About this podcast
Seeking to optimize your organization for the future of work and learning? Join workforce and education strategists Julian Alssid and Kaitlin LeMoine as they speak with the innovators who are shaping the future of workforce and career preparation. Together, they will unpack the big problems these individuals are solving and discuss the strategies and tactics that really work. This bi-weekly show is for practitioners and policymakers looking for practical workforce and learning solutions that can be scaled and sustained.
Episodes
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- Allison Gerber: Designing Economic Opportunity Around the Lives of Young People and Families · 25 min · Season 7 Episode 6Allison Gerber, Vice President of the Annie E. Casey Foundation's Center for Economic Opportunity, discusses what it takes to expand economic opportunity for young people and…
- Dane Linn: How America's Largest Employers Are Investing in Workers · 28 min · Season 7 Episode 5Dane Linn, Senior Vice President at Business Roundtable, discusses what it takes to move employer investment in workers from aspiration to execution on behalf of some of the…
- Jeremy Schifeling: Navigating AI in Hiring and Career Preparation · 25 min · Season 7 Episode 4Jeremy Schifeling, author and career coach, has devoted his career to helping others succeed in theirs, from teaching kindergarten in Brooklyn, NY to training career…
- Kate Kreamer: Building CTE Systems That Work for Every Student · 34 min · Season 7 Episode 3Kate Kreamer, Executive Director of Advance CTE, the longest-standing national nonprofit representing state leaders responsible for secondary, postsecondary, and adult career and…
- Adam Goldfarb: Harnessing AI for Economic Opportunity · 29 min · Season 7 Episode 2Adam Goldfarb, Founding Executive Director of Opportunity AI, a collaborative of more than 100 foundations focused on AI's impact on jobs and economic mobility, discusses how…
- Alexandra Simon: Building High-Quality Youth Apprenticeship Pathways · 34 min · Season 7 Episode 1Alexandra Simon, Senior Policy Analyst with the Center on Education and Labor at New America and a key contributor to the Partnership to Advance Youth Apprenticeship (PAYA)…
- Work Forces Rewind: Haley Glover: Building Employer Upskilling Strategies · 38 min · Season 6 Episode 16Haley Glover, Senior Director of UpSkill America at the Aspen Institute, discusses how businesses can effectively upskill their workforce in an AI-driven economy. Drawing on her…
- Work Forces Rewind: Mitchell Stevens on Building a Learning Society · 36 min · Season 6 Episode 15Mitchell Stevens, Professor of Education and Sociology at Stanford University and Co-Director of the Stanford Center on Longevity, discusses the urgent transition from a…
- Clare Bertrand: Shaping College Board's Role in Career-Connected Learning · 28 min · Season 6 Episode 14Clare Bertrand, Executive Director of Partnerships and Ecosystem Strategy at College Board, discusses how one of education's most recognized organizations is expanding its…
- Michael Herrera: Career-Connected Learning in Action · 26 min · Season 6 Episode 13Michael Herrera, Ed.D., Executive Director of Upper Bucks County Technical School and Vice President of Region 1 on the national board of the Association for Career and Technical…
- Laura DaVinci and Robert McGuire: The Career Readiness Imperative in Gateway Courses · 31 min · Season 6 Episode 12Laura DaVinci, Director of Every Learner Everywhere, and Robert McGuire, managing editor and content strategist, discuss their new report, The Career Readiness Imperative in…
- Miriam Altman-Reyes: Investing in AI-Driven Solutions for Economic Mobility · 31 min · Season 6 Episode 11Miriam Altman-Reyes, founding managing partner of Brass Ring Ventures, discusses her path from public school teacher to entrepreneur to venture capitalist, and how each chapter…
- Philip Weinberg: Scaling High-Impact Workforce Solutions · 30 min · Season 6 Episode 10Philip Weinberg, President and CEO of STRIVE, discusses the organization's intensive, evidence-based model for workforce development. Drawing on his background in government and…
- Ian Roark on Integrating Academic and Workforce Learning · 39 min · Season 6 Episode 9Ian Roark, Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Workforce Development at Pima Community College, discusses the institutional shift to merge academic…
- Audrey Ellis On AI and Higher Education Transformation · 33 min · Season 6 Episode 8Audrey Ellis, Founder and Principal of T3 Advisory, discusses the strategic and human-centered implementation of artificial intelligence across higher education. Drawing on…
- Dr. Joy Coates On Designing Systems for Economic Mobility · 27 min · Season 6 Episode 7Dr. Joy Coates, Managing Director of Post-Secondary Opportunity at Third Sector, discusses how to build systems that prioritize real-world results, such as higher wages and…
- Work Forces Rewind: Amber Garrison Duncan: Advancing Competency-Based Education · 30 min · Season 6 Episode 6Amber Garrison Duncan, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Competency-Based Education Network (C-BEN), discusses the evolution of competency-based…
- Scott Cheney: Making Sense of the Credential Landscape · 37 min · Season 6 Episode 5Scott Cheney, Chief Executive Officer of Credential Engine, discusses bringing transparency to a credential marketplace that has grown to over 1.85 million unique credentials…
- Engineering the Future of Digital Learning with Tom Riendeau · 28 min · Season 6 Episode 4Tom Riendeau, Vice President of Workforce Learning and Skills at Magic EdTech, joins Work Forces to discuss the critical infrastructure powering the future of online education…
- Haley Glover: Building Employer Upskilling Strategies · 37 min · Season 6 Episode 3Haley Glover, Senior Director of UpSkill America at the Aspen Institute, discusses how businesses can effectively upskill their workforce in an AI-driven economy. Drawing on her…
