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On this episode, we welcome Beth Cobert,  Acting President at the Markle Foundation, to discuss workforce lessons learned from COVID, the role of public administrators in facilitating workforce connections, and the effect college degree requirements have on the workforce.  Report: Realizing the Workforce Potential of Infrastructure InvestmentSupport the Podcast Today at:donate@napawash.org or 202-347-3190Music Credits: Sea Breeze by Vlad Gluschenko | https://soundcloud.com/vgl9Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_

In this episode of the McKinsey Global Institute's Forward Thinking podcast, Michael Chui talks to Byron Auguste and Beth Cobert whose professional life is dedicated to fostering a more skills-based labor market. Their focus is on the United States, but their diagnostic can just as easily apply to other countries and regions. Both worked at McKinsey & Company for many years on labor-market issues before going on to work in the Obama administration. Today, Beth is the chief operating officer of the Markle Foundation and CEO of Skillful, a Markle Foundation initiative. Byron Auguste is the co-founder and CEO of Opportunity@Work. They answer questions including the following: — Who is actually working in the US labor market? — How does the language we use—“low skill”, “high skill”—cause problems? — What could a potential future of more of a skills-based workforce look like? — If employers and people want a skills-based workforce, why aren't we there already? — Do we all have to wait until there's some global skills taxonomy we all use? How does this thing evolve so that it actually becomes practical? This conversation was recorded in October 2021. To read a transcript of this episode, visit: https://mck.co/BethCobertByronAuguste Follow @McKinsey_MGI on Twitter and the McKinsey Global Institute on LinkedIn for more.See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information

In this episode of the McKinsey Global Institute's Forward Thinking podcast, Michael Chui talks to Byron Auguste and Beth Cobert whose professional life is dedicated to fostering a more skills-based labor market. Their focus is on the United States, but their diagnostic can just as easily apply to other countries and regions. Both worked at McKinsey & Company for many years on labor-market issues before going on to work in the Obama administration. Today, Beth is the chief operating officer of the Markle Foundation and CEO of Skillful, a Markle Foundation initiative. Byron Auguste is the co-founder and CEO of Opportunity@Work. They answer questions including the following: — Who is actually working in the US labor market? — How does the language we use—“low skill”, “high skill”—cause problems? — What could a potential future of more of a skills-based workforce look like? — If employers and people want a skills-based workforce, why aren't we there already? — Do we all have to wait until there's some global skills taxonomy we all use? How does this thing evolve so that it actually becomes practical? This conversation was recorded in October 2021. To read a transcript of this episode, visit: https://mck.co/BethCobertByronAuguste Follow @McKinsey_MGI on Twitter and the McKinsey Global Institute on LinkedIn for more. Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 44:27) >

  Van Ton-Quinlivan, CEO of Futuro Health and host of this podcast series, is also author of the new best-selling book, WorkforceRx: Agile and Inclusive Strategies for Employers, Educators and Workers in Unsettled Times. This episode takes you to one of several live panel sessions held to celebrate the launch of the book.  Van welcomes some of the nation's leading workforce development experts to discuss what strategies and insights from Chapters One and Two resonated most with them, and what they would do differently after reading the book.  Check out this insightful discussion about matching people with the right skills at the right time, regionalization of higher education, aggregating the demand for labor, and much more from this powerful new playbook for the future of work.  Joining Van are:  Ophelia Basgal, Chair of the Board of Trustees, San Francisco Foundation; Ann Randazzo, retired Executive Director, Center For Energy Workforce Development; Brenda Curiel, Managing Director, Center For Corporate Innovation; Beth Cobert, Chief Operating Officer, Markle Foundation; Tom Cohenno, Principal, Applied Learning Science; David Gatewood, Dean, Shasta College and Debra Nankivell, Chief Executive Officer, Fresno Business Council.

