Future of Work Event Takeaway | 7/18/23

The Future of Work event hosted by Colorado Business Roundtable and Colorado Succeeds boasted a wonderful morning of speakers on all topics of how we need to think about the future of work in America.

The Steve Hatfield from Deloitte and Mike Itzkowitz from HEA Group focused on bringing to light data related to current work trends, where we're headed, and the impact of certain job fields and degrees. This highlight on data and trends was underscored by the panel discussion where degree requirements in job expectations came under fire.

From all of the content that day, I took two big points away.

1. The future of work requires worker resilience and curiosity.​
2. The job requirements of tomorrow will focus on durable skills. 

Not surprisingly, durable skill development was a huge area of opportunity outlined by all of the speakers. What does that mean for companies? That means, we'll need to think about the talent development lifecycle a little differently. Starting with the job description process, recruiting, hiring, internal development, and retainment/engagement efforts. I don't think we should forget the offboarding process in skill development either. 

As we turn the corner on the tough labor market (I HOPE!), this is a great place for HR, talent development, and L&D to take a stand on how they can impact their respective industries to buy, build, borrow, or bridge the way to new methods of human capital management. 

If you have questions about the event, reach out! If you would like to set up some time to connect, reach out! If you are interested in starting a consulting or coaching engagement, reach out! We are in a squishy place, and I want to help people get to the future of work successfully. Whether that's 1 to 1, consulting for your company, or coaching a group.

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