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BETTER LEARNING CREATES
BETTER OUTCOMES FOR ALL
NATE HURST
Chief Sustainability and Social Impact Officer, HP
GUS SCHMEDLEN
Vice President of Worldwide Education, HP
If you’re reading this on
your smartphone as you
answer emails, tweet and
schedule Uber Eats, you
already know that technology
enables completely new
ways of working. You see
how it has transformed our
communications, lifestyle and
industries. Yet we’re still in the
infancy of tech innovation.
According to our latest Megatrends report, the
technologies that define modern life will soon be
1 billion times more powerful than they are today,
shaping possibilities that haven’t yet been imagined.
As technology evolves, learning and skill-building must
evolve in lockstep. The generation now entering the
workforce, Generation Z, was the first born into a world
where Internet and smartphones exist. These digital
natives will make up 36 percent of the global workforce
by 2020, and they come with new expectations and a
different style of working. The generation that follows,
what some call Generation Alpha, will evolve even faster.
Improving education outcomes starts by reinventing
the classroom in ways that engage students, empower
educators, and build strong and vibrant communities.
Innovation Journal Sustainable Impact
LEARNING TO BUILD FUTURE SKILLS
Education must adapt to this dynamic reality and prepare
students to thrive in tomorrow’s workforce. Teaching for
unimagined jobs and industries requires that we equip
learners with the skills to perpetually evolve, in areas like
communications, creativity, and collaboration. Classrooms
and learning methods must be lean, flexible, and ready to
pivot to be able to prepare students for lifelong learning.
Education is a major focus at HP. We are working to skill up
the next generation of innovators that will lead HP and our
customers’ companies in the decades to come. We’ve made a
$20 million commitment aimed at enabling better learning
outcomes for 100 million people by 2025. Since 2015, more
than 14.5 million students and adult learners have benefited
from HP’s education programs.