Stretching the Workforce Mindset for Tomorrow’s Opportunities April 3, 2013
Stretching the Workforce Mindsetfor Tomorrow’s Opportunities
April 3, 2013
Man’s mind once stretched by a new idea, never regains it’s original dimensions.
~Oliver Wendell Holmes
�Explore the Future
�Imagine a Talent Economy
�Think 21stWorkforce Ecosystem
�Create a Sustainable Blueprint
……How’s that for a stretch goal?
Our Stretch Challenge for Today
Explore the Future
Imagine TalentStretch
Think Ecosystem
Nebraska’s Edge
Daring to Explore the Future
Biotechnology & Sustainability – Nebraska’s edge
By 2025 Vertical Farms are Common
Source: http://www.futuretimeline.net/21stcentury/2025.htm
Cloud Computing
Source: New Innovations Guide
The Internet of Everything
The Internet of Everything “born” between 2008 and 2009
Smart Cities/Communities go Rural
Daring to Look at Future Education
Learning unleashed
In 1 year or less….
• Flipped Classrooms
• MOOC’s (Massive Open Online
Courses) expand
• Mobile Apps get noticed
o University Maryland concluded apps
enhance learning
• Tablets are becoming ideal tools
Source: Forecasting Higher Ed – OnlineDegrees.org
In 2 to 3 years…..
• Augmented Reality increases
learning potential
• Game-Based Learning
o Gaming mechanics applied to 21st
Century skills
• The Internet of Things pushes
the knowledge economy
o It’s not what you know but can you
find and synthesize knowledge
• Learning Analytics – emerges
as a powerful tool for educators
Source: Forecasting Higher Ed – OnlineDegrees.org
In 4 to 5 years…..
• 3D Printing revolutionizes learning
o Bringing student ideas to life
• Flexible displays emerge
o Going beyond smartphones and tablets as
tools for learning
• Next Generation Batteries
o Truly use devices wherever and whenever
learning inspiration strikes
• Wearable Technology
o Gloves as controllers, Clothing that
charges batteries, Shoes that aid exercise
regimens
Source: Forecasting Higher Ed – OnlineDegrees.org
Dynamic, Flexible, Interconnected….
The future looks brightSo what’s there to worry about?
“There is a new economic epoch
emerging called the talent economy.”
~ Jim Russell, Economic Geographer
Source: http://texasceomagazine.com/tag/graham-weston/
Looking Ahead
“If you run out of extra workers, you can’t
create new jobs to grow the economy. The
day that happens you will be out of the
economic development business –trapped
without a way to grow.”
–Mark Lautman, When the Boomers Bail
Explore the Future
Imagine TalentStretch
Think Ecosystem
Nebraska’s Edge
Nebraska 2025 – Projected Talent Shortage
Source: Lumina Foundation Nebraska 2025 - http://www.luminafoundation.org/state/nebraska/
Workforce Regional Survey revealed
• Attracting and Retaining Workforce rated a 4.53 out of 5
• Youth Involvement rated a 4.33
• Developing Strategies to Reverse declining population rated 4.25
Step into the Northeast Nebraska Timeship
Stretch….now CLAP!
Northeast Nebraska did some R&D
• Attract new talent
• Return migration
• Homegrown, proud and
engaged
….and found opportunities
Northeast Nebraska hit ReBoot
…And helped newcomers “Find Home”!
Gallup:Nebraska 4th
best state for living in the
future!
Nebraska has a compelling story!
Source: Dr. Ronnie Green , Vice Pres. & IANR Harlan Vice Chancellor UNL -
http://www.knopnews2.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=7358:ne-positioned-to-be-2025-global-epicenter&Itemid=105
“…..of food and agriculture.”
And Northeast Nebraska grew
• Welcoming 5,000 new families to good life
Northeast Nebraska did some R&D
• Attract new talent
• Return migration
• Homegrown, proud and
engaged
….and found opportunities
NENEDD capitalized on Return Migration
• SA2020.org San Antonio’s Talent Economy Bubble and Barriers Study
NENEDD took the trend “Return Migration” to heart
Ideas close by in Holk County
By reaching out, alumni came home.
Personalized mailbox to each graduate.
Nicole Sedlacek
Holk CountyEconomic
Development
NENEDD also inspired with a story from home
Mike Flood
In rural communities, if only 10 to 15 percent of high
school graduates were recruited back home, out-
migration challenges could be stopped and turned around.
NENEDD realized a key advantage….
We have one advantage no one else has.
Northeast Nebraska “IS” hometown for all who
were born and raised here!
~ Craig Schroeder, Senior Fellow
Rupri Center for Rural Entrepeneurship
Founder “Grow Nebraska”
And Northeast Nebraska grew even more
With 10,000 of our own returning home.
Northeast Nebraska did some R&D
• Attract new talent
• Return migration
• Homegrown, proud
and engaged
….and found opportunities
Homegrown, Proud and Engaged
In the future…Nebraska’s youth are proud!
2025 HomeTown Competitiveness Survey
See Coming Home50% 70%
Step out of the Northeast Nebraska Timeship
Stretch….now CLAP!
Explore the Future
Imagine TalentStretch
Think Ecosystem
Nebraska’s Edge
An integrated and parallel process of economic and workforce development
Industrial Economy
Knowledge Economy
Creative Molecular & Talent Economy
…for three economies in churn
“To take advantage of the emerging Creative
Molecular Economy requires developing a local
workforce able to adapt to any of the three
economies.”
– Rick Smyre & Jim Damicis , Searching for a New Dynamic
A Future Forward Workforce that has the CAPACITY to
• Constantly innovate
• Think connectively and systemically
• Utilize technology for creativity
• Engage in collaborative networks
• Design Interlocking networks for
commerce
• Ignite the local economy
Thinking systemically
Source: A. J. Oconnor & Associates - Leadership 2020: 10 Workforce Trends + 10 Critical Leadership Competencies
Inspired Ideas
Perhaps a Nebraska Hothouse or Geekdom?
Inspired Ideas
E-Learning is now Everywhere Learning!
Inspired Ideas
Talent Epicenters or Next Generation Guilds
Inspired Ideas
Work, Learning and Up-skill Guides and Connectors!
Hello, I’m Sarah
Hello, I’m Skoolaborator
Influencers, Connectors, Hubs
Think “Talent Integration Ecosystem”
Creative, Supportive, Dynamic
�Explore the Future
�Imagine a Talent Economy
�Think 21stWorkforce Ecosystem
�Create a Sustainable Blueprint
……How will you choose to stretch beyond today?
Our Stretch Challenge for Today
"The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark."
~ Michelangelo
Thank You!
Norma OwenPresident of the Avadon GroupMorrisville, North Carolinawww.avadongroup.com