1. Presented By: Hannah McMasters Kurt Mullins
Brawn From Brains
Presented By:
Hannah McMasters
Kurt Mullins

2. What is talent? How is it changing?
Change in the Demand for Talent
The shelf life for desirable skills are shrinking
Specialized skills
The demand for high end skills is accelerating
Knowledge workers
Part-time and contractors are skyrocketing

3. What is talent? How is it changing?
Changing Talent Supply
Skill shortages
Aging workforce
Freelancing is becoming mainstream
Top talent calling the shots
Multiple careers becoming more common

4. Top Ten Requested Skills in the Year 2020
Sense making
Social intelligence
Novel and adaptive thinking
Cross-cultural competency
Computational thinking
New-media literacy
Trans-disciplinarity
Design mindset
Cognitive load management
Virtual collaboration

5. Reframing Immigration
Keeping Talent in the United States
Recruiting skilled talent
Talent Boosting Reforms
Expand and reform the H-1B visa program
Keep foreign graduate students in the United States
Consider input from the private sector
Provide more certainty

6. Unemployment Insurance Policy
Creating Incentives for reskilling
Talent Boosting Reforms
Provide one-time unemployment benefits
Link unemployment benefits to professional development
Subsidize work, not unemployment, during downturns

7. References
Eggers, William D., and John Hagel III. "Brawns from Brains." Deloitte Series on Making America Stronger, 2012.
Future Work Skills 2020, Institute for the Future for the University of Phoenix Research Institute,
National Research Council. Research on Future Skill Demands: A Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2008.