Growing Talent for Tomorrow’s Industries

IEDC Understanding Tomorrow’s Industries Today

Indianapolis, Indiana June 6, 2011

James P. Ware, PhD Executive Director The Future of Work…unlimited

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Thinking About Tomorrow: Drivers of Change

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Globalization

Public Policy

Sustainability

Technology

Social Values

Demographics

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What Do We Know about the Future of Work?

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Creative

It will be more. . .

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How Do We Train for Jobs That Don’t Exist?

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We Don’t

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Instead, Focus on Core Skills

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Go Back to Basics

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Imagine Alternative Futures Example: Possible Roles for the Chief HR Officer*

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Talent Supply

Organization Strategy

Surplus Scarce

Self-Organizing

Hierarchical

Casting Director

Global Dealmaker

Systems Integrator Caregiver

* Source: “Scenarios for the Future of Human Resource Management,” Society of Human Resource Management, 2005

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We Prepare for Those Futures in Many Ways

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We Play. . . We Play

Games. . . . . . and We Play Games

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We Prepare for Those Futures in Many Ways

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We Practice We Write Playbooks

We Study History

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We Prepare for Those Futures in Many Ways

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We Go Where No One Has Gone We Build

Simulations

We Create Stories

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We Prepare for Those Futures in Many Ways

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We Build Simulators

We Simulate the Future

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Redefining What Education is About

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Imagining Context

Identifying Core Skills

Creating Learning

Experiences

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For Further Information

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James P. Ware, Ph.D. Executive Director The Future of Work…unlimited Berkeley, California +1 510 558 1434 voice +1 510 558 1431 fax +1 510 206 8147 mobile jim@thefutureofwork.net

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