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International education has always been about building connections and free exploration It is about learning from others and learning about ourselves And, in the COVID-19 pandemic, the sudden disconnecting of global engagements has made the absence of our growth through international education and internationalization efforts particularly visible First, society needs knowmadic workers who work with context, not rigid structure One key reality is that the jobs schools typically prepare us for - work as factory workers, bureaucrats, or soldiers - are disappearing They are being replaced with knowledge- and innovation-based work which requires people to function contextually, working almost anytime, anywhere, and with nearly anybody These emerging workers are knowmads, and they apply their individual knowledge across different \'gigs\' or contingent engagements to create new value As unique individuals, knowmads possess personal knowledge with developed explicit (i e , \'book knowledge\') and tacit (i e , soft skills) elements They are comfortable with change and ambiguity, applying their personal knowledge contextually to solve new problems Knowmads can flow through cultures, organizationally and socially
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