I would also add that this situation is perfectly compatible with talent shortages, if there’s a mismatch in talent needs. For example, in the Meta Coordination Forum, among the most prioritized skills, we see Leadership / Strategy, People management, Strategy development, and various niche skills in Government, Policy, Media. Among the least valued (though to be clear, many respondents still valued these skills), we see Generalist research skills, Quantitative expertise, forecasting, software development and philosophy.
This matches my experience where there are many 10s/100s of people I would be keen to hire as a researcher, but finding people who can autonomously develop and implement strategy for a specific research context is much harder.
Thanks Alex. Unsurprisingly, I agree.
I would also add that this situation is perfectly compatible with talent shortages, if there’s a mismatch in talent needs. For example, in the Meta Coordination Forum, among the most prioritized skills, we see Leadership / Strategy, People management, Strategy development, and various niche skills in Government, Policy, Media. Among the least valued (though to be clear, many respondents still valued these skills), we see Generalist research skills, Quantitative expertise, forecasting, software development and philosophy.
This matches my experience where there are many 10s/100s of people I would be keen to hire as a researcher, but finding people who can autonomously develop and implement strategy for a specific research context is much harder.