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<\/a><\/p>\nFor petro-technicians, learning is not a loose situation. It can be a matter of life and death. Companies must have deep knowledge about effective ways to bring knowledge, information and content to field operations. It requires a clear priority on galvanizing the competence and autonomy of these professionals to make sound judgment. An oil field services major, Schlumberger is a known leader in knowledge management, talent recruitment and training. With industry shortages in seasoned professionals, scenario development offered a way to better understand the future for training and knowledge in the technical arena.<\/p>\n
The DTN\u2019s global scenario process involved participants, experts and workshops across multiple countries and continents. It challenged the executive team to think outside their comfort zones. How will the Millennials consume knowledge? Can workers be trained to leverage Web 2.0 technologies? How will content be created? How will the transition occur to new models and modes of learning from current industrial-age methods? What delivery systems and architecture can we anticipate? The DTN’s high-level workshops were designed for inspirational context and imaginative content. Among the sites, the Marie Curie Centre in Paris, for the history of learning; the oil field engineering training centre in Oklahoma for contextual experience. To inspire other ways of knowing, an expert-led workshop took participants through learning-by-drawing, based on the work of Dr. Betty Edwards, “Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain”.<\/p>\n
From the Driving Forces and Uncertainties<\/h4>\n
Bottom-up media<\/strong><\/em>: New technologies and distribution infrastructure are transforming who and how knowledge is created and disseminated. Consider the Wikipedia: an encyclopedia built in less than 5 years, a million pages larger than the Encyclopaedia Britannica, and a hundredth its size.<\/p>\n