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Data@Work
A podcast for workforce development practitioners. Each episode we explore a different way that governments are using data-driven strategies to revolutionize their workforce programs and services. Presented by Results for America.
Episodes
9 episodes
Applying Evidence in the Real World with Dr. Elizabeth Linos
In this episode of Data@Work, we sit down with Dr. Elizabeth Linos, the Emma Bloomberg Associate Professor for Public Policy and Management at the Harvard Kennedy School and Faculty Director of the People Lab. We dig into her research on reduci...
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16:09

Can AI Make Workforce Services More Human?
In this episode of Data@Work, our guest Amanda Cage, President and CEO of the National Fund for Workforce Solutions explores the potential impacts of AI on the U.S. job market. Andrea and Amanda discuss AI's dual potential to perpetuate existin...
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Artificial Intelligence for America's Workforce
Will artificial antelligence take away everyone’s jobs? This week we begin a mini-series to dispel myths and legends around what AI is and how it could benefit (and in some cases hinder) America’s workforce. Our first guest, Mary Olson is an In...
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Elevating Outcomes Through Evidence-Based Procurement Practices
Join Lee Hollis, Jr. with Results for America and Brooke Valle discuss the importance of Evidence-Based Procurement. In this episode, they unravel how data-driven decision-making and workforce strategies connect, exploring the real-world ways t...
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41:08

How Funding Flexibility Is Changing Chicago's Approach to Reentry Programming
Kelsey speaks with Trenity Dobbey about the challenges and successes of launching an innovative re-entry and employment navigation program in Chicago for residents returning from incarceration. The program, called SPRING Forward, was funded by ...
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Leveraging Procurement to Close Racial Wealth Gaps
In the latest episode of "Data at Work" from Results for America, host Kelsey Berkowitz delves into the complexities of supplier diversity goals in government jurisdictions. The episode features an insightful interview with Adrienne Chaillé, Se...
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19:26

ESOPs Empower Workers and Improve Earnings
Rachel Merfalen speaks with Ken Baker, CEO of NewAge Industries, about turning an entirely family-owned business into an employee-owned powerhouse that has made over 45 of its employees millionair...
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Redefining Entrepreneurship Through Worker-Owned Businesses
Rachel Merfalen and Greg Brodsky of start.coop explore the transformative potential of cooperative ownership models for economic development and job quality. Diving into the world of employee ownership, the...
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Anchoring Wealth in Local Communities with Worker Ownership
In the first episode of our mini-series on employee ownership, we host Zen Trenholm and Rachel Merfalen to discuss the importance of employee ownership as a tool for economic development, job quality, and wealth creation in local communities. T...
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Episode 1
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