KARIE WILLYERD is the Workplace Futurist for SuccessFactors, an SAP company. She is the coauthor of the bestseller, The 2020 Workplace: How Innovative Companies Attract, Develop & Keep Tomorrow's Employees Today. Her articles and blogs appear regularly in Harvard Business Review and in the HR and Learning press. She has been a Chief Learning Officer for five Fortune 500 companies.

BARBARA MISTICK is the President of Wilson College. Recently, she made history pioneering the nation's first loan buy-back program for college students. She is a seasoned entrepreneur and was named a Distinguished Service Professor at Carnegie Mellon University. Her public service advocacy on behalf of entrepreneurs has won numerous awards from the US Small Business Administration, Ernst and Young and The Girl Scouts of America. Dr. Mistick was the first woman to serve as president of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. She holds an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh, and received her doctorate in Management from Case Western Reserve University.

Foreword ix

Preface xi

Part 1: Introduction 1

1: The Stretch Imperative 3

Part 2: It's All on You 31

2: Learn on the Fly 33

3: Be Open 61

Part 3: You Need Options 91

4: Build a Diverse Network 93

5: Be Greedy About Experiences 123

Part 4: You Have Dreams 153

6: Bounce Forward 155

Part 5: Charting the Path Forward 183

7: Stretch into Your Future 185

Supplemental Materials 209

Acknowledgments 211

List of Figures and Tables 215

Appendix A: Research Methodology; Key Workplace 2020 Survey Findings 217

Appendix B: Essential Books to Learn More 223

Notes 225

Index 245