Looking Beyond the 4-Year Degree, With Kathleen deLaski

The workforce is increasingly exploring learning opportunities
outside of the four-year college degree, such as vocational
training and apprenticeships. However, organizations struggle to
adapt their talent processes to a workforce with changing
demographics and preferences. Kathleen deLaski, author of “Who
Needs College Anymore? Imagining a Future Where Degrees Don’t
Matter,” joins the Talent Angle to discuss how organizations can
keep pace with an evolving workforce. By creating alignment
between recruiting, training and education, organizations can
build talent pipelines that strengthen their workforce and grow
the economy.


Kathleen deLaski is an education and workforce designer, and
futurist. She founded the Education Design Lab to help colleges
reimagine higher education toward the future of work. Her
nonprofit has helped 1,200 colleges, organizations and economic
regions design new pathways for learners. She is a senior advisor
to the Project on Workforce at Harvard University and teaches
human-centered design and higher education reform as an adjunct
professor in the Honors College at George Mason University.
Previously, Kathleen worked as a journalist, including time as
ABC News White House correspondent, and was a political
appointment as the first female Pentagon spokesperson.


Dion Love is a vice president of research and advisory services
at Gartner. Dion is a labor market expert, focusing on global
labor market trends and what they mean for organizations’ talent
and business strategies, as well as broader social and economic
issues. In his work at Gartner, Dion advises clients on key
aspects of talent acquisition, including talent acquisition
function planning and management, talent needs definition and
internal recruiting, employment branding and recruitment
marketing, and talent sourcing and selection. He has co-authored
more than 12 strategic research studies at Gartner. His work has
been featured in the Harvard Business Review and industry
publications, as well as Gartner HR Leaders Monthly and Smarter
With Gartner.