Gary A. Bolles is the author of “The Next Rules of Work,” which offers a new vision for the future of work and learning. He is a frequent lecturer, writer, and consultant on the future of learning, work, and the organization. He has over 1.4 million learners for his courses on LinkedIn such as “Learning Agility,” “Developing a Learning Mindset,” “Leading Change,” and the brand-new “Skills for Leading the Future of Work.”
Bolles serves as adjunct Chair for the Future of Work for Singularity University, the global virtual learning community, leading efforts to empower changemakers around the world with the mindset, skillset, and toolset to create an abundant future of work and learning. He is also a co-founder of Next CoLabs, a global network of experts helping organizations to leverage AI tools.
Bolles lectures frequently on strategies for the digital and strategic transformation of education, creating learning organizations, and the transformation of education in developing economies, consulting with organizations like Novartis and SK Technologies. Bolles has lectured for university groups around the world, such as Switzerland’s École hôtelière de Lausanne, the University of Notre Dame, Tecnológico de Monterrey, and the IT University of Copenhagen. He advises edtech startups around the world.
Bolles co-produced DGREE: The future of higher education, a 2010 conference that presaged the digital future of young adult learning. He is the author of “Unbundling Higher Education,” a prescient 2014 article on the shift to hybrid post-secondary learning. He also hosted virtual conferences such as NEXT:Learning, including conversations with the CEOs of Coursera and Pearson.
Recent lectures and consulting have included work with Duke University/Fuqua Business School, Southern New Hampshire University, Lehigh University, Oberlin College, Cal State University (10 school presidents), Webster University (Uzbekistan), Leadership School (Armenia), Carrefour University (France), IT University of Copenhagen, University Centrale of Tunisia, Canada School of Government, the World Bank/IFC’s education group, the Virtual Educa conference in Medellin, Colombia, and at the Tecnológico de Monterrey Future of Learning conference.
