Work in Progress

16/07/2024

Hear Sarah Keh, the vice president of corporate social responsibility at Prudential Financial, describe how Prudential is investing millions in young people, and how the resulting programs are helping “opportunity youth” build prosperous futures – on the latest Work in Progress podcast, recorded at the Aspen Ideas Festival in collaboration with The Aspen Institute.

“The reason why they have come into the situation that there are in … is not because they don’t have the will or the desire,” Keh says. “It’s oftentimes they are born into a situation that doesn’t provide them the access to the opportunities that you and I may have had in our upbringing.”

Read more about it and listen to the podcast on our website at https://bit.ly/3zNm23O, listen on YouTube at https://youtu.be/2Kftvwb2QHc, or look for Work in Progress on your favorite podcasting platform.

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09/07/2024

American workers are worried that AI will put them out of a job. Should they be? Global AI expert Vilas Dhar answers that question and more.

09/07/2024

Wes Moore, governor of Maryland, is interviewed on the Work in Progress podcast by WorkingNation editor-in-chief Ramona Schindelheim

09/07/2024

25/06/2024

The U.S. government is making a huge investment to bolster domestic semiconductor manufacturing. But where will the workers come from, and what sorts of jobs will need to be filled?

Ramona Schindelheim discusses it with John Mitchell, president and CEO of IPC, on the latest Work in Progress.

Find the podcast on our website at https://bit.ly/4eG3rX2, on YouTube at https://youtu.be/fea9SHBR0Jw, or on your favorite podcasting platform.

24/06/2024

Ageism often can be more out in the open than other biases. Could part of the problem be the way Hollywood depicts older people in and out of the workforce? Ramona Schindelheim talks to writer-producer Ron Friedman and David Gittins – all three on the board of Age Inclusion in Media – on Work in Progress: https://bit.ly/45rRQH7

“When we don’t have older writers writing for older characters,” Gittins says, “we get stereotypical portrayals of what an older character is, which means we get tropes, we get cranky old characters, we get forgetful old characters, and we get sidekicks as opposed to central characters in their own lives.”

You also can see this podcast episode (and others, if you follow the channel) on YouTube: https://youtu.be/e0sH4GhIx4k?si=BiEPcLGGDuoZae3w

If you're interested in this subject, don't forget to tune in for "Age in America" week on our partner, Scripps News, featuring lots of WorkingNation content, including a co-produced special on Friday, June 21, at 9 p.m. ET.

📺 How to watch: https://www.scrippsnews.com/live
▶ From WorkingNation: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2EXy_Hi93bIfYWUMrihAKD_f_VRQvmfR&si=JtM0aK40Y_NVf2zf
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23/05/2021

Work in Progress is a weekly podcast focused on the future of work and the future of the worker, featuring conversations with leaders in business, education, and nonprofits.

Catch up online here at WorkingNation.com: https://workingnation.com/originals/podcasts/ or find it, and download it, wherever you get your podcasts.

Hosted by Ramona Schindelheim, Work in Progress is a weekly podcast focused on the future of work and the future of the worker.

31/12/2020

Wrapping up the year! Check out some of the great guests of the past 12 months. https://workingnation.com/originals/podcasts/

Hosted by Ramona Schindelheim, Work in Progress is a weekly podcast focused on the future of work and the future of the worker.

04/08/2020

Serial entrepreneur Shelly Bell has taken a wild ride in the business world! Her path to success, as she tells it, features a psychic, a teepee, and a onesie.

Now, as the founder of Black Girl Ventures, she is on a mission to put more seed money in the hands of women of color.

Listen to her inspiring story and message: never give up until you reach your goal, even if you may not know your true goal when you start your journey.

She joins Ramona Schindelheim in this Work in Progress podcast for WorkingNation. LISTEN HERE: https://workingnation.com/crowdfunding-entrepreneurs-who-historically-dont-have-access-to-capital/

Shelly Bell, the founder of Black Girls Ventures, is on a mission to help women of color find alternate means of funding their start-ups.

29/07/2020

Wes Moore, Robin Hood CEO, talks frankly about poverty and economic inequity in America and what needs to be done to help the millions of Americans out of work and living in or on the edge of poverty.

02/07/2020

“Very simply, every job and every task is a technology job or a technology task. We need to make sure that for all these new technologies that are coming out that workers have the digital skills—the ability to use those tools—but even more important, they need the digital resilience to learn new skills as those technologies change over time.”

Chike Aguh, a senior advisor to the Digital US campaign to close the digital divide and a senior principal of McChrystal Group, is the guest on the latest episode of the Work in Progress podcast.

