This document discusses the changing role of learning and development (L&D) practitioners and the skills they will need for the future. It notes that L&D will transition from being "learning providers" to "architects of continuous development." Key future skills identified include generating on-demand content, building learning ecosystems, facilitating interactions, curating rather than creating content, and shifting from teaching skills to building effective learning habits. The role of L&D will change from employee-centric to network-centric learning.

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Preparing for an Uncertain Future

2. Innovation, Creativity,
Passion, Technology,
Entrepreneurial Mindset
What are they doing
to us Today?

3. They are creating opportunities.. Never
Before Experiences..Driving Performance
and Productivity of the Highest
Order..Delivering Products and Services of
Superior Quality at the fastest
speed..Making Impossible Possible
Transforming Lives

4. Innovation, Creativity,
Passion, Technology,
Entrepreneurial Mindset
What else are they
doing to us Today?

5. Stress, Ambiguity, Complexity, Loss of
Business, Loss of Market Share, Rat
Race, Uncertainty
Disrupting Lives

6. We are living through most
exciting yet turbulent times
in history !!

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Parking Your Car: Then
and Now

9. Then Your Wife Helped You ! ! 
9
Little bit more to
Left….No Stop
The Car near us is too
close for
comfort…Uhh there is
also a Big piece of
Stone nearby
I think you need to do
it all over again……
Which way do
I turn now?

10. Data with Visual on Distance, Obstacle warning,
Indication, Suggestion and alarm providing Complete
Control to driver with additional security Options
Now Cameras with Sensors Do the
Trick….

11. Sensemaking
Sensemaking is all about the ability to connect things to create new ideas.
Social Intelligence
Relationships and the ability to connect with people becomes and remains a crucial capability.
Novel & Adaptive Thinking
As employment growth gets polarized into either ends of low-skill jobs or high-skills jobs, it is important that we
always evolve our thinking towards the future to ensure we stay relevant.
Cross-Cultural Competencies
It is important it is to be able to be effective in different cultural settings.
Computational Thinking
No, this doesn’t mean you should think like a computer, but nonetheless, being
analytical becomes center-stage as data is everywhere.
New Media Literacy
The world of videos, blogs, and podcasts has changed the way we communicate and consume information. With an
entire generation that was
born digital entering the workforce, everyone will need to become fluent in digital and social media forms of
communications.
Transdisciplinarity
In the age of mounting competition and vast technological change, the capabilities needed to successfully
differentiate a company and win
in the marketplace are much broader than they were in the past.
Design Mindset
A design mindset refers to the ideas and attitudes by which a person
approaches a situation. It is about focusing on human values and developing a deep understanding of the people
that matter most to the problem we’re trying to solve.
Cognitive Load Management
The sheer amount of data and information that hits us in a short span of time
has exponentially increased with streams in multiple formats coming from multiple devices.
Virtual Collaboration
Working and collaborating effectively virtually, whether on a simple task or a very complex challenge is a necessity.
(Source: Institute for the Future)

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Passengers themselves became
Drivers….
Learners themselves will
become ??

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Learning is going to become a
Self Organizing System

14. Future Lies in
LEARNING ORGANIZATIONS

15. Changing Role of L&D

16. Changing Role of the L&D Practitioners
• Continuous generation of meaningful, vibrant and relevant
on-demand content accessible from anywhere
• Building an ecosystem and creating a context where
discover who to collaborate with to develop capabilities
• Facilitating interactions and ensuring that these become
intrinsic to the way the Organization functions

17. Transitioning from
‘Learning Provider’
to
‘Architect of Continuous
Development’

18. Strategy
Enablers
Strategy
Accelerators

19. High
Quality
Service
Proactive
Influence
From To

20. Content
Creators
Content
Curators

21. Future
Trends
MOOC
Video & Social
Learning
Mobile Learning & Multi
Screening
BIG Data, Cloud
– W h a t ’ s Y O U R V A L U E
A D D
On Job
Performance
support
Changing
Role of
L&D

22. Teaching ‘Skills’
Building
Effective
‘Learning
Habits’

23. Employee
Centric Learning
Network Centric
Learning

24. The Emerging Paradigm

25. Top Ten Future Skills
Empathy and Love for People Creative Thinking and Innovation
Influencing and Persuasion Skills Leveraging Data Analytics
Performance Consulting Understanding Business Eco-system
Ability to cope with Ambiguity Machine Learning
Connect with GenNext Using Technology & Digital Platforms
Future Skills for L&D Practitioners

26. • Surya P Mohapatra
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• Twitter: pmsurya
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