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Andréa Torres
The effect of “Lifelong Learning” on your career
Career
The world is changing at such an accelerated pace that professionals who adapt to this scenario will be the ones most likely to stand out in the market.
Adapted professionals will be able to anticipate needs and, based on that, propose innovative and disruptive solutions in the VUCA world.
What is the VUCA world?
The expression emerged at the end of the last century and summarizes our current scenario well. The English term disseminated at the end of the Cold War is an acronym formed by the initials of the following words:
Volatility
Uncertainty
Complexity
Ambiguity
Volatility refers to the constant changes the world has been undergoing in recent decades.
In the face of so many transformations, it becomes harder every day to make predictions. That is what the second element, uncertainty, is all about.
If everything changes all the time and we cannot predict what will come next, the degree of complexity increases.
Ambiguity represents the impossibility of having definitive answers to anything at all.
The concept of Lifelong Learning
Lifelong learning is a concept that advocates for continuous education. It supports the idea that learning should be permanent and not just for a short period of life. Also known as ongoing knowledge acquisition, it better prepares us for the VUCA world.
Completing only the school years and ending one's studies after graduation is a practice that goes against lifelong learning. According to the theory, formal education is only a very important part of qualification, a starting point.
Development is a process that goes beyond obtaining a degree. In fact, it never ends. It is always time to learn something new and hone skills.
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” Alvin Toffler
The pursuit of knowledge provides us with personal benefits (self-confidence, self-esteem, and challenging ideas and beliefs), professional benefits (employability and career self-direction), and contributes to the formation of our identity.
