The Expertise Economy, a Book from Degreed, Helps Lift the Lid on the Skills Gap
Summary
San Francisco, CA, November 10, 2018 --( PR.com )-- In today’s rapidly changing world, one of the key organizational challenges is developing workers’ skills to ensure success now – and for the future.To help meet this challenge, Kelly Palmer, a Silicon Valley-based thought-leader from LinkedIn, Degreed, and Yahoo, along with David Blake, the co-founder of the Ed-tech pioneer, Degreed, have shared their experiences of this phenomenon as well as describing how some of the smartest companies in the world are turning learning and expertise into a major competitive advantage.Kelly and David have shared these experiences in a book called “The Expertise Economy” (ISBN: 978-1-4736-7700-5, $29.95, 256 pages) whose European launch takes place in Zurich, in Switzerland, on 15th November.It also includes the views of thought leaders in learning and education such as Sal Khan and Todd Rose; as well as from the Thinkers50 list-makers Clayton Christensen, Daniel Pink, and Whitney Johnson.“‘The Expertise Economy’ dares readers to let go of outdated and traditional ways of closing the skills gap, and it challenges CEOs and business leaders to embrace the urgency of re-skilling and upskilling the workforce,” she added.“Ultimately, companies big and small need to transform their workers into experts and, ultimately, their biggest competitive advantage – and this book provides some key insights to show you how to do this.”