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As America makes the future of work.

About this episode:

“Never before, in the history of manufacturing, can you impact a supply chain with a piece of equipment in your garage or your home office. … You have the opportunity to build something special and make that a career.”

-Andrew Resnick, America Makes

In the fight against the COVID-19 Coronavirus, some people are sewing face masks and brewing hand-sanitizer. Others are tinkering with additive technology like 3D printers, to make protective face shields for health care workers.

Additive manufacturing is a future of work game-changer

Andrew Resnick is the Director of Communications & Public Affairs for America Makes, the nation’s leading collaborative partner in additive manufacturing and 3D printing technology research, discovery, creation, and innovation. He thinks that additive manufacturing technology, like 3D printing, will become a big future of work trend and a way for people to serve the greater good.

Right now, additive manufacturers are filling in critical supply chain gaps for personal protective equipment (PPE) required by our front-line healthcare professionals.

In this episode, Andrew:

• Describes America Makes and its mission. Starts at 2:44
• Defines additive manufacturing. Starts at 3:44
• Explains how makers are responding to the COVID-19 Coronavirus Crisis. Starts at 6:17
• Provides examples of how people tinkering with 3D printers can do something for the greater good. Starts at 11:51
• Discusses maker-career opportunities. Starts at 15:50

As America makes the future of work, the nation and the world benefit.

About our guest:

Andrew Resnick received a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from American University and a Masters of Arts in Government/Political Communications from The Johns Hopkins University. He lives and works in the Youngstown, Ohio area.

EPISODE DATE: April 17, 2020

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Tribal lessons for work from the e-tribe’s founder: working from home can be successful and rewarding.

About this episode: 

“In my core, I’m a teacher. If there was a great way to make a living as a teacher, I’d be a teacher. I thrive when I teach.”

– Isar Meitis, Founder of the e-tribe

As of this episode, we are in Week 4 of sharing time, broadband, and square footage with loved ones and other household members. Work before the COVID-19 Coronavirus Crisis was tough enough; now, all of us struggle to make telework successful and rewarding. To that end, our podcast guest Isar Meitis offers sage advice.

As a former fighter pilot-turned business executive and start-up entrepreneur, Isar developed expertise in time, stress, and work/life management.

With a deep passion for teaching and empowering people, Isar demonstrates how we can manage our time and telework priorities and still be attentive parents, family members, and friends.

Informed by tribal lessons for work, Isar describes:

• Lifelong lessons he learned as an F-16 fighter pilot. Starts at 2:24
• His pivot into executive work and start-up entrepreneurship. Starts at 8:34
• The company Tourico Holidays and the academy he helped create to ensure success with people working remotely around the world. Starts at 11:19
• The e-tribe and its mission to help people become successful. Starts at 17:20
• His time-management best practices. Starts at 24:48
• How we all can explore and do meaningful work. Starts at 38:59

Useful hack: Isar uses the free Trello app to fulfill his project and time management needs.

About our guest:

Isar Meitis graduated from the IAF Flight School and earned a Masters in Business Administration from the Crummer School of Business at Rollins College. He lives and works in Orlando, Florida.

EPISODE DATE: April 10, 2020

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Virtual Professionalism: The Future of Work’s Key Learning Component

About this episode:“Not only are we at an inflection point, what [it feels like to me] is an acceleration of catch-up, because the world is moving in this direction, anyway.”– Adrienne Shoch, Workforce Engagement Expert

In this episode, we build on the key learning provided by Carla Fleming of Pivoting Strategies, LLC. Carla uses time-management hacks to make remote-office work productive and successful.

Workforce engagement expert Adrienne Shoch, of 5 to 1 Consulting, builds on those best-practices. In this episode, she takes listeners through a crash course in  virtual professionalism.

Virtual professionalism: it’s all about being present.

Adrienne discusses how we can match our new-found skill using Zoom, Skype, Webex, and other platforms, to be more present with, and gain more understanding from, co-workers. And that is important, because we all are confined to their homes, because of the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak.

Adrienne:

• Expands on the inflection point and the acceleration of “catch-up.” Starts at 2:22
• Describes generative listening and its importance. Starts at 5:57
• Offers how to use virtual professionalism skills when interviewing for a job. 12:30
• Elaborates on the importance of intent in the virtual meeting setting 17:14
• Relates to the value of time in virtual professionalism 23:14

About our guest:

Adrienne Shoch is the founder of 5 to 1 Consulting. She received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Towson University and studied at University of Paris – Sorbonne, and, the Neuroleadership Institute. Adrienne lives and works in Washington, D.C.

EPISODE DATE: April 3, 2020

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Working remotely and future work: How the COVID-19 Coronavirus is pivoting people and careers.

About this episode:

“An inflection point is something that can have a seismic effect on what we call a 10x impact on the business model as you know it today. When we sit back and look at what we are doing with COVID-19, I would say we are at an inflection point right now.”

