Gamechanger Sessions: The Future of Learning No. 6
Navid Nathoo, Co-founder of The Knowledge Society
Original livestream recorded on October 28th, 2020.
Navid Nathoo is the Co-Founder of The Knowledge Society (TKS), a global community of curious, driven and ambitious young people who want to make an impact.
TKS is built on the belief that as a society we are not optimizing human potential, and if we unlocked the full potential of young people they could solve the world’s biggest problems.
Watch the video to learn more about:
How TKS is training kids to impact billions?
What are the skills our kids need to thrive in the future?
How should we radically rethink traditional education?
Key Moments
03:18 – Why Navid decided to start TKS and why its important for helping us accelerate human progress in things like science and healthcare
07:56 – On the misalignment between what we learn in school and what its purpose should be especially today
11:01 – How the longstanding filtering systems integrated in school have caused students to become great at skills that are no longer important in today’s world
15:13 – What it took to be the best at your job 40 years ago versus today
16:07 – Where the value in traditional institutions still lie
19:50 – Some of the core themes that TKS teaches to its students
23:04 – Navid’s take on why we should be teaching value systems in traditional institutions
27:23 – On how parents should be encouraging their children as it relates to learning
31:50 – How TKS helps students create their own definitions of success while also making a meaningful impact on the world
36:27 – Why being proactive and trying new things are important skills that are highly encouraged at TKS
37:01 – On TKS’ partnerships and allowing their students to solve real problems for some of the largest corporations in the world
39:31 – The differences between asynchronous and synchronous learning and where these come into play in virtual experiences
42:20 – How you can integrate emotional learning into virtual experiences
43:39 – On teaching kids how to have good discussions and ask great questions
Q&A from Gamechanger/Mastermind Audience:
45:39 – Often deans feel they are preparing students whereas employers often feel students are unprepared for the workforce. On how we can bridge this gap.
48:11 – On how TKS draws its curriculum on many modern day content creators like previous guests David Perell and Shane Parrish rather than traditional institutions like Harvard
50:59 – Navid’s thoughts on the approach corporations are taking to training and development
51:52 – How school’s can integrate lessons on interpersonal skills within their curriculums
53:04 – How suitability, progress, and success are measured at TKS