Work In Progress

Work In Progress


Latest Episodes

CES 2025: AI is driving innovation and changing jobs across all industries
February 04, 2025

In this episode of Work in Progress, I'm back at CES 2025, looking at the impact AI and digitalization are changing the workforce and shaping the future of industries like aviation and manufacturing.

CES 2025: Closing the tech opportunity gap in Rural America
January 28, 2025

In this episode of Work in Progress, I head to CES 2025 to explore how tech innovations are creating more job opportunities and economic mobility in Rural America, and how they are transforming farmin

Making the case for more apprenticeships in America
January 21, 2025

In this episode of Work in Progress, we're talking about the important role apprenticeships play in preparing people for careers with good pay, benefits, and opportunities for advancement. You mig

Women in the workforce are making strides, but there is still work to do
January 14, 2025

In this episode of the Work in Progress podcast, Wendy Chun-Hoon, director of the Women's Bureau at the U.S. Department of Labor, joins me to discuss the progress the century-old bureau has made when

CES 2025: AI is transforming the workforce, but it’s not the only tech we should be watching
January 07, 2025

In this episode of Work in Progress, we check in from CES 2025 in Las Vegas, "the world's largest tech event." Guest Gary Shapiro, Consumer Technology Association (CTA) CEO and vice chairman, says AI

Needed steps to head off a labor shortage in the U.S.
December 31, 2024

In this episode of Work in Progress, Joshua Wright, EVP of Growth for Lightcast, discusses The Rising Storm, the labor research group's forecast of a massive labor shortage over the next eight years a

Turning AI into a valuable career tool
December 17, 2024

In this episode of the Work in Progress podcast, GitLab Foundation president & CEO Ellie Bertani joins me to discuss whether AI will eliminate jobs or will AI unlock economic opportunity for workers a

Addressing the disconnect between work and learning is crucial for economic mobility
December 10, 2024

How do you fix the disconnect between work and learning? In this episode of Work in Progress, I'm joined by Taylor McLemore, entrepreneur and founder of the Human Potential Summit, and Ryan Stowers, s

Increasing the number of women, Black, and Hispanic workers in high-tech jobs
December 03, 2024

In this episode of Work in Progress, Katy Knight, executive director and president of Siegel Family Endowment, and Allison Scott, CEO of Kapor Foundation, discuss the underrepresentation of women and

Recruiting women and veterans for thousands of jobs created by the manufacturing comeback
November 26, 2024

In the final episode of the Work in Progress podcast series The Manufacturing Comeback, we look at how employers are recruiting and training veterans and women to fill jobs in the manufacturing indust