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Brittany Singh: How Can We Stay Smarter Than Machines?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the sum of many great human minds to apprehend the environment and make sound decisions to achieve success. To exist, AI needs to encapsulate three things: hardware,...
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Sarah Ayres Steinberg: National Standards for Strong Apprenticeships
Apprenticeship, a time-tested model of worker training, can help meet the growing demand for skilled workers in the United States. Expanding apprenticeship, however, will require employers to...
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Raghu Krishnamoorthy: The Most Valuable Currency
What’s the most critical currency in today’s global economy? Jobs. And they likely will be tomorrow’s, too. The shortage of job talent into the foreseeable future is staggering. In the Middle East...
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Stacey Jarrett Wagner: Help Wanted — Ensuring the Success of Regional...
At a recent conference near Washington, D.C., the sound of deflation was palpable. No, this was not a financial conference; it was focused on closing America’s skills gap. Talk of these stubborn gaps...
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Dennis DeTurck and Bruce Lenthall: Transforming STEM Education
Imagine an introductory college physics class where instead of sitting in a lecture hall, students work in small teams to predict the height from which an object must slide or roll downhill to...
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Stacey Jarrett Wagner and Edward Youdell Talk: Robots — Love ‘Em Or Hate ‘Em,...
Stacey: Well, it seems we all survived the mid-term elections in spite of the robots. Ed: Robots, what robots? Stacey: Robo-calls. Those annoying automatic messages from the candidates trying to get...
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Klaus Schwab: The 4th Industrial Revolution: What It Means, How to Respond
As the lines blur between the physical and digital, we need to ensure the technological revolution has a positive impact on society. We stand on the brink of a technological revolution that will...
View ArticleQuiz: What’s Your Innovation Language?
What innovative talents do you bring to the job? Are you the creative type, a problem-solver, able to navigate uncertainty with ease? You might be in the wrong place — even the wrong country — to...
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Dane Linn: Building the Workforce of Tomorrow — Business Leaders Stepping Up
By creating new ways of learning and working, we not only can close the skills gap — but unlock the economy’s growth potential. Ask CEOs what their top challenge is and they will tell you: recruiting...
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Preparing Youth for the Jobs of the Future — Interview With Jamie McAuliffe...
Youth unemployment is a global priority — especially in areas like the MENA region. We need to prepare students for the 4th Industrial Revolution by giving them the skills they need to keep up with...
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Tom Jacob and Karen Shellenback: A Growing Cyber Vulnerability And The...
As part of a regular series featuring content from BRINK, Tom Jacob and Karen Shellenback of Mercer discuss the need for companies to invest in cybersecurity talent to maintain competitiveness. The...
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Aimee Guidera and Cindy Cisneros: How Data Can Drive the Road to Better...
We have robust information on education in the United States. Now we need an educational culture that values the data. The business community has a long history of partnering with schools and...
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Grayson Brulte: 4 Ways Virtual Reality Is Shaping the Future of Work
We are just scratching the surface of virtual reality. From doctors to auto technicians to astronauts, here are some ways VR technology is helping to reimagine the future of work. Over time, ideas...
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Here’s How Advanced Manufacturing Is Transforming The Factory
Advanced Manufacturing is creating disruption — as well as opportunities — for workers. This infographic explores the implications for the jobs of the future. The 4th Industrial Revolution is...
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Jennifer McNelly: It’s Not Your Grandfather’s Manufacturing
A key demographic could help close the skills gap in manufacturing: women. We need to do a better job of attracting and retaining this untapped resource. U.S. manufacturers today face a tremendous...
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Why There’s No Such Thing As A Skills Gap
What is the “skills gap?” The prevailing hope is that teaching more skills will address income inequality and flat wages. Unfortunately, specific training programs may miss the mark on what are...
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Labor Economists Scratch Their Heads At The Curious Case of Craigslist
A comparison of two sets of jobs data shows that labor demand may actually be strengthening despite fears about machines taking our jobs, according to Brad Hershbein and Nathan Sotherland of the W.E....
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Soon, The Only Tech Jobs Will Be Design Or Data
The robots are coming for web programming. And coding schools will soon be obsolete. Even an engineer admits: with increasing automation, technology will soon replace the majority of tech jobs...
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In The Digital Age, Employees Can Be Your Best Recruiters Or Worst Critics
Despite a problematic skills gap, particularly in the technology and manufacturing sectors, too many companies ignore their strongest potential supporters and critics to attract new talent: their...
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On The Future Of Work: Creating More Winners And Fewer Losers
For the past thirty years, we have celebrated the huge benefits of globalization, with too little attention focused on its drawbacks. At the outset we should acknowledge that the benefits of...
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