Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMOOC to graduate degree: What the 2U, edX merger means for higher ed and skills building
Season 5 Episode 3
Edtech firm 2U's acquisition of edX, the Harvard-MIT nonprofit education venture, has the potential to advance online higher-ed and broaden access. B…
3 years, 11 months ago
Can we automate our way to better decision making?
Season 5 Episode 2
The pandemic has forced organizational change and spurred the development of new business models. It’s also prompted workers and the public to reexam…
3 years, 11 months ago
Reshma Saujani on recoding work for gender equity
Season 5 Episode 1
If it’s cool for girls to code, why aren’t more women working in technology? And why are working mothers in all sectors finding it difficult to estab…
4 years ago
Dropbox founder Drew Houston on streamlining the digital workspace
Season 4 Episode 26
Is work-life balance possible when you’re always connected? The pandemic has forced advances in the digital underpinnings of remote and hybrid work. …
4 years ago
Wholesale upskilling: Walmart’s workforce value proposition
Season 4 Episode 25
Businesses are getting strategic about skills building, focusing on what they and their employees need to reach their respective goals. As the larges…
4 years ago
Virtually present: Meta’s vision for the hybrid workplace
Season 4 Episode 24
The pandemic has forced businesses to reassess how, where, and when work gets done. The competition to provision this transformation is intense. Face…
4 years, 1 month ago
Can Handshake’s endless college job fair democratize employment?
Season 4 Episode 23
The pandemic has underscored the value of distance learning and remote work and bolstered the case for virtualizing the college-to-career connection.…
4 years, 1 month ago
Building back a better supported federal workforce
Season 4 Episode 22
Government work has gotten a bad rap of late, even as it’s arguably more essential than ever. Can a labor-friendly administration jump-start the mode…
4 years, 1 month ago
Micha Kaufman on the new terms of the talent bargain
Season 4 Episode 21
The pandemic took remote work mainstream. This gave a boost to online platforms for freelance professionals and highly skilled workers. Micha Kaufman…
4 years, 2 months ago
Working with software robots
Season 4 Episode 20
How far up the white-collar value chain is automation pushing and what's the optimal mix of human and machine intelligence? Bill Kerr interviews Dani…
4 years, 2 months ago