The Word Economic Forum in Davos, which runs this week with elite leaders and trend-shapers around the world, talks about the start of a 4th industrial revolution, an era of unprecedented upheaval - and reports that 65% of CHROs & Chief Strategy Officers of large multinationals said that their top future workforce strategy will be to re-skill their current employees, as in the next 5 years only, over one third of skills we consider important today will have changed and adaptive action is more urgent than ever.

Ashridge has run an in-depth research with CEOs and HR leaders worldwide on the Age of Upheaval, to understand next to the key trends, what this will mean for a new definition and approach to essential leadership re-skilling, and its implications for Learning & Development. Creativity, resilience and digital transformation are just some of the key aspects of the emerging leadership profile in the age of upheaval.