Topic
Workforce Development
My writing, talks, podcasts, and projects about Workforce Development.
Selected work
Life-Long Learning in the 4th Industrial Revolution
UNESCO International Youth Conference keynote on why education must shift from memorization to problem-solving, critical thinking, and collaboration.
An Education for the 4th Industrial Revolution
Talk at the Latin American Impact Investing Forum (FLII X) in Mérida, Mexico on how project-based, peer-driven education models prepare the next generation of engineers, representing Holberton School.
New Societies Require a New Skills-Oriented Pedagogy
Inter-American Development Bank talk on rethinking pedagogy to focus on skills over credentials in the modern economy.
Forget free college. The future of the US workforce depends on a higher education worth paying for
Why making college free misses the point — the real challenge is making education relevant, practical, and aligned with workforce needs.
An Education for the 4th Industrial Revolution
How project-based, peer-driven education models are preparing the next generation of engineers for a rapidly changing world.
Show Me the Money: Is Lowering Costs in Higher Education an Economic Imperative?
ASU GSV Summit panel on the economics of higher education and whether cost reduction is essential for the future of workforce development.
Six Ways to Diversify Your Workforce
Actionable strategies for building a more diverse workforce — from pipeline programs to inclusive hiring practices.
Education Technology for the Future of the Workforce
Interview on Lab4U Talks about how education technology is shaping the future workforce and the role of alternative training models.
The New Generation of Artificial Intelligence Jobs
How AI is creating entirely new job categories and what skills workers need to fill them.
How the Best Managers Find Hidden Tech Talent
Strategies for engineering managers to discover and recruit talented developers from non-traditional backgrounds.
Apprenticeships could solve tech's diversity problem
How apprenticeship models borrowed from traditional trades could create more diverse, accessible pathways into the tech industry.
Education for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
A World Economic Forum podcast exploring how education systems must adapt to prepare workers for the fourth industrial revolution.
Higher Education Innovation Summit
Presenting at the U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Innovation Summit on rethinking how we prepare students for the tech workforce.
8 Predictions for the Future of Work
The World Economic Forum outlines eight predictions for how work, education, and skills will evolve in the coming decades.
Silicon Valley sucks at training software engineers — and why it matters
The Bay Area leads the world in software but has failed to build scalable, accessible pipelines for the next generation of engineers.
Filling Amazon's 50,000 jobs means finding new ways to train software engineers in the U.S.
Amazon's massive hiring push highlights the shortage of trained software engineers and the need for alternative education pathways.
Improving tech education doesn't start with tech
Why fixing technical education requires addressing systemic issues in access, pedagogy, and workforce alignment before adding more technology.
Help wanted: Americans don't need more degrees, they need training
College degrees are an expensive, slow path to employment. The case for competency-based, project-driven technical education that scales.
Dev bootcamp shuttering shows challenges of teaching coal miners to code
The closure of Dev Bootcamp exposes the gap between coding bootcamp hype and the reality of building sustainable technical education at scale.
Dear President Trump: Those jobs aren't coming back — and why would we want them to?
Automation is reshaping the workforce. Instead of bringing back old jobs, the focus should be on training workers for the jobs of the future.
How the Rooney Rule Is Changing Tech Hiring
Applying the NFL's Rooney Rule to tech hiring — requiring diverse candidate slates to address the industry's representation gap.
Pathways to Youth Employment — Apprenticeships and Work-based Training
Speaker at the Global Apprenticeships Network (GAN) conference in Johannesburg on apprenticeship models and work-based training as a path to youth employment, representing Holberton School.
Is It Time to Kill the Whiteboard Interview?
Why whiteboard interviews fail to assess real engineering skills and what alternative approaches companies should consider.
Next Generation of Software Engineers Need Training, Not Retraining
The tech industry needs to invest in training new engineers from the ground up rather than constantly retraining existing workers.