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Domestic Policy Studies
AEI’s Domestic Policy Studies team develops evidence-based solutions to America’s key internal challenges rooted in our fundamental belief that public policy should expand opportunity for all Americans by empowering people and rewarding innovation. Topics of study include education, housing, welfare, and more. Major programs include the Center for Technology, Science, and Energy; the Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility; AEI’s Housing Center; and the FREE Initiative.
What Works in Healthcare Career and Technical Education: Early Signals from Four Regional Partnerships
Early enrollment data from Boston, Dallas, and Houston suggest the initiative is reaching students historically underrepresented in health science CTE programs. The large majority of students are Black or Hispanic/Latino, constituting a greater share of the student population than is seen in statewide CTE health science programs, but in line with their urban districts. Female students are the majority at all three reporting sites, which mirrors long-standing gender patterns in health science CTE.
Opportunity Index Archives
Opportunity is built by design across the full course of a career.
The Project on Workforce
Report Harvard’s Project on Workforce As Governors seek to grow their state economies, expand access to quality jobs, and build workforce ecosystems aligned with labor market needs, state investments represent a flexible and powerful tool at their disposal. BY Joseph B. Fuller + Kerry McKittrick + Ariel Higuchi + et al. ON 5 Aug 26
Putting State Dollars to Work: How Governors’ Signature Investments Drive Workforce Transformation
Programs navigated tradeoffs between broad eligibility and strategic targeting (across industries, geographies, and participant populations). Programs engaged with the WIOA system while developing independent eligibility frameworks. Programs successfully tracked short-term metrics and are building toward longer-term outcomes tracking, despite operational challenges.
SkillsRight’s Debbie Dyson on refining the post-AI talent equation
The CEO of the former OneTen explains the skills-first hiring catalyst’s new formula: workforce intelligence and advising plus talent supply. And why shifting the discussion from credentials to capabilities helps organizations navigate AI disruption. This episode was originally published by the Harvard Business School. You can find the episode here.
The Agile Community College: Dynamic Labor Market Alignment in an AI-Driven Economy
Community colleges are being asked to prepare learners for a labor market that is changing faster than the systems built to support it historically. Across the country, more than 1,000 community colleges serve approximately 10.6 million students each year—about 40% of all undergraduates— making these institutions central to both regional and national strategies to prepare the next generation of workers for technological and economic change.
From the archive: Cal Newport on slow projectivty and next-wave AI
The Georgetown computer scientist, author, and New Yorker contributor weighs in on deep work. This episode was originally published by the Harvard Business School. You can find the episode here.
Steve Odland on governing AI in an age of uncertainty
The Conference Board’s president and CEO sees AI as less a technological challenge than a managerial one, exacerbated by increasing global volatility. Drawing parallels to the introduction of the personal computer, he argues that governance, workflow redesign, and organizational trust matter more than the technology itself. This episode was originally published by the Harvard Business School. You can find the episode here. Tags: AIAI GoverningWorkforce development
Darnell Epps on opening career pathways
Demand for skilled-trades workers remains high, yet many graduates of vocational programs struggle to land jobs. The founder and CEO of Thurgood Industries discusses how making skills visible through portfolios of real work can improve matching and expand access to opportunity. He also reflects on his own path—from incarceration to Yale Law School and founding a workforce platform—and how it informs his approach to building more inclusive career pathways.
Pivots Without Pathways: Career Navigation in a Fragmented Labor Market
Careers are shaped by repeated pivots, often in response to external shocks. Information is abundant but unreliable–and difficult to interpret. Social capital shapes access to opportunity. Job quality enables–or constrains–the capacity to navigate. Navigation skills are critical but developed through trial and error. Career guidance is essential but under-resourced. Careers are increasingly defined by pivots, rather than pathways, as individuals navigate a fragmented and volatile labor market.
Workforce Competitiveness: Business Roundtable’s Kristen Silverberg
BRT’s president and COO on policy and planning for multiple AI scenarios, work-based learning, skills-based hiring, and the ROI of employer investments in workforce development. Also, addressing skills gaps and promoting economic mobility. This episode was originally published by the Harvard Business School. You can find the episode here.