– Carla A. Fleming, CEO and Founder of Pivoting Strategies

Carla Fleming has teleworked for half of her business career. And over that time, she developed and perfected time-management hacks that render the remote-work day both productive and successful.

Working Remotely and Future Work: An Inflection Point

Carla is a management consultant who studies market trends and business best-practices. She says that the COVID-19 Coronavirus has brought us to an inflection point that will permanently change how we work.

In this episode, we discuss Carla’s thoughts on how:

• Work is changing as a result of COVID-19 and social distancing. Starts at 1:55
• People can scaffold their skill and experience of working from home. Starts at 8:15
• Things are going to change. Starts at 17:10

About our guest:

Carla A. Fleming received a Bachelor of Science in Management, with coursework concentration in Journalism and Mass Media, from Rutgers University. She also earned a Master’s degree in Business Administration from The George Washington University. She lives and works in the Washington, D.C. suburbs of Northern Virginia.

EPISODE DATE: March 27, 2020

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The Pizza Man Delivers: Providing Chicagoans Food and Comfort During the Pandemic
About this episode:

“You have to do your best to be optimistic, because we are going to get through this. And, we have to find fun, we have to do our best to make each other feel good at this very difficult and unprecedented time.”

– Billy Jacobs, Owner of Piece Pizzeria and Brewery in Chicago

The pizza man delivers: Chicago food scene disruptor Billy Jacobs has an amazing story to tell.

In the early 1980s, he and his three brothers achieved phenomenal success when they introduced their fresh New York-style bagels to a city that had none. Then, years later, Billy founded the immensely successful Piece Pizzeria & Brewery, which serves authentic thin-crust New Haven style pizza and craft beers.

Billy and his team have scaled Piece to become the highest-grossing independent pizza restaurant in the United States.

However, this week, like every other restaurant in the United States, Piece is responding to the COVID-19 Coronavirus crisis. Billy’s popular sit-down restaurant is now closed to customers, but he and his team are working hard to bring the joy of Piece to hungry and thirsty social distancing customers by way of curbside pickup and delivery services.

Billy Jacobs lives his dreams doing meaningful work. And he inspires the team members that he employs. But, the COVID-19 crisis challenges him to keep his brand and business thriving and his people employed doing the meaningful work that he provides them.

About our guest:

Billy Jacobs received a Bachelor of Arts in History from Boston University. The New Haven, Connecticut native has called Chicago home since 1983.

EPISODE DATE: March 20, 2020

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It is a monumental task to feed needy kids during pandemic lockdowns and disruptions.

About this episode:

Adelle Settle is the founder of Settle the Debt, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Through Settle the Debt, Adelle does meaningful work in ensuring that kids in-need get healthy meals at their public schools. She updates us on the success her organization has enjoyed in paying off thousands of dollars in accumulated student lunch debt at public schools in her Northern Virginia community.

We also talk about the fast spreading COVID-19 Coronavirus, and plans to make sure that kids who rely on school-served meals get fed, even if their schools suddenly close.

During this podcast episode we discuss:

• Settle the Debt’s big fundraise which helped pay off school lunch debt for hundreds of children. Starts at 2:39
• New laws in Virginia which make sure that kids-in-need get healthy meals at school. Starts at 4:00
• How children who depend on school-served meals will get fed if COVID-19 Coronavirus shuts down schools. Starts at 7:30
• The organization’s future plans. Starts at 13:37

About our guest:

Adelle Settle received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Albion College, and a Juris Doctorate from George Mason University. She and her family live in Prince William County, Virginia.

EPISODE DATE: March 12, 2020

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CORRECTION: In this interview, White House Cabinet member Sonny Purdue was incorrectly described as the Secretary of Health and Human Services. In fact, Mr. Purdue is the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA).

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A career coach guides sidelined people to meaningful work.

“In 2009, I really believe that’s when work changed. I remember I had to find the self-motivation to be productive and to move myself forward and find some type of purpose.”

– Natalie Pryce, Career Coach

About this episode:

A self-described introvert and computer geek, Natalie Pryce struggled in grade school and knows first-hand what it is like to have a major career disruption. Yet, Natalie, who is wickedly smart, has never defined herself by her personality type or her past professional setbacks; instead, she channels her own bravery to empower vulnerable people—especially older, out-of-work professionals—find and do meaningful work. Natalie gets them grounded, focused, restored to self-confidence, and earning a paycheck.

A career coach guides sidelined people. Astoundingly, over 90 percent of her clients find new jobs and re-start their careers.

