Peter Ellyard

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Bendigo Senior Secondary College

• Peter Ellyard
• Preferred Futures Institute

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Preparing our Young for 21st Century
SuccessIdeas Warehouse
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Capabilities for 21st Century Success 1

• 1. Embracing a personal value system which is
  compatible with emerging 21st century paradigms
  and realities, To carry a value system of
  yesteryear will invite becoming a misfit.
• 2. Being a leader, first of self and then of
  others, shaping ones own life/career path rather
  than being shaped by the future.
• 3. Becoming a future and path maker rather than a
  future and path taker.This involves utilizing
  insight , foresight and hindsight
• 4. Being a lifelong, learning-driven and
  just-in-time learner to update skills and adapt
  easily to changing circumstances. Assuming
  responsibility for ones own learning.
• 5. Being an enterprising innovative person,
  constantly seeking to do old things better and
  new things first.

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Capabilities for 21st Century Success 2

• 6. Becoming a successful 21st century adult. This
  includes being able to initiate and conduct
  successful interdependent relationships and
  contributing to the wellbeing of 21st century
  communities and organizations..
• 7. Being respectful and tolerant of, and
  comfortable with, cultural and religious
  diversity..
• 8. Being successful in a 21st century knowledge
  based industrial system based on the core forms
  of human creativity the arts and humanities,
  the social and natural sciences, and the
  technologies.
• 9. Comprehending that 21st century success
  requires that individual rights are balanced with
  responsibilities to others, to the community, the
  environment, the planet, and future generations.
• 9. Being a contributor to the sustainable future
  rather than to the unsustainable present.

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Managers and Leaders
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The Five Ps of the Future

• 1. Plausible futureWhat could conceivably be our
  future prospects ? What or who could threaten us
  ?
• 2. Probable futureWhat will be our future if we
  continue on with business-as-usual and if we
  stay on our current pathway ?
• 3. Prospective futureWhat will happen now that
  circumstance have changed , what is our prognosis
  now that fate has intervened on our journey to
  a probable future ?
• 4. Preferred futureWhat should happen,What do I
  aspire for ? What is our dream?
• 5. Possible future What can we make happen ,
  given we have limitations to resources and
  knowledge .What is the art-of-the-possible ?

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The 8 Cs of the Heart

• 1. confident having self belief but without
  hubris.
• 2. courageous going where others dare not,
  overcoming self interested opposition.
• 3. committed doing what must be done, being
  assertive not aggressive.
• 4. considerate listening and responding to the
  opinions and views of others.
• 5. courteous showing respect in conversation.
• 6. compassionate responding with empathy to
  victims and the disadvantaged.
• Two additional Cs
• 7. Compromise building and nurturing
  interdependence and relationships.
• 8. Communicate articulating with both head and
  heart, ensuring both non verbal and verbal forms
  of expression convey the same message.

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The 6 Vs

• Vision. What will/should be our destination, our
  probable / preferred future
• Values. What values/ethics guide our behaviour
• Virtues. What values/ethics should guide our
  current behaviour
• Venturers. Who are, and how do we engage our
  champions and allies building partnerships
• Voyages. What are the obstacles, improvements
  ,initiatives and heritages
• Vehicles. What do we need to do to increase our
  capacities and capabilities, and what ways and
  wares do we need to use/innovate

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The 5 Dialogues

• 1 Destiny dialogue. Insight The secret to a
  successful life is to understand what is ones
  destiny to do and do it (Henry Ford) . Destiny
  aptitude passion..
• 2. Destination dialogue. Foresight, Describe the
  preferred future/possible future destination .
  Vision
• 3. Derivation dialogue. Hindsight What can we
  learn from our own and others histories? What
  baggage from the past is still with us that we
  must change , modify or keep what values should
  we nominate as virtues ? Values and Virtues
• 4. Directors dialogue what strategies do we
  need to achieve our destination and fulfil our
  destiny . Venturers champions and allies the
  who , what ,where, when ,why , how of achieving
  the destination
• 5. Directions dialogue. What are the key
  strategic actions? Voyages Obstacles overcome.
  Improvements made. Initiatives taken . Heritages
  nurtured Vehicles Capacities and Capabilities ,
  Ways and Ways

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Vehicles (Innovations) required to achieve sought
outcomes

• Capacities additional and new resources we
  need. eg finance and technologies
• Capabilities additional and new knowledge and
  skills we need
• Ways what we do and how we do it (eg new
  strategies, cultures, principles, ethics,
  behaviors, agreements, relationships)
• Wares what we use( eg new designs, products
  ,services , technologies )

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How Values shape markets

• Values determine what people value and find
  valuable
• What people value and find valuable they will
  want more of
• What they want more of will determine what they
  seek in markets
• What is sought in markets will determining
  emerging innovations, products, services and
  technologies