Van Ton Quinlivan, CEO of Futuro Health and host of this podcast series, is also author of the new best-selling book, WorkforceRx: Agile and Inclusive Strategies for Employers, Educators and Workers in Unsettled Times. This episode takes you to one of several live panel sessions held to celebrate the launch of the book. Van welcomes some of the nation's leading workforce development experts to discuss what strategies and insights from Chapters One and Two resonated most with them, and what they would do differently after reading the book. Check out this insightful discussion about matching people with the right skills at the right time, regionalization of higher education, aggregating the demand for labor, and much more from this powerful new playbook for the future of work. Joining Van are: Ophelia Basgal, Chair of the Board of Trustees, San Francisco Foundation; Ann Randazzo, retired Executive Director, Center For Energy Workforce Development; Brenda Curiel, Managing Director, Center For Corporate Innovation; Beth Cobert, Chief Operating Officer, Markle Foundation; Tom Cohenno, Principal, Applied Learning Science; David Gatewood, Dean, Shasta College and Debra Nankivell, Chief Executive Officer, Fresno Business Council.

This interview featured Beth Cobert, Chief Operating Officer, Markle Foundation. JB and Beth discuss the importance of skills-based hiring, training, and education practices through innovative cross-sector collaboration in the digital economy. Much like the Partnership's Capital CoLAB, it seeks to bridge the skills gap between employers and educators.Hosted by JB Holston.  Produced by Jenna Klym, Justin Matheson-Turner, Christian Rodriguez, and Nina Sharma. Edited by Christian Rodriguez. Learn from leaders doing the work across the Capital Region and beyond. These conversations will showcase innovation, as well as history and culture across our region, to bridge the gap between how we got here and where we are going.About our guest:Beth Cobert is the Chief Operating Officer of the Markle Foundation and the Chief Executive Officer of Skillful, a Markle Foundation initiative, to create a skills-based labor market that empowers all Americans to succeed in the digital economy. Cobert is leading Skillful's efforts to convene employers, educators, workforce centers, state government, and others to help job seekers and workers keep pace with the transformations automation and technology are bringing to the workforce landscape.Her deep experience in talent management and partnership development, as well as her acumen for harnessing the constructive potential of new technologies, uniquely positions her as an ideal leader for Skillful as the initiative seeks to foster skills-based hiring, training, and education practices through innovative cross-sector collaboration in the digital economy.Previously, Cobert served as Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) under President Obama. During her tenure, OPM not only embraced new technology to improve customer service and cyber security but also championed recruiting, development and advancement practices to support a talented and diverse federal workforce amidst rapid technological advancement. Before joining the Federal government, Cobert worked for nearly 30 years at McKinsey & Company as a Senior Partner in their New York and San Francisco offices, where she worked with clients across a range of sectors, including financial services, health care, real estate, telecommunications, and philanthropy. Cobert is currently a member of the Board of Directors of CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBG) and the Princeton University Board of Trustees. She has served as both board member and board chair of the United Way of the Bay Area, and as a member of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Advisory Council. Cobert received a bachelor's degree in economics with high honors from Princeton University and an MBA from Stanford University with honors.

