The Expertise Economy
eBook - ePub

The Expertise Economy

How the Smartest Companies Use Learning to Engage, Compete and Succeed

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Expertise Economy

How the Smartest Companies Use Learning to Engage, Compete and Succeed

About this book

The world of work is going through a large-scale transition with digitization, automation and acceleration. Critical skills and expertise are imperative for companies and their employees to succeed in the future, and the most forward-thinking companies are being proactive in adapting to the shift in the workforce. Kelly Palmer, Silicon Valley thought-leader from LinkedIn, Degreed, and Yahoo, and David Blake, co-founder of Ed-tech pioneer Degreed, share their experiences and describe how some of the smartest companies in the world are making learning and expertise a major competitive advantage.The authors provide the latest scientific research on how people really learn and concrete examples from companies in both Silicon Valley and worldwide who are driving the conversation about how to create experts and align learning innovation with business strategy. It includes interviews with people from top companies like Google, LinkedIn, Airbnb, Unilever, NASA, and MasterCard; thought leaders in learning and education like Sal Khan and Todd Rose; as well as Thinkers50 list-makers Clayton Christensen, Daniel Pink and Whitney Johnson. The Expertise Economy dares you to let go of outdated and traditional ways of closing the skills gap, and challenges CEOs and business leaders to embrace the urgency of re-skilling and upskilling the workforce.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Praise for The Expertise Economy
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. About the Author
  8. Introduction
  9. Chapter 1: How We Really Learn
  10. Chapter 2: Make Learning a Competitive Advantage
  11. Chapter 3: Embrace Personalized Learning
  12. Chapter 4: Combat Content Overload
  13. Chapter 5: Understand the Power of Peers
  14. Chapter 6: Succeed with the Right Technology
  15. Chapter 7: Analyze Skills with Data and Insights
  16. Chapter 8: Make Expertise Count
  17. Conclusion: The Future Is Already Here
  18. Endnotes
  19. Index