The Next Workforce
The Next Workforce by Phoenix Jackson is a podcast series exploring how work, leadership, and climate are reshaping the world. Through workforce strategy, generational leadership, and human centered approaches, we prepare emerging leaders and organizations for what comes next.
The Next Workforce
Constructing for the Community: A Woman in Construction
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In this episode of The Next Workforce, Phoenix Jackson sits down with Denise Burgess, President and CEO of Burgess Services, a second generation, Black women owned construction management firm with a now 50 year legacy in Colorado.
The conversation explores how Burgess Services became the first minority women owned firm in the state to secure a forty million dollar state level contract and how that milestone expanded opportunity for people of color and women owned businesses across the region.
This episode also examines workforce development, mentorship, and housing as critical infrastructure. From luxury affordable housing projects in Montbello to community centered development that prevents displacement, this conversation shows how ownership, access, and community investment shape long term workforce outcomes.
This is not theory. It is the future of work in action.