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Master Symbols: A Visual Insight Field Guide , New Book from FOT Co-Founder Eileen Clegg
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Our very own Future of Talent co-founder Eileen Clegg just published her new book explaining how cultures globally “speak” the same language of shape. Settle down to be entertained and educated by a master.
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The Future of Talent Institute is a think tank and membership-driven educational & networking endeavor that has been examining the talent world since 2005.
We research the trends, events, and ideas that are changing human resources, talent management, recruiting, learning, work and the work environment.
We have an active blog site and we encourage guest bloggers.
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The Future of Talent Institute is a consortium of organizations and individuals who explore emerging issues in talent management, staffing, recruiting, employee development, retention and leadership development. Our members comprise a wide range of sizes, industries and locations. Read more…
The Future of Talent Institute provides early insights and in-depth research into employment trends, demographics, workforce attitudes, organizational structure, and new technologies so that your firm can make faster and better decisions about talent and talent-related issues. Learn more here.
The Future of Talent Institute roots go back to Kevin Wheeler and Eileen Clegg’s work in at Institute for the Future, where they identified talent as a key area of focus. Click here to read details bios of Kevin and Eileen.
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RECENT BLOGS
Traditional Recruiting Metrics Are Useless
HR Futurist Kevin Wheeler laments the poor efficacy of recruiting metrics to solve real problems for recruiters. Kevin explains how traditional recruiting metrics are transactional or only define the past. Kevin implores the need for leading or predictive metrics that could help recruiting organizations answer critical questions. Kevin outlines a better approach that includes concepts like pipelines, trust, and predictive analytics.
Master Symbols: A Visual Insight Field Guide
Future of Talent co-founder Eileen Clegg has just published her new book, “Master Symbols: A Visual Insight Field Guide,” containing deep communication insights. Eileen’s book explains how cultures globally “speak” the same language of shape. You will find that simple drawings can have complex meaning that crosses all geographies. Settle down to be entertained and educated by a master. Check out Eileen’s book here.
Six Recruitment Trends for 2019
Future of Talent Institute co-founder Kevin Wheeler offers his vision for 2019 and the six trends he sees defining the year. Kevin calls 2019 the “year of adjustment and recalibration.” He explains this in relationship to how technology has defined us thus far this century, and our ability to both adapt and adopt processes to better understand our power over advanced technology tools like artificial intelligence.

Traditional Recruiting Metrics Are Useless
HR Futurist Kevin Wheeler laments the poor efficacy of recruiting metrics to solve real problems for recruiters. Kevin explains how traditional recruiting metrics are transactional or only define the past. Kevin implores the need for leading or predictive metrics that could help recruiting organizations answer critical questions. Kevin outlines a better approach that includes concepts like pipelines, trust, and predictive analytics.