Economic growth was disappointing, and we wondered where the new jobs would come from. There were serious worries about the ability of U.S. industry to compete in the global marketplace. Colleges and universities were feeling the chill. In the United States, we are, for the moment, economically stronger than we have been in decades. A new inter-organizational way of business and academic life is forming.
Service workers dominate in our workforce.
The most talented and highly skilled workers in every country comprise the modern phenomenon of a global and mobile workforce. They can easily gravitate to where the best jobs are located. But information technologies have also made it possible for them to stay home and yet work abroad. The future portends even more. Of course, this is familiar territory to all of us.