To help companies navigate the process for hiring and supporting people returning from incarceration, the Aspen Institute and Slack are launching a new Playbook, which breaks down everything from legal and HR hurdles to the human elements of making hiring programs a long-term success. Divided into discrete, bite-sized content, the Playbook makes it easier for companies to answer the question, “Where to begin?”

This playbook helps companies navigate the process for hiring and supporting people returning from incarceration, breaking down everything from legal and HR hurdles to the human elements of making hiring programs a long-term success. Divided into discrete, bite-sized content, the Playbook makes it easier for companies to answer the question, “Where to begin?”

Leaders of for-profit and private organizations play a consequential role in breaking this cycle of recidivism and unrealized employment.

In 2021, Aspen Digital joined a diverse group of tech companies, researchers, and DEI experts in publishing the landmark ACT Report, which outlines a wide range of recommendations for improving the representation, inclusion, and empowerment of underserved and marginalized communities. As a next step to this work, the Aspen Institute is launching a new initiative to carry out the vision and recommendations of that report and translate them to measurable, collective action.

NOVEMBER 15, 2021 - Following months of expert consultation and internal discussion, the Aspen Institute’s Commission on Information Disorder has launched its recommendations for addressing America’s urgent mis- and disinformation crisis. Co-chairs Katie Couric, Chris Krebs, and Rashad Robinson engage in a lively discussion of how government, private industry, and civil society can increase transparency and understanding, build trust, and reduce harms.

Historically, the tech industry’s approach to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) has been dispersed, individual, and short-term. The Action to Catalyze Tech Report (ACT Report) is calling for a new DEI paradigm, one that is holistic, collective, and sustainable.

The global economy is currently undergoing a new industrial revolution catalyzed by advancement in technologies such as Artificial Intellige