You’ve likely heard some leaders described as a servant leader. But what does that really mean? Servant leadership is a philosophy and set of practices that enriches the lives of individuals, builds better organizations, and ultimately creates a more just and caring world. Simply put, it is all about leading by lifting others. Our guest today, Chloe Drew, knows a thing or two about servant leadership. Throughout her career, from her corporate executive roles to her philanthropic and political engagement, Chloe has fought for the underdog and paved the way for others to get ahead. In this episode, Chloe shares her story and how she chose a divergent career path from her Harvard College classmates and followed her passion to help others. Chloe Drew has 20 years of experience designing, scaling and leading strategies in human resources, corporate social impact, philanthropy and diversity, equity & inclusion. She currently works as an advisor and coach to CEOs and executive teams to develop customized inclusion and diversity strategies that help unlock the full potential of leaders and teams.   Highlights: [03:04] Chloe’s journey [08:13] Gaining clarity on your path [10:35] Pushing past your fear of failure [16:11] Excelling in a new & unfamiliar environment [19:30] Tips for making difficult decisions [23:32] Dynamics of imposter syndrome [26:38] Asking your community for help [29:39] How to stay ahead of the curve and be agile [32:32] Advice on accelerating your success   Quotes: “The best and most profound lessons of my life have been when I've completely failed.”– Chloe Drew “Don’t expect to have the full picture when making a difficult decision, strive to get to feeling fairly confident in your decision.” – Chloe Drew “Asking yourself ‘what outcome are you trying to achieve?’, will help drive out the noise, assumptions and biases.” – Chloe Drew   About Chloe Drew: Chloe Drew has 20 years of experience designing, scaling and leading strategies in human resources, corporate social impact, philanthropy and diversity, equity & inclusion. Currently she works as an advisor and coach to CEOs and executive teams across sectors – including technology, communications, financial services, sports and fashion – to develop customized inclusion and diversity strategies that help unlock the full potential of leaders and teams. Before that Chloe was Chief People Officer at the real estate tech firm Compass where she supported a team of 2,500 employees nationally and oversaw the full employee experience through talent acquisition, total rewards, talent management, HR policy and diversity & inclusion. She also served as President of Philanthropy and launched the firm’s first community impact program engaging all employees and 15,000 real estate agents across Compass’s 20+ markets. Previously she was Chief of Staff at the Markle Foundation leading HR, strategy and fundraising at the $125M independent foundation dedicated to harnessing the power of technology to advance economic inclusion. From 2013 - 2015 Chloe was Director of the New York City Mayor’s Office of Appointments where she ran the Administration’s effort to recruit Commissioners and senior staff for over 60 city agencies and 200 municipal boards and commissions. From 2008 to 2013 Chloe was Executive Director of the Council of Urban Professionals, a nonprofit network of diverse business leaders in New York and Los Angeles, and from 2002 to 2007 she was Campaign Director for Congresswoman Barbara Lee in California’s 13th District. Chloe earned an A.B. from Harvard College in History and Literature. She has served on nonprofit boards including Wellesley College Centers for Women, Latino Justice, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Emerge America and Oakland Vote. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two young children. Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chloe-drew-7ab26a4/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Chloedrew Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chloedrew7/  

Dr. Douglas Rushkoff, author and educator discusses economic "cooporativism" and circular economics. Dr. Rushkoff sets the premise that if the rest of the Country replicated many of the economic strategies used in Black communities, we could resolve many of the challenges being faced. Winner of the Media Ecology Association’s first Neil Postman award for Career Achievement in Public Intellectual Activity, Dr. Douglas Rushkoff is an author, teacher, and documentarian who focuses on the ways people, cultures, and institutions create, share, and influence each other’s values. He is Professor of Media Theory and Digital Economics at CUNY/Queens, where he founded the Laboratory for Digital Humanism. He is a columnist for Medium, technology and media commentator for CNN, a research fellow at the Institute for the Future, and a lecturer on media, technology, culture and economics around the world. His new book, a manifesto called Team Human, calls for the retrieval of human autonomy in a digital age. Prior to that, his book Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus: How Growth Became the Enemy of Prosperity argued that we have failed to build the distributed economy that digital networks are capable of fostering, and instead doubled down on the industrial age mandate of growth above all. Rushkoff has taught regularly for NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program, The New School University, the MaybeLogic Academy and the Esalen Institute. He also lectures about media, art, society, and change at conferences and universities around the world. He has been awarded a Fullbright Scholarship, and Senior Fellowships by the Markle Foundation, the Center for Global Communications, and the International University of Japan. He served as an Advisor to the United Nations Commission on World Culture and regularly appears on TV shows from NBC Nightly News and Larry King to the Colbert Report and Bill Maher. Rushkoff is on the board of several new media non-profits and companies, and regularly speaks about media, society and ethics to museums, governments, synagogues, churches, universities, and companies.

