Talent Development

March 15-17, the MIT SMR site is free and open to all.

Work that permits autonomy and demands problem-solving can bolster employees’ cognitive skills and ongoing learning.

Assessing effective frameworks, managing the risks of digital personas, and benefiting at work from volunteerism.

Employers should be transparent about volunteer programs aimed at helping employees develop skills while helping others.

Companies committed to building workforce skills model learning and development best practices that others can follow.

Companies upskilling their workforce are less likely to be caught flat-footed by broad tech changes.

In this Q&A, Skillsoft’s Rashim Mogha discusses learning and development trends and opportunities.

Data science obstacles, concerns about data executive roles, and the virtual hiring process.

Only a third of data executives feel that their role is “successful and established.”

Africa needs more trainees with both tech and employability skills to support its booming digital economy.

Encouraging employees to speak up, growing data and analytics talent, and nimbler supply chains.

Companies need to identify the type of talent they need in order to become data-driven.

Managers must seek and cultivate new skills in the IT workforce to create digital business value.

Job crafting, a proactive take on job redesign, can help improve employee engagement and satisfaction.

Black swans, COVID-19’s supply chain impact, a global upskilling push, and human-machine teams.

Many businesses overlook a solution to the machine learning talent shortage: upskilling employees.

Looking back on disruptive innovation theory and preparing for smarter crowdsourcing.

Amazon’s recent decision to invest heavily in upskilling may have benefits beyond attracting talent.

The most effective response to disruption is a long-view focus on employee development.

How companies assign responsibility for analytics is a crucial factor in exceeding business goals.