Spotlight 11: Riding the waves but not making any progress
South Africa's Talent Competitiveness 2013-19
By Paul Evans, Shell Chaired Professor of Human Resources & Organisational
Development, Emeritus, INSEAD (Fontainebleau & Singapore)
Founding academic director of INSEAD’s GTCI; GTCI Ambassador
One of the major observations in the recent 2019 report of the Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI), presented at Davos on 21 January, is that the gap on talent competitiveness between prosperous countries and middle-lower income countries is widening.
Launched in 2013, the GTCI now allows analysis of trends over time. Over these years, the top ten countries in the world (Switzerland, Singapore, the US and all the Nordic countries) have maintained their rankings with limited change. In absolute terms, they have strengthened their talent capabilities substantially as they tackle the massive challenges of
transition to a digital society where AI and robotics are transforming work, careers and life.Meanwhile many emerging countries have slipped in the ranking and in absolute figures – notably Brazil which fell from rank #51 to #62 over these six years. Also South Africa, falling from 63 to 71 out of 125 countries this last year, and declining sixteen places from 55 over six years.
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