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Deer in the Headlights syndrome

Nokia's CEO Stephen Elop lamented tearfully; "We didn't do anything wrong, but somehow, we lost." Borders's CEO Mike Edwards said   "principles that he learned over an entire career suddenly didn't work due to what he described as a 'digital tsunami'." J.Crew's founder Mickey Drexler confessed that he had "underestimated how Tech would upend retail" . These are just some examples of multi-million dollar companies that failed to keep up with the digital revolution.  What's more worrying, is that digitalisation had barely reared its full potential back then.  Today, the speed of change is way faster.  Moving forward, we may see more giants falling onto their knees.  "That's none of my business" The big corporations of yesteryears are fighting to survive, what has it got to do with individuals like us? I predict that we will soon face a similar threat. Our education system is not keeping up.  In fact, learning w...