Why Organizations Need to Respond to the Call of the Skills Evolution | Jackie Barker

This week we chat with our guest Jackie Barker, global director of the VMware IT Academy, which partners with governments, educational institutions and non-profits to offer courses that create a pipeline of much-needed talent in the IT industry. Jackie is passionate about creating change through education as well as upskilling and reskilling in an era of what she calls the skills evolution. Listen in to hear conversations about how quickly required skills are shifting, the role AI plays in skills development, how to incentivize employees to embrace learning and advice for L&D professionals who are experiencing the ramp up of the skills evolution. Finally, Jackie shares her excitement for the future evolution of the workforce and what professionals in the teaching and learning space can create—hope. Resources we talked about in this episode: 2:05 – Employment Projections – Information Security Analysts (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics) 13:10 – National Governors Association meetings 16:56 – Enabling Learning for Life: New Realities for Work and Education (D2L) 18:57 – State of Cloud: The cloud skills vs. Expectation gap (Pluralsight) 27:04 – University of Helsinki AI courses 30:46 – Shane J. Lopez, Making Hope Happen (Simon & Schuster)