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Challenge Factory is a trusted Canadian research and advisory services firm that helps organizations achieve productivity gains and impact that lasts. Grounded in best practices from the international field of career development, and guided by our conviction that the Future of Work is human, we bring an interdisciplinary lens to designing workplaces where people thrive and organizations meet today
06/22/2026
Early talent needs more than an offer. They need the right infrastructure after day one.
Clear pathways. Manager support. Development systems. Career growth people understand and trust.
Join Challenge Factory and CACEE for our upcoming webinar:
How to Build an Early Talent Pipeline That Stays
📅 Tuesday, June 23, 2026
⏰ 12:00 to 1:00 pm ET
👥 For HR, talent, and business leaders
Save your spot. Register now.
Link below 🔗
https://www.cacee.com/cgi/page.cgi/_evtcal.html?evt=1700
06/19/2026
Scenes from Stockholm 🇸🇪
This week, our Founder and CEO, Lisa Taylor, attended Future Talent Summit ( ) as an official delegate.
Considered one of the world’s most influential events shaping the global agenda on the future of work and education, the summit brought together leaders from around the world to explore how work, talent, and careers must evolve for today — and tomorrow.
Across two days of conversations, sessions, and shared ideas, one theme stood out:
Workforce challenges are strategic business challenges, and no strategy or ambition can be accomplished without people.
Today’s economic and technological realities require new thinking about mobility, careers, learning, and contribution at every stage of life.
Lisa shared a longer reflection from her time at the summit in the comments below.
Stay tuned. We have lots more to share from in the coming weeks!
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06/13/2026
Earlier this week, our CEO Lisa Taylor delivered the opening keynote presentation at AMC UNITE, a convention and trade show that brought together Canada’s agricultural manufacturing community and their supply chains. 🔍
During her session entitled, ‘Talent, Tech, and Trust’ Lisa gave delegates a clear look at the forces reshaping the future of work — from shifting expectations to technology adoption — and she introduced Challenge Factory’s Broken Talent Escalator® framework, a powerful tool for understanding where career mobility is breaking down inside organizations today.
As AMC’s team described it: “Her message is clear: workforce complexity is real, but with the right systems, it becomes a strategic advantage.”
Thank you AMC for having us at this year’s convention. After the event, Lisa was also treated to the best of Sask hospitality. Here we’ve shared a few photos of her visit to a ranch too.
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What if students could directly contribute to your business from day one? 👀
Today is the first day of the job for our next group of co-op students, and they are already doing real work.
Videos are being produced.
Content is being created.
Ideas are being turned into materials our team can use. 🔎
That does not happen by accident.
It happens when organizations are ready to bring students into meaningful work from the start, with the right support and structure around them.
Students bring energy, perspective, and developing talent. When they get the chance to contribute early, they build confidence faster and see how their work connects to the bigger picture. 🌱
Intergenerational teams work best when everyone has a role in moving the work forward.
What would change if more organizations gave students real work from day one?
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What happens when organizations stop investing in entry-level talent? 🔎
A lot of the conversation right now is focused on uncertainty — are entry-level roles declining? Should we still hire co-op students? What changes with AI in the mix?
But the bigger question is about leadership: where will future leaders actually learn how to lead?
Entry-level work is where people build judgment, confidence, adaptability, and real-world problem solving. When organizations stop creating space for that, they're quietly weakening the leadership pipeline they'll need later. 💡
💬 Questions worth asking:
Are students getting real work or leftover tasks?
Are early-career roles part of your leadership pipeline?
If future leadership is on your agenda, entry-level talent needs to be there, too.
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