Michael HornThought leader creating a world where all individuals can build passions & fulfill their human potential. Author of the national bestseller Job Moves: 9 Steps for Making Progress in Your Career

The Value of Opening Up: Welcoming New Ideas in Work and Learning

Name: The Value of Opening Up: Welcoming New Ideas in Work and Learning
Uploaded: 2024-03-12T11:00:04+00:00
Duration: 54 s
Channel: Michael Horn
Description: In this segment, the speaker argues that companies should evaluate hiring and employee development primarily through a business-value lens rather than…

12 Mar 2024 · 1 min

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In this segment, the speaker argues that companies should evaluate hiring and employee development primarily through a business-value lens rather than relying on academic degrees as a proxy for candidate potential. He highlights that many firms still use degrees to infer future performance, but this over‑reliance is becoming outdated. The speaker warns that firms clinging to degree‑centric hiring risk a "Kodak moment" as the market shifts toward more skill‑focused, impact‑driven talent strategies.

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You know, there's there are a lot of companies that are looking at changing the way they hire and changing how they develop their employees from a social impact standpoint. But, but I think what you and I are talking about is that they ought to be thinking about it from a business standpoint. And far too long, companies have relied on the proxy of degrees, is telling them, for instance, what person they're finding in the marketplace and how that person's going to add value to their their enterprise, their company. And so an over reliance on something, you know, sticking with the degree in the long run, to help employers understand who and how that, you know, who they're hiring and what that person will be able to do in the company. You know, this could be the Kodak moment for a lot of these companies, because things are things are shifting.