Season 3: Episode 19 - Skill Fluidity with Ben Hamer

The Learning Future Podcast with Louka Parry

How fast do our skills lose their value in our rapidly evolving economies? Whose responsibility is it to ensure upskilling is accurately targeted and where should it take place?

Dr Ben Hamer is one of Australia's leading work futurists. He is the Future of Work Lead at PwC Australia and spent time seconded to the World Economic Forum heading up critical projects on the future of work, skills, and education. He is also a Board Member for the Australian HR Institute, recently appointed as the youngest Non-Executive Director in the organisation’s history.

Ben has a Doctorate of Public Administration, which included time spent as a Visiting Scholar at Yale University, and is an Adjunct Fellow with the Centre for the New Workforce at Swinburne University. Ben regularly features on across Australian media providing expert commentary on the Future of Work.