Atmospheric, Oceanic Sciences and Meteorology Departments across the country are faced with preparing the student {Alice} for an enabling career where she can take advantage of opportunities and emerging trends by confidently pitting herself against new challenges that bring forth acquired skills and competencies to ensure her relevance and significance in a dynamic environment while advancing the weather enterprise forward through innovation and growth. How does one best prepare for this rapidly evolving landscape? In organizing the next report on the future of the weather enterprise, the National Academies’ Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate points to advances in technology and innovation, unprecedented improvements in forecasting systems including hyper-local weather and the emphasis on markets for sub-seasonal-to-seasonal forecasting, and new observational networks, are demanding more from the weather enterprise and driving greater collaboration and sharing among the sectors. We can use the National Academies’ guidance, as well as the perspectives gleaned from participants here, as a looking glass through which to create the vision for the next gen workforce. Millersville University’s Master of Science in Integrated Scientific Applications (MSISA) is an example of a program designed to address the workforce needs with a mission to produce professionals with cross-disciplinary scientific skills and business acumen. The MSISA degree was developed in response to local and national trends (e.g., Nat’l Acads’) indicating the need for highly skilled, technically astute scientists possessing good business sense and excellent collaboration and communication skills. We use venues such as the Washington Forum to gain insight into emerging trends, to adjust our curriculum if necessary, and network with those on the bow wave of change. What new business knowledge is concomitant with advances in technology (e.g. AI, data mining, machine learning, automated vehicles), new forecasting systems, and changing market forces? What are some of the anchor indicators to watch for in the next five to ten years in order to better educate students to be poised to take advantage of these opportunities? Where/How do we place ourselves in enterprise-space to optimize our value to the student, university, professional community, and the weather enterprise. This presentation hopes to stimulate a discussion among Forum participants that will address some of these issues and help bring new insights to a changing enterprise terrain.