The World Economic Forum forecasts that over one billion jobs will be radically transformed in the coming decade, and no doubt, Covid has accelerated that. How do we upskill the global workforce in a time defined by such rapid change and technology? 

HTC Executive Pearly Chen sat down with Kyle Jackson, founder and CEO of Talespin, a skills mobility company that VIVE has been lucky enough to invest in. Tune in to our conversation to hear about Kyle's prolific entrepreneurial journey driven by infinite curiosity and defined by tackling difficult paradigm-shifting problems. You’ll hear the story of how Talespin came into being, using VR simulation as an educational tool, and why the skills mobility problem affects everyone in the workforce -- leaving listeners with some memorable pearls of wisdom. 

 Key Points From This Episode:

• An introduction to Kyle Jackson, founder and CEO of skills mobility company Talespin.
• What led him to work in the re-skilling space after starting in 3D animation.
• What he learned solving tough problems during that transition: workflow innovation, new business models interrupting the old, leapfrogging technologies, and more.
• The story of how Talespin came into being, from hypothesis to launch.
• Kyle gives us a breakdown of the skills mobility concept.
• Why he believes that the resume system is not fit for purpose anymore.
• How the participatory nature of Talespin allows you to more accurately assess skills.
• The complexities that cannot be brought across on a resume.
• VR simulation as a hugely efficient educational tool and the insights Kyle learned.
• Why the skills mobility problem affects everyone in the workforce.
• What he has learnt in hindsight: you have to be relentless on workflow innovation in the early days of content ecosystems.
• Content scaling and optimization on the soft skill and hard skill sides.
• Why it is so important that a release is flexible in the hands of the end user. 
• The skills provided by Talespin and how users can track their own development.
• What they are working on next: a visual language to communicate development.
• What he is most excited about for the future of Talespin: the ecosystem model with publishers, the subject matter experts that keep involving themselves in it.
• Kyle’s advice for listeners.

Tweetables:

 “The resume system is not fit for purpose anymore. The jobs underneath us are moving too quickly to use a backwards looking lens of multiple years to prove that we’re the right fit for this opportunity right in front of us.” — @kjplanet [0:06:58]

“The idea is, if we can actually prove that people have skills by their participation in this content, then maybe that becomes the new resume.” — @kjplanet [0:07:45]

“We all are way more complex than our resume reads and some of that complexity is exactly what companies need, and exactly what projects need, but it never would come through on a resume.” — @kjplanet [0:07:57]

“When we’re thinking of the skills mobility problem, it’s not an isolated problem only for young people. It’s something that’s going to affect everyone that’s in the workforce.” — @kjplanet [0:16:10]
 
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: 

Kyle Jackson on Twitter
Kyle Jackson on LinkedIn
Talespin
Pearly Chen on Twitter
VIVE