The Future Of Work

How can we actively work towards equalizing educational opportunities for all students? The goal of Kome Ajise, the Director at the Southern California Association of Governments, is to level the playing field for EVERYONE. Kome will share with us how SCAG is encouraging a more sustainable Southern California, and what their partnerships within the community look like. Through budgeting strategies...

What does the new generation want out of their work environment? In order to appeal to the future workforce, we must shift and reimagine how jobs function. Donald Bradburn, the Director of HR Strategy Design, Workforce Planning and Analytics for Southern California and Hawaii Markets, at Kaiser Permanente is joining us today to cover what employers can do to ensure their employees keep coming back...

Higher education is needed for ANY living wage job. In the US today, your job determines your quality of life before any other factors. Here to discuss the importance of these post secondary trainings is Dr. Su Jin Jez, the Executive Director at California Competes, an organization creating nonpartisan, and financially pragmatic recommendations to improve the policies in California's higher educat...

It is time to open up and diversify the education to career pathway! By developing and embracing new forms of learning methods, we can better serve students and families in less traditional or underserved populations. Joining us today is Jennifer Zeisler, Senior Program Director of Career Readiness at ECMC Foundation, a philanthropic fundraising service helping inspire and facilitate improvements...

How might educational institutions begin to tap into new media tools to support and prepare students? Today we will discuss the importance of understanding the new forms of media being developed and how we can prepare our students to enter this new industry successfully. VP of Podcast Content & Partnerships at Libsyn, Rob Greenlee, is here to fill us in on where education and new media should be o...

What would a true sustainable future look like? Jaime Nack, the Founder and President of Three Squares Inc., an award winning sustainability and environmental social and corporate consulting firm is here to dive into that very question. We'll explore the current trends within green technologies and how these trends impact the present curriculum in our colleges. The pivot to green technologies for...

In honor of Dr. Kari Bolen's one-year anniversary in her role as Chief DEI Officer, Associate Vice President, and Title IX Coordinator at Pasadena City College, we thought we would spotlight this informative and imperative conversation we had with her just over a year ago about Diversity and Inclusion. Diversity and Inclusion is integral to finding justice in our education, work, and lifestyle. An...

Strategic partnerships between organizations and colleges are vital to the success of students. Diving into the current trends in fundraising, we welcome Bobbi Abram, the Executive Director of Foundation at PCC, onto the show. She'll help us understand why the relationships between nonprofit organizations and community colleges are so crucial to the future workforce. By providing students with net...

Today we're joined by Dr. Noel Hacegaba to explore the vast world of imports and exports that take place at the Long Beach Port. As the Deputy Director of Administration and Operations at The Port of Long Beach, Noel will share with us the development of their green initiatives for imported goods, and how we can include the community college sector to take part in these initiatives. You'll learn h...

In her new role as Vice President of Economic and Workforce Development at Pasadena City College, Salvatrice Cummo is mobilizing the community of partners, policy makers, industry professionals, educators, and students to collaborate, communicate and innovate together. In this space of major potential and forward momentum, we turn the tables and bring in Salvatrice as the guest of this episode. Sh...

How can we unlock the potential of those who are already here in LA county, and support entrepreneurs in opening up their businesses? These questions and more are answered in today's episode with Senior-level public servant and nonprofit professional, Kelly LoBianco who is currently serving as the Executive Director of Economic and Workforce Development for Los Angeles County. Tune in and learn ho...

The Los Angeles Regional Consortium ( LARC) consists of 19 community colleges in Los Angeles County. It serves to coordinate, collaborate, organize, and facilitate interaction in the region to ensure workforce training is provided to all in a way that is accessible, efficient, responsive, data-driven and improves outcomes. To help us understand more about the effectiveness and power of this region...

The traditional corporate structure is failing us. Industrialization created a work culture derived from efficiency but forgot about humanity. How do we reshape our models to place humans at the center? Rodney Evans, org designer, leadership coach, and podcast host at The Ready is an expert in confronting corporate norms and redesigning organizations to actually serve those who work there. She joi...

