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Our @HarvardHBS MBA course on #ManagingTheFutureOfWork is underway!
I share a few key ideas from each class that sparked conversation.
Class 24 looked at @GetIntoEnergy's work to assess skills gaps in the energy industry & develop pipelines to address them (case #818-081)
I share a few key ideas from each class that sparked conversation.
Class 24 looked at @GetIntoEnergy's work to assess skills gaps in the energy industry & develop pipelines to address them (case #818-081)
CEWD is a non-profit industry consortium born in 2006 to combat emerging industry-wide skills gaps (the "silver tsunami"). It has since developed innovation guides for energy companies to use to develop better talent pipelines and ensure up-to-date skills development.
CEWD's work helps companies reach out to many groups, including veterans and minorities, and reaches deep into the school system - if you don't get them excited while young, it gets much harder later on. Executive Director @arandaz gave some examples:
Having navigated through one demographic transition and set of emerging technologies, CEWD's work is far from done! Here is CEWD's current risk analysis for skills and what is coming down the track for the energy sector:
Where does CEWD go from here? They need to collect more data to track program effectiveness, and students contemplated how CEWD could bring about more convening power to the industry or aid in transitions from dying industries into the energy sector.
@BethReese17, EVP of Southern Company Gas and Chair of CEWD, explained to class the ongoing transformation of the energy sector for the future of work and CEWD's role:
