Gave this "Future of Work" (and the skills you'll need) webinar this morning to a group of Canadian/stateside economic development professionals. They were great sports and asked thoughtful questions. Thanks to Whittaker & Associates for hosting.

1. The Future
of Work:
10 6
Essential
Skills
Photo by: Karen Roe http://www.flickr.com/photos/karen_roe/7471748534/in/set-72157630353741044/

2. Reminders
• Asking
questions
• Chat

3. Who am I?
§ Researcher/
Analyst
§ Business-owner
§ Student
§ Aspiring
Rainmaker (social
innovation, policy,
gov2.0)
§ Portlander,
Oregonian

4. Skill [skil]
1. the ability, coming from one's knowledge, practice,
aptitude, etc., to do something well: Carpentry was one
of his many skills.
2. competent excellence in performance; expertness;
dexterity: The dancers performed with skill.
3. a craft, trade, or job requiring manual dexterity or
special training in which a person has competence and
experience: the skill of cabinetmaking.

5. A Skills Gap?
Photo by: US Department of Labor http://www.flickr.com/photos/usdol/6918746053/in/photostream/

7. Meet Amye
(@msamye)
Photo by: Dano http://www.flickr.com/photos/mukluk/174688752/

8. “There's a lot of things that are
strongly believed in the business
community that simply aren't true -
like, for example, the idea that there's
a big skills gap, that employers can't
find qualified people, that the problem
is that schools are failing and people
don't have the appropriate academic
skills.” Peter Cappelli
Photo by: Dano http://www.flickr.com/photos/mukluk/174688752/

9. What to
expect

10. What do
you
think?
Photo by: Dano http://www.flickr.com/photos/mukluk/174688752/

11. 1
Wide-Angle
View
Photo by: Hockley Photography http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahockley/6269845086/in/photostream

12. 2
Network
Smartness

14. Transition
slide – poll?
Networks. Because today, “the smartest
person in the room is the room.”
David Weinberger

15. Photo by: donabelandewan http://www.flickr.com/photos/donabelandewen/3626056027/in/set-72157619660004967

16. Photo by: Martin Garri http://www.flickr.com/photos/martingarri/7008273031/

17. Photo by: donabelandewan@flickr

20. 3
Radical
Openness

27. 4
Relentless
Experimentation Experimentation
Relentless
4

29. 5
Unique Value

35. “Why are words like ‘love,’
‘devotion,’ and ‘honor’ so
seldom heard within the walls
of corporate-dom? Why are
the ideals that matter most to
human beings the ones most
notably absent in managerial
discourse?”
Photo by: Dano http://www.flickr.com/photos/mukluk/174688752/

36. 6
Regeneration
Photo by: Chenines http://www.flickr.com/photos/chenines/3426575580/

37. 6 Superpowers
WIDE ANGLE NETWORK RADICAL
VIEW SMARTNESS OPENNESS
RELENTLESS UNIQUE REGENERATION
EXPERIMENTATION VALUE

38. Did we cover
what we
planned to?
ü What will work look like in
the future?
ü What skills will be
needed?
ü Where and how can these
skills be learned?
ü How can the skill gap be
avoided?
ü What is an “unjob?”
ü Will self-employed, free-
agent contract workers be
the workforce of the future?
Photo
by:
FutureWeWant
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40. For more on the future of Work,
Skills, Innovation & WEadership
§ Twitter:
– @WEadership
– @Social_Policy
– @kristinwolff
§ Facebook
– facebook.com/WEadership
– facebook.com/SocialPolicyResearch
– Facebook.com/kristin.wolff
§ WEadership.org
§ SPRA.com

41. Thanks!
Kristin Wolff
kwolff@thinkers-and-doers.com
@kristinwolff
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