Angela Jackson is a nationally recognized expert on the future of work. Her ideas have been featured recently in Quartz, Stanford Social Innovation Review, CNN, Blavity, and Harvard Business Review. She is the founder of Future Forward Strategies, a labor market intelligence and strategy firm that helps leaders transform organizations and human capital infrastructures to enable public, private, and nonprofit organizations to stay competitive while creating positive impact. She is also a lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where she teaches the next generation of students about entrepreneurship in the education marketplace.
“This work is a game-changer for understanding how employee voice drives business success and also how transforming approaches to talent management builds stronger companies.” —Joseph Nolan, Chairman, President, and CEO, Eversource Energy “Jackson’s work navigates the tensions inherent to business, offering a solution that’s data- and people-driven, as well as strategic and tactical, and values workers’ skills and their well-being. This holistic approach deserves attention.” —Ginni Rometty, former Chairman, President, and CEO, IBM, and author of Good Power “This book is a powerful guide for any leader looking to create a workplace where employees and the business can flourish together.” —Gerald Chertavian, Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School, and founder of Year Up United “A thoughtful exploration of the modern workplace and an effective case for why centering employee voices is key to a more engaged workforce and resilient business.” —Lindsay Kaplan, cofounder of Chief “Any employer looking to learn about the benefits and approaches to skills-based hiring would benefit from Jackson’s work.” —Byron Auguste, CEO and Cofounder, Opportunity@Work