Upskill: 6 Steps to Unlock Economic Opportunity for All

By Laurent Probst and Christian Scharff

For governments struggling with the unemployable, businesses suffering from a dearth of skilled workers and markets trapped by languishing revenue, this book provides a roadmap to an exciting and bright future. Intellectual Capital is very dependent upon our deeper understanding of how to effectively design and implement upskilling initiatives. Laurent Probst & Christian Scharff have cracked the code. Instrumental in the development and implementation of SkillsBridge (www.skillsbridge.lu) for the Luxembourg government, they now implement this sustainable solution throughout the world. This book looks at the impact of technological growth and purposeful action. It provides a solution to one of the most critical but soft infrastructure issues faced by society today; the life cycle of practical skills and the sustainable span of professional knowledge. Upskill 6 Steps to Unlock Economic Opportunity for All, outlines strategies, actions and policies that enable government, business and society to work together, in lockstep, to ensure a sustainable and prosperous future.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Clink Street Publishing
• Release date: Feb 19, 2019
• ISBN: 9781912850679

Laurent Probst

Laurent Probst is a Partner at PwC and leads the Government Digital Transformation and Innovation activities at PwC Luxembourg. He is the founder and partner of the PwC Accelerator network, building the export capacities of thousands of EU innovative companies. He has led numerous strategic governments’ and international institutions’ projects on the uptake of digital transformation for a sustained economic development strategy, including major projects, the EU 2030 High-tech Skills Vision and strategy for the EU Manufacturing industry; and the Luxembourgish Government for the development and implementation of national upskilling solution (www.skillsbridge.lu). Probst has been appointed as advisor of the UNDP for the development of Global Knowledge Index and has recently produced the Future of Knowledge report for UNDP and MBRF (www.knowledge4all.org) Along with his sister, Scharff founded a coding school for unemployed people: out of the 200 people it has re-trained, a staggering 80% have since found jobs.