The great skills gap optimizing talent for the future of work / edited by Jason Wingard and Christine Farrugia.

Other author Wingard, Jason.
Other author Farrugia, Christine A.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoStanford, California : Stanford Business Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press, [2021]
Descriptionxiii, 293 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Contents Talent of the future: are we missing the mark? -- Introduction / Neil Irwin, New York Times -- Equipping a new generation with the skills needed in the automation age / Susan Lund and Bryan Hancock, McKinsey & Company -- The role of citizen developers in developing technological literacy / Lance Braunstein, BlackRock -- The future of work : four difficult questions I ask myself as an employer / Matthew Pittinsky, Parchment & Blackboard -- Why geography is so important / Michael L. Ulica, National Geographic Society -- Enabling a high-performing, human-centered organization in Pfizer's Upjohn division / Amrit Ray, Lu Hong, and Trish White, Pfizer -- How the future of work impacts the workforce of technical organizations / Gregory L. Robinson, NASA -- Corporate learning and development has a vital role to play in the robotics revolution--is it ready? / Uli Heitzlhofer, Lyft -- Higher education: still the solution for a workplace in flux? -- Introduction / Joseph Williams, Business insider -- Supporting unlearning to enable upskilling / Chris Dede, Harvard University -- Higher education's changing faces : serving STEM learners for a lifetime / Yakut Gazi and Nelson Baker, Georgia Institute of Technology -- The future of business education : new economies of automation, certification, and scale / Anne Trumbore, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania -- Back to the future : fragile workers, higher education, and the future knowledge economy / Earl Lewis, Alford Young, Jr., Justin Shaffner, and Julie Arbit, University of Michigan -- Evolution of the liberal arts / Christopher Mayer, United States Military Academy at West Point -- The evolution of liberal education in a technology-mediated, global society / Kelly J. Otter, Georgetown University -- The core and the adult student / David Schejbal, Marquette University -- Perpetual learning as alumni engagement : renewing the social contract / Matthew Rascoff and James DeVaney, University of Michigan -- Bridging the gap between learning and labor -- Introduction / Lauren Weber, Wall Street Journal -- Harnessing the power and potential of diversity and inclusion / Stephanie Bell-Rose and Anne Ollen, TIAA -- Public education and the future of work / Ross Wiener, Aspen Institute -- Developing workers for the workplace : how businesses and higher education can alleviate worker barriers to retraining or upskilling / X. Susan Zhu, Alexander Alonso, and Johnny C. Taylor, Society for Human resources management -- Past as prologue : apprenticeship and the future of work / Mary Alice McCarthy, New America -- Bachelor's-level registered apprenticeship for engineers : possibilities and challenges / Daniel Kuehn, The Urban Institute -- The agility imperative : the future of work and business-higher education partnerships / Jason A. Tyszko, US Chamber of Commerce Foundation and Robert G. Sheets, George Washington University -- Demand for the "blended digital professional" / Brian K. Fitzgerald, Isabel Cardenas-Navia, and Janet Chen, Business- Higher Education Forum -- A coherent approach to connect education and the future of work / LaVerne Srinivasan, Elise Henson, and Farhad Asghar, Carnegie Corporation of New York -- Conclusion -- Notes -- About the Contributors -- Index.
Abstract "An extraordinary confluence of forces stemming from automation and digital technologies is transforming both the world of work and the ways we educate current and future employees to contribute productively to the workplace. The Great Skills Gap opens with the premise that the exploding scope and pace of technological innovation in the digital age is fast transforming the fundamental nature of work. Due to these developments, the skills and preparation that employers need from their talent pool are shifting. The accelerated pace of evolution and disruption in the competitive business landscape demands that workers be not only technically proficient, but also exceptionally agile in their capacity to think and act creatively and quickly learn new skills. This book explores how these transformative forces are-or should be-driving innovations in how colleges and universities prepare students for their careers. Focused on the impact of this confluence of forces at the nexus of work and higher education, the book's contributors-an illustrious group of leading educators, prominent employers, and other thought leaders-answer profound questions about how business and higher education can best collaborate in support of the twenty-first century workforce"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2021001586
ISBN9781503613539 (cloth)
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