We have the tools to reskill for the future. Where is the will to use them?

Jan 19, 2018

Basic digital tasks routinely stump up to a third of the population in industrialized countries such as the US, Japan, and Germany

Basic digital tasks routinely stump up to a third of the population in industrialized countries such as the US Japan, and Germany Image: REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

Deanna Mulligan

Board Chair, The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America

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