2024 in Review: AI, R&D, Education Regs, and Career Guidance Galore
It’s been a busy year here at the Future of Education—the newsletter dedicated to a world in which all individuals can build their passions, fulfill their potential, and live a life of purpose. I hope the work here has helped advance that cause.
Along with Ethan Bernstein and Bob Moesta, I coauthored a national bestselling book, Job Moves: 9 Steps for Making Progress in Your Career, with the goal of helping millions.
Along with ASA’s
, I launched Youth Career Readiness: The One Question Podcast—in which celebrities answer just one question to give advice to those supporting middle and high school students. We’ve already featured guests ranging from Common to Julie Foucher.We published 50 posts for paid subscribers and 28 general updates free to everyone.
Most recently, Ethan and I joined McKinsey’s Author Talks to talk about Job Moves here (to listen you’ll need to download the McKinsey Insights app).
CNBC featured Job Moves again in its article “The ‘great resignation’ is over, but workers still want to quit—here’s why, according to Harvard researchers.”
HRMorning ran a feature titled “4 Surprising Reasons Employees Quit Today.”
And in one of our most enjoyable sessions, Ethan and I joined Dart Lindsley’s Work for Humans podcast. Dart concluded independently that to improve HR, hiring, and the employee experience, companies need to see jobs as something that people consciously hire—the exact same conclusion that is at the heart of the research behind Job Moves. Without either of us knowing, he even coauthored a piece based on the Jobs to Be Done theory in the same issue of HBR in which we published a piece based on our research featured in Job Moves. So when the three of us got together to talk shop, we enjoyed pushing each other’s thinking and exploring where our ideas converge and diverge—and what the differences illuminate. Listen here.
Finally, here are the five most popular posts from the Future of Education in 2024 in case you want to check out what caught other people’s attention.
What the Latest Science Shows a Mentorship Mindset Can Do for Student Motivation
Phil Hill on Department of Education Regulations Reshaping EdTech and Higher Ed
Fixing College and Career Guidance for Parents, Students, and Schools
A Student’s View on the Challenges and Possibilities of AI in Education
Thanks as always for reading, writing, and listening. And happy new year.
Michael,
Happy New Year! I purchased and read your new book. I think your manuscript format continues to be good but you've missed the boat in terms of creating a balanced employer/employee perspective. I've been a small business owner for 35 years. Over the years we've hired, trained, and compensated hundreds of employees. The U.S. still embraces a capitalistic economy. At the end of the day, it's about growth, revenue, and profit contribution. If AI can get us there more efficiently, cost-effectively, and with a better ROI than labor investment then that's where the resources will be targeted. 10% of all small businesses today are franchised. The number of public companies continues to decline. Capital investments continues to be privatized. Most employees don't have a clue about the difference between an owned/operating versus asset light business model. Also, most employees have never learned how to read a P&L, Balance Sheet, or Business Tax Return. Best of luck in the coming New Year and I plan to continue to support your organization's educational vision, but you might consider engaging a small business owner's perspective because it's 80% of our economy! Eric