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Public Sector Future Podcast | Episode 34: Future of Infrastructure: Skills are the Currency of the Global Workforce

Episode 34: Future of Infrastructure: Skills are the Currency of the Global Workforce

Karin Kimbrough is the Chief Economist at LinkedIn and an expert in the global workforce. With increased global investment in infrastructure, a skilled workforce is needed to meet that demand. In this conversation, we discuss what this investment means for green jobs and women, and how we can expect the job market to shift in coming years.

Public Sector Future Podcast | Episode 33: Future of Infrastructure: Be Nimble to Succeed

Episode 33: Future of Infrastructure: Be Nimble to Succeed

Ratna Amin, Project Director for the City Administrator Office at the City of Oakland joined us to discuss how civic organizations are pushing governments to get transit infrastructure right – and the complexity of defining success.

Public Sector Future Podcast | Episode 32: Future of Infrastructure: Closing the Infrastructure Gap

Episode 32: Future of Infrastructure: Closing the Infrastructure Gap

Alice Charles brings a truly global perspective and decades of experience to our discussion of infrastructure and its impact. In this conversation, we talked about infrastructure needs around the world, and what kind of investments we need to make to close the gap.

Public Sector Future Podcast | Episode 31: Future of Infrastructure: Collaborating for Safer Roads

Episode 31: Future of Infrastructure: Collaborating for Safer Roads

Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada CEO, MJ Maynard joined Jeremy Goldberg to share how a collaboration between public agencies and technology companies helped make their roads safer.

Public Sector Future Podcast | Episode 29: Future of Infrastructure: Focusing on Long-Term Outcomes

Episode 29: Future of Infrastructure: Focusing on Long-Term Outcomes

CEO of Infrastructure Western Australia Philip Helberg joined Jeremy Goldberg for our latest discussion on the Future of Infrastructure. Infrastructure has to serve people in the long term and this discussion is all about how to effectively make long term plans for infrastructure investment, and just as importantly, how to know if your plan is working.

Public Sector Future Podcast | Episode 28: Future of Infrastructure: Changing Lanes: Equity in Transit

Episode 28: Future of Infrastructure: Changing Lanes: Equity in Transit

Seleta Reynolds, former GM of LADOT Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) joined Jeremy Goldberg to talk about the impact of our transit system on women and how we can build more effective and equitable transportation systems.

Public Sector Future Podcast | Episode 27: Future of Infrastructure: Be Obsessed with Delivering the Basics

Episode 27: Future of Infrastructure: Be Obsessed with Delivering the Basics

Changing the face of Cleveland’s lakefront has been a long-term project. Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb joined Jeremy Goldberg in our latest Future of Infrastructure episode to talk about the importance of building trust and equity by investing in infrastructure like the lakefront and getting the basics right.

Public Sector Future Podcast | Episode 25: Future of Infrastructure: Public Interest Technology: This is Our Work

Episode 25: Future of Infrastructure: Public Interest Technology: This is Our Work

In the 1960s, Public Interest Law emerged as a way for the legal profession to deploy its expertise in service of the public. Today, our guest Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation says that it’s time for the same ethic and commitment to emerge from the field of technology. In this episode we discuss how to make that happen and what it will look like in practice when we create the structures for technologists to work in the public interest.

Public Sector Future Podcast | Episode 24: Relinking a Community

Episode 24: Future of Infrastructure: Re-linking a Community

How can city leaders tackle the inequities of infrastructure built in the past? In this episode, Mayor Quinton Lucas joined guest host Jeremy Goldberg to talk about the legacy of U.S. Highway 71 in Kansas City, a divided community, and how he is using the U.S.’s Infrastructure Bill to build more equitable infrastructure.