Everyone on the Future of Work Team and Pasadena City College, thank you for being a dedicated listener and part of our community. The podcast will be taking a break during the holiday season and we will be back with lots of compelling and informative episodes on January 25th 2022. But don't worry! We have over 60 episodes you can browse and catch up on during our break. And in the spirit of the h...

If you're not a lawyer then the details of IP, or intellectual property might feel a bit like a mystery to you, or just another acronym that gets thrown around when talking about creative projects and new businesses. Today we welcome onto the show some very special faculty from Santa Monica Community College to explain to us what IP is, and why it is so important. They will share with us the progr...

If you were unable to attend this year's Future Of Work Conference presented by PCC then you can catch up with today's episode featuring the conference keynote speaker, Vijay Pendakur Chief DEI Officer at Zynga. Join us as he distills the subject of DEI by using gathered data and his years of expertise. You'll hear Pendakur take a look at where we've been, where we are, and how to approach where w...

We are so excited to welcome onto the show Dr. Kari Bolen, the Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer at Pasadena City College, and the co-moderator of the Future Of Work Conference that recently took place at PCC. If you missed it, don't worry! We'll catch you up as we discuss the key takeaways from what was shared at this year's conference. We want to help you shift the culture within yo...

The annual Future Of Work Conference presented by Pasadena City College is taking place today, and we couldn't be more excited to welcome onto the show today's guest, Jonathan Mayes. Jonathan is here to give you a realistic snapshot of the conversations you can look forward to at today's conference and what it's like serving as the Senior Vice President and Chief of Diversity and Inclusion Officer...

If you need more evidence of the enriching and invaluable conversations that will take place at this year's Future Of Work Conference, look no further. Today we are joined by panelist Naomi Iwasaki, the Senior Director of the Office of Equity and Race at LA Metro, and the founder of Naomi Iwasaki Consulting. She's here to share her expertise and detail exactly how, through action and implementatio...

What does diversity, equity, and inclusion mean to you? How does it show up and affect you in your daily life? If you've never taken the time to answer these questions, or even if you have, you are in for a treat. Today, guest host Christina Barsi interviews attorney Sylvia Torres- Guillen, one of our amazing panelists for the upcoming Future Of Work Conference hosted by Pasadena City College. Syl...

We ALL have a stake at shaping the future of work. We must collectively work towards equity while responding to the ever changing nature of work itself. Today we continue to pull back the curtain on the upcoming virtual Future Of Work Conference with our highly anticipated keynote speaker, Dr. Vijay Pendakur. Dr. Pendakur is the chief DEI officer at Zynga, a leading developer of the world's most p...

As we gear up for Pasadena City College's annual Future Of Work Conference, happening virtually on November 9th, we invite Superintendent President Dr. Erika Endrijonas to speak with us. She shares WHY we chose to focus on actions and solutions this year as we take a glimpse into the conference with one of our very own leaders! Register to discover the internal solutions that prepare our future wo...

Our favorite time of the year is right around the corner and in this week's episode we share exciting news! The Economic Workforce Development department is gearing up to launch their 3rd annual Future of Work conference presented by Pasadena City College. Last year we focused on identifying the problem and this year we are furthering the conversation by offering you solutions. Listen in as we tur...

If you can think differently you can change the world. Small or big ideas can make huge impacts and it is up to our students to learn from local community initiatives to inspire change. Our guest Greg Apodaca, CEO of Community 2.0, joins us today to discuss our need for a sustainable culture change in order to shake up the world. Shedding light onto the climate emergency, Community 2.0 mobilizes i...

It is up to our academic institutions to challenge what diversity looks like in our schools and in various work spaces. Having these discussions are vital and the only way to ensure a true range of backgrounds and identities in the future workforce. Today, Raquel Torres-Retana, Dean at the Pasadena City College's Rosemead satellite campus is here to share her expertise. Join us as we discuss how t...