How the GSE Future of Work Bootcamp Successfully Trained Remote Work Professionals for the Future

This pandemic has created the world's largest future of work experiment in real time. From layoffs to massive job swaps- everyone is either on the front lines of the pandemic or at home remotely working. Such a drastic change was truly unprecedented. The core mission of the Global Startup Ecosystem, is to prepare individuals and institutions for the digital age. Thus, a training series on the Future of Work was a crucial agenda item to provide our global community.

Many stakeholders are also hosting webinars, summits and virtual programs on remote work. Yet we thought it best to avoid the hype and focus on practical training. We successfully executed this goal thanks to three main reasons:

1. The curriculum supported multiple stakeholders. Everyone is affected by the current remote work transition and our 6 hour bootcamp covered a variety of resources, strategies and action items needed for individuals who need to optimize themselves for remote work, for institutions who need to manage a remote workforce and for implementers - ecosystem enablers who are drivers for Future of Work culture shifts.
2. An experienced partner line up. We have over 600+ speakers in our GSE ecosystem but there are a select few that truly monitor and live the future of work trends that are impacting professionals around the world. Thanks to the generous sponsorship of the NYU Global Office of Inclusion, we were able to make the live program free and accessible to young professionals from 40+ countries. We targeted 9 of our best corporate networks who have a mandate for workforce empowerment- such as YMCA, Facebook, Linkedin, Google. Forbes and the New York University Global Office of Diversity and Inclusion to also provide presentations during the program.
3. Have a follow up call to action. Many of the participants were selected to participate. We selected 300 out of 1020+ rsvp who will undergo further training and granted access to our GSE Recruit series. GSE Recruit is the recruitment agency arm of the Global Startup Ecosystem to train and connect talent to remote work.

Global Startup Ecosystem (GSE) Announces “Future of Work Bootcamp” A 6 Hour Training Series to Prepare Individuals and Companies for a Remote Workforce 

ATTN: Future of Work Bootcamp

DATE: April 30, 2020 

LOCATIONS: Global Virtual Program

MEMO: An initiative hosted by the Global Startup Ecosystem in partnership with Forbes8, Google Cloud, AWS, IBM Cloud, Hubspot, Grow with Google, Salesforce, NYU, SAP Next Gen 

April 20, 2020 [New York, USA] The Future of Work Bootcamp is an international virtual program featuring 6 hours of training content on remote workforce development. Every year, Global Startup Ecosystem (GSE) hosts iconic summits, accelerators, and bootcamp sessions to prepare stakeholders for the digital age. This year GSE will feature a robust series of future work to mobilize stakeholders from across the GSE ecosystem regarding the current disruptions impacting workforce development. The Future of Work Bootcamp will serve as a pillar training platform for workforce development in 2020 in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. 

The GSE Future of Work and Business Bootcamp training sessions will have 3 hour training workshops powered by the Global Startup Ecosystem that will go over the key factors of preparation for Individuals, Institutions and Ecosystems. The remaining 3 workshop hours will be provided by Global Startup Ecosystem GSE partner providers such as Linkedin, SAP, NYU, Grow with Google, and Forbes8. 

The high level content areas are divided into 3 key audience  brackets. 

• Workshop sessions for Individuals: (Freelance, Gig Economy, Entrepreneur Development) on  “How to future proof your future” that covers  topic areas such as: How to build your remote work career, How to build your personal brand in the digital age, and Mental health and remote work life balance 
• Workshop sessions for Companies: (Startups, SME, Corporations) on “How to build a remote workforce of the future” that covers topic areas such as: The Digital Remote hiring, training and management Plan, Remote platforms for project management, and From the office to the home: building smart working environments. 
• Workshop sessions for ecosystem enablers: (Venture Capitalists, Accelerator leaders, HR Program managers) on “How to prepare for workforce disruption”  that covers topic areas such as: Trends of the future remote workforce, Future technological disruptions in Ai,Blockchain,Nano,space etc, Data analytics and automation in the digital age, and Diversity and inclusion in the digital remote economy

Speakers Confirmed

1. Dr. Lisa Coleman, Senior Vice-President for Global Inclusion and Strategic Innovation and Chief Diversity Officer at (NYU) New York University.
2. Ty Heath Global Lead, The B2B Institute @ LinkedIn
3. Aisha Taylor Community Engagement & Partnerships | Google
4. Christine Ntim Chief Marketing Officer at Global Startup Ecosystem 
5. DJ Forza Director of Partnerships and Collaboration at World Alliance of YMCA
6. Anand Dass Director, Platform Partnerships, Workplace by Facebook
7. Einstein Ntim Chief Executive Officer at Global Startup Ecosystem 
8. Tríona Byrne Senior Director, Strategic Relations EMEA at Salesforce
9. Liz Walsh VP of Marketing at Forbes Magazine 

Target Impact audiences: 

• Current career professionals in transition 
• Current remote workforce 
• Entrepreneurs building or optimizing a remote workforce 
• Unemployed career professionals
• Enterprise stakeholders who are preparing stakeholders for future of work 

RSVP via www.globalstartupecosystem.com For more information on tickets, sponsorships and partnerships, please email the team at [email protected] .

To purchase the training content replay, go to or community membership page here.