Category: Facts that Matter
Best Practices in Place-Based Grantmaking
Place-based strategies should look to use multi-level analysis that tracks changes beyond the place.
Education and Skills for Tomorrow: Is Your Workforce “Future Ready”?
The entire country is grappling with the changing nature of work and the resulting implications for educational and skills levels.
What’s on Your Dashboard? Dialing up a Future Ready Community
In a recent series on this blog, Anita Brown-Graham detailed four drivers of change affecting our workforce: demographics, automation, business model changes, and the rise of the individual. Governments are … Read more
Opioid Epidemic Ignores Boundaries in North Carolina
The opioid epidemic in North Carolina ignores boundaries and divisions, plaguing rural, urban, and suburban communities alike.
Our Future Workforce: The Rise of the Individual
Enabled by new technologies, individuals are forging pathways to work that bypass the long-term institutional connections once required for career development.