In this podcast NAWB President Ron Painter is joined by Hamoon Ekhtiari of Audacious Futures. They discuss the looking at the future of work and learning as well as what companies need to consider in strategic decision making when thinking about the future of work.

Key Takeaways:• Organizations need to forecast and prepare for the future of their business, including workforce needs. Employers need to change their mindsets in how they assess skills and credentials for necessary for jobs.• It’s not just skills, but networks and experiences, that lead to future ready careers.• We often focus on things that will change rather than timeless and predictable factors that tend not to change.• Organizations need to look at trends 20 to 30 years from now and then zoom in to plan high-speed learning sprints in the next 6-18mths• Future Fit AI, an Audacious Futures project, is building the Google Maps for the future of work. It identified skills and careers for the future, assesses your career and learning goals, and presents multiple options with estimated time and cost to achieve those goals