FUTURE LEADERS NOW!Why the world needs a whole lot of talent,
and why ASTD must help train it
Conflict resolution classes, please!
I need to learn about forensic accounting!
WILDCARD EVENTSSTRUCTURAL FACTORS
+ ACTOR DECISIONS
+
FORESIGHT 101
1. We need talent in general
2. We need leaders in particular
3. You need to train them
All of 'em?
AGING
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
GENERATION X & Y
Four strategic trends in the talent crisis
WE MUST DO WHAT HAS NEVER BEEN DONE
LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE:Replace a workforce of 70 million with one of 30 million
LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE:Prepare for constant immigration from an additional three
billion human beings who want hot showers, jobs, etc.
LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE:
Get clean water to the 50% of humans who still don’t have the sanitary conditions of the Roman Empire
LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE:
Get clean water to the 50% of humans who still don’t have the sanitary conditions of the Roman Empire
LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE:Make people healthy in a system forecast to cost from
two trillion to FOUR trillion per year
That stings a little... Well, I’m
sucking $400,000 out of your blood.
LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE:Manage a “knowledge economy”
1800: 3% 1900: 6% 2007: 51% 2030: 60%
LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE:Manage unprecedented urbanization
1800: 3% 1900: 6% 2007: 51% 2030: 60%
LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE:Manage unprecedented urbanization
GreenWashing Cleantech
Organic baby clothes
Carbon neutral wine
“All natural” Cheetos
Ocean wave energy
Ford’s River Rouge production facility
FutureGen clean coal electrical plant
LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE:Move ecological business from
feel-good to functional
FOUR THINGS TO DO TODAY:
• View training and employee retention as part of the profit column• Offer secession planning and mentoring so power can be handed off
smoothly• Spread the word about these global challenges • Work with Human Resources to prepare for a diverse workforce - half-time,
retiree, immigrant, full-time, working mother
THANK YOU!Eric Garland
Competitive Futures, Inc.1317 F St. NW Wash, DC 20004www.competitivefutures.com
(202) 508-1496