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Today, David focuses solely on helping organizations tap into the underutilized talent pools described in his latest groundbreaking book, Hidden Talent: How to Employ Refugees, the Formerly Incarcerated &amp; People With Disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>As an author, David is also known for his widely-praised book, Lost Knowledge: Confronting the Threat of an Aging Workforce (Oxford University Press). He co-authored The Executive Guide to High-Impact Talent Management (McGraw-Hill) and also wrote Graduate to a Great Job: Make Your College Degree Pay Off in Today\u2019s Market.<\/p>\n<p>A veteran researcher, David has spent over two decades studying the strategic impacts of changing workforce demographics and knowledge loss on organizational performance. He served on the research staff at MIT\u2019s Sloan School of Management and Harvard Business School and taught \u201cManaging Organizational Change\u201d as an adjunct professor at Babson College.<\/p>\n<p>He has consulted with and spoken for many organizations such as Microsoft, MasterCard, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Kraft Foods, Lockheed Martin, The Conference Board, American Organization of Nurse Executives, Council of Manufacturing Associations, Michigan Works, and the Council of State Chambers. 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