Hi Isabel and Harold

I agree with both of you, but think you say 2 compatible things about 2 different issues:
* Isabel suggested that some people are lazy and undisciplined and that they will still be happy for others to do the (filtering) work for them. Here "discipline" meant "motivation" and self-learning attitude, not "need to be controlled".
* Harold equated discipline with need for "external control" and then with "internal motivation".

I think the future of work is one of less or no control by external forces about the way we work and the way we learn. No more industrial-mgt styles..

In this era, most people will turn to self-learning, driven by an internally created thirst for competence and willingness to excel. They will go get their own learning, not needing someone to direct them in it.

However, 2 points:
1 - some people, like me, will still be "lazy" and happy to profit from the filtering/curating/facilitating efforts of other people like L+D professionals. This will be part of their self-learning strategy: knowing how to get with the least effort the maximum of the right stuff to do their work. Training may still be useful there. Even some knowledge-sharing classes, like Isabel suggests.
2 - Not everyone will be as competent at self-learning and PKM. They will still need done help (direction and guidance) from time-to-time.

Bon weekend!
DAN