In the last two years, the nation's workforce development boards have focused on job training and placement in the face of many challenges related to the changing labor market, a global pandemic, and an economic shutdown. The Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) spoke with five workforce development board directors from across the United States to gain a clear sense of how they operate, their experiences in the early days of the pandemic, and their preparations for meeting the changing labor market needs of 2022 and beyond. This research brief summarizes the conversations. It illustrates how there is a need for reimagining and reinventing the nation's workforce system. A new approach with greater flexibility and one that will encourage more collaboration and innovation among various regional partners, bolster high-quality training along with the support services that will help job seekers and incumbent workers succeed, and provide greater incentives to think and operate more effectively and creatively.