Maria Flynn, President & CEO of Jobs for the Future: Now Is the Time to Ask the Hard Questions

Episode 26 October 19, 2021 00:35:04
Maria Flynn, President & CEO of Jobs for the Future: Now Is the Time to Ask the Hard Questions
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Maria Flynn, President & CEO of Jobs for the Future: Now Is the Time to Ask the Hard Questions

Oct 19 2021 | 00:35:04

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Show Notes

The combination of a unique economic moment and major new funding out of Washington is creating an opportunity to rethink workforce development policies and programs. But will the tough questions be asked that will lead to a significant reshaping of the nation’s approach? Maria Flynn, president and CEO of Jobs for the Future, is hopeful, but is not yet seeing the “blue sky redesign” discussion she thinks is necessary. “We are largely operating public systems that were designed for a different era. A lot of the conversations now are about funding but are not questioning those underlying assumptions of 'are these the systems that we need for today and the future'? My answer to that is largely no,” says Flynn.  There’s a lot to learn in this probing conversation with Futuro Health CEO Van Ton-Quinlivan about transforming American education and workforce systems, the growing corporate role in education, helping employers deliver on diversity, strategies to boost innovation, taking a regional approach to economic development and much more.

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