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

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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