Margaret SpenceFounder, The Inclusion Learning Lab · AI Governance Strategy for CHROs | Author, When AI Breaks the Law | SXSW Speaker: Human+AI CoLab and AI Skills Gap for Women | Substack: AI Governance for HR & The Undisruptable Woman

The Future of Talent Development (and it's not what you think)

24 Oct 2024 · 1 min

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In this segment, Margaret Spence reframes talent development from the traditional design of learning programs to the active unlocking of infinite human capability. She emphasizes that the role of talent developers is to create possibility, future, and movement for individuals, encouraging them to tap into and act on their potential rather than remain stagnant. Citing her mentor Bev Kay, she stresses that staying in the same position is unacceptable, especially given the current skills gap, which makes it critical to prevent stagnation and continuously develop talent.

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It redefines talent development as the art of unlocking infinite human capability, turning limitations into launchpads for extraordinary achievements. Your job, starting right now, is to live up to possible. You are here not to design learning, but to unlock possibility. You are not here to create programs. You're here to create possibility and a future and a movement for an individual who sees their potential, who wants to tap into their potential, who wants to move. My mentor, again, Bev Kay, says, "Up is not the only way, but stagnant sitting in the same desk is not acceptable." Because of the skills gap, we cannot afford to leave people stagnant.