future leaders now
DESCRIPTION
Unprecedented social trends on the horizon will make the profession of training and development more important than ever. Our institutions are faced with challenges with no parallel in history: shrinking water tables, global immigration, climate change, skyrocketing healthcare costs. The world needs leaders now, to do that which has never been done.These leaders won’t just appear - the must be trained and developed. The need for education of new skills and mindsets is staggering. Even the needs are changing every day as the global economic system shifts before our very eyes. Eric Garland, a futurist and consultant to leaders around the globe, presents a dialogue about how the training industry has the opportunity to shape our common future - and what you can do today!TRANSCRIPT
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