The global economy is still fighting the pandemic and digging itself out of a recession, while jobs and training will surely change going forward. What other actions need to be taken by government, business, education and other institutions to ensure that people have access to the resources necessary for good jobs? Hosts Ryan Heath and Luiza Savage talk with leaders in job training and tech about the big, structural changes that need to happen. Ryan Heath is the host of "Global Translations".  Luiza Savage is a host of "Global Translations". Kara Tabor is a producer for POLITICO Audio.  Annie Rees is a producer for POLITICO Audio.  Jenny Ament is the senior producer for POLITICO Audio.  Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO Audio. Zoë Baird is the CEO and president of the Markle Foundation. Constantijn van Oranje is the envoy for Techleap.nl. 

The global economy is still fighting the pandemic and digging itself out of a recession, while jobs and training will surely change going forward. What other actions need to be taken by government, business, education and other institutions to ensure that people have access to the resources necessary for good jobs? Hosts Ryan Heath and Luiza Savage talk with leaders in job training and tech about the big, structural changes that need to happen. Ryan Heath is the host of "Global Translations".  Luiza Savage is a host of "Global Translations". Kara Tabor is a producer for POLITICO Audio.  Annie Rees is a producer for POLITICO Audio.  Jenny Ament is the senior producer for POLITICO Audio.  Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO Audio. Zoë Baird is the CEO and president of the Markle Foundation. https://markle.org/about-markle/expert/zo-baird Constantijn van Oranje is the envoy for Techleap.nl.  https://www.techleap.nl/who-we-are Check out Ryan Heath's article here:  https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/20/digital-jobs-unfilled-amid-high-unemployment-460584 And check out the other POLITICO newsletters:  Global Translations: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/global-translations Corridors: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/corridors Morning Tech: https://www.politico.com/morningtech/ Morning Energy: https://www.politico.com/morningenergy/ Weekly Shift: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/weekly-shift

The global economy is still fighting the pandemic and digging itself out of a recession, while jobs and training will surely change going forward. What other actions need to be taken by government, business, education and other institutions to ensure that people have access to the resources necessary for good jobs? Hosts Ryan Heath and Luiza Savage talk with leaders in job training and tech about the big, structural changes that need to happen. Ryan Heath is the host of "Global Translations".  Luiza Savage is a host of "Global Translations". Kara Tabor is a producer for POLITICO Audio.  Annie Rees is a producer for POLITICO Audio.  Jenny Ament is the senior producer for POLITICO Audio.  Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO Audio. Zoë Baird is the CEO and president of the Markle Foundation. https://markle.org/about-markle/expert/zo-baird Constantijn van Oranje is the envoy for Techleap.nl.  https://www.techleap.nl/who-we-are And check out the other POLITICO newsletters:  Global Translations: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/global-translations Corridors: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/corridors Morning Tech: https://www.politico.com/morningtech/ Morning Energy: https://www.politico.com/morningenergy/ Weekly Shift: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/weekly-shift

Dr. Shannon Block, Executive Director and Chief Operations Officer for Skillful, an initiative of the Markle Foundation, joins the program to discuss the future of hiring and staffing trends. Shannon shares her thoughts about how businesses can build trust with their communities and the skills and qualities needed to successfully navigate through the pandemic. To learn more about the Rework America Alliance, visit https://markle.org/alliance. Resume builder for job seekers: https://markle.org/rework-america-alliance-resume-builder Job posting generator for employers: https://markle.org/job-posting-generator-employers   Connect with Shannon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/businessdevelopmentnow/

