The Platinum Workforce

Out now: Evidence-based talent strategies from Stanford and MIT research—validated across healthcare, manufacturing, and finance. A blueprint for acquiring future of work skills, hiring talent and reskilling the workforce, the book prepares you for the imminent future of Human+.

launch month bonus

For a limited time (Q4), purchase 100+ copies and receive a complimentary 90-minute keynote for your leadership team. Keynote value: $10,000.

Train and Hire for Industrial Transitions

The rapid rise of artificial intelligence and other pressing global challenges necessitate a fundamental reset in skills, career paths, and leadership approaches to prepare workers for the evolving workplace of the 21st century.

Trond Arne Undheim, PhD
Trond is a futurist, scholar, speaker, podcaster, venture partner, and entrepreneur based in the United States. He has worked at Stanford, MIT, WPP, Oracle, and the European Union. A Forbes columnist, he holds a PhD on the future of work and artificial intelligence and has authored seven books.

The author is excited to unbox Platinum Workforce

“Dr. Undheim’s timely and creative book, Platinum Workforce, tackles one of the most critical existential questions of our time: how work will be performed, organized―or whether it will exist in familiar forms. This is a bold and necessary contribution to the future-of-work dialogue.”
Avanish Sahai, Stanford DCI Fellow, Investor, and Advisor

“Trond Undheim understands that talent―not just tools―defines the future of enterprise. Platinum Workforce is a timely, tech-literate manifesto for building adaptive, AI-ready organizations without losing sight of human creativity.”
— Sanjay Manandhar, CEO & Co-founder, Zifino, serial Tech Founder, Board Director, MIT alum

“Undheim offers thoughtful insights on technological evolution alongside actionable strategies, providing organizations with a valuable roadmap to navigate workforce transformation in our rapidly changing world.”
—  Dr. David A. Bray, Distinguished Fellow & Chair of the Accelerator, Stimson Center & CEO, LeadDoAdapt Ventures, Inc.

“Undheim tackles the critical issue of preserving human agency in the age of AI, providing organizations with strategies to empower their workforce while leveraging technological advancements.”
Mark Minevich, Author, Forbes Columnist, Strategic Partner at Mayfield Venture Capital, Chairman, Going Global Ventures.

“Undheim doesn’t just predict the future of work―he engineers it. The Platinum Workforce is a masterful guide for forward-thinking leaders who see digital disruption not as a threat, but as a platform for reinvention.”
Truls Berg, Founder, Open Innovation Lab of Norway

Explore the platinum workforce

The latest takes from Trond Undheim on how to succeed in the Human+ workplace, working productively with artificial intelligence.

Industry Today, Dec 15, 2025

Building the Augmented Manufacturing Workforce

By Trond Arne Undheim

Silicon Valley Business Journal Nov 28, 2025

Why tech workers with the most certifications aren’t the ones keeping their jobs

By Trond Arne Undheim

Training magazine, Jan 19, 2026 (Coming soon)

Corporate Training Has Become a Machine for Producing Highly Skilled—But Deeply Fragile—Workers

By Trond Arne Undheim

IndustryWeek, Dec 16, 2025

3 Core Skills for the AI-Ready Manufacturing Workforce

By Trond Arne Undheim

Forbes Dec 1, 2025

Humanoid Robots Won’t Save Manufacturing. Here’s What Will.

By Trond Arne Undheim

GovInsider Asia, Dec 1, 2025

The Hidden Skill Governments Aren’t Hiring For

By Trond Arne Undheim

Forbes Nov 24, 2025

The Hidden $50,000-Per-Hour Gap In Your AI Risk Management

By Trond Arne Undheim

Yegii, Nov 22, 2025

The Compression Problem: Why 27 Skills Are Useless and 12 Are Essential

By Trond Arne Undheim

TrondUndheim, Nov 22, 2025

Human+ Skills: What AI-Era Workforce Capability Actually Looks Like

By Trond Arne Undheim

apolitical, Nov 21, 2025

Why Governments Need New Skills, Not Just New Rules

By Trond Arne Undheim

Forbes, Aug 1, 2025

How Cognitive Manufacturing Is Rewriting The Future Of Work

By Trond Arne Undheim

startup savant, July 9, 2024

Natan Linder and Trond Undheim Show the Way to the Enhanced-Lean Industrial Frontline

By Scott S Smith

Industrial Distribution, Nov 29, 2022

Humanizing Industrial Organizations for Optimal Performance

By Natan Linder and Trond Arne Undheim

Chief Executive, Nov 3, 2022

What Augmentation Is (And What It Isn’t Yet)

By Natan Linder and Trond Arne Undheim

Fast Company, Nov 2, 2022

POV: The Future of Industry Isn’t Digital

By Natan Linder and Trond Arne Undheim

IndustryWeek, Nov 2, 2022

Biomanufacturing Needs New Processes to Flourish

By Trond Undheim

Industry Today, Nov 2, 2022

What Industries of the Future Might Look Like

By Trond Arne Undheim and Natan Linder

World Economic Forum, Nov 1, 2022

What’s ‘augmented lean’ and how could it decarbonize supply chains?

By Natan Linder and Trond Arne Undheim

Subscribe

Sign up for a weekly newsletter with the latest blog posts and exclusive content. In your inbox every Tuesday!