Because the digital economy is based on knowledge work and innovation.. there is a convergence between work and learning. While you perform knowledge work, you learn. And you must learn minute by minute to pet- form knowledge work effectively.
In the old economy, the basic competencies of the industrial workman. bricklayer, or bus driver were relatively stable, True, you might ha applied those competencies to different situations, such as different construction sites, but the learning component of your labor was small.

In the new economy, the learning component of work becomes huge.  Consider the researcher looking for a genetic basis for schizophrenia. the software developer creating a new multimedia application, the manager is responsible for corporate planning in a bank, the consultant assessing client’s markets, the entrepreneur starting up a new business, or the teaching assistant in a community college. Think about your own work. \‘ and learning overlap for a massive component of the workforce.