“We need to frame the right conversation and paint a picture of hope for all. The development and refinement of our region’s ‘talent pool’ depends upon it. Business leaders want to draw from it. Educators want to fill it. Employees and students alike want to swim in it. And parents want their children to stay afloat in it. Yet no one will be happy if we don’t collectively develop it. That takes a common vision and a collective commitment. There is room for everyone in the conversation. Stated another way, I have never met a CEO who wants to build a business plan without available resources, or a parent who chooses to deny their child opportunity or a child who voted for a hopeless future.”
— Scott Jansen, talent dividend director, Greater Milwaukee Committee
