
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+.
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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.
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author
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.
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endorsements
“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
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Explore the platinum workforce
The latest takes from Trond Undheim on how to succeed in the Human+ workplace, working productively with artificial intelligence.
ERE, Jan 6, 2026
article
Recruiters Say They Want Adaptable Talent. Why Do Their Processes Filter It Out?
By Trond Arne Undheim
Industry Today, Dec 15, 2025
article
Building the Augmented Manufacturing Workforce
By Trond Arne Undheim
Swellesley Report, Dec 12, 2025
article
‘The Platinum Workforce’: Wellesley author focuses on boosting human strengths in an AI-driven world
By Bob Brown
Silicon Valley Business Journal Nov 28, 2025
article
Why tech workers with the most certifications aren’t the ones keeping their jobs
By Trond Arne Undheim
People Matters, Dec 7, 2025
article
The paradox of Asia’s talent crisis. Why competitors must build regional commons together
By Trond Arne Undheim
Training magazine, Jan 19, 2026 (Coming soon)
article
Corporate Training Has Become a Machine for Producing Highly Skilled—But Deeply Fragile—Workers
By Trond Arne Undheim
IndustryWeek, Dec 16, 2025
article
3 Core Skills for the AI-Ready Manufacturing Workforce
By Trond Arne Undheim
Forbes Dec 1, 2025
article
Humanoid Robots Won’t Save Manufacturing. Here’s What Will.
By Trond Arne Undheim
GovInsider Asia, Dec 1, 2025
article
The Hidden Skill Governments Aren’t Hiring For
By Trond Arne Undheim
Forbes Nov 24, 2025
article
The Hidden $50,000-Per-Hour Gap In Your AI Risk Management
By Trond Arne Undheim
Yegii, Nov 22, 2025
article
The Compression Problem: Why 27 Skills Are Useless and 12 Are Essential
By Trond Arne Undheim
TrondUndheim, Nov 22, 2025
article
Human+ Skills: What AI-Era Workforce Capability Actually Looks Like
By Trond Arne Undheim
apolitical, Nov 21, 2025
article
Why Governments Need New Skills, Not Just New Rules
By Trond Arne Undheim
Forbes, Aug 22, 2025
article
Higher Education’s Detroit Moment: How the Knowledge Economy Factory Broke Down
By Trond Arne Undheim
Forbes, Aug 1, 2025
article
How Cognitive Manufacturing Is Rewriting The Future Of Work
By Trond Arne Undheim
startup savant, July 9, 2024
interview
Natan Linder and Trond Undheim Show the Way to the Enhanced-Lean Industrial Frontline
By Scott S Smith
Industrial Distribution, Nov 29, 2022
article
Humanizing Industrial Organizations for Optimal Performance
By Natan Linder and Trond Arne Undheim
Tulip Interfaces, Aug 18, 2022
webinar
By Trond Arne Undheim
Chief Executive, Nov 3, 2022
article
What Augmentation Is (And What It Isn’t Yet)
By Natan Linder and Trond Arne Undheim
Fast Company, Nov 2, 2022
article
POV: The Future of Industry Isn’t Digital
By Natan Linder and Trond Arne Undheim
Industry Today, Nov 2, 2022
article
What Industries of the Future Might Look Like
By Trond Arne Undheim and Natan Linder
World Economic Forum, Nov 1, 2022
article
What’s ‘augmented lean’ and how could it decarbonize supply chains?
By Natan Linder and Trond Arne Undheim
CEO Insider, April 24, 2021
article
The five technologies that matter: how the C-suite can deploy each for post-pandemic positioning
By Trond Arne Undheim
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