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![Lessons on Innovation, Economic Prosperity, and Cultivating Joy](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/3d486aff-c3c9-43ba-a1ae-68b8fc0a9cdd/AdobeStock_175466970.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=140%2C0%2C4480%2C4480&w=290)
![When All Jobs Are Tech Jobs](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/c5b43050-fcfa-4bce-9dfe-c6633c44669b/53005377552_9e7f85038b_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1000%2C0%2C4000%2C4000&w=290)
Businesses of all sizes are struggling with skills gaps that threaten their growth, while millions of Americans are locked out of jobs by a paper ceiling. How do we build a skilled, fair workforce that meets the needs of employers and helps people reach their economic potential?
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![Michael Lewis](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null5598d0f1-1e91-4984-927a-981a2598b982/michaellewis.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=457%2C0%2C720%2C720&w=400)
A conversation with bestselling author Michael Lewis.
![When Robots Take Our Jobs](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null26bf524a-662f-4e99-a96b-093d06cc264f/35650034921_48dc77bd44_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=266%2C0%2C1068%2C1068&w=290)
By 2055, it is estimated that 50 percent of today’s work activities will be automated. This means that some work will be automated within certain professions, while other professions may completely cease to exist. It means a glaring need for new jobs and a new conception of “work.” It means reorganized industries and reorganized landscapes. What else does it mean? Which jo...
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#MeToo exposed sexual harassment in the workplace, but what about the problem of gender inequality?
![The Jobs of Tomorrow: Upskilling Care](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nullfeb295b4-1b16-4e87-aa3d-e6f6c13088f0/34664576854_e7a408655f_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=266%2C0%2C1068%2C1068&w=290)
The health care industry is one of the largest employers in the United States, and the need for skilled health workers has grown to crisis proportions as the population ages and lives longer. How can we provide career ladders for lower-level workers, such as home health care aides, and create decent jobs with benefits and growth potential? Hear from experts who are reimagi...
![Sheepskin to Job Offer: Fair Promise?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nulld255c93b-fa73-4565-957f-1eb8575e5ac7/29458326952_d7f5dbe18b_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=266%2C0%2C1068%2C1068&w=290)
If young adults need a college education so badly, why are recent college grads so disproportionately unemployed? Experts tell us that two-thirds of jobs in the US by 2020 will require post-secondary credentials of some sort. Ironically, the pace of change is such that identifying the jobs that will come available in five years is hard to predict, creating questions ab...
![Job as Vocation: Finding Meaning in Our Work](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null4b5ef0a1-1dc7-47d4-beb6-53b9747b2443/27943320481_995c694d8e_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=266%2C0%2C1068%2C1068&w=290)
The average American will spend a third of his or her life working. What is the secret to achieving happiness because of our work and not in spite of it? How can we make a job into a vocation? David Brooks and Arthur Brooks have both studied and written about these questions, and they argue that in all kinds of work the answer is to find meaning. In this conversation, the...
![What Constitutes a 'Good Job', and How Can We Create More of Them?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null6c9ff92d-dd36-4e1a-b276-01a8a33d25c4/35422817862_5a4adfc675_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=273%2C0%2C1053%2C1053&w=290)
“Our people are our most important asset” is a common refrain from the C-suite — but does the walk match the talk? For decades, working Americans have seen rising living expenses and flat paychecks, resulting in widespread financial stress among American families, communities, and the nation. What constitutes a “good job”? What roles should business and government play in...
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Rebecca Blumenstein on gender, journalism, and protecting democracy through news.
![How the Deck Is Stacked: Jobs, the Economy, and the Election](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nullfac24e83-b256-4c1e-b52c-76b1cbc428f1/27684532810_192eef2461_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=266%2C0%2C1067%2C1067&w=290)
As the 2016 presidential election approaches, the economy is a tale of two realities. On one hand, employment numbers, housing prices, and corporate profits have rebounded substantially since President Obama took office nearly eight years ago at the height of the financial crisis. At the same time, the nature of work is shifting, leaving many behind, long term unemployment...
![Johnson & Johnson Presents: The Point of Care: Stories from the Heart of Health](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/b7015fce-b071-48a1-8b61-1dfb30116da3/220623_pointofcare_102.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=669%2C0%2C2661%2C2661&w=290)
With the power of a text message, the advice of a health worker fits in the palm of your hand. With innovative entrepreneurship, care becomes accessible where it previously was not. With the skill of a midwife, the pregnant woman in need of a champion thrives. Health systems may be complex, but what powers them is simple—the human beings at their backbone who are critical...
![Who’s Generating the New Jobs, and What Skills Will Workers Need?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nulle95cc18c-6361-4970-b6e0-5168ff55867a/35573299196_4b6f50882d_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=266%2C0%2C1068%2C1068&w=290)
Long-range forces are changing the nature of work and how jobs will be created; they are also changing what kinds of jobs will be created. With tech and automation coming so quickly, which jobs will be replaced by machines? For those of us who will be hired, what skills should we possess? In this new, highly digitized economy, what kind of training will prospective employe...
![Deep Dive: Get a Job — Youth, Employment, and the 21st Century Economy](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/c9917e47-f8c3-40d3-b8f6-4a73b00d5094/19147097559_e2f710c23c_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=695%2C0%2C2109%2C2109&w=290)
More than 6 million youth are out of school and out of work, a situation that will have dire consequences for the nation’s economy and the fate of a generation. Meanwhile, the rise of the so-called “gig economy” has fundamentally altered the landscape of modern work, giving rise to a broad new sector of part-time, self-employed, and temporary workers and with them, a new s...
![Measure What Matters: Defining Good Companies and Good Jobs](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null2ec89319-ac97-44b9-99e4-32c579d5d933/48144399856_4609c1fb5f_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=309%2C0%2C980%2C980&w=290)
How should progress be defined for communities, individuals, and groups too long left out of the economic mainstream? Inequality and poverty challenge the dynamism of our and other advanced economies. While public policy choices are critically important, so too are the decisions of companies as generators of jobs and in shaping job quality and economic opportunity. People...
![Presented by Johnson & Johnson: Addressing Health Workforce Moral Distress](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/988a8334-6376-4677-9cd6-8e07cacf8ae2/230623_healthworkforce_010.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=666%2C0%2C2667%2C2667&w=290)
A healthcare worker shortage is today’s reality, putting safe, quality healthcare at risk for everyone. According to the US Surgeon General's Advisory on Building a Thriving Health Workforce, the realities are that many of our health workplaces and practices are exhausting and demoralizing for our talented, caring, and overworked healthcare professionals. The emotional, ph