remote working and distance learning.

Lifelong learning

Skills and lifelong learning are crucial for long-term and sustainable growth, productivity and innovation and therefore a key factor for the competitiveness of individuals and businesses of all sizes. In particular the twin green and  digital transitions are reshaping the way we live, work and interact. Covid-19 is an accelerator of change. We live in a time of transitions. The World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Survey data 2020* shows that nearly half of all workers will need reskilling by 2025. Therefore we all need to reskill and upskill on an ongoing basis to remain relevant.

Taking action

We cannot reply on our employers to provide the reskilling and upkilling that we need. This may or may not happen, therefore we need to take charge of our own learning. Right now I am working to upgrade my own skills for the future. I am undertaking the Cyber Security Specialisation on Coursera which is taught by the New York University. One thing that I have learned is that cyber security is a key cross-cutting issue in our digital world. In the coming years more and more people and things will be connected to the internet of everything. As this happens cyber security will become ever more important and this is an area I am interested in. How about you? How will you re-skill and upskill to prepare for the future of jobs post-covid? A future of work that is now accelerating faster towards us due to the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic.

Best wishes,

Tom

PS. If you would like to learn more about the future of work , the technologies and forces driving change in our world and how to reskill and upskill, please check out my online course for the sale price of only $13.99 (90% off): Future Skills 2030-Prepare for the 4th Industrial Revolution. The course has been updated for 2021. The course is also curated as part of the Udemy for Business programme which includes top business courses selected from Udemy.com

As you prepare for 2021 you might be interested in my Goal Setting course for only $12.99 (82% off) : Goal Setting 101: How to Set and Achieve Goals 2021. Make sure and set yourself a learning goal for 2021.

Please note that the above course offers expire on 15/1/2021.

*World Economic Forum – The Future of Jobs Report 2020