Shannon Block, COO & Executive Director; Markle Foundation | Recruiting and Consulting Firm @Riderflex Learn more about Shannon Block at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/businessdevelopmentnow/ Learn more about Markle Foundation at: https://www.markle.org/ Riderflex is a global Recruiting and Consulting Firm. We give Career Advice & Job Interviewing Tips on this podcast. This episode of the Riderflex Podcast is sponsored by our friends at Marketing360, the #1 marketing platform for small businesses. It’s everything you need to grow your business. Visit Marketing360 online or call them at 833-277-1328. #Markle #Skillful #Foundation #economicsecurity #jobs #health #nationalsecurity #womensleadership #CEO #COO #femaleboardmembers #founder #CareerAdvice #Leadership #podcast #interview #riderflex --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/riderflex/support

Today's Extraordinary Women Radio guest, Shannon Block, has broke the CEO glass ceiling numerous times. She’s currently helping lead the startup of Skillful, a non-profit initiative of the Markle Foundation, dedicated to enabling all Americans to secure good jobs in a changing economy.  Shannon has been Chief Executive Officer of multiple organizations including World Forward, The Denver Zoo and the Rocky Mountain Cancer Center. Prior to that she was the chief business development officer for Denver Health. Shannon has moved through lots of change over her career.  The question she asks herself, when she starts to hear a call for change is "What conversation do I want to have with the world?" I love this question - and it was this question that led her from daily conversations around baby zoo animals to conversations centered around the future skill needs of our nation's workforce. We talk about her current passion around creating more opportunities for Americans to thrive in the digital economy. As technology increasingly influences the way we work, Shannon's focus today is to help employers focus on finding the right people faster and keep them longer by changing to a skills-based approach in hiring. "Technology is changing so fast - we have to remind ourselves to focus on the problem, instead of being so tied into our particular solution. In the future world, we're going to need to iterate a lot and allow ourselves to fail fast." ~Shannon Block We talk about #MeToo and what male execs might need to do differently today, what it takes to become a woman CEO and why women in STEM is so important! AND we jam on our shared passion for women uplifting women. I love the depth of this interview and you will too! Shannon currently sits on a number of boards including: Young President’s Organization (YPO) Executive Committee Board as Regional Director; Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center Advisory Board; International Women’s Forum of Colorado Board as Chairman & President; and Children’s Hospital Board, Quality and Safety. In addition, Shannon has won countless awards including being nominated as Entrepreneur of the Year by APEX Technology Awards this year, Outstanding Women in Business Nominee, Denver Business Journal 2017 CEO of the Year Finalist, Colorado Technical Association 2016, Top 40 Under 40, Denver Business Journal 2016 and VISIT Denver Tourism Star, 2016. To learn more about Shannon, follow her on LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter or visit the Skillful Web Site or their Twitter or Facebook page. Shannon is so wise and full of leadership wisdom and it was such an honor to get to interview her. She’s a perfect woman to kick off our 2019 season – so let’s welcome Shannon Block!

Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 35:55) > We've explored McKinsey Global Institute's research on the future of work in this podcast series. What do other experts have to say? We sat down with Zoe Baird, CEO of the Markle Foundation, and Tim O'Reilly, founder of O'Reilly Media, at the Churchill Club in San Francisco to share their thoughts on the new world of work. They address key questions including: how do we retrain the workforce? What role does government play in the transition? How are businesses preparing for the shift? How do we ensure an equitable future of work? And, should we consider universal basic income?See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information

We've explored McKinsey Global Institute's research on the future of work in this podcast series. What do other experts have to say? We sat down with Zoe Baird, CEO of the Markle Foundation, and Tim O'Reilly, founder of O'Reilly Media, at the Churchill Club in San Francisco to share their thoughts on the new world of work. They address key questions including: how do we retrain the workforce? What role does government play in the transition? How are businesses preparing for the shift? How do we ensure an equitable future of work? And, should we consider universal basic income? Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 35:55) >

Host Zoe Hewitt talks with Jean Picker Firstenberg about her book " Becoming AFI: 50 Years Inside the American Film Institute." Jean Picker Firstenberg, is an American who served as the CEO and Director of the American Film Institute from 1980 through 2007. She was the Institute's second and first female CEO. At the time of her appointment, she was an executive at the Markle Foundation. About the Book: For over fifty years, the American Film Institute has flourished as one of America’s great cultural entities. Its graduates, faculty, supporters, and trustees have included such acclaimed individuals as Steven Spielberg, Maya Angelou, Gregory Peck [...] The post Becoming AFI: 50 Years Inside the American Film Institute with Jean Picker Firstenberg | Book Circle Online appeared first on Book Circle Online.

