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Harvard Business School Professors Bill Kerr and Joe Fuller talk to leaders grappling with the forces reshaping the nature of work.
  • 20 Sep 2023
  • Managing the Future of Work

The EEOC’s Keith Sonderling on job fairness in the age of AI

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has a broad mandate, policing discrimination in all aspects of employment. How does artificial intelligence (AI) change the equation? Commissioner Keith Sonderling discusses the role AI is already playing in employment and what’s next, in terms of policy, technology, and market adoption.
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Chike Aguh on government innovation in workforce development

  • 06 SEP 2023 |
  • Managing the Future of Work
How can government boost competitiveness and spur the creation of good jobs while protecting worker rights and promoting equity? The former Chief Innovation Officer in the U.S. Department of Labor discusses the talent implications of U.S. industrial policy, cross-sector collaboration, rethinking the delivery of benefits and services, and more.

The case for investing in the apprenticeship model

  • 23 AUG 2023 |
  • Managing the Future of Work
Achieve Partners' Ryan Craig on expanding the earn-as-you-learn ecosystem to boost workforce skills while increasing upward mobility and equity. He argues that college’s high cost and limited job preparation call for a greater commitment of resources to apprenticeship programs.

Complex systems: From supply chains to artificial intelligence

  • 09 AUG 2023 |
  • Managing the Future of Work
Can the U.S. reshore its way to stability and security? How will AI reshape the workforce and higher education? Yossi Sheffi, Director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, on supply chains, AI, and manufacturing.

Resilient Coders' formula for a diverse tech workforce

  • 26 JUL 2023 |
  • Managing the Future of Work
How durable are tech sector diversity commitments in a down cycle? Solid skills, supportive networks, and employer engagement can make the difference for workers from traditionally excluded groups. Resilient Coders Executive Director Ayanna Lott-Pollard on how it takes a multifaceted coding boot camp to build a solid career foundation.

How SkillUp signposts pathways to good jobs

  • 12 JUL 2023 |
  • Managing the Future of Work
Connecting non-college graduates from underserved communities to job and career opportunities is an inexact science. SkillUp Coalition CEO Steve Lee on identifying effective training programs and presenting them direct-to-worker.

Volvo Cars retools its talent strategy for an EV future

  • 28 JUN 2023 |
  • Managing the Future of Work
The shift to electric vehicle production means revamping jobs throughout the organization. Chief People Officer Hanna Fager explains the process, from lining up skills to maintaining an inclusive corporate culture.

Harvard’s Project on Workforce: Charting college’s employment pathways

  • 14 JUN 2023 |
  • Managing the Future of Work
Professor David Deming of the Harvard Kennedy School, co-director of the Harvard Project on Workforce, breaks down the project's College-to-Jobs playbook and interactive map.

Changing the skills narrative: Opportunity@Work’s Byron Auguste

  • 07 JUN 2023 |
  • Managing the Future of Work
Many public- and private sector employers are becoming more selective about which positions require college degrees, opening more good jobs to non-degree holders. What will it take to broaden the adoption of skills-based hiring? And will the trend survive economic uncertainty and developments like generative AI? Opportunity@Work CEO and Co-Founder, Byron Auguste joins Bill Kerr.

Assessing AI-boosted background checks; fair-chance hiring

  • 31 MAY 2023 |
  • Managing the Future of Work
Background checks are getting easier and faster to carry out, even as a continuous process. Is that a good thing? Checkr CEO & co-founder Daniel Yanisse on constructive, responsible screening and the case for second-chance employment.

How LinkedIn parses talent, skills, and diversity

  • 17 MAY 2023 |
  • Managing the Future of Work
Professional work has hit multiple inflection points—from generative AI to remote work and shifting skills requirements. There are few better vantage points for observing the labor market than LinkedIn. SVP and Chief People Officer Teuila Hanson joins Bill Kerr to discuss workplace trends, skills, credentials, diversity, internal mobility, social capital, and change management.

Workforce coverage: How Zurich Insurance protects its skills base

  • 03 MAY 2023 |
  • Managing the Future of Work
The insurance industry is playing catch-up on the digitalization front while at the same time looking to maintain and replenish the expertise of its aging workforce. Can an internal talent marketplace help Zurich Insurance secure the necessary skills? Sally Henderson, Head of Talent and Learning, joins Bill Kerr.

Turning tacit knowledge and weak ties into real opportunity

  • 19 APR 2023 |
  • Managing the Future of Work
“It’s who you know as much as what you know” has an unpromising ring amid rising inequality and social fragmentation. Nonprofit Climb Hire aims to help low-income workers advance through a combination of “hard” and social skills training and a crash course in building social and professional networks. Founder and CEO Nitzan Pelman decodes the process.

Point-of-work transactions: How Mastercard connects its employees with opportunities

  • 12 APR 2023 |
  • Managing the Future of Work
Mastercard kick-started its internal talent marketplace in response to the pandemic, ramping up from a manual system to a digital platform from start-up Gloat. Lessons learned, ROI, and best-practices from the perspectives of customer and supplier.

Richard Reeves on gender equity, Part 2: Work-life, learning

  • 05 APR 2023 |
  • Managing the Future of Work
Has Covid prompted working fathers to reassess? In the continuation of their conversation on issues confronting boys and men, Joe Fuller and Richard Reeves consider work-life balance, distance learning and remote work. Also: defining productivity; and how higher education needs to adapt to the changing nature of work.

Richard Reeves on gender equity, Part 1: Addressing male struggles

  • 29 MAR 2023 |
  • Managing the Future of Work
Brookings scholar Richard V. Reeves makes the case for tailoring school and employment opportunities to the realities of boys and men.

Delta Dental’s Sarah Chavarria on the value of communication

  • 22 MAR 2023 |
  • Managing the Future of Work
It’s a simple formula but hard to get right. By tuning in to what’s happening throughout the organization, asking the right questions, and listening carefully, leaders can foster innovation, build consensus and increase engagement.

How to upgrade the community college talent supply chain

  • 15 MAR 2023 |
  • Managing the Future of Work
What will it take to get two-year institutions and employers on the same page? Joe Fuller joins his Managing the Future of Work co-chair and podcast co-host Bill Kerr to discuss the project’s research on this critical workforce partnership.

Bankable skills: Goldman Sachs CIO Marco Argenti on the emerging tech-business talent model

  • 08 MAR 2023 |
  • Managing the Future of Work
How is the convergence of banking and technology redefining roles and business models? Marco Argenti went from directing cloud services at Amazon Web Services to the C-Suite of a Wall Street giant. He explains how Goldman taps business-savvy technologists to support strategic decision-making and develop new digital products and services.

Guest Appearance: Joseph Fuller on the Q Factor podcast

  • 01 MAR 2023 |
  • Managing the Future of Work
Managing the Future of Work co-chair and podcast co-host Joseph Fuller on AI's impact on work and hiring, the emerging gig marketplace for high-skills professionals, remote and flexible work, the importance of social skills, and more.