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The 2010 Jobs Crossroad: The Future of Training & Development Global Forum Event

Tuesday, September 14, 2010
6:00 Dinner and networking
6:45 Program start

Location: Roosevelt University
18 S Michigan Ave.
Gage Building, second floor commons
Chicago, IL

Cost: CCASTD Members/Alliance - $39.00
Non-Members - $49.00
Students - $15

In the midst of widespread unemployment the U.S. and world economies still have a shortage of skilled talent. Increasingly complex technologies continue to set a breakneck pace of change. In industrial nations the large-baby boomer cohort is aging and moving into retirement. Succeeding generations have decidedly different views on work-life culture and overall are less literate and well-educated particularly in technical areas. In Japan, Korea, and many European nations, populations and workforces are shrinking significantly. Even India’s and China’s massive populations cannot produce enough qualified talent to meet the demands of their rapid economic development. Ed Gordon illustrates how workplace learning and development professionals can become leaders in developing programs for updating the skills and education of incumbent workers as well as assisting in crafting new education-to-employment systems for 21st century technology-based economies through community-based organizations (CBOs). These CBO partnerships of business leaders, educators, union leaders, government officials, parents, and others are “Gateways to the Future” that can make current businesses more competitive and attract new start-ups as well for regional economic growth over the next decade.

Instructor Bio

Edward E. Gordon is an internationally recognized writer, researcher, speaker, and consultant on the future of America’s and the world’s workforce. He is president of Imperial Consulting in Chicago and Palm Desert, California. Imperial has a broad range of clients from Microsoft and the Swiss government to the Federal Reserve Bank and professional associations, workforce/economic development boards, non-profit organizations in health care, K-12 and higher education, museums, and think-tanks.

Among his many books Ed has written a broad range of business titles including Winning the Global Talent Showdown, The 2010 Meltdown: Solving the Impending Jobs Crisis, Skills Wars, and FutureWork. His research on current business issues has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post,Chicago Tribune, and Chicago Sun-Times as well as such business publications as Business Week, Management Review, Employee Benefit News, Training, T & D, and M World. He has appeared on CBS, CNN, NPR, and other substantive discussion programs.

He taught for 20 years at three Chicago universities: DePaul, Loyola, and Northwestern. Dr. Gordon serves on the board of the Better Business Bureau of Chicago and Northern Illinois. He is also a member of the Education Quality Workforce Committee of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, the Youth Council of the Chicago Workforce Board, the Executive Committee of the Chicago Manufacturing Renaissance Council, and Advisory Board of the Roosevelt University Graduate Program in Training and Development.