7. Computers and
networks
3D Printing Digital medicine
Artificial intelligence Synthetic biology Nanotechnology
Robotics Blockchain &
Cryptocurrencies
Sensors/Internet of
Things
DISASTER
RESILIENCE
HEALTHENERGY ENVIRONMENT FOOD GOVERNANCE LEARNING PROSPERITY SECURITY SHELTER SPACE WATER
10. There are no magic solutions.
And: It’s always a work in progress.
11. There are no magic solutions.
And: It’s always a work in progress.
But we can solve for today
in ways that
prepare for tomorrow.
12. Questions for “What Works?”
What population(s)?
What do they have?
What do they need?
What models should you choose from?
If you’re successful, how will you know?
22. What Works for Specific Populations?
● Workers in transition
● Deeply disadvantaged
● Youth
23. What works for: Workers in Transition
● Filtering process
○ Help people self-identity for agency
● Focus on transferable skills
○ Can’t feel like it’s a long haul
● Short-term training
○ Just what’s needed for near-term work
● Strong chance of employment after
○ At least short-term
○ Must be compensated
○ Pathway to longer-term work
24. What works for: Workers in Transition
● Filtering process
○ Help people self-identity for agency
● Focus on transferable skills
○ Can’t feel like it’s a long haul
● Short-term training
○ Just what’s needed for near-term work
● Strong chance of employment after
○ At least short-term
○ Must be compensated
○ Pathway to longer-term work
Example:
25. Example: Catalyte, Baltimore
● Five-month training programs
● Hires graduates to work on software
projects for clients like Nike and eBay
● Offices in Chicago, Denver, and
Portland, Oregon, as well as Baltimore.
● Pays a small stipend during training,
after which pay starts at $17 an hour.
● 39% of former apprentices make six-
figure salaries after five years
26. Example: Techtonic, Boulder
● Software consulting company
● Runs three-month trainings
● Hires graduates into six-month
apprenticeships
● 80% of its graduates stay on
27. What Works For: Deeply Disadvantaged
● Integrated services
○ Help channel for dependencies, mental illness,
etc.
● Series of personal development
opportunities
● Quick, short work opportunities
Reference:
28. Example: ULTRA TESTING
● 75 employees
● Over 50% diagnosed with
spectrum disorder
● Software to help manage tasks
● Up to 40% better performance
than large consulting firms
29. What works for: Youth
● High engagement
○ Mentorship
○ Longitudinal programs
● Exposure
○ Range of work options
● Increased access
○ Reduced barriers
○ Internships
● Increased agency
○ Small wins
○ Project-based learning
30. What works for: Youth
● High engagement
○ Mentorship
○ Longitudinal programs
● Exposure
○ Range of work options
● Increased access
○ Reduced barriers
○ Internships
● Increased agency
○ Small wins
○ Project-based learning
Example:
31.
32. Foundational Skillsets for Communities
● Ecosystem thinking
● Community collaboration process
○ Common language
○ Success in any realm
● Developing capital
● Inter-community collaboration
33. ● Build Civic Capacity and Talent
○ South Bend IN has a fellowship program that places highly
skilled recent graduates in management-level positions in the
private and public sector.
● Encourage a Shared Public-and-Private-Sector Vision
○ Lancaster PA - a group of private-sector leaders stepped in to
create and implement a new economic development plan that
reimagined the city as a tourist hub.
● Expand Opportunities for Low-Income Workers
○ Lima OH has created an umbrella organization to coordinate
workforce development efforts and ensure that residents are
sufficiently trained for available jobs.
● Build on an Authentic Sense of Place
○ Bethlehem PA converted a closed steel plant into an arts &
cultural campus, a signature draw both for local residents and
outside visitors.
Revitalizing
America’s
Smaller
Legacy
Cities
34. ● Focus Regional Efforts on Rebuilding a Strong Downtown
○ Syracuse NY chamber of commerce and the state have
prioritized downtown revitalization efforts to help create jobs
and attract talented workers.
● Engage in Community and Strategic Planning
○ Grand Rapids MI encourages neighborhoods to create and
maintain community plans that help guide investment when
new development is set to occur.
● Stabilize Distressed Neighborhoods
○ Youngstown OH has used data to pinpoint struggling
neighborhoods and then leveraged a variety of financial
resources to triage housing in poor condition.
● Strategically Leverage State Policies
○ Local communities can absorb outside resources best when
local leaders carefully guide implementation of state policies to
align with local goals and to spur additional investment.
Revitalizing
America’s
Smaller
Legacy
Cities
35. What Works for: Upgrading Schools
● Have a local research college?
○ If not, build a relationship
● Your community college
becomes your innovation hub
○ More focus on adaptive learning
● Have several innovative local
elementary schools
36. What Works for: Upgrading Schools
● Have a local research college?
○ If not, build a relationship
● Your community college
becomes your innovation hub
○ More focus on adaptive learning
● Have several innovative local
elementary schools
● Focus on transferable skills
● Learning that is just-in-time and
just-in-context
Arkansas State University -
Mountain Home
Nebraska College of
Technical Agriculture
(Curtis)
37. What Works for: Work Platforms
● Connecting workers and work
○ Local
○ Remote
● Distribute work tasks across a
broader pool of workers
● Increase opportunity for youth
and career changers
38. What Works for: Work Platforms
● Connecting workers and work
○ Local
○ Remote
● Distribute work tasks across a
broader pool of workers
● Increase opportunity for youth
and career changers
BeyondJobs.com
39. What Works for: Remote Work
● Training workers how to
effectively work remotely
● Training employers and
managers to support remote
workers
40. What Works for: Remote Work
● Training workers how to
effectively work remotely
● Training employers and
managers to support remote
workers
● Example: UpWork Madison
41. What Works for: Entrepreneurism
Put entrepreneurs front & center
Foster conversations
Enlist collaborators
Live the values
Connect people
Tell the community’s authentic story
Start, be patient
42. Example: Chattanooga
● Public-private recipe
○ 2 philanthropic foundations
○ 4 direct entrepreneurship support organizations
○ 4 organizations in the public sector,including the mayor's office.
