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Deanna Mulligan offers a practical look at the effects of automation and why the private sector needs to lead the charge in shaping a values-based response. With a focus on the power of education, she proposes that the solutions to workforce upheaval lie in reskilling and retraining for individuals and companies adapting to rapid change.

List of contents

Foreword, by José A. Scheinkman
Introduction
Part I. Insurance
1. Transforming an Incumbent Industry
Part II. Education and Training
2. The Future of Work Is Happening Now
3. All Together Now: Aligning Education and Training for the Future
4. Bring the Classroom Into the Workplace
5. Bring the Workplace Into the Classroom
6. Reimagine the Diploma
7. Put People First
Part III. The Role of Business and Industry
8. Trust in Purpose
9. Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Appendix
Notes
Index

About the author

Deanna M. Mulligan is Chief Executive Officer of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian). She is also a member of Guardian’s Board of Directors.

Active across the industry and in the community, Ms. Mulligan is a Board member of Vanguard, the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI), the Partnership for New York City, the Economic Club of New York, the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (CECP), and the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, CT. Ms. Mulligan was appointed to, and served on, the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans from 2014 to 2015, was Chair of the Board of the ACLI from 2015 to 2016. She is currently a member of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Advisory Council, and served as a Director on the Board of Arch Capital, a Bermuda-based re-insurer.

Summary

Deanna Mulligan offers a practical look at the effects of automation and why the private sector needs to lead the charge in shaping a values-based response. With a focus on the power of education, she proposes that the solutions to workforce upheaval lie in reskilling and retraining for individuals and companies adapting to rapid change.

Additional text

Mulligan has written a great guide about lifelong learning and education that can help individuals, businesses, educators, and public policy makers prepare for a transformation that is already upon us, and will affect our collective future.

Product details

• Authors: Deanna Mulligan, Deanna Shaw Mulligan, Greg Shaw
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9780231179485
• ISBN: 978-0-231-17948-5
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Workplace Culture, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Motivational, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Office Equipment & Supplies, Labour / income economics, Labour Economics, Management: leadership & motivation, Management & management techniques, Management: leadership and motivation, Working patterns & practices, Personnel & human resources management, Working patterns and practices, Personnel and human resources management, Management and management techniques, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Office systems and equipment, Office systems & equipment, business; leadership; labor