Beyond Upskilling: The Ingredients for Success in Navigating the Innovation Economy
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Beyond Upskilling: Spotlight on COOP Careers
In this first article in SFE’s ‘Beyond Upskilling’ series, COOP’s founder and CEO Kalani Leifer examines the ways in which the organization’s programs set participants up for success, and explores the nuanced role of social capital in expanding opportunity.
Beyond Upskilling: Marking Workforce Development Month
SFE marks Workforce Development month in September with an Insights series on skills development within the innovation economy
Grantee Profile: NYC FIRST’s ‘Robot in a Box’ Program Brings Robotics Home
In 2020, SFE grantee NYC FIRST faced a challenge experienced by most organizations that provide direct services to students and young learners: how to translate highly nuanced, interactive educational programming to a remote context.
Leadership Q&A: COOP Careers
What are the most impactful ways to create scalable, equitable opportunities for wealth-creation when barriers to entry and credential requirements are constantly changing?
Leadership Q&A: Expanding Access to Quality Jobs with Merit America
In this Q&A, Merit America’s cofounder and co-CEO Connor Diemand-Yauman examines the ways in which his organization’s programs set participants up for success.
Leadership Q&A: Creating a More Equitable Workforce at ICA
A critical segment of Siegel Family Endowment’s workforce grantmaking aims to develop inclusive entrepreneurial innovation ecosystems.
Equity, Access, and the Long Term Benefits of Innovative Pod Learning with Creo College Prep
We recently partnered with Creo College Prep to expand their COVID-safe pod learning program in order to reach under-resourced students, and to challenge the idea that these structures are only available to those with expansive resources at their disposal.
The Maintainers and the Importance of Maximizing Existing Resources
In a world that’s shaped by widespread, technology-driven change, many conversations tend to be dominated by whatever is most groundbreaking. But what can we do to ensure those innovations are built to be resilient and long-lasting?
The Aspen Institute on Our Vision for Multidimensional Infrastructure
Jennifer Bradley of the Aspen Institute has compiled a series of key guidelines and priorities for implementing our vision for multidimensional infrastructure in real world contexts. Read the first key insight below, and to see the second two, read the full post on Aspen’s website.
MASS Design’s Multidimensional Approach to Architecture, Design, and Infrastructure
By pursuing work that so clearly illustrates the ties between the built environment and social and economic outcomes, MASS Design’s strategic mindset is implicitly aware of the social, physical, and technological factors that inform multidimensional infrastructure.