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We are not a technology platform. We’re a movement. Aligning an ecosystem of passionate and innovative organizations helping workers to take charge of their careers. Each does its own work and together we can make global impact.

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Why Companies Should Help Every Employee Chart a Career Path

Providing career development to all employees requires a commitment to clarifying pathways for growth and giving everyone opportunities to build new skills.

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3 Questions: How automation and good jobs can co-exist

This isn’t just important for firm performance, but for workers. A lot of firms adopting robots actually...

5 Resources from MIT Open Learning for Digital Learning Day

To celebrate the 12th annual Digital Learning Day, which takes place this Mar. 15, we would like...

Mapping the LER ecosystem to drive adoption and collaboration in service of learners and earners

Learning employment records have potential to increase access to career pathways and make learning, career and life...

Why Companies Should Help Every Employee Chart a Career Path

Providing career development to all employees requires a commitment to clarifying pathways for growth and giving everyone...

Addressing Emerging Skills Gaps in a Tight Labor Market

“While there is certainly demand for technical skills, the biggest gap is for the ‘human skills’ that...

Is AI coming for your job? Tech experts weigh in: “They don’t replace human labor”

MIT economist David Autor believes the rise of AI does indeed mean millions of jobs are going...

GOI Launches Human Skills Working Group

Hard skills get you hired, but soft skills get you fired. So goes an adage among business...

Wiring the organization for exceptional performance

In almost any industry, some few companies dramatically outperform their peers and near-peers, generating and delivering far...

How much of a role does luck play in your career?

Why do some people, and not others, succeed in their careers? It’s mostly luck, 55% luck to...

Ask an MIT Professor: why your business should build a quantum-ready workforce now

MIT Professor Will Oliver shares his insights on why organizations should be proactive about quantum computing training....

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