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Stephen Yadzinski

CSIO, Jobs for the Future

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Chad Bandy

Managing Director, KPMG

Thought Leadership Assemblies

Industry executives provide actionable insights to help employers prepare the workplace for emerging talent through milestone-based workforce development strategies.

Features:

  • Leaders from top companies, NGOs and universities

  • Data-driven insights on workforce challenges

  • Cross-industry learning and best practices

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Job Ready Podcast
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Joseph Clay

Vice President, Oracle

Intimate Conversations on Workforce Development

We talk with leaders who are working on the cutting edge of job readiness about solutions they're creating or tracking in the interest of empowering the US workforce.

Features:

  • HR executives and business leaders

  • University executives and academics

  • Workforce development professionals

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CHARLES WESTRIN

Managing Director & Chief Product Officer -

​Boston Consulting Group U

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Workforce Transformation – Entry Level & Upskilling with Gen AI

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GEOFFREY ROCHE

Director of Workforce Development (North America) - Siemens Healthineers

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Navigating Workforce Development in Healthcare 

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JOSEPH CLAY

Vice President of HCM Transformation -Oracle

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The Future of HR in an AI-Augmented Workplace

Podcast Episode

Featured Roundtable Conversation

Featuring David Nuckolls (Georgia Center of Innovation, Georgia Department of Economic Development), Dr. Matthieu Bloch (Georgia Tech College of Engineering), Professor James Oliverio (Digital Worlds Institute, University of Florida), Professor Ghassan AlRegib (Georgia Tech AI Maker Space) and Clint Bailey (Tech Bridge)

Description:

This conversation explores the challenges and opportunities in preparing Atlanta's workforce for an AI-driven job market. It highlights the need for a talent pipeline that is inclusive and aligned with industry demands, the role of education in fostering skills like data literacy and ethics, and the importance of leveraging Atlanta's creative economy. The discussion also addresses the infrastructure needed for AI integration and the future of work as human-led and AI-powered.

Episode Highlights:

  • ​AI is transforming key industries, including technology, logistics, and creative sectors.

  • Education must adapt to teach data literacy and ethical considerations in AI.

  • Non-traditional pathways can help bridge the talent gap in the workforce.

  • The creative economy, particularly the film industry, can serve as a model for other sectors.

Impact Across Industries

What Leaders are Saying about Job Ready

University Partnership

Jeff's approach in building our national conversation on Cyber Talent uniquely blended immediacy of impact for our students and partners with long term vision on how our work and brand could shape a vital national dialogue.  His strategies avoid the normal short vs. long term dialogue that taints too much brand development work.

Tom Monahan

CEO, Heidrick & Struggles

Corporate Thought Leader

Thank you, Jeff, for the kind words and for leading such a lively and thoughtful conversation on how Gen Z pursues, shows up and contributes to the workplace. It was a pleasure to share our experience at GOOD | Upworthy. Grateful to contribute to this important conversation alongside Lisa Lawson, Sara J. Redington, and Huy Nguyen - there's so much we can gain by understanding and learning from the next generation of talent.

Max Schorr

Co-Founder & CEO, GOOD Worldwide

Foundation Thought Leader

Can’t wait to share this podcast with the world.

Lisa Lawson

President & CEO, Annie E. Casey Foundation

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