Create an Onboarding Plan for AI Agents
17 hours ago Concern that Iran was amassing missiles to overwhelm defenses was a key factor in the push for war, officials said, and recent strikes laid bare Israel’s vulnerability. DIMONA, Israel — When the air raid sirens blare and many residents of southern Israel seek shelter in basements, David Azran, 54, …
Executive recruiting: Tom Monahan on algorithmic power brokers and adaptability
Corner office churn is up as demands multiply. Heidrick & Struggles’ CEO explains what CVs leave out and why flexibility and organizational fit matter more as AI and global volatility undercut the predictive power of past performance. Also, AI-enhanced recruiting and lifelong learning. This episode was originally published by the Harvard Business School. You can find the episode here.
Policies Aren’t Enough to Retain Top Talent. You Need Systems.
Policies Aren’t Enough to Retain Top Talent. You Need Systems. January 20, 2026 What separates companies where talent stays from those where it doesn’t? It’s not their industry, size, or budget. It’s whether their talent practices work as a system.
Fiverr’s Micha Kaufman on the post-AI gig economy
The talent platform’s co-founder and CEO returns to the MFW podcast with an update on the market for contingent work as AI changes supply and demand and raises the stakes for skills development. This episode was originally published by the Harvard Business School. You can find the episode here.
Wells Fargo’s Bei Ling on culture change and learning agility
The bank’s head of HR lays out the talent strategy underpinning its post-regulatory growth push and AI adoption. This episode was originally published by the Harvard Business School. You can find the episode here.
The Singapore Opportunity Index 2025
Employers shape pay, progression, and retention, though there is no single formula; effective firms use purposefully designed approaches that turn jobs into careers. Neither industry nor size determines outcomes; culture, onboarding, and progression visibility matter. Singapore’s strength has long come from investing in people.
Reading and riding the AI wave: John Winsor on the value of flexibility
As data center investments, stock prices, and vanishing entry-level jobs grab headlines, businesses are grappling with AI use cases and workforce strategy. The veteran serial entrepreneur and Harvard Business School executive fellow assesses the organizational and talent implications. This episode was originally published by the Harvard Business School. You can find the episode here.
EY’s Dan Diasio on consulting’s AI challenge
How to get past AI fatigue and anxiety to a more expansive view of the technology’s potential—bolstering knowledge work vs commoditizing expertise. As it guides organizations through the experimentation phase and into redesigning business processes, the professional services giant is undergoing an internal transformation. This episode was originally published by the Harvard Business School. You can find the episode here.
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Tag Archive: Goldman Sachs
Post Goldman: Stories of Workforce Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated Article Trump Boom vs. Tariff Doom Article How a Wall Street Megabank Is Thinking About AI Article Why Generative AI Could Have a Huge Impact on Economic Growth and Productivity Article Here’s What the (Likely) Upcoming US Recession Will Look Like (Probably) Podcast Leon Cooperman on the True Value of Billionaires Article Washington Is Taking UFOs More Seriously. Should Wall Street?
Redefining success: Harrison Keller on the Texas higher-ed model
The Lone Star State’s experiment in outcomes–based funding rewards schools that produce “credentials of value.” Can focusing the curriculum on workforce development give Texas an economic advantage and distribute resources equitably? This episode was originally published by the Harvard Business School. You can find the episode here.
The Expertise Upheaval
Generative AI (GenAI) is set to reshape the workforce, redefining career pathways and talent development. However, despite public anxieties about mass displacement, GenAI’s biggest impacts won’t be on the number of jobs so much as on the level of expertise required to do them. For any given role, much depends on the learning curve between entry-level and experienced workers, which determines how knowledge and skills—and the productivity they unlock—accrue over time.
Cisco’s alignment strategy: Coordinating workforce and operations
The benefits of cross-function collaboration with Francine Katsoudas, executive vice president and chief people, policy, and purpose officer, and Jeetu Patel, president and chief product officer. How better integration within the corporate stack improves flexibility. This episode was originally published by the Harvard Business School. You can find the episode here.
Designing Equitable Workplaces
The Harvard Kennedy School’s Iris Bohnet and Siri Chilazi on the logic behind a systems-level approach to workplace fairness. How A-B testing and targeted interventions—incorporated in day-to-day workflow—can help organizations tap more of the talent pool. This episode was originally published by the Harvard Business School. You can find the episode here.
