Future of Work

The COVID-19 crisis brings new urgency to our work to improve jobs, expand business ownership, and advance economic opportunity.

How can local systems help reemploy hospitality workers displaced during COVID-19? By building short, accessible pathways between current and future roles.

This blog highlights key takeaways from experts at a recent Future of Work Initiative event, which explored the barriers and opportunities of creating a system that helps, not hinders, lifelong learning.

In Building a Lifelong Learning System, the Future of Work Initiative recommends ways to support a more equitable education and training system.

In Building a Lifelong Learning System, the Future of Work Initiative recommends building a jobs and training digital platform and expanding career counseling.

In Building a Lifelong Learning System, the Future of Work Initiative recommends creating a Deputy Mayor position and establishing an advisory council for lifelong learning.

This policy brief explores the role that employer-provided training can play in a recovery and outlines policies to incentivize employers to expand access to education and training.