This was the first time I listened to Dr. Karndee Leopairote and was very impressed ka. She said the private sector has moved forward fast without waiting for the government's help. She showed some of the stats about the perspectives of both the employers and employees on preference to WFH. It showed that 44% of organizations and 67% of employees preferred WFH. She also stressed that the younger generations, especially gens Y and Z find it comfortable to Learn from Home as many are digital natives who are used to AR and VR plus digital tutor and virtual teachers. Organizations with much space may turn it to be training centers in the future.
I thought of many implications when there's much less need for more space:
- offices would reduce space rent to be much more economical....and what would WeWork do to survive?
- co-working places in many areas would go out of business or not?
- real estate owners would need to think hard how to manage space for people to work from their condos.....heard that more people are looking for homes, not condo rooms so what will happen with those being sold?
- new sets of instructions about WFH to ensure productivity while not being overworked or underworked must be put in place. Dr. Karndee touched on 'Meeting protocol' ka.
- human interactions to enable 'hybrid working cultures' need to be managed in some creative forms.
Many more we can think of and what about our universities ka?
Two other issues I'd like to mention were:
- Organizations not only have to ensure they have ways to recruit talents, but they have to create 'learning path' for this particular group.
- Companies need to 'humanize' their teams while handling their well-being and cultural engagement.
- Is it possible for our universities to work 'wall-less' together (my own words na ka!)
Worrying about our universities and their management loei ka.
Our national education policies and university directions must be future-oriented and this is the time for foresight to shine brightly ka. At the national level, the international cooperation bureau has come up with 'The Future of IZN' from its cooperation with a Fulbright future studies expert. It has yet to enhance IZN and now that mobility is a challenge along with other issues caused by COVID-19, Internationalization at Home (IaH) will play a more visible role for the mass in the universities to become global citizens without having to go abroad.
Besides Dr. Karndee, 3 others are involved in higher education, me included ka. Keywords shared among the 4 are:
- 'global citizens' with intercultural competence to work with anyone, anywhere in the world;
- 'learners (to include faculty and staff, leaders, and communities)' with the faculty as the most important people to drive IaH forward by changed mindsets to get ready for new challenges;
- 'redesign' our approaches to teach and manage which will ensure relevance and practicality of the projects/ activities undertaken;
- 'diversity in focus' both in and outside the class settings to maximize resources for mutual understanding about our own selves and others.
It was an enriching session that I liked....and will share on the podcast too ka.
Again, lots to do but before then, can we keep abreast of the world changes and trends ka? Big question in question!
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