The Expertise Economy: How the smartest companies use learning to engage, compete, and succeed

Kelly Palmer · David Blake

Nov 2018 · Gildan Media · Narrated by Patricia Rodriguez

About this audiobook

The workplace is going through a large-scale transition with digitization, automation, and acceleration. Critical skills and expertise are imperative for companies and their employees to succeed in the future, and the most forward-thinking companies are being proactive in adapting to the shift in the workforce. Kelly Palmer, Silicon Valley thought-leader from LinkedIn, Degreed, and Yahoo, and David Blake, co-founder of Ed-tech pioneer Degreed, share their experiences and describe how some of the smartest companies in the world are making learning and expertise a major competitive advantage. The authors provide the latest scientific research on how people really learn and concrete examples from companies in both Silicon Valley and worldwide who are driving the conversation about how to create experts and align learning innovation with business strategy. Included are interviews with people from top companies like Google, LinkedIn, Airbnb, Unilever, NASA, and MasterCard; thought leaders in learning and education like Sal Khan and Todd Rose; as well as Thinkers50 list-makers Clayton Christensen, Daniel Pink, and Whitney Johnson.

About the author

Kelly Palmer is on a mission to change the way the world learns. Kelly is currently on the executive team of Degreed where the mission is to help people and organizations build the skills they need to invent the future. She speaks regularly at business conferences around the world, and has been featured in many publications.

David Blake believes that learning is too important to stay the way it is and has spent his career innovating in higher education and lifelong learning. David is the Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Degreed. Degreed is the smarter way to discover, learn and certify the skills you need for the future.