Anette On Education

Maximizing Human Potential--Todd McLees

Episode Summary

Anette visits with Todd McLees about the future of work, lifelong learning, education, and more. They met when Todd presented at the Amarillo College General Assembly in January, and, boy, has the world changed since then! Yet Todd's insight and examples on disruption are even more relevant and important now, in light of COVID-19's impact on society, learning, and work, than ever before. Todd McLees is an internationally known strategist, speaker, and thought leader. His focus is on the convergence of people, emerging technologies and Exponential Collaboration. He helps prepare business leaders and educators to effectively anticipate and react to disruptive changes in technology and its impact on education and work. As an innovation strategist, Todd has worked with diverse teams in corporations and academia to address market-driven paradigm shifts. He helps organizations identify their strategic advantage during an era of unprecedented opportunities for growth. His corporate clients range from small and medium sized enterprises to publicly traded, Global 100 companies. He assists corporate executives in rethinking their business models, product and service offerings, and organizational structures to become resilient in the face of constantly evolving markets. Todd works with academic and workforce development leaders to prepare students and workers by developing Exponential Skills related to the Future of Work. He works closely with the Center for Occupational Research and Development, as a regular contributor to Preparing Technicians for the Future of Work throughout the United States. He works with economic regions and their industry partners to better understand the regional impact of Exponential Technologies and the Future of Work to chart a course for sustainable success. He is the architect of TENxOS and the Exponential Skills frameworks. His strategic frameworks are used to construct and operationalize Innovation Ecosystems. Todd serves on multiple boards including the Higher Education Regional Alliance, Pathways High, the advisory board at Marquette University’s Center for Supply Chain Management, and ADHD America.

Episode Notes

Anette visits with Todd McLees about the future of work, lifelong learning, education, and more. They met when Todd presented at the Amarillo College General Assembly in January, and, boy, has the world changed since then! Yet Todd's insight and examples on disruption are even more relevant and important now, in light of COVID-19's impact on society, learning, and work, than ever before.

Todd McLees is an internationally known strategist, speaker, and thought leader. His focus is on the convergence of people, emerging technologies and Exponential Collaboration.

He helps prepare business leaders and educators to effectively anticipate and react to disruptive changes in technology and its impact on education and work. As an innovation strategist, Todd has worked with diverse teams in corporations and academia to address market-driven paradigm shifts.

He helps organizations identify their strategic advantage during an era of unprecedented opportunities for growth. His corporate clients range from small and medium sized enterprises to publicly traded, Global 100 companies. He assists corporate executives in rethinking their business models, product and service offerings, and organizational structures to become resilient in the face of constantly evolving markets.

Todd works with academic and workforce development leaders to prepare students and workers by developing Exponential Skills related to the Future of Work. He works closely with the Center for Occupational Research and Development, as a regular contributor to Preparing Technicians for the Future of Work throughout the United States.

He works with economic regions and their industry partners to better understand the regional impact of Exponential Technologies and the Future of Work to chart a course for sustainable success.

He is the architect of TENxOS and the Exponential Skills frameworks. His strategic frameworks are used to construct and operationalize Innovation Ecosystems.

Todd serves on multiple boards including the Higher Education Regional Alliance, Pathways High, the advisory board at Marquette University’s Center for Supply Chain Management, and ADHD America.