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Enterprise Talent Strategy 2026

Vijay Swaminathan

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June 15, 2026

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I hope you're doing well. We recently worked with a few cross-industry leaders to understand which skill bets an enterprise can make. We used our demand data to investigate not broader trends but emerging, nuanced demand. The result is this document on critical skill bets that any company (regardless of the industry) must consider

The document highlights new trends around Forward Deployed Engineers, but the interesting part is that the capabilities are not just about Engineers; we need a combination of team members who can bring Enterprise Contexts. So the opportunity exists across a range of skills to build the future capabilities.

We hope you find this document useful.

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