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The Cowboy Culture/ Modernism (1960) / Priority
to Nation
The Spaceship Culture/ Planetism (2020)
/ Priority to Planet
Individualism
Communitarianism
Independence
Interdependence
Autocracy Democracy
Humanity against nature Humanity
part of nature
Production,consumption,lifestyles
Production,consumption,lifestyles Unsustainable
Sustainable
Patriarchy Gender Equality
Intercultural inter-religious
Intercultural inter-religious Intolerance,
Hostility Tolerance, Harmony
Conflict resolution through Conflict
resolution through Confrontation /Combat
Cooperation/Negotiation
Safekeeping through Defence
Safekeeping through Security
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Planetist Values

• Planetist values are the values we need to
  create sustainable prosperity and a sustainable
  society on Spaceship Earth
• Planetist values are the values shaping global
  public opinion , markets and ethics in the 21st
  century
• Planetist values will determine what is
  planetary correct and ethical behaviour by
  individuals , companies ,nations and
  international organisations in the 21st century

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Cowboys and Cosmonauts

• Most men who have 5 years of education or less
  remain cowboys
• Most tertiary educated and upper secondary
  educated men become cosmonauts
• Most women are cosmonauts
• Most middle class people become cosmonauts

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21st Century ways to punish planetary
incorrect behaviour

• The trade ban
• The customer boycott often driven by the internet
• The freezing of bank accounts
• The strike on capital

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Learning Culture 1

• Lifelong learning Continuously utilising up to
  10 of ones time to prepare for future
  individual and collective success
• Learner-driven learning Learning driven by the
  learner not the teacher/mentor, through
  learner-driven learning innovations
  technologies.
• Just-in-time learning Providing the opportunity
  to learn when curiosity and the need for
  knowledge, and gratification from learning is
  greatest, including in work environments.
• Customised learning Being able to learn more
  effectively because all learning opportunities
  and processes are customised to suit different
  learning and thinking styles.

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Learning Culture 2

• Transformative learning Designing learning
  for, and assessing the success by the
  transformation of students, for this and not
  acquiring knowledge is the purpose of
  education.
• Collaborative learning Designing learning
  environments/processes to ensure learning is as
  effective in groups as for individuals.
• Contextual learning Improving learning by
  locating learning in real life and virtual real
  life environments
• Learning to learn Continuously improving the
  capability to learn and think.

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Successful Adulthood involves

• Becoming a cosmonaut in a cosmonaut 21st century
• Learning about how to become a successful
  cosmonaut adult in the years of puberty , the
  middle years of secondary school, the time used
  by traditional cultures for initiation into
  adulthood

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Successful Adulthood 1

• 1. becoming lifelong, learner-driven learners
• 2. creating career paths which bring economic
  and social security
• 3. understanding that individual rights should
  be balanced by reciprocal responsibilities and
  service to others and the community
• 4. respecting and knowing how to nurture the
  environment and other species
• 5. respecting and tolerating other cultures and
  religions, particularly indigenous cultures.

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Successful Adulthood 2

• 6. nurturing ones own self esteem
• 7. respecting others, including parents and
  elders
• 8. initiating , nurturing and maintaining
  successful relationships
• 9. developing healthy and sustainable
  lifestyles
• 10. becoming enterprising self-actualising
  individuals
• 11. becoming leaders-of-self and then of
  others

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An Enterprising Individual

• has a positive, flexible and adaptable
  disposition towards change, seeing it as normal,
  and as an opportunity rather than a problem.
• has a security born of self-confidence, and is at
  ease when dealing with insecurity, risks,
  difficulty and the unknown.
• has the capacity to initiate creative ideas.
  develop them, and see them through into action in
  a determined manner.
• is able, even anxious, to take responsibility and
  is an effective communicator, negotiator,
  influencer, planner and organizer.
• is active, confident, and purposeful, not
  passive, uncertain and dependent .

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Enterprise Skills 1

• 1. assessing strengths and weaknesses
• 2. making decisions
• 3. working cooperatively in teams and groups
• 4. planning time and energy
• 5. carrying out agreed responsibilities
• 6. negotiating
• 7. dealing with power and authority
• 8. solving problems

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Enterprise Skills 2

• 9. resolving conflict
• 10. planning and managing projects
• 11. coping with stress and tension
• 12. creating ones own health and wellbeing
• 13. evaluating performance
• 14. communicating both verbally and non-verbally
• 15. developing strategic visions/action plans for
  self and others
• 16. intervening strategically and systematically
  to shape the future.

