Finding the Lost Einsteins: A Workforce Planning Initiative for Early Career Talent

We had a deeper introspection of the Future of Work and the various aspects that Workforce Planners and Senior business leaders should consider.  We begin with an Inspiring journey – of Joël Y. Joël Y started his work life as an inventory analyst at Abercrombie and Fitch.  In his own words, “Nothing fancy here. I unpacked boxes of clothes in the back of the store… literally”.  Post joining a ride-hailing startup, Joël Y started getting into technology, as the company encouraged him to learn Software.  He completed a Bootcamp on Full Stack with Dev Bootcamp and from there went to Facebook as a Software Developer and now at Google!.  The starting point or the foundational degree was not a complex technical degree – Joël Y started with a BBA.

In July, Dr. Jason Furman from Harvard University gave a fascinating testimony before the Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth in the US.  Though the data leveraged was specific to the US, implications, and trends are almost similar across geographies. Dr. Jason Furman has articulated some exciting points of view on the Future of Work.  Even an intellectual powerhouse like Dr. Jason Furman was stumped once by Chris Hughes (one of the cofounders of Facebook) when Hughes asked, “what are you planning for a future with more AI and where there might be fewer jobs.”  This question was asked by Hughes almost 15 years ago, but it appears that Dr. Jason Furman has since then thought a lot about preparing the workforce for the Future of work.  Dr. Furman advocates many policy changes, the details of which we will reserve for another email.