# #LifeLongLearning > Blog posts tagged #LifeLongLearning - Canonical page: https://shorin.me/en/tags/LifeLongLearning/ - Page language: English - Russian version: https://shorin.me/tags/LifeLongLearning/index.md ### [MCP – Model Context Protocol](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2026/09/model-context-protocol/index.md) - Published: 2026-09-28 AI agents and MCP in plain English: how agents work with websites and services on their own, while MCP provides data and actions without requiring them to learn the interface. ### [John Kotter’s Change Management Model](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2026/09/john-kotter/index.md) - Published: 2026-09-22 John Kotter’s change-management model: eight steps from creating urgency and a leadership coalition to quick wins, scaling and embedding change. ### [Harness](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2026/09/harness/index.md) - Published: 2026-09-16 AI agents, harnesses, MCP and task management: practical experience with new tools and why regular knowledge-sharing helps us remain at the AI frontier. ### [ADKAR Is Everything](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2025/11/adkar/index.md) - Published: 2025-11-24 A Burger King CTO’s talk confirmed it again: digital transformation succeeds through people. ADKAR is not a fashionable acronym but a practical change model. ### [Mentoring](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2025/07/nastavnik/index.md) - Published: 2025-07-08 For the first time, I’ll be a mentor in the “я-ИТ-ы” community. I completed training, a test and a briefing – and discovered that mentoring is a science too! ### [Officially a Qualified Manager](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2025/05/manager-with-diploma/index.md) - Published: 2025-05-26 Almost three years of study, dozens of courses and conferences – and here it is, another honours diploma. I am now officially a qualified manager! ### [Shorin – Excellent!](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2025/02/shorin-otlichno/index.md) - Published: 2025-02-21 My online master’s thesis defence at RANEPA became an ordeal of crashes, virtual backgrounds, passport checks and pop-ups. But I passed, and another honours diploma is close. ### [The Home Straight](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2025/01/finish-line/index.md) - Published: 2025-01-29 I passed my master’s thesis pre-defence at RANEPA! Just 16 students remain from two groups. The defence is on 11 February, with graduation in May. ### [Business Digital Transformation](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2025/01/business-digital-transformation/index.md) - Published: 2025-01-20 I finally received my RANEPA continuing-professional-development certificate for the Business Digital Transformation course. Another addition to my digital portfolio. ### [Speaking of Beavers...](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2024/12/kstati-o-bobrah/index.md) - Published: 2024-12-25 Final FIPS Academic Council meeting of the year: reports, plans and no debate. Now we wait for spring – and whatever new “beavers” the world of research may bring. ### [Business Digital Transformation Course](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2024/12/business-digital-transformation/index.md) - Published: 2024-12-06 I completed RANEPA’s Business Digital Transformation course: clear, well structured and logical. I would only have liked more attention to people, not just technology. ### [Continuing Professional Development](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2024/11/ranepa-certificate/index.md) - Published: 2024-11-27 It is certificate week: after my Skolkovo certificate, I received a continuing-professional-development certificate from RANEPA. Another credential for the collection. ### [Winning by Design](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2024/11/winning-by-design/index.md) - Published: 2024-11-25 I completed a six-week B2B sales course at Skolkovo. From SPIN to MEDDIC, I now see sales as a clear system rather than chaos. Thank you to the instructors for the insights. ### [Fathers and Sons](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2024/11/otsy-i-deti/index.md) - Published: 2024-11-01 I took part in the Sixth Russian Congress of Cultural Studies at RANEPA. Generation Alpha dominated the discussion. The world is changing, and we – not they – will have to adapt. ### [Everyday Innovation](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2024/10/innovation-routine/index.md) - Published: 2024-10-30 At Rospatent’s Academic Council, we discussed trademark issues: patent trolls and conflicts with copyright. Even small legal nuances can spark major disputes. ### [I Did Not Expect This](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2024/10/dissapointed/index.md) - Published: 2024-10-21 I finished RANEPA’s IT course under Priority 2030 and was shocked: law lecturers, “distributive ledgers” and meaningless tests. At least it was free. ### [Rospatent Academic Council](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2024/10/rospatent/index.md) - Published: 2024-10-02 A Rospatent Academic Council meeting on patent analytics, AI and technology scouting. I proposed a pilot using Rospatent’s unique data: more than 150 million patents. ### [Academic Mobility for Students](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2024/09/academic-mobility/index.md) - Published: 2024-09-18 Of a hundred Priority 2030 programmes, most are legal. I found only two on IT and digital transformation, so I enrolled in both to keep my finger on the pulse. ### [A Perpetual Student](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2024/09/student/index.md) - Published: 2024-09-11 I am finishing my master’s degree at RANEPA while studying at Skolkovo. Now I can choose from a hundred free programmes under Priority 2030. Why not learn to the fullest? ### [RANEPA Offline](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2024/09/ranepa-offline/index.md) - Published: 2024-09-06 After online learning, RANEPA is returning to in-person study. Live conversation, exchanging ideas and the energy of the classroom cannot be replaced. ### [A New Paper](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2024/08/new-article/index.md) - Published: 2024-08-02 My paper “Efficiency of Using Cloud-Based Enterprise Cataloguing” has appeared in the IGSU RANEPA conference proceedings. Sharing the news without links – LinkedIn penalises them. ### [Red or Blue](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2024/06/kursovaya-rabota/index.md) - Published: 2024-06-24 Why aim for top marks and an honours diploma when there may be no reward? So that I do not let down the ten-year-old version of myself from Class 5A. ### [Activities at RANEPA](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2024/05/ranepa-activities/index.md) - Published: 2024-05-28 A busy few days at RANEPA: a conference talk on IT at the Library for Natural Sciences and a roundtable in Kolomna on creative clusters and public-private partnerships. ### [Information Resources of Russia](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2024/05/publication/index.md) - Published: 2024-05-08 The journal "Information Resources of Russia" has published my article on the creation of a modern Internet portal for a network library, using LNS RAS as a case study. ### [Alexander Nikolayevich Tomilin](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2024/04/tomilin-alexandr/index.md) - Published: 2024-04-23 Remembering Alexander N. Tomilin – an outstanding scientist, USSR State Prize laureate, and my professor at Moscow State University. I am proud our paths crossed again later. ### [Visiting RANEPA](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2024/04/visit-ranepa/index.md) - Published: 2024-04-13 I am pursuing a second bachelors degree at the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) in the field of “State and Municipal Administration.” ### [Vladimir Konstantinovich Egorov](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2024/04/egorov-vladimir/index.md) - Published: 2024-04-08 After taking part in Leaders of Russia, I enrolled at RANEPA to develop my management skills. Vladimir Egorov is one of the remarkable people I am learning from.