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Fortune Brainstorm Design
Brooklyn, NY
Tuesday, May 24, 2022
3:35-3:55 PM THE RISE OF THE DESIGN APPRENTICE
Businesses are facing the steepest labor shortages in a generation with over 11 million open jobs in the U.S. One solution: the rise of Design Apprentice programs across public and private sector organizations. This new reskilling and upskilling mechanism is creating more inclusive and equitable pathways to the global workforce by combining kinesthetic and action learning methods in product, service, fashion, sound and user experience design. We’ll explore how the great global reset is shaping a new generation of designers with STEAMD (science, tech, arts, math and design) super powers as a global force for good.
Joanna Peña-Bickley, Chief Design Officer, Design Corps; Head of Research and Design, Alexa Devices, Amazon
Rachel Bickley, Musician and Sound/Audio Designer, Designedbyus.org
In conversation with: Kate Aronowitz, Co-chair, Fortune Brainstorm Design
Rebecca Greenfield for Fortune Magazine
On the occasion of the European Year of Skills 2023, COMECE and its partners organised on the 31st of May 2023 the dialogue conference: “Grounded in the Present, skilled for the Future”, addressing reskilling and upskilling in the context of the current challenges of the labour market and education in the EU.
Brussels, 31 May 2023
Greater Houston Partnership UpSkills conference at the University of Houston Hilton 12 November 2014. (Greater Houston Partnership/Richard Carson)
Greater Houston Partnership UpSkills conference at the University of Houston Hilton 12 November 2014. (Greater Houston Partnership/Richard Carson)
Greater Houston Partnership UpSkills conference at the University of Houston Hilton 12 November 2014. (Greater Houston Partnership/Richard Carson)
Greater Houston Partnership UpSkills conference at the University of Houston Hilton 12 November 2014. (Greater Houston Partnership/Richard Carson)
Ben Wildavsky
Author, "The Career Arts," Visiting Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Arthur Bilger
CEO and Founder, Working Nation
Michael Ellison
Co-Founder and CEO, CodePath
Lisa Gevelber
Founder, Grow With Google; Chief Marketing Officer, Americas Region, Google
Mike Kubzansky
CEO, Omidyar Network
Artis Stevens
President and CEO, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
Greater Houston Partnership UpSkills conference at the University of Houston Hilton 12 November 2014. (Greater Houston Partnership/Richard Carson)
Piotr Lewandowski (IBS, Instytut Badań Strukturalnych)
Recent literature argues that in the US modern technologies replace jobs intensive in routine, codifiable tasks, and wipe out the middle-skilled employment. The evidence whether it is also the case in emerging economies is still scarce. In order to bridge this gap, I analyse the changes in the task content of jobs in 10 Central and Eastern European countries (CEE) between late 1990s and middle 2010s. I find that the CEE countries witnessed rising intensity of non-routine cognitive tasks, and a decreasing intensity of manual tasks. However, most of them experienced a rise in routine cognitive tasks, a trend absent in the most advanced economies. I assess the relative role played by education and technology in these developments. I also analyse the contribution of structural changes and occupational changes. I identify two groups of workers whose jobs depend most on performing routine cognitive tasks, who jointly represent 33% of workers in CEE, and are likely to be affected by future technical progress.
Find out more about the event iems.ust.hk/events/event/a-routine-transition-technology-...
Greater Houston Partnership UpSkills conference at the University of Houston Hilton 12 November 2014. (Greater Houston Partnership/Richard Carson)
Greater Houston Partnership UpSkills conference at the University of Houston Hilton 12 November 2014. (Greater Houston Partnership/Richard Carson)
This project matches micro-education courses with full time and freelancing job opportunities through an online platform, aiming to upskill the workforce in developing countries.
Greater Houston Partnership UpSkills conference at the University of Houston Hilton 12 November 2014. (Greater Houston Partnership/Richard Carson)
Fortune Brainstorm Design
Brooklyn, NY
Tuesday, May 24, 2022
3:35-3:55 PM THE RISE OF THE DESIGN APPRENTICE
Businesses are facing the steepest labor shortages in a generation with over 11 million open jobs in the U.S. One solution: the rise of Design Apprentice programs across public and private sector organizations. This new reskilling and upskilling mechanism is creating more inclusive and equitable pathways to the global workforce by combining kinesthetic and action learning methods in product, service, fashion, sound and user experience design. We’ll explore how the great global reset is shaping a new generation of designers with STEAMD (science, tech, arts, math and design) super powers as a global force for good.
Joanna Peña-Bickley, Chief Design Officer, Design Corps; Head of Research and Design, Alexa Devices, Amazon
Rachel Bickley, Musician and Sound/Audio Designer, Designedbyus.org
In conversation with: Kate Aronowitz, Co-chair, Fortune Brainstorm Design
Rebecca Greenfield for Fortune Magazine
Children & Youth Affairs Minister James Reilly publishes major report on childcare
Minister Reilly with Kaya Scanlon (2) from Sligo
Minister for Children and Youth Affairs James Reilly has today published a major report which proposes how best to invest in childcare services over the coming years.
