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- 28 Oct 2020
- Podcast
Glint-LinkedIn: Worker sentiment informs management
Polling fatigue is normal in the runup to a presidential election. Employers are finding ways to tap into worker sentiment less obtrusively. Glint-LinkedIn equips firms with survey tools and AI analytics to keep tabs on the collective mental state of their employees.... View Details
- 14 Oct 2020
- Podcast
Chattanooga bridges the digital divide to make online learning more equitable
For some families online learning is a rocky road. For others it’s a dead end. To address the uneven distribution of digital infrastructure, public-private partnership EdConnect provides students in underserved areas with broadband. Tennessee’s Superintendent of the... View Details
- 07 Oct 2020
- Podcast
How US community colleges can bolster the post-Covid recovery
The US is facing a tsunami of demand for skills training and job placement. Its 1,100 community and technical colleges offer the best institutional infrastructure and student support for the task, but key reforms are needed. So argues The Indispensable Institution:... View Details
- 09 Sep 2020
- Podcast
MFW Dispatch: Jeff Ray
The pandemic has unsurprisingly produced a sustained surge in streaming video, with consumer and enterprise use doubling year-over-year during the second quarter of 2020. Viewing on mobile devices has skyrocketed. Brightcove’s software platform is a key component of... View Details
- 28 Aug 2019
- Podcast
How teaching robots the way the world works changes the world of work
Robots aren’t necessarily primed to take over, but advances in machine learning are readying the mechanical components of the workforce for more complex and autonomous tasks. Startup Osaro specializes in deep reinforcement learning systems, artificial intelligence for... View Details
- 17 Jul 2019
- Podcast
Advanced placement at work: a 21st Century apprenticeship model for the US
CareerWise Colorado is redefining job training and expanding the talent pipeline. The nonprofit apprenticeship program, patterned on the successful Swiss system, places college-track students in businesses from advanced manufacturing to finance. Founder Noel Ginsburg... View Details
- 03 Jul 2019
- Podcast
Expanding access and conveying competencies: How Western Governors University is rethinking higher education
Western Governors University was founded in 1997 to expand access to affordable higher education and to offer instruction grounded in the requirements of the job market. WGU President and HBS alum Scott Pulsipher tells Bill about the school’s innovative online model,... View Details
- 24 Apr 2019
- Podcast
How edX is redesigning learning for the future
In a world where jobs are constantly changing, the workforce must be able to continually add skills, and receive credit for them, to remain relevant. In this episode, Joe speaks with Anant Agarwal, MIT professor and CEO of education platform edX, who says “the future... View Details
- 06 Nov 2018
- Podcast
Bridging the employer-educator divide
America’s skills ecosystem is broken. Employers are confounded by workforce development institutions. Middle skills employees can’t get the training they need. Educators aren’t held accountable for outcomes. Now, innovative providers are aligning stakeholders around a... View Details
- 02 Oct 2018
- Podcast
Ep 14: The gift of global talent: Why talented people are the world’s most precious resource
In a special episode, Professor Bill Kerr talks with co-host Professor Joe Fuller about his new book on global talent. Talent, Bill argues, is the world’s most precious resource. It is the most important factor in driving innovation – critical in today’s knowledge... View Details
- 13 Jan 2021
- Podcast
Keeping remote workers at the center of the action
Video conferencing and other communications technologies have been a lifeline for many during the Covid-19 pandemic. But they can exacerbate existing inequalities and create new ones. How can organizations help employees thrive in the post-Covid hybrid workforce of... View Details
- Article
Child Care: The Hidden Barrier to Recovery
By: Joseph B. Fuller
Fuller, Joseph B. "Child Care: The Hidden Barrier to Recovery." Virginia Economic Review (Second Quarter 2020), 20.
- 02 Dec 2020
- Podcast
COOP Careers: It’s what you know and who you know
Underemployment is a common trap among first-in-their-family college grads and those from low-income backgrounds and underserved communities. Kalani Leifer, founder and CEO of nonprofit COOP Careers, talks about how his organization works with recent grads to equip... View Details
- August 14, 2019
- Article
Is It Time to Let Employees Work From Anywhere?
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Barbara Z. Larson and Cirrus Foroughi
Keywords: Managing People
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Barbara Z. Larson, and Cirrus Foroughi. "Is It Time to Let Employees Work From Anywhere?" Harvard Business Review (website) (August 14, 2019).
- 29 Jan 2020
- Podcast
Beyond tax breaks and subsidies: Virginia’s Amazon gambit
HBS alum Stephen Moret led Virginia’s winning proposal for Amazon’s 2019 HQ2 expansion. A crucial factor in the Commonwealth’s success was its billion-dollar commitment to developing talent, particularly in computer science and engineering. In beating out states that... View Details
- 26 Feb 2020
- Podcast
Richard Florida: the creative class in the age of the superstar city
Nearly twenty years ago, Richard Florida famously identified the “creative class,” an amalgamation of knowledge workers and those in the arts, culture, and design fields. He established creativity as a basic economic force. Amid increasing inequality and unstable work... View Details
- 17 Jul 2019
- News
The Trust Crisis
- 21 Aug 2018
- News
Navigating Talent Hot Spots
- 25 Dec 2017
- News