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Everyone is working on the workforce problem. Employers. Educators. Veteran-serving organizations. Funders. Government. And yet, critical roles remain unfilled. Talent remains underutilized. Billions of dollars continue to flow into strategic industries facing workforce shortages. This week at Georgetown University, leaders from aerospace, defense, financial services, technology, manufacturing, workforce development, and the veteran community came together for the Future Force Industry Roundtable. We came into the room thinking we were discussing veteran employment. We left, realizing we were discussing workforce infrastructure. Across industries, the same challenge surfaced again and again: The problem is not talent. The problem is alignment. Talent supply. Employer demand. Capital investment. Industry need. Each exists. What doesn't exist, at least not at scale, is the connective layer between them. The conversation moved beyond recruiting. We discussed skills over titles. Retention as much as hiring. Industry pathways instead of job fairs and postings. And the reality that every organization is doing something, but too little of it is connected. Future Force was created to address that challenge. Not as another program. Not as another membership. Not as another conversation. But as an employer-led effort to align talent, industry, education, and workforce systems around measurable outcomes and long-term economic mobility. The talent exists. The demand exists. The capital is moving. What has been absent is the system that connects them. Thank you to the leaders who joined us this time and contributed their insights, ideas, and commitment to building what comes next. Amazon Amazon Web Services (AWS) UPS Northrop Grumman UPS Wells Fargo CVS Health Stand Together Fastport, Inc. Red Leviathan John Hopkins University ForgeNow Neighborly® ZeroMils MANTECH This is not a one-time conversation. THIS IS FourBlock #FUTUREFORCE IN ACTION It is the beginning of a coordinated effort to move from discussion to action, from activity to alignment, and from isolated efforts to a system that works. Learn more about Future Force: https://lnkd.in/e5xTdkPX Interested in helping shape the future of workforce development and veteran talent? Join the Change Taskforce. https://lnkd.in/eyKm_-Qn Mike Abrams Karin Childress-Wiley Gena Pirtle Kristen Savee Kelsey Rafferty Gary Guzman EJ O'Brien Charles "Chuck" Bunch Gemma Filliben Michele Williams George Custodio Olivia Martinez-Stewart Kevin Schmiegel Brad Bentley Dave Lee Sean Passmore Lloyd Knight Ian McDuffie #FourBlock #FutureOfWork #VeteranTalent #WorkforceDevelopment #WorkforceInnovation #EconomicMobility #SkillsBasedHiring #IndustryPathways #Leadership #MilitaryConnectedTalent