Jennifer Geller

Workforce Executive Council members, Maryjo Charbonnier, Kyndryl CHRO and Terrence Cummings, Guild Chief Opportunity Officer, spoke with Workforce Executive Council Senior Editor, Jen Geller at CNBC WEC Summit on Nov. 14, 2023, about how they successfully narrowed the skills gap at their organizations and actionable ideas that you can take to your business too. With the speed of technological innovation, it's often difficult to keep your workforce up to date on the latest necessary skillsets.

Matt Salzberg, 30 CEO, Blue Apron Matt Salzberg has worked at top financial firms such as the Blackstone Group and Bessemer Venture Partners. But one of his favorite jobs was doing the laundry: As an undergrad at Harvard, he led a successful student-run laundry business. It wasn't the most glamorous of fields, but for the student with entrepreneurial aspirations, providing a service that people needed stuck with him. And he always liked to cook.

Miguel Pereira | Getty Images Remote work may be the most influential legacy of the Covid-19 pandemic. That's according to a survey released Wednesday by the Conference Board. The nonpartisan think tank polled 152 human capital executives from April 15–28, primarily from large U.S.-based companies, to gauge how organizations are reacting to the changing business environment in the context of their workforces.