Decker & Associates Video Library and Resources
Our Thought-Leader Library
Are you preparing your students for a future that is very different from the past you experienced? In the years from pre-COVID to today, education has changed, but have your students changed? Do they accept more responsibility, think, exceed your expectations, and have a commitment to continuous learning? If they don’t, can’t, or choose not to, do they understand the reality of being a 21st Century Knowledge Worker?
Reality – Currently, more than 50% of new college graduates are underemployed, working in jobs that only require a high school degree. If they receive an excellent job offer, most employers will expect their employees to remain current and relevant, contribute fresh ideas in meetings, communicate effectively, problem-solve, work with teams with diverse members, and effectively use AI, not for efficiency but for stronger critical thinking and creativity.
These videos will deepen your understanding of
- AI Interviewing For A Job – an advertisement by a company offering AI consultation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe8IXwka4u4
- AI & Education – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7PvscqGD24 by IBM Technology
- The End of Universities as We Know Them – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve8s4m0skag
- How to Stop AI from Killing Your Critical Thinking – Chatbots might help you get work done faster — but at what cost? When we outsource our reasoning to artificial intelligence, we reduce ourselves to “middle managers for our own thoughts,” says AI and design researcher Advait Sarkar. He examines the cognitive trade-offs of using AI at work and introduces a different kind of tool: one that encourages critical thinking, nudges reflection, and actually helps you get smarter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lPnN8omdPA&t=619s
- Dr Angella Duckworth – Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance – https://www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_grit_the_power_of_passion_and_perseverance – makes the case for why these skills, talents, attitudes could be more important in achieving success than is intelligence. All students in Real Life courses take a GRIT assessment so you and they can benchmark their progress.
Our Legacy
Over the past 40 years, Decker & Associates has guided thousands of families, through financial education, to become financially independent.
We noticed economic changes in the US. The American Dream has evolved to the American Opportunity – each person has an opportunity to become financially secure and independent and has an opportunity to fail. With this realization, we believe all young adults need to gain this understanding at the erliest age possible for them to accept responsibility for their future and take action to create that future.
In 2004, D&A began the Real Life curriculum and created the Game of Real Life. The Game has educated 1,200 underserved students on high school, University of Houston and Rice University campuses. Game graduates achieve significant life changing outcomes. In research study, 98% went to college and 91.7% graduated from college in 6 years, as compared to Texas’ results of 73% of high school grads attending college and 28% graduating.
D&A’s mission is to replicate these results in Texas public school. To do this, teachers must learn to implement a thinking financial curriculum based on students setting major goals while in high school, especially a goal for financial independence and students understanding the plan they must excecute to achieve their goals. These videos tell the Game story and our mission.