To plug in my earbuds and listen to some knowledgeable talks on YouTube is what I like to do while I am cooking. This morning, I happened to hear these two acronyms - VUCA and MOOC.
It is a talk about a book called "Mindshift" by Barbara Oakley. This is the next book on my reading list.
Fan, Deng elaborated on this book, mentioned the two words - the VUCA and MOOC concepts.
VUCA is the acronym for volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. It is a word used most often for the management mindset. But I believe this is also a good reminding for anyone to foresee an unpredictable nature of the future. With nothing that you can completely control in the future, the best way to shield you from more unpleasant consequences is to knowing the uncontrollable future and better yourself every day in your professional skills and social skills.
MOOC is the acronym for massive open online courses. Yes, this could be solution number one to better yourself every day on your various skills. The conventional education process could be overhauled by this MOOC if more people realize that no matter what your interest is, you can most often than not to find a few great courses to improve your knowledge on that.
There are parents worrying so much about how to send their kids to ivy leagues. But what I see is that to pursue one's real interest starts from a very young, not from college time. The MOOC is exactly the right resource for children to dig deep into the knowhows of their interests long before their college age. Colleges may not be the right piece of the puzzle for kids to be on their path to expertise.
MOOC is also the turnkey for people to change their careers in adulthood. "Mindshift" introduced a few examples (though the talk on YouTube) of people who changed their life path to excel in their late ages.
The only way to face VUCA and use MOOC is to learn new lifelong.