● Role of the Mayor’s office
○ Be a cheerleader by discussing the importance of entrepreneurship and
recognizing successful local entrepreneurs and by
○ Identify major players who are involved in and supporting entrepreneurship, map
them out, and cultivate relationships by periodically meeting with them.
○ Establish an entrepreneurship committee or task force to set the vision of the city.
○ Convene and broker entrepreneurship supporters, including nonprofit
organizations,local anchor companies, and local universities.
48. Lightning Round
● Join a network
● Reduce frictions, increase lubricants
○ Example: Reduce licensing
● Work with local employers on perpetual training
● Build programs around successful career change
strategies
52. Foundational Skillsets for Individuals
● What
○ Self-knowledge
○ “Career DNA”
● Where
○ Scenarios for work opportunities
● How
○ Techniques & tools to find or create
work
54. What Works for: Existing Workers
● Ongoing training
○ If workers aren’t taking advantage -
solve that problem
● Competency-based hiring
○ Work requirements in the language of
problems & skills
○ Worker abilities in the language of
problems & skills
● Train managers
57. Resources for What Works
Help with Innovation Ecosystems
● Kauffman Foundation
○ Playbook
○ Enabling
○ Measuring
● Innovation Collective
● CORI Center on Rural Innovation
Publications
● VentureBeat Heartland Tech
● Broadband Communities
● WorkingNation
Data
● LinkedIn Economic Graph Research
Future of Work
● gbolles.com
Books
● Ecosystems
○ The Rainforest: The Secret to Building the Next Silicon Valley,
by Greg Horowitt & Victor Hwang
○ Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey Into the Heart of America,
by James Fallows and Deborah Fallows
● Maker Movement
○ Maker City: A Practical Guide for Reinventing American Cities,
by Dale Dougherty, Marcia Kadanoff, and Peter Hirshberg
● Job-Hunting & Career Change
○ What Color Is Your Parachute? by Richard N. Bolles
○ eParachute.com: Online career exploration
○ No-one is Unemployable, by Elizabeth Harney and Deborah
Angel
● Remote Work
○ Distributed Teams, by John O’Duinn
Online Courses - LinkedIn Learning
● Leading Change
● Developing Adaptive Managers
● Developing Adaptive Employees
67. What Must We Design For Today?
Phases
of Life
Roles
of Life
Needs
in Life
+ + = Mindset/
Skillset
68. Knowledges
Accounting & Finance
Aeronautical & Manufacturing Engineering
Agriculture & Forestry
American Studies
Anatomy & Physiology
Anthropology
Archaeology
Architecture
Art & Design
Aural & Oral Sciences
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Russian & East European Languages
Social Policy
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Sociology
Sports Science
Theology & Religious Studies
Town & Country Planning and Landscape Design
Veterinary Medicine
Youth Work
The Future of Work: Find Out What Works
Broadband infrastructure can lay the foundation for healthy community ecosystems. But what strategies are necessary to build on top of that foundation in ways that will encourage a positive future of work and learning for community stakeholders? What successful models allow communities to continually adapt? In this rapid-fire session, we will review a variety of case studies of effective approaches to building community systems leveraging entrepreneurial, employment, and education strategies to help communities continually adapt in exponentially-changing times.
Moderator:
Gary Bolles – Co-Founder, eParachute; Partner, Charrette LLC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvyp2_0d-wI
In 1999 Carmel picked up Depak Chopra’s book, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success. He posed two questions at the beginning of the book: “If you had all the money and all the time in the world, what would you do?” and “How are you best suited to serve humanity?” Thought-provoking questions that triggered a spiritual quest within her.
Two years later, after the attack on the World Trade Center occurred and media coverage shifted to Afghanistan, Carmel learned of the oppression of women at the hands of the Taliban. She wondered how many other women worldwide suffered violence and oppression and were voiceless and unnoticed.
As a way to reach out to the women of Afghanistan, she ordered some Afghani crafts online. When they arrived she realized that the crafts were a caring bridge between her life here in California and the lives of women across the world. She was deeply moved by the story of the widow who had created the pillow she ordered. She decided to order more crafts, but she felt that by selling them in a retail store, the story might not carry across as well as it would in a more intimate venue, like her living room. She held a party at her home and invited friends. Unknown to her, a reporter from the local newspaper was invited to the party by a friend. The reporter published an article in the newspaper and soon she was getting calls to hold parties. The concept was such a resounding success that she knew she had to make a bold move.
Elsa’s story
I met Elsa at a homeless shelter. After suffering years of abuse from her husband, she was able to escape and find safety for herself and her daughter in a local shelter home that we partner with. The abuse however had taken its toll on her self-esteem, and she had given up on her dreams. One of those dreams was attending graduate school. She said to me, “how can you live your dreams in a shelter?” She joined our Rising America Program, an award winning social entrepreneur program for economically vulnerable women in the Bay Area. We trained her to sell crafts made by women around the globe who had also survived abuse. I watched Elsa transform right before our eyes. Her work at Rising International mattered. She mattered. Not only did she earn enough money to move out of the shelter, her support team at Rising International helped her secure the scholarships needed to attend graduate school. Today, just two years later, she works for a leading tech company in Silicon Valley!
Rising International believes everyone deserves the chance to rise.
My three hats
Singularity University has tremendous expertise with “exponential technologies” - technologies that are already fundamentally transforming our industries, organizations, and our lives.
Nothing is certain but the pace and spread of change.