Ms Stilwell said EY's move was an attempt at "modernising the workforce, challenging traditional thinking and ways of doing things".
Those responsible for public sector workforce planning are now thinking about creating apprenticeship routes into nursing and teaching.
Graham Owen, representing Sweden's association of social services directors, said the pressures of dealing with an influx of migrant children had forced fresh thinking on workforce issues, prompting experiments in multi-agency working to relieve over-stretched social workers.
A highly skilled, creative international workforce, commuting by bicycle, thinking hard about where their meat comes from, buying second-hand clothes and selling complicated things to buyers around the world.
Because each is based not on forecasts or predictions, but on a vast amount of research, drivers of change and workshops, the set are a powerful tool for anyone thinking about workforce planning, approaches to leadership or testing strategic plans.
This understanding may then offer another way of thinking about workforce sustainability - as a negotiated, ongoing process of transformation rather than an end state.
As Mr. Rosati said: "Silicon Valley is unique in that there is a deep entrepreneurial spirit and a highly ambitious workforce, but they're always thinking, 'Gee, if I could only squeeze an extra hour out of the day, I could actually go on that bike ride, I could actually go surfing.' Tim is evangelizing that lifestyle".
"Most companies need a curious workforce to source enough new thinking.
Health workforce reforms should use systems thinking to strengthen health systems, including identifying organizational and cultural values that might facilitate or impede reform implementation.