Host Zoe Hewitt talks with Jean Picker Firstenberg about her book " Becoming AFI: 50 Years Inside the American Film Institute." Jean Picker Firstenberg, is an American who served as the CEO and Director of the American Film Institute from 1980 through 2007. She was the Institute's second and first female CEO. At the time of her appointment, she was an executive at the Markle Foundation. About the Book: For over fifty years, the American Film Institute has flourished as one of America’s great cultural entities. Its graduates, faculty, supporters, and trustees have included such acclaimed individuals as Steven Spielberg, Maya Angelou, Gregory Peck [...]

Have you heard all the buzz about LinkedIn Cities?  In case you haven't, this is our effort to truly bring the Economic Graph to life and create economic opportunity for all.  Our core partner for LinkedIn Cities is the Markle Foundation and Zoë Baird, its CEO and President, is our Speaker Series guest this month.  Allen Blue hosted a special fireside chat with Zoë and they will discuss how we are helping job seekers acquire new skills and advance their careers through Skillful, a network of online tools and on-the-ground resources.  We are focusing first on the cities of Denver and Phoenix, with a special emphasis on middle-skill workers. Hear all about the incredible impact we will have in these cities and how you can get involved to make our Economic Graph vision a reality!

Winner of the Media Ecology Association's first Neil Postman award for Career Achievement in Public Intellectual Activity, Dr. Douglas Rushkoff is an author, teacher, and documentarian who focuses on the ways people, cultures, and institutions create, share, and influence each other's values. He is Professor of Media Theory and Digital Economics at CUNY/Queens, technology and media commentator for CNN, digital literacy advocate for Codecademy.com and a lecturer on media, technology, culture and economics around the world. His new book, Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus: How Growth Became the Enemy of Prosperity, argues that we have failed to build the distributed economy that digital networks are capable of fostering, and instead doubled down on the industrial age mandate of growth above all. His previous best-selling books on media and popular culture have been translated to over thirty languages. They include Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now, Program or Be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age, a followup to his Frontline documentary, Digital Nation, and Life Inc, an analysis of the corporate spectacle, which was also made into a short, award-winning film. His other books include Cyberia, Media Virus, Playing the Future, Nothing Sacred: The Truth about Judaism, Get Back in the Box: Innovation from the Inside Out and Coercion, winner of the Marshall Mcluhan Award for best media book. Rushkoff also wrote the acclaimed novels Ecstasy Club and Exit Strategy and graphic novel, Club Zero-G. He wrote the graphic novels Testament and A.D.D., for Vertigo. He has written and hosted three award-winning PBS Frontline documentaries – The Merchants of Cool looked at the influence of corporations on youth culture, The Persuaders, about the cluttered landscape of marketing, and new efforts to overcome consumer resistance, and Digital Nation, about life on the virtual frontier. Most recently, he made Generation Like, an exploration of teens, marketers, and social media. He has been awarded a Fullbright Scholarship, and Senior Fellowships by the Markle Foundation, the Center for Global Communications, and the International University of Japan. He served as an Advisor to the United Nations Commission on World Culture and regularly appears on TV shows from NBC Nightly News and Larry King to the Colbert Report and Bill Maher. He developed the Electronic Oracle software series for HarperCollins Interactive. In this episode, we talk about how he sees the purpose of Judaism is to help one transcend Judaism, the psycho-social peril of living in the digital now, and how the new media empires has failed to build the distributed economy that digital networks are capable of fostering, and instead doubled down on the industrial age mandate of growth above all. I got to talk to one of my heroes, and this show made it possible. Thanks, OTBR listeners. You make it all possible. Enjoy!

