• Talent diversity—no more excuses: As study after
study demonstrates the business benefits of workforce
diversity and companies expect finding talent for many
key specialist roles to become much more difficult
by 2020, it is time for a fundamental change in how
talent diversity issues perceived and well-known
barriers tackled. In this area, too, technology and data
analytics may become a useful tool for advancing
workforce parity, whether by facilitating objective
assessment, identifying unconscious biases in job ads
and recruitment processes or even by using wearable
technologies to understand workplace behaviours and
encourage systemic change.