On June 22nd, the Enterprise Academy hosted its inaugural Future Talent Forum to drive transformative partnerships through innovative enterprise-led engagement and foster a community of talent development professionals from across enterprise and academia.

Attended by over 120 talent development professionals, sessions explored critical learning design principles and workforce trends including transversal skills, generative AI, applied assessment and the value of accredited education. A skills-first approach to talent acquisition and development was a pervasive theme.

Opening keynote Kate O’Sullivan, a Senior Director of EU Public Policy and Economic Graph at LinkedIn, highlighted the benefits of such an approach, including an increased talent pool for employers, democratised access to economic opportunity and a more diverse and resilient workforce. 

Greta Stahl, Senior Director of Organisational Learning and Development at Workday made a call to recognise the currency of skills as a more agile way to approach workforce development backed by continuing experimentation and personalisation.

An 8-episode podcast series has been developed, each featuring the invited experts at TU Dublin’s Enterprise Academy Future Talent Forum. Episodes are published on the EA website and third-party platforms and promoted weekly.