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What If Capability Became the Currency Instead of Credentials? - with Charlsey Pearce, CEO, MortarCAPS

Charlsey Pearce, CEO · MortarCAPS

Oct 20, 2026 33 min
What If Capability Became the Currency Instead of Credentials? - with Charlsey Pearce, CEO, MortarCAPS

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  • 01

    How does 1 institution with 1,221 systems speaking different languages ever leverage AI without a common data standard?

  • 02

    Why have we confused credentials with capability when a degree tells me something but doesn't tell me what you're actually capable of doing?

  • 03

    What makes the capability economy the counter narrative to AI taking all our jobs when human capability should be expanded not exposed?

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It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Charlsey Pearce, CEO, MortarCAPS

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  • How does 1 institution with 1,221 systems speaking different languages ever leverage AI without a common data standard?
  • Why have we confused credentials with capability when a degree tells me something but doesn't tell me what you're actually capable of doing?
  • What makes the capability economy the counter narrative to AI taking all our jobs when human capability should be expanded not exposed?

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