Workshop at the WCIT 2014 The Skills Gap Gary Beach, CIO Magazine

1. THE SKILLS GAPWORKSHOP
GARY J. BEACH, AUTHOR, US TECHNOLOGY SKILLS GAP
GUEST COLUMNIST, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

3. “Talentismis the new
capitalism.”
Dr. Klaus Schwab, Founder, World Economic Forum

4. Agenda
A. What’s On Your Mind?
B. Defining Skills Gap
C. Your View: Myth or Reality?
D. Can It Be Measured?
E. How Do We Close It?

5. Your Views

6. What is A Skills Gap?

7. “A gap between a firm’s
current capabilities and the
skills it needs to achieve
its business goalsto grow
revenues and execute
strategy.”
Straightforward Enough

8. Skills Gap Awareness
Tipping Point...

9. November 11, 2012

10. Hugh Debate!

11. “The skills gap is a
zombie issue that
needs to be killed.”
Nobel Laureate Dr.PaulKrugman
March 7, 2014

12. Which Is It?

13. Meanwhile……

15. The BeveridgeCurve

16. At Your Service

17. “The Skills Gap Is Really
an Education Gap.”

18. New Skills onTap
Source: Tech-Collective
Rhode Island

19. WWW.IFTF.ORG

20. Is the skills gap
really an
education gap?

21. Three Key
Questions…..

22. How Do You
Measure It?

23. Who Is
Responsible For
Closing It?

24. What Are
Consequences?

25. “If you want one year of prosperity grow
grain.Ifyou want 10 years of prosperity
grow trees. If you want 100 years of
prosperity, grow people.”

26. garybeachcio@gmail.com