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Equity in a SMART Future℠ – Higher Education Thought Leadership Consortium/Roundtable
Equity in a SMART Future℠ – Higher Education Thought Leadership Consortium/Roundtable
- The Higher Education Thought Leadership Consortium leads groundbreaking and transformational change through research, collaborative discoveries of what underserved markets produce, through the construct of an HBCU Operating System. The work will result in a new market valuation and realignment with ESG Rating standards for participating organizations. The methodology & approach is Student-Centric as Leaders from The Academy and Industry will employ industry-standard assessments, benchmarking and collaborative creation for credentialing and market making solutions to address social and economic equity gaps. This work requires a shift from traditional transactional advancement efforts into new opportunities that yield measurable and sustainable growth for Students, the Campuses and industry at-large.
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Corporate Consortium (SMART City)
PPDG is the convenor for a global corporate consortium bringing SMART Infrastructure, Technology and Consulting solutions to influential change makers in select markets. Our specific aim is to align the vision work with our curated workforce development/ 21st Century Holistic Career Development platform into these markets, addressing the gaps in access, exposure and engagement with the future of work.
New technologies, demographic shifts and the impact of Covid-19 on the labour market have been radically transforming the way that organizations conduct business and the type of skills their talent needs to help them thrive in this new age of work. Nearly 50% of companies expected that by 2020, automation will lead to some reduction in their full-time workforce, while more than half of all employees will require significant re- and upskilling. The Covid-19 crisis has exacerbated these trends, increasing the need for large-scale, informed and collaborative action.
(World Economic Forum 2021)
SMART Future Readings
The Change Makers
Changing the status quo with their super powers.