Systematic upskilling is the need of the hour. Annee Bayeux, chief learning strategist at Degreed, shares what transformation leaders must focus on to enable relevance and help workers navigate the future of digital transformation. In October 1957, a beach ball-sized aluminum sphere soared across the American night sky 100 miles above the earth, broadcasting a squeaking, wobbly beep. The sight and sound of Sputnik, the first human-launched satellite to orbit the earth, set off a wave of fear in America and a revolution in education. The nation immediately responded to what it saw as Russia’s emerging Cold War challenge in science and technology by reengineering the way it taught its students math and science. Today, we face another Sputnik moment. The fourth industrial revolution – the introduction of technologies such as AI, robotics, cloud technologies and IoT – is leaving thousands of companies and millions of workers ill-equipped to compete in a reinvented world. As a result of this constant reinvention, the new reality for all workers is the need to upskill continuously. Learning must include every worker from C-Suite offices to factory floors. In fact, investment in that type of education is already taking place. Two years ago, […]