Vanguard’s skills strategy for tech transformation
Can the shareholder-owned discount brokerage giant parlay its investments in enterprise and cloud infrastructure into an AI-enabled expansion into new markets while improving productivity and service delivery? CIO Nitin Tandon explains the global workforce strategy underpinning the effort. This episode was originally published by the Harvard Business School. You can find the episode here. Tags: Artificial intelligenceSkillsWorkforce development
Tag Archive: private sector
Post Defense Reform—Effectively Turning Worthy Goals into Action Post Case Study of a Joint Private Sector-Government Failure Post More American R&D Doesn’t Just Mean More US Government R&D Report Skills-Based Hiring: The Long Road from Pronouncements to Practice Multimedia Technology, Defense, and American-Chinese Competition By | Melanie Marlowe | Christopher Preble Event Private Investment in Public Infrastructure: Promises, Realities, and the Future Op-Ed Can Government Build Things Again?
Tag Archive: US workforce
Multimedia Men without work, with Nick Eberstadt | Eberstadt on the “Defending Ideas” Podcast Podcast Upwork’s Hayden Brown on bridging volatility with contingency Post Workforce Participation for Older Americans: Warning Lights Flashing Report Good Jobs, Strong Families: How the Character of Men’s Work Is Linked to Their Family Status Post AI Talent: It’s Not Just for High Tech Anymore Post Employers Should Drop Hiring Preferences for “Elite 34” Colleges Post Can American Adults Still Do Math?
Workforce development Archives
Report American Enterprise Institute An Evaluation of Cost-Saving Reforms to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Podcast Upwork’s Hayden Brown on bridging volatility with contingency Op-Ed Without Qualified Workers, Our CHIPS Investments Could Be Money Down the Drain Multimedia Andre Fowlkes: From Credentials to Community—A Holistic Approach to Talent | THE INVISIBLE MEN Post AI “Slop” Comes for Job Interviews Report American Enterprise Institute Sustaining a National Treasure:...
Labor force participation rate Archives
Multimedia In conversation with Richard Reeves and Nicholas Eberstadt | Eberstadt at the Centre for Policy Studies Op-Ed Finally, a Win for Working Men Multimedia Society of Professional Economists—Econ Thoughts: Interview with Nicholas Eberstadt Article What Companies Get Wrong About Skills-Based Hiring Journal Publication The Other COVID Crisis: Prospects for Recovery from Pandemic Policies Multimedia What Ails the Working Class in America?
Upwork’s Hayden Brown on bridging volatility with contingency
“Freelance by choice” can sound like a rationalization—or putting on a brave face—but has the contract labor market improved for white-collar workers, as more, particularly younger professionals, opt in? A look at the benefits for both sides of the bargain and how AI changes the calculus. This episode was originally published by the Harvard Business School. You can find the episode here. Tags: Artificial intelligenceUS workforceWorkforce development
Navigating Opportunity: Career Information and Mobility in Low-Wage Employment
In today’s rapidly changing labor market, low-wage workers face significant barriers to career advancement. Our multi-year study examines how these 42 million Americans navigate their careers with limited resources and information. Initial survey findings reveal important insights into their career navigation experiences, while raising new questions for further exploration.
Redrawing the map to tech careers: Per Scholas CEO Plinio Ayala on skills, mobility, and AI
After decades preparing workers from underserved communities for well-paid tech jobs, the workforce nonprofit is expanding its training, footprint, and funding strategy for its tuition-free programs. As AI redefines positions across the org chart, can bootcamps plus training top-ups, and a mix of hard and soft skills future-proof the Per Scholas formula? This episode was originally published by the Harvard Business School. You can find the episode here.
Governors Reshaping Workforce Development: Turning WIOA Challenges into Workforce Solutions
The Project on Workforce and National Governors Association release a new report on how Governors are leveraging WIOA and other policies to design, fund, and implement workforce development strategies in an evolving economic landscape.
