GTCI Talent Champion commonalities

Top 10 countries

Talent growthand management is a central priority

Openness toentrepreneurial

talent

Open socio-economic

policies

Strong and vibrantecosystems around

innovation

Ambiguous

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Volatile

Uncertain

Complex

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4

3

2

9

7

5

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10

1 Switzerland

Singapore

USA

Norway

Denmark

Finland

Sweden

Netherlands

UK

Luxembourg

Global Talent Competitiveness Index 2019How openness can drive global competitiveness

In today’s world economy

Being competitive requires an entrepreneurial approach to be flexible, evolve and adapt.Organisations must manage the changing workforce needs to stay competitive.

The future must work for everyone

Cities will play increasingly central rolesas entrepreneurial talent hubs

Organisations will need to ensure employees have:

Different new tactics at every step

A more holistic course of action

A talent strategy which reflects a firm’s lifecycle

A culture where learning is championed

The critical role already played by cities to set up incubators and accelerators will become more

and more relevant

Specialised talent strategies will emerge

Smart Cities’ strategies will place a greater emphasis on entrepreneurial talent

Cities must foster an atmosphere of innovation and ideas that encourage entrepreneurs

New approaches are needed to stimulate entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial growth

Committing to a culture of flexibility is a must to realise openness and entrepreneurialism

Recommendations

For employers

✔ Solutions are needed to enable workers to re or up-skill on multiple occasions

✔ Develop training policies to attract more talent

✔ Invest in the skills of their workers as standard

✔ Redesign education systems that develop more than just academic skills

✔ Facilitate lifelong learning of the workforce

✔ Establish social protection schemes such as education accounts

For policy-makers

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New ZealandAustraliaIcelandGermanyCanadaIrelandBelgiumAustriaUnited Arab EmiratesIsraelFranceJapanEstoniaQatarCzech RepublicMaltaMalaysiaPortugal

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SloveniaSouth KoreaSpainChileCyprusCosta RicaLithuaniaBrunei DarussalamLatviaItalySaudi ArabiaBahrainSlovakiaPolandAzerbaijanGreeceChinaUruguay

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MauritiusOmanRussiaTrinidad and TobagoMontenegroPanamaHungaryBulgariaCroatiaKazakhstanJordanPhilippinesLebanonArgentinaArmeniaBotswanaUkraineKuwait

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ColombiaThailandIndonesiaSerbiaRomaniaMexicoSouth AfricaBrazilRwandaTurkeyAlbaniaGeorgiaMongoliaNamibiaPeruIndiaTajikistanSri Lanka

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BhutanTunisiaKenyaBosnia and HerzegovinaEcuadorGuatemalaMoldovaDominican RepublicLaosVietnamGambiaGhanaKyrgyzstanEgyptIranHondurasNigeriaMorocco

Top 10 cities

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Oslo

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Boston

Helsinki

New York

Paris

Seoul

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StockholmSan FranciscoSeattleLondonTaipeiGenevaSingaporeBrusselsTokyoMunichAmsterdamLos AngelesMadridMontrealPragueSydneyHong KongRotterdam–The Hague

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OttawaMelbourneChicagoBerlinTorontoGothenburgDublin Dallas Bratislava LuxembourgFrankfurtEindhoven OsakaMoscowHouston BilbaoLisbonKiel

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TallinnAthensBarcelonaLjubljanaDoha Tel Aviv Cardiff ZaragozaAbu Dhabi Warsaw Budapest Beijing DubaiBucharestAuckland HanoverSt. PetersburgRome

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BangkokVilniusIstanbulBirmingham Riga Nantes Bologna Shanghai Milan BrnoNagoyaKuala Lumpur Buenos Aires Sofia TurinZagreb Valletta Hangzhou

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KrakowKuwait CityBogota Santiago GuangzhouSao Paulo Bangalore Montevideo Mexico City Xi’an Chengdu Shenzhen Delhi Mumbai Lima ManilaBelgrade Jakarta

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