link tank overview

Link TankBridging the gap between

expert practitioners and policy makers on employment and skills

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The world is changing. Quickly.

Given the pace of socio-technological change,

we believe future employment and skills

needs to change fundamentally.

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Objects may appear closer than they actually are...

How will we know what’s coming if we’re not looking ahead?

Self-organising groups are already creating new forms of labour market interaction.

These new forms of work, are going to

have profound implications on our

society, and our economy

Why are we setting up (yet another) Think Tank?

•There exists a gap between the technology community who are creating the future, and policy makers who are trying to make sense of it...

•There is no dialogue. No Link.

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What is our purpose?

•Link Tank will focus on identifying and developing next generation ideas and solutions - underpinned by technology - that will harness the skills and potential of people in the UK in an intelligent, efficient and above all - sustainable way.

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Our primary objective?

•To work toward an economically viable, sustainable model of full employment

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More detail:

•To build the UK’s capacity and capability to compete globally in a high-skills, knowledge-driven economy, by creating greater visibility of employment options, and optimising the skills and talent of our people

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•To support effective economic development in local communities, built upon labour market demands and opportunities, by maximising visibility and access to the skills of the working age population.

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More detail:

•To develop more agile and responsive approaches to skills and employment provision, capable of anticipating and meeting employers’ evolving skills requirements in the future

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How will we achieve this?

•By promoting and encouraging new, (collaborative) approaches to developing innovation

•By connecting LinkTank people with a social/2.0 platform

•A series of ‘Unconference’ events. Networking and social activities are where the interesting things happen.

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Why is this going to be different?

• It will be accessible. think: open versus closed...

• We will act as matchmaker: brokering the supply of/ demand for expertise.

• We will create environments (both on/offline) that are catalysts for innovation...

• Link Tank participants will be solutions-focused; bringing together people that are actually creating this stuff...

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Who will participate in Link Tank?

•Talent / Technology experts

•Public/Private sector employers

•Social enterprise/third sector

•Community leaders

•Academia

•Policy makers

•Investors/funders

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