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How Gen AI Could Change the Value of Expertise
As the deployment of generative AI automates away elements of some jobs and augments workers’ abilities in others, the skills, experiences, and credentials that employers use to evaluate job candidates will change rapidly. Pessimists will argue those changes limit mobility; optimists will counter that they enhance it, by reducing job requirements related to technical, or “hard,” skills. Source link
OneTen CEO Debbie Dyson: Why “skills-first” builds a better workforce
In taking aim at degree inflation, the corporate-led good jobs coalition looks to boost economic opportunity, address skills gaps, and create a more equitable and inclusive workforce. OneTen helps employers navigate the uncertain new normal of hiring and advancement while expanding their talent pipelines. This episode was originally published by the Harvard Business School. You can find the episode here. Tags: Economic opportunitySkillsWorkforce development
Guest Episode: Joseph Fuller on The Gartner Talent Angle
Managing the Future of Work co-chair Joseph Fuller delves into what’s driving and limiting the practice of skills-based hiring. The discussion ranges from degree inflation and HR automation to workforce demographics, skills-based promotion and employee retention. Also, how technology can accelerate the adoption. This episode was originally published by the Harvard Business School. You can find the episode here. Tags: AutomationSkillsWorkforce development
Collective Counsel: Corporate Law’s Changing Workforce and Culture
Vinson and Elkins’ Keith Fullenweider on recruiting team players, boosting collaboration and soft skills through targeted training and mentorship, prioritizing mental health and work-life balance, automating judiciously, and making return-to-office work. This episode was originally published by the┬áHarvard Business School. You can find the episode here.
Bonus episode: Introducing HBS’s latest podcast, Think Big, Buy Small
Joe Fuller talks to his Harvard Business School faculty colleague Rick Ruback about Rick and HBS professor Royce Yudkoff’s podcast Think Big, Buy Small. The show is based on Rick and Royce’s popular HBS course “Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition”. The show combines personal stories from entrepreneurs and other key players with expert perspective and advice. This episode was originally published by the Harvard Business School. You can find the episode here.
EY’s Trent Henry on How AI Can Extend White-Collar Careers
The consulting giant’s global talent lead explains how the firm is bringing mass customization and accountability to skills building and integrating human and ‘synthetic’ skills. Also, the bottom-line benefit of promoting employee health and wellness. This episode was originally published by the Harvard Business School. You can find the episode here. Tags: Artificial intelligenceAutomationSkillsWorkforce development
Jacob Morgan on Managing the New Normal
The future-of-work trend watcher parses leadership strategies, the tradeoffs of hybrid work, AI adoption, skills-based hiring, and the foundations of a good job. This episode was originally published by the Harvard Business School. You can find the episode here.
Adaptable and inclusive: Kraft Heinz’s brand of workforce
Melissa Werneck, EVP and global chief people officer for the multinational food and beverage firm, on reskilling for web marketing and personalization, AI, hybrid work, and collaboration across time zones and cultures. Also, why diversity is good business for consumer packaged goods firms. This episode was originally published by the Harvard Business School. You can find the episode here. Tags: Artificial intelligenceSkillsWorkforce development
Cengage Group’s Michael Hansen on the Employment-Ready Syllabus
The ed-tech executive on shifting the discussion to emphasize the economic benefits of education, harnessing AI, skills-based hiring, employer-educator collaboration, and the public policy landscape. This episode was originally published by the Harvard Business School. You can find the episode here.
What Companies Get Wrong About Skills-Based Hiring
The logic of skills-based hiring is unimpeachable. Talent is scarce, and progress in boosting workforce diversity remains sluggish, so it makes sense to cast as wide a net as possible when hiring. The obvious way for companies to do that is to stop requiring a college degree for many job postings — a practice that, according to a 2023 Census Bureau report, eliminates almost two-thirds of workers from consideration and affects Black and Hispanic workers disproportionately.
Wharton’s Peter Cappelli on Changing the Talent Equation
What are the consequences of treating employees as an expense rather than an asset? Cappelli argues that this “penny wise and pound foolish” practice hurts the bottom line by discouraging investments in a skilled workforce and prioritizing downsizing, irrespective of efficiency. How changes in management and reporting can realign incentives. Also, C-suite demographics and the impact of AI. This episode was originally published by the Harvard Business School. You can find the episode here.
IBM CHRO Nickle LaMoreaux on AI and the Culture of Skills Building
As the digital economy pushes companies to prioritize continuous learning, HR strategies need to emphasize customization, flexibility, and support for diverse work-life needs. This episode was originally published by the Harvard Business School. You can find the episode here.
Cleveland Clinic’s Formula for a Robust Healthcare Workforce
Chief Caregiver Officer, Kelly Hancock, on filling key roles when talent is scarce; fostering careers in increasingly stressful occupations; how to make skills-based hiring work; the benefits of diversity; and how AI is altering jobs and HR. This episode was originally published by the Harvard Business School. You can find the episode here. Tags: Artificial intelligencePublic HealthUS workforceWorkforce development
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