The 2020 Work Place

Karie Willyerd

Karie is the coauthor of the bestseller, The 2020 Workplace: How Innovative Companies Attract, Develop & Keep Tomorrow's Employees Today. (Harper Business May, 2010) As of July 2011, their book was the number 8 business book bestseller, according to Inc. Magazine. She is a regular blogger for Harvard Business, coauthored a feature article on Mentoring Millennials in the May, 2010 issue of Harvard Business and has authored dozens of other articles or publications.

In prior roles, she was a Chief Talent Officer for Solectron (now Flextronics), led the people development function at Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems and ran executive development at H.J. Heinz. Karie holds a master's degree in Instructional and Performance Technology from Boise State University and a doctorate in management from Case Western Reserve University. She serves on the global advisory council for the business school at Colorado State University, is on the advisory board of HR.com, and is on the board of an Americorp organization, City Year, San Jose.