In this podcast episode, Natalie, describes:

• Her childhood work-dreams. Starts at 2:51
• Breakthrough moments in college. Starts at 7:50
• The work done, and value proposition of, Pryceless Consulting. Starts at 25:01
• The critical need for ongoing professional development. Starts at 42:58
• How she thinks future of work may be more meaningful. Starts at 48:28

About our guest:

Natalie Pryce received a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and Public Relations from Central Connecticut State University. She is a successful entrepreneur and TEDx Speaker who uses her skill, resources, and thought-leadership to help local businesses grow and people thrive. Natalie lives and works in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

EPISODE DATE: March 6, 2020

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Will there be clean energy jobs in 2020?

About this episode:

It may come as quite a surprise to some that, in 2020, one of the fastest growing sectors in the American workforce happens to be the clean energy space: think solar, wind, geothermal, energy storage (batteries), hybrid and electric vehicles,  and, energy efficiency as some of the big drivers in the scale-up.

Currently, 3.3 million American workers are actively employed in meaningful work doing clean energy jobs. 

To learn more about this exciting development, we spoke with Bob Keefe. He is the Executive Director of Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), a nonprofit that helps build economic and employment opportunities across the clean energy space.

In this episode, Bob describes:

• E2’s mission and his role in driving its success. Starts at 5:24
• How many, and what types of, clean energy jobs already exist in the United States. Starts at 7:04
• The job growth value frames that E2 provides to elected officials. Starts at 11:24
• Clean energy’s surprising appeal in Red States. Starts at 15:32
• Workforce training requirements for clean energy jobs. Starts at 24:22
• Ways people may explore clean energy careers. Starts at 33:20
• E2’s parent NRDC and its famous new CEO. Starts at 35:28

In the news:

Dan headlines the alarming drop in American workforce participation (now at 63.4 percent) and the added threat to workers from robots and AI.

About our guest:

Bob Keefe enjoyed a successful career in print journalism before entering the advocacy space. Earning a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from UNC Chapel Hill, he worked as a correspondent for Cox Newspapers and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Bob joined the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) as Press Secretary in 2011; in 2014, he became Executive Director of NRDC affiliate, Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2). Bob lives and works in Southern California.

EPISODE DATE: February 28, 2020

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Does smart transportation of the future include autonomous vehicles in urban areas?

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Dr. Richard Ezike is leading the charge for American Transportation Equity, to make the full range of mobility options—and, in particular, Autonomous Vehicles or AVs—as readily available for inner-city residents as they are for people in our more affluent suburbs. He believes that AVs will provide safer and more accessible mobility, and may greatly improve the lives of inner-city residents who otherwise are deprived of quality transportation.

During these key interview segments, Richard covers autonomous vehicles in urban areas. He:

• Defines the term “Autonomous Vehicle.” Starts at 5:09
• Offers his insight as to whether people of color will accept AVs as a transportation equity option. Starts at 10:19
• Addresses the national security and “hackability” concerns related to the development of AVs. Starts at 14:22
• Offers his thoughts on how, 30 years from now, AVs may revitalize historically poor and underserved communities such as Southeast Washington, D.C. Starts at 26:58

About our guest: Dr. Richard Ezike received a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from North Carolina State University and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan. Currently, he is a Senior Policy Associate, Innovation for Inclusion at The Urban Institute in Washington, D.C. Dr. Ezike is a frequent events speaker and podcast guest in the areas of transportation equity, resource sustainability, social responsibility, STEAM learning, careerism, and the environment.

EPISODE DATE: February 21, 2020

Published work:

Transportation, Sustainability, and Equity and the Effect on the African-American Community, Published October 20, 2016

Transportation, Environment and Health: Inexorably Linked for Black People, Washington Informer, Published September 7, 2016

Can Transportation be a Bridge to Wealth for African Americans?, Published May 10, 2016

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The future of work doing meaningful work includes pursuing truly epic experiences.

About this episode:

Pew Research finds that the American Dream many in the workforce experienced as upward mobility is long gone; it was replaced by a soberer pursuit of economic stability. As a result, we now fill our homes and storage bins with less stuff. More of us, and especially Millennials, instead pursue less stuff and more profound meaning and experience.

There are few industries where that shift to experience is more evident than in the travel and hospitality space.

Eva Grodberg is a lifelong lover of international travel and an entrepreneur who delivers epic vacation travel and leisure experiences to her discriminating clients who are pursuing truly epic experiences.

In these key interview segments, Eva:

• Relates how we may make the most of a life with less stuff and more experience. Starts at 6:30
• Describes how the dynamic aspect of the pursuit of experience gets factored in to the work that she does. Starts at 16:53
• Speaks to how “adrenaline junkies” escape the rush of work when on vacation. Starts at 18:31
• Dreams of an epic experience she would like to have. Starts at 19:55

In the news:

Fifty-five percent of people on the job don’t use all of their earned vacation time. And the reason may be FOMO, or, a fear of missing out. We discover how skipping vacation time can prove harmful to health and work performance.

About our guest:

Eva Grodberg is the Founder and President of Epic Experiences, LLC. She is a graduate of the Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York, and, lives and works in New York City.

EPISODE DATE: February 14, 2020

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