Aguh and host Ramona Schindelheim talk about the importance of making broadband access affordable to everyone, so no one is left behind in our digital economy.

Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts.

https://workingnation.com/everyone-needs-access-to-upskilling-to-thrive-in-our-digital-economy/

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Every job is a tech job. We must ensure all jobseekers have the digital skills, and digital resillence, to succeed in our changing economy.

23/06/2020

WorkingNation's Work in Progress podcast with Carissa Christensen, Founder and CEO of Bryce Space and Technology.

02/06/2020

Work does not define you. But losing a job can lead to a feeling that you've lost your identity. Some thoughts on healing the emotional and spiritual pain from Rabbi Wolpe in this new podcast.

Rabbi David Wolpe on Sinai Temple in LA says it is essential now to examine what it means to someone spiritually and psychologically to be unemployed.

01/06/2020

- How do you balance a nation's physical health and its economic health in the midst of a pandemic, especially when so many people are over the age of 65?

In the latest podcast, economist Andrew J. Scott—author of The 100-Year Life—examines the impact of COVID-19 on an aging society and what it means for the financial future of millions of older workers.

https://workingnation.com/covid-19-and-an-aging-society/

In this episode of the Work in Progress podcast, author and economist Andrew Scott discusses the economic impact of COVID-19 on an aging society.

20/05/2020

The CDC has issued its best practices guidelines for reopening the nation's K-12 school campuses. The number one issue is safety. So what will school look like this fall? In this episode of Work in Progress, renowned education innovator Reveta Bowers talks to WorkingNation's Editor-in-Chief Ramona Schindelheim about the way our children learn moving forward.

https://workingnation.com/what-will-our-k-12-schools-look-like-when-they-reopen/

For legendary independent schools educator Reveta Bowers the most critical question after "when will schools reopen" is "what will they look like?"

12/05/2020

Senior Service America, Inc. is now Center for Workforce Inclusion.

President and CEO Gary A. Officer talks about the six-decades-old organization's name change and expanded mission to serve not just low-wage older adults, but all vulnerable workforce populations in this new Work in Progress podcast.

WorkingNation Editor-in-Chief Ramona Schindelheim talks with Gary Officer, CEO of the Center for Workforce Inclusion for the Work in Progress podcast.

10/05/2020

Age doesn't matter in data analytics. The Wharton School's Vice Dean of Analytics says he's seen people in their 40s, 50s, and 60s skilling up for a change of career to data science. You also don't need 4 years of college for every job. Eric Bradlow joins WorkingNation Editor-in-Chief Ramona Schindelheim on this episode of the Work in Progress podcast. LISTEN HERE: https://workingnation.com/data-analytics-its-not-just-a-young-persons-game/

Data analysts are in demand. In the Work in Progress podcast, Wharton School's Eric Bradlow says it's not just a young person's game.

07/05/2020

Great conversation between John Hope Bryant of Operation HOPE, Inc. and Ramona Schindelheim this week! LISTEN here!

Millions of Americans are in pain—physical, emotional, and financial. The COVID-19 pandemic has put at least 30 million people out of work, making it difficult for many of them to pay their bills.

HOPE Inside Disaster is there to help and the service is free to everyone.

In this episode of the Work in Progress podcast, John Hope Bryant explains how the initiative is helping guide individuals and small businesses through the resources available to them to keep them on solid financial footing during this crisis.

Bryant also talks about the need to reskill and rebuild the workforce. You can listen here, or download Work in Progress wherever you get your podcasts.

https://workingnation.com/rebuilding-america-rebuilding-the-middle-class/

29/04/2020

"This is the apex of the crisis right here." Mark Zandi, Chief Economist for Moody's Analytics, believes that while there will still be job losses in the coming months, we'll see hiring resuming in some areas soon.In our new Work in Progress podcast, Zandi talks with WorkingNation Editor-in-Chief Ramona Schindelheim about what the jobs recovery will look like, which industries are likely to start hiring first, and how the COVID-19 economic crisis could reshape how we train and educate our workforce.
https://workingnation.com/jobs-recovery-prepare-for-1-step-forward-2-steps-back/

22/04/2020

“The growth in the clean energy industry is indisputable,” says Paula DiPerna, a special advisor to CDP, a nonprofit that works to build a sustainable economy by helping investors, companies, and cities understand their environmental impact.

