Tech Crunch: What L&D can learn from Bill Gates' attitude to learning

There is so much we can learn from Bill Gates.

His innovation alone is unrivalled. So, taking this into account, one would think that Bill Gates, Co-Founder of Microsoft and Co-Chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, would be so deeply embedded in a learning technology that Spiderman would become envious.

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And that assumption is, partly, correct. He revealed his favourite usage for technology in an interview with Axios recently: “One of my favourite ways to use technology is to learn.

“It's not really cutting-edge anymore, but I still think it's mind-blowing that you can learn about any subject online through education courses and videos. … Some of the work we do at [the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation] involves advanced science, like coming up with new vaccines or health interventions, so I use technology a lot to watch lectures and learn from experts.