The war on talent is over. Talent won

The war on talent is over. Talent won. This is the slogan of the World Talent Forum in Pamplona. But leaders around the world still manage to fight our current crisis by investing in infrastructure or bailing out companies, instead of investing in talent. Just spoke to my old friend Richard Florida. He said this is not a Depression, it is The Great Reset. Our whole economic and societal systems are being reset for the creative economy. The city or region that gets the message that if you invest in the development of talent and everyone's creativity NOW , will be far ahead of everyone when the crisis is over. Is your city going to get it? Or are you trying to keep farming alive when everyone around you is building factories. 'There's something happening here and you don't know what it is, do you Mr. Jones?'

A Talent for taste

The Spanish region of Navarra, where I am now blogging from Pamplona, is trying to figure out what it should do about its talent. There is research here. There are artists and designers. But, walk thru one of the narrow cobbled streets of this city and you know where its best talents are. You can smell it from the bars, bodegas and restaurants: this is a region with a knack for good taste. It's brimming with great cuisine and best of all are the pinxtos - tapas, but then more elaborate. Petite works of art; great creations for the palate. And they cost next to nothing in bars like Niza (a national pinxtos prizewinner) or bodegas like Otona. If I were to promote Navarra I would have a slogan like 'Come to your senses, come to Navarra'.