The Industry-Led Talent Initiative makes the case for giving employers a real role in the public systems that build talent — and lays out what it takes for states to get there.
The Industry-Led Talent Initiative works to strengthen the role employers play in the public systems that shape talent — so that education, training, and workforce systems produce the skills employers actually need, and learners reach the good jobs those systems were built to deliver.
Fifteen workforce leaders — from sector intermediaries, employer-led coalitions, industry associations, state workforce systems, policy organizations, philanthropy, and academic research — met monthly across the first half of 2026 to push forward the field’s understanding of industry-led talent systems. This site gathers our learnings, resources, and recommendations into one place. Meet the members →
This is a working resource rather than a finished public website — a substantive, shareable version of the group’s thinking, meant to be read closely by people who work on these systems. We’re sharing it now to open exploratory conversations about where these ideas might fit, and feedback at this stage still shapes what’s here. If you see a fit — in your state, your sector, or your portfolio — we’d love to talk. More about this work and where it’s headed →