Over the past five years, the number of green jobs has grown 10 percent. “Any job, any work that produces an environmental benefit is probably on a growth curve because all of the natural resources that we are dependent upon, if they’re not actually finite, they’re very limited. And so that requires efficiency, more and more efficiency,” explains DiPerna who joins Ramona Schindelheim of WorkingNation for this special Earth Day 2020 Work in Progress podcast.

Right now, like most of the economy, job growth is on pause in the green jobs sector. But, looking ahead, green jobs could play a role in our economic recovery after COVID-19. They could be a lifeline for the unemployed as businesses start adding jobs again.
https://workingnation.com/earth-day-2020-protecting-the-environment-creating-skilled-jobs/

“The growth in the clean energy industry is indisputable,” says Paula DiPerna, a special advisor to CDP, a nonprofit that works to build a sustainable economy by helping investors, companies, and cities understand their environmental impact. Over the past five years, the number of green jobs has...

07/04/2020

More layoffs are likely in the coming weeks, maybe even months, and it is too early to talk about what an economic recovery will look like and when it will come. But, General Assembly Co-Founder and CEO Jake Schwartz believes upskilling will be more important than ever once we are on the other side of the COVID-19 pandemic. He speaks with Ramona Schindelheim, Editor-in-Chief of WorkingNation in the latest episode of Work in Progress.
http://ow.ly/onep50z8cND

02/04/2020

About 50% of the workforce has been temporarily working from home since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Will the trend continue after the stay-at-home orders are lifted? Jeffrey Wald, Founder of WorkMarket, discusses the future of remote working in the latest Work in Progress podcast with WorkingNation Editor-in-Chief Ramona Schindelheim.
https://workingnation.com/remote-work-will-not-be-the-future-of-work/

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the economy. Millions of workers are now working remotely and millions more have lost their jobs. It is too early to say how many will be hired back, or for what kind of work, once businesses rehiring. It is also too early to say how many people will continue to ....

25/03/2020

The most economically vulnerable workers in our society are also among the most essential. Home caregivers take care of our sick and elderly family and friends. Nannies watch our children. House cleaners keep our homes in order. Yet, most of them do not have a financial safety net to protect them during this public health crisis.

Ai-jen Poo, co-founder and Executive Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, speaks with Ramona Schindelheim about the impact COVID19 is having on these workers in a new Work in Progress podcast for WorkingNation.

https://workingnation.com/the-most-vulnerable-workers-are-being-hit-the-hardest/

24/03/2020

New to working remotely? Jake Hirsch-Allen talks about the courses LinkedIn Learning has unlocked to ease the transition, and to help you learn new jobs skills, in this week's Work in Progress podcast with Ramona Schindelheim, Editor-in-Chief of WorkingNation.
https://workingnation.com/from-remote-working-to-remote-learning/

19/03/2020

Looking for ways to teach your kids at home! In the latest Work in Progress podcast, WorkingNation Editor-in-Chief Ramona Schindelheim talks with TGR Foundation VP of Programs and Education Dr. Katherine Bihr. TGR is passionate about STEM education for kids and offers dozens of free online learning lessons! http://ow.ly/Vx2O50yQedg

10/03/2020

In this episode of Work in Progress, WorkingNation Editor-in-Chief Ramona Schindelheim speaks with the founder of Catalyte and Arenadotio, two data analytics tools designed to take the bias out of hiring. According to founder Michael Rosenbaum, this increases opportunities for skilled workers who may not have the "best" resume.
https://workingnation.com/eliminating-hiring-bias-to-create-a-stronger-workforce/

03/03/2020

In this episode of Work in Progress, WorkingNation Editor-in-Chief Ramona Schindelheim talks with Ryan Craig, co-founder and managing director of University Ventures, creating a smoother pathway between education and career. Download the podcast wherever you get your podcasts.
https://workingnation.com/closing-the-skills-gap-the-frictionless-pathway/

19/02/2020

In this week's Work in Progress podcast, Ramona Schindelheim speaks Scott Pulsipher, President of Western Governors University about how the fully online university is expanding its curriculum to keep up with students' career goals. WGU is all about creating access and opportunity.
You can listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts.
https://workingnation.com/access-equals-opportunity-the-wgu-higher-ed-model/

31/01/2020

The lack of a college degree doesn't mean you haven't learned the skills needed for certain jobs. So how do you get credit for what you know and what you can do? That's the discussion in the latest episode of Work in Progress with guest Gayatri Agnew with Walmart.org.

You can find the podcast wherever you get your podcasts or visit the WorkingNation website.
https://workingnation.com/recognizing-skills-earned-in-the-workplace/