Winning the Global Talent Showdown: How Businesses and Communities Can Partner to Rebuild the Jobs Pipeline »

EDWARD E. GORDON is President of the Imperial Consulting Corporation. He has also taught for 20 years at three Chicago-area universities: DePaul, Loyola, and Northwestern. He is the author of many articles and 12 other books, including Closing the Literacy Gap (1991), Futurework (1994), Enhancing Learning (1998), and Skills Wars (2000).

Theres a growing consensus that the current job development systemboth in the US and overseas—is badly broken. Too many people cant find good jobs. Too many businesses cant find qualified people. Whats behind the deep talent shortages that now confront the United States and much of the world? And how can we rebuild the pipeline?