Ken Kneven, Senior Consultant with AGB, the Association of Governing Boards of Colleges and Universities, was on the Springfield campus of Missouri State University this week to conduct a workshop about workforce development for the region and the state, and opportunities for MSU to advance workforce development. Jessica Bennett, Rachel Besara, and Tom Peters attended from the MSU Libraries. Soft skills in the workforce, cultural consciousness, how to leverage MSU’s public affairs mission, interdisciplinary innovation spaces, and other topics were discussed. Workshop participants explored the future of work and high growth employment fields going forward. One idea discussed by the librarians in attendance was the possibility of providing for-credit courses that result in credentialing for workers in various key economic sectors (business, healthcare, education, government, not-for-profits, etc.) in the broad skills realm of information creation and management. During the Wednesday morning session, Rachel Besara proposed developing a badge for emerging technologies (AR, VR, 3D printing, robotics, etc.).