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Innovation

• Innovation Doing old things better doing new
  things first
• Innovation Creativity Enterprise

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Creativity

• Creativity
• Imagination
• Synthesis of the different realms of knowledge
  in the Arts and Humanities,the Natural and Social
  sciences and the Technologies

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Planetist Ways and Wares

• Planetist markets will want ways and wares
• Ways What we do (eg actions , building
  realtionships, behaviours, professional
  practices/ethics
• Wares What we use designs , products, services
  , technologies
• In areas such as increased
• Interdependence, eg for long term loyal
  interdependent relationships/supply chains ,
• Democracy, eg for better consultation and
  collective decision making
• Equity, eg for better access , participation and
  opportunities for the disadvantaged in a
  globalising world
• Conflict resolution, eg through negotiation /
  mediation , peace making/peacekeeping
• Security, eg improved awareness/warning of
  /protection from threats
• Intercultural and inter religious
  understanding/harmony, intercultural comfort
  /customisation
• Ecological prosperity, eg green ways and green
  wares

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Sustainable Prosperity is a combination of four
kinds of Prosperity

• 1. Economic prosperity involves generating
  wealth from 21st century industries
  ,enterprises, products and services. Seventy
  percent of the industries, products and services
  of the year 2025 have yet to be invented .
• 2. Ecological prosperity involves the
  development of innovations and practices to
  live within perpetual solar income, turn waste
  into food, avoid and repair collateral damage to
  the environment, and protect and nurture
  biodiversity and natural resources.
• 3.Social prosperity involves the enhancement of
  social cohesion and conviviality , and universal
  access to economic security and learning,
  healing and wellbeing.
• 4. Cultural prosperityinvolves the nurturing and
  celebration of cultural heritage and diversity,
  and increased intercultural tolerance, respect
  and harmony.
• It does not involve the increasing prosperity in
  one form while increasing poverty in another

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Economic Prosperity

• 1. Maximize the capacity to get to the future
  first , including by ensuring that domestic
  markets demand Planetist ways and wares ahead of
  global markets
• 2. Improve the effectiveness and efficiency of
  existing industries and enterprises.
• 3.Increase the capacity to exit from industries
  and enterprises in long-term decline.
• 4. Envision and establish new 21st century
  Planetist industries and enterprises.
• 5. Nurture and develop the core intellectual
  capital and property of new emerging 21st century
  in industrial clusters comprising commercial
  enterprises , research and development institutes
  and tertiary education institutions

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Social Prosperity 1

• 1. Provide universal access to services of
  learning, health, wellbeing and recreation.
• 2. Promote community cohesion.
• 3. Implement programs to ensure suitable housing
  for people.
• 4. Encourage life long, learner driven learning
  for all
• 5. Achieve an equitable balance between rights
  derived from community and responsibilities to
  community.
• 6.Provide universal access to information,
  knowledge and wisdom via universally accessible
  technologies.
• 7. Incorporate recreation and wellbeing programs
  as critical components in all community
  activities, enterprises and industries, including
  tourism.

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Social Prosperity 2

• 8.Assist collaborative action by the community to
  maximize community bargaining power in a global
  society.
• 9. Secure the successful transformation of child
  to adult through appropriate initiation/learning
  programs.
• 10. Achieve successful aging through effective
  community elders participation programs.
• 11. Integrate early childhood programs into
  education programs.
• 12. Encourage an industrial base that
  incorporates enterprises that promote social
  prosperity.
• 13. Maximise the attraction and development of
  entrepreneurs, enterprises and capita, by
  increasing social, cultural and ecological
  prosperity

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Ecological Prosperity

• 1. Live within perpetual solar income
• 2. Turn waste into food, achieve zero waste
• 3. Avoid or minimise collateral damage
• 4. Protect and nurture biodiversity
• 5. Apply the Precautionary Principle
• 6. Avoid excess with Just-enough-in-place-and-time
  
• 7. Envision , assess, realise and audit
  ecological prosperity

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Cultural prosperity

• 1. Recognize the central importance of cultural
  prosperity to economic and social prosperity
• 2. Grow capabilities in mediation and conflict
  resolution
• 3. Advance inter-racial, inter-cultural and
  inter-religious tolerance ,respect and harmony
• 4. Promote reconciliation between indigenous and
  immigrant peoples.
• 5. Integrate cultural rituals, ceremonies and
  events into community and business activities.
• 6. Secure and protect community and enterprise
  cultural heritage.
• 7. Promote business development based on cultural
  prosperity and foreign languages in education
  programs.
• 8. Promote inter-cultural comfort and
  understanding, and the customisation of
  products and services

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Successful Ageing

• Indian Summer Adulthood working and staying at
  home longer
• Changed and expanded social/ community roles such
  as Elderhood and Mentoring
• ReEmpowering vitality and increasing fulfillment
  through Changed Self Perception and new Visions
  for the future

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Indian Summer Adulthood

• Ways and Wares for
• Aged and disabled worker support
• Working from home
• Aged mobility
• Remote aged healing and wellbeing
• Shopping from home
• Home services for fulfilled living
• Nursing home at home

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Innovation

• Innovation Doing old things better doing new
  things first
• Innovation Creativity Enterprise

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Creativity

• Creativity
• Imagination
• Synthesis of the different realms of knowledge
  in the Arts and Humanities,the Natural and Social
  sciences and the Technologies