The report puts forward options to enhance affordability for parents, improve the quality of services and outcomes for children, and promote greater accessibility in the sector.
Commenting on the report, Minister Reilly said:
Affordability, quality and accessibility are the big concerns for us all. This document offers a clear vision for future investment in early years and school-age services. It represents the most ambitious, detailed and costed plan for childcare ever produced by Government, and it follows a period of very productive consultation with parents, providers and the general public.
Some of the key recommendations in the report include:
A longer period of parental leave to enhance outcomes in the first year of a child’s life;
An enhanced ECCE provision (currently the ‘free pre-school year’) which would be extended to the point at which primary school starts;
and
A new, single subsidy scheme for pre-school and school-going children with simplified eligibility based on income.
At today’s launch Minister Reilly said:
I am pleased that the Group has looked in depth at the international evidence. It has pointed to the shortfalls in the current provision in Ireland and has put forward costed options which can be of real benefit to children, parents, families and society. As the economy improves, we now have opportunity for strategic investment that will help achieve better outcomes for children, offer greater supports to parents, improve quality, and upskill the sector.
- See more at: www.merrionstreet.ie/en/News-Room/News/Minister_Reilly_pu...
Manmeet Kaur, Ai-jen Poo, Charissa Raynor
Moderator: Jonathan LaPook
Property of the Aspen Institute / Credit: Dan Bayer
Greater Houston Partnership UpSkills conference at the University of Houston Hilton 12 November 2014. (Greater Houston Partnership/Richard Carson)
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213Venue:Computer Room, Level 4, Institute of Graduate Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Organized by: IGS Upskill Programme, UM.
Title:Workshop on ‘Introduction to the Research Tools’
Date:Friday, 18th December 2015
Time:09:00am to 12:00pm
Available online at:https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1039495
Greater Houston Partnership UpSkills conference at the University of Houston Hilton 12 November 2014. (Greater Houston Partnership/Richard Carson)
Greater Houston Partnership UpSkills conference at the University of Houston Hilton 12 November 2014. (Greater Houston Partnership/Richard Carson)
Greater Houston Partnership UpSkills conference at the University of Houston Hilton 12 November 2014. (Greater Houston Partnership/Richard Carson)
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Fortune COO Summit
October 8th, 2024
Middleburg, VA
USA
11:05-11:25am
WHY RETHINKING EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT ISN’T JUST FOR HR
People operations are increasingly part of the COO's purview as they negotiate the challenges of automation, upskilling and reskilling, and attracting and retaining top talent across generations. In order to remain competitive, businesses need to embrace a culture of change that responds to the new remote work environment and find ways to maintain a positive employee experience. Employee engagement and wellbeing are evolving, but are no less important to business success. In this session, we’ll give high-level strategies for increasing productivity, employee satisfaction, and trust in the workplace.
Carol Juel, Chief Technology and Operating Officer, Synchrony
Eunice Lee, Chief Operating Officer, Scopely
Moderator: Lila MacLellan, Senior Writer, Fortune; Co-chair, Fortune COO Summit
Photograph by Ryan Donnell/Fortune
UntangleMyWeb.com held an intense, short group 8h Workshop in June 2009. QTIC and TQ hosted 4 tourism operators who were upskilled on content copywriting, link building, Google analytics and local search.
Each operator was provided with a 2h consulting voucher to boost their learnings upon completion.
Greater Houston Partnership UpSkills conference at the University of Houston Hilton 12 November 2014. (Greater Houston Partnership/Richard Carson)
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FORTUNE GLOBAL FORUM
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Sunday, October 26, 2025
12:45 – 2:15 PM
LUNCH SESSIONS 3
PEOPLE POWER: BUILDING A FUTURE READY WORKFORCE
The future of talent isn’t just about skills—it’s about strategy. As roles shift, technologies evolve and worker expectations change, employers are being forced to rethink everything from hiring pipelines to frontline leadership. This panel brings perspectives from leaders in global operations, workforce services, and large-scale retail to explore how they’re closing regional talent gaps, upskilling at scale, and preparing teams to thrive in a more dynamic, AI-fueled world. With a focus on real-world strategies, we will look at how employers can make smarter talent decisions for long-term stability and growth.
Vinay Firake, Chief Executive Officer, APMEA Strategic Market Unit, Wipro
Anne Lim O’Brien, Vice Chair of Global & CEO Practice, Heidrick and Struggles
Hisham Radwan, Chief Executive Officer, Cigna Insurance Saudi Arabia
Moderator: Kristin Stoller, Editorial Director, Fortune Live Media
Location: Al Dammam
Photograph by Stuart Isett/Fortune
Greater Houston Partnership UpSkills conference at the University of Houston Hilton 12 November 2014. (Greater Houston Partnership/Richard Carson)
Greater Houston Partnership UpSkills conference at the University of Houston Hilton 12 November 2014. (Greater Houston Partnership/Richard Carson)
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