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“Dorothy took it upon herself to change. Questions asked by attendees:
We need to help our clients build that Q: A lot of the people we serve are focused on
confidence. To make our educational systems skill-based training. Are knowledge-based
and organizations ready, we need to have the mindsets out of reach for them?
major mindset shift.” A: Knowledge-based skills are not out of reach for
digital-based jobs. For now, building that growth
– Mary Kate Morley Ryan, Accenture mindset into all training that any community
The Accenture leaders said Goodwill college program or workforce development
organizations can begin transitioning to a program is developing is important.
growth mindset by focusing on four key areas: Q: How can someone recognize when they’re
investment, time, talent and empowerment. operating from a fixed mindset and how do you
They challenged attendees to think about how pivot them into a growth mindset?
they can adjust their programs, consider the
experiences they are giving their adult workers A: A growth mindset isn’t a fixed state of being. You
and offer them access to beneficial experiences. can be very oriented toward a growth mindset
in some areas of your life and not in others.
“Make sure you’re really thinking about It’s what you want to aspire to, but you’re
innovation and not doing training the same never going to be in a growth mindset about
way you’ve done in the past,” Boggs said. “Just everything.
be prepared to have your own growth mindset
about where the workforce development
programs that you’re managing need to be Watch, Read, Learn | Curated Content
going.”
1. Watch the General Session Video
Questions to Consider: 2. View the Presentation
1. How will Goodwill be ready to help the
people it serves adapt to technological Additional Accenture Research
changes? 3. Closing the Skills Gap
4. Inclusive Future of Work
2. How will Goodwill use technology to cultivate
a community of trust with the people it 5. Accenture’s New Skilling Story
serves? 6. New Skills Now
3. How will Goodwill engage technology in 7. The Trust Imperative + Workforce Data
innovative ways to bring new people to the
organization? Other Relevant Publications
8. Brookings: Automation and Artificial
4. Who will Goodwill’s new partners be Intelligence: How Machines are Affecting
and how will they work to find secure, People and Places
collaborative solutions?
9. OECD: Envisioning the Future of Education
5. How can Goodwill ensure that its programs and Jobs
cater to the unique needs of the community 10. WEF: Future of Jobs Report
and use technology to localize them? 11. WE: Eight Futures of Work: Scenarios and
their Implications
12. Stanford: Growth Mindset in the Classroom
13. Carol Dweck: How Praise Became a
Consolation Prize - On Growth Mindset
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