Introduction
In this article I will share some reflections in relation to TRAINING vs EDUCATION as I do see a global need for re-valuing what TRAINING can bring to the table for the individual, the community and the business.
How about changing the present mindset of turning people in to specialists with time limited knowledge to a long-lasting resource on a lifelong learning path eager to achieve new skills?
During my days at Aalborg University a part of the education was to be able to search and evaluate the available sources in order to find the best solution.
I was told both by my teachers and the companies I joined as a trainee, that my education as a Civil Engineer would only give me the basic theoretical understanding and skills – the experience and knowledge in how to make things happen would come through training together with or provided by experienced colleagues.
Tim Clement has illustrated this very well in this article about being experienced, educated or trained in your skills.
Scanning through the global news feed it seems like companies prefer to rely primary on the technology… which could be great in the event that the technology have been qualified thoroughly and are being managed by experienced people.
We have already seen examples with severe impact to humans caused by the use of technology, that lacked the thorough testing – among many reasons we often see the money issue overruling common sense with a severe impact to the humans being dependent of the outcome.
It is time for a collective change of mind here before we see more examples of this kind or even examples with a long term impact to our present and future generations.
Using Vishen Lakhiani‘s “The Eve Question” when making a decision, we will make a better world for future generation.
One approach forwards would be to use the experienced people with hands on experience to provide suggestions for improvement, the educated people to develop and the trained people to qualify the solutions.
It may take time, it may cost a lot of money but the outcome will be much better for all of us.
We humans have a lot of potential knowledge – let us use it wisely to make our planet a better place to live.
This article was published initially on LinkedIn on 14 January 2020. I have made some adjustments to the content in this version.
Image Credits:
| Classroom | Photo by NeONBRAND on Unsplash |
| Question marks | Dreamstime Free |
| Me As Project Manager | Photo by John Gibbons on Unsplash |
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