It is still hard for me to believe that my beloved Philadelphia Eagles won the Super Bowl just 3 short years ago. It seems like a distant memory for so many reasons…

As plans are now underway for the 2021 NFL season, the Philadelphia Eagles organization is in a state of total chaos and they are about to trade their franchise quarterback, who not coincidently isn’t on speaking terms with the key members of his Front Office including the General Manager who accomplished the near impossible to bring him to the team through trades and other maneuvers.

One of the most interesting things about providing insights into all things Business Acumen to more than 7,200 followers is the requests for insights into “hot topics.” After a bunch of requests to explain what is really going on with GameStop and the stock market, I figured it was time. Last week during the height of the insanity it was hard to get a deep understanding. Today, after GameStop dropped back to under $100 a share, it’s time to examine and learn about this from a Business Acumen perspective.

If you’ve been through one of our Business Acumen programs you will recall that we use stock price as one of the primary metrics of assessment. In the Business Simulation portion of the program, you made decisions that (hopefully) created shareholder value through increased revenues, profit, and free cash flow.

Like most “hot” topics that become drivers of change to businesses, the “Acceleration of the transformation to digital,” which has become mainstream for most corporate functions, is now (finally) dramatically impacting the world of Talent Development. And it’s about time!

The first month of the New Year is well underway and before we know it, we will be thinking about wrapping up the first quarter. Many Talent Development professionals are currently deep in planning and designing their learning calendars. Many of you, working on the post-COVID world, are exploring the use of digital business simulations for the first time.

We conclude our series on The Top Emerging Competencies for 2021 with a deep dive into a competency called In-the-Moment Feedforward. Because many employees will remain working remotely for the foreseeable future, developing the skills to provide In-the-Moment Feedforward is going to be a critical area to focus on moving into 2021.

Defining In-the-Moment Feedforward

The third hot competency is the continuing evolution of providing feedback. In the emerging remote workplace, where you don’t have the opportunity to sit down face-to-face to have a dialogue with another human being, giving In-the-Moment Feedforward is going to be more important than ever.