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  • JFF's Maria Flynn on getting to good jobs

    JFF's Maria Flynn on getting to good jobs
    Sep 4 2025
    What will it take to increase opportunity amid mounting economic uncertainty? The prominent nonprofit's multipronged approach to boosting job quality and promoting equity.
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    35 min
  • Redefining success: Harrison Keller on the Texas higher-ed model

    Redefining success: Harrison Keller on the Texas higher-ed model
    Aug 13 2025
    The Lone Star State’s experiment in outcomes–based funding rewards schools that produce “credentials of value.” Can focusing the curriculum on workforce development give Texas an economic advantage and distribute resources equitably?
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    43 min
  • BuildOps' Alok Chanani on rewiring commercial contracting

    BuildOps' Alok Chanani on rewiring commercial contracting
    Jul 30 2025
    Admin and logistics can be weak links in HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and mechanical firms. This can limit growth and squander skilled technical labor, to the detriment of employers and workers alike. The BuildOps co-founder and CEO unpacks the benefits of integrated operations apps and the potential of AI-boosted platforms to improve prospects for skilled workers.
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    38 min
  • Cisco's alignment strategy: Coordinating workforce and operations

    Cisco's alignment strategy: Coordinating workforce and operations
    Jul 16 2025
    The benefits of cross-function collaboration, with Francine Katsoudas, executive vice president and chief people, policy, and purpose officer, and Jeetu Patel, president and chief product officer. How better integration within the corporate stack improves flexibility.
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    36 min
  • Designing Equitable Workplaces

    Designing Equitable Workplaces
    Jul 2 2025
    The Harvard Kennedy School's Iris Bohnet and Siri Chilazi on the logic behind a systems-level approach to workplace fairness. How A-B testing and targeted interventions—incorporated in day-to-day workflow—can help organizations tap more of the talent pool.
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    43 min
  • ETS’s Amit Sevak makes the case for continuous assessment

    ETS’s Amit Sevak makes the case for continuous assessment
    Jun 18 2025
    The flagship firm is pushing the boundaries of testing, from K-12 through career. What are the implications for the workforce and society? And how does AI change the future of benchmarking?
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    37 min
  • Vanguard's skills strategy for tech transformation

    Vanguard's skills strategy for tech transformation
    Jun 4 2025
    Can the shareholder-owned discount brokerage giant parlay its investments in enterprise and cloud infrastructure into an AI-enabled expansion into new markets while improving productivity and service delivery? CIO Nitin Tandon explains the global workforce strategy underpinning the effort.
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    30 min
  • Shake Shack’s test kitchen: Developing a good jobs and automation combo

    Shake Shack’s test kitchen: Developing a good jobs and automation combo
    May 21 2025
    Shake Shack Chief Growth Officer Steph So and HBS professor Chris Stanton join Bill Kerr to discuss the fast-casual chain’s digital strategy and how technology is changing the dining experience and restaurant work, from frontline to back office.
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    40 min