Cathy Clark first came to my attention as the coauthor of the book The Impact Investor: Lessons in Leadership and Strategy for Collaborative Capitalism. However, as she tells me in this interview, she had an early start to social entrepreneurship. Cathy grew up in inner city Philadelphia. While still a high-school student, she helped her father create a program that prepared students for college. Through this experience, she learned that social outcome is the result of a well-run organization. Through her career she has had stops at the Aspen Institute, Markle Foundation, Flatiron Partners, Columbia University and the Investor’s Circle, to name a few. Today, Cathy is the Director of the CASE Initiative on Impact Investing (or i3) at Duke University. The mission of CASE i3 is to build the field and market of impact investing so that it can support the needs of social entrepreneurs and investors. Key quotes from the interview: “To get to a social outcome…you have to know how to run an organization.” “It wasn’t enough to have a good idea to want to help people, but you had to have an organization to do it and eventually that organization needed capital. And that has become the theme of my career.” “The Millennial generation has a different outlook on what their purpose is, and how they want their work lives to intersect with purpose.” “Founders alone don’t create good organizations. Founders need teams with a whole bunch of different skills and we happen to teach a lot of those skills.” “We completely believe that mindset needs to be inside of government, inside the private sector, inside the biggest corporations, and not just the smallest ones for change to actually happen.” “Part of starting something is, you have to be enraptured with the idea to the point of a little bit of insanity, so that you can push it through.” “When you work with organizations that are a little farther along, whether you call them mid-stage or growth stage or scaling stage, it turns out that you need a whole other basket of skills.” “Often enterprises need to either become part of a larger company or they need to they need to be adopted by government or they need to convince government to change the rules so that what they’re doing can spread.” “When is the right time to open your kimono and share what you are doing, and what are the norms for that and how are they different across the different sectors?” “Really know the kind of capital and the kind of capital partner that is right for you.” “Entrepreneurship is a community sport.” Resources: Book: The Impact Investor: Lessons in Leadership and Strategy for Collaborative Capitalism: http://amzn.to/1Sj92oq Book: Collaborative Capitalism and the Rise of Impact Investing: http://amzn.to/1PspBbx CASE i3, Initiative on Impact Investing: http://sites.duke.edu/casei3/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/cathyhc Book: Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits: http://amzn.to/1SWwAyT Stanford Social Innovation Review article, “The Power of Lean Data”, Winter, 2016: http://ssir.org/articles/entry/the_power_of_lean_data eBook: Five Key Traits of Successful Social Entrepreneurs: http://tonyloyd.com/socent Try Audible and Receive Two Free Audiobooks: http://tonyloyd.com/books

Jorge Reina Schement became Rutgers Vice President of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion on July 1, 2013.  Previously he was Dean of the School of Communication & Information at Rutgers University from 2008 to 2013.   He is also Professor II in the Bloustein School of Public Policy, and in the Department of Latino-Hispanic Caribbean Studies. A Ph.D. from the Institute for Communication Research at Stanford University, and M.S. from the School of Commerce at the University of Illinois, he is author of over 200 papers and articles, with book credits including, Global Networks (1999/2002), Tendencies and Tensions of the Information Age (1997), Toward an Information Bill of Rights and Responsibilities (1995), Between Communication and Information (1993), Competing Visions, Complex Realities: Social Aspects of the Information Society (1988), The International Flow of Television Programs (1984),   Telecommunications Policy Handbook (1982), and Spanish-Language Radio in the Southwestern United States (1979). A Latino from South Texas, his research focuses on the social and policy consequences of the production and consumption of information, especially as they relate to ethnic minorities. His research has been supported by the Ford Foundation, Markle Foundation, Rainbow Coalition, Port Authority of NY/NJ, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Communications Commission, National Science Foundation, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Verizon, Lockheed-Martin.   He has received awards for his policy scholarship from the International Communication Association, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Pace University, the University of Kentucky, UCLA, and Penn State.   Schement has served on the editorial boards of twelve academic journals, and has edited the Annual Review of Technology for the Aspen Institute.   He is editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Communication and Information. His research contributed to a Supreme Court decision in Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. F.C.C. et al. In 1994, he directed the F.C.C.'s Information Policy Project and conducted the original research that led to recognition of the Digital Divide. In 2008, he advised the F.C.C. Transition Team for the Obama administration. He introduced the idea of Universal Service as an evolving concept, a view adopted in the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The movement to integrate community museums, libraries, and public broadcasting as Partners in Public Service began in a project he co-directed. He conducted the first study of the impact of minority ownership in broadcasting, and authored the telecommunications policy agenda for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.   He co-founded the Institute for Information Policy at Penn State Univ. Schement has served on advisory boards for the National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, National Science Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, Office of Technology Assessment, United States Commission on Civil Rights, Centers for Disease Control, Governor of California, Media Access Project, Libraries for the Future, Tomás Rivera Policy Institute, Center for Media Education, Internet Policy Institute, American Library Association, Minority Media Telecommunications Council, New Millennium Research Council, Open Society Institute, Advertising Council, Benton Foundation, Aspen Institute, MCI, Verizon, and Pew Project on Internet and American   Life.   He chaired the board of directors of TPRC Inc. He is listed in, 2007, Hispanic Business' “100 Most Influential Hispanics.” His interest in the history of printing led him to discover a discrepancy in chapter and line numbers between the 1667 and 1674 editions of Paradise Lost, as cited in the Oxford English Dictionary.   He reads histories.   In this episode we discussed: Jorge's survival tactics in Texas in the 1960s How to avoid feeling "pigeon-holed" in your policy career What a private breakfast at the White House with President Bill Clinton was like Key topics in diversity and inclusion at the intersection of telecommunications policy Resources Rutgers University Gary Cross, Men to Boys: The Making of Modern Immaturity (Columbia University Press, 2013) 

On the Wedsnesday June 11th 2014 broadcast at 10AM PT/1PM ET our very special guest is Lygeia Ricciardi, EdM the Director of the Office of Consumer eHealth at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC). We caught up with Lygeia at the 5th Annual Health Datapalooza in Washington, DC spreading the word and sharing the love of consumer ehealth initiatives including the Fall rollout of the BlueButton public service campaign. For an earlier chat with Lygeia on "This Week in Health Innovation', click here. 'Lygeia is responsible for leading the development and implementation of ONC's national strategy to engage consumers in their health and healthcare via information technology. Prior to joining ONC in 2011, Lygeia ran a consulting practice called Clear Voice Consulting specializing in consumer eHealth. Previously, she was a Director in the Health program at the Markle Foundation, a Policy Advisor and Speechwriter for the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, a Content Manager at a dot com, and a Research Associate at Harvard Business School. She earned a Masters in Technology & Education from Harvard, and has also studied at the MIT Media Lab and Wellesley College. Lygeia has lived in Europe, Africa, and the sometimes equally exotic culture of Washington, DC, where she currently resides with her family.' Join us for a chat with a determined leader in the Federal Government making a difference in the lives of patients, their families and their loved ones.

Natural disasters such as Katrina illustrate the importance of sharing critical medical information across dissimilar infrastructures, while at the same time, protecting individual privacy. New information systems can achieve both goals, but high cost and public mistrust present hurdles to adoption of these technologies. Dr. Carol Diamond, MPH, managing director of the Health Program for the Markle Foundation, and chairperson of Connecting to Health, joins Healthcare Tech and the World host Dr. Kevin Fickenscher to discuss why new systems are critical to address public health needs, and how innovative data sharing models and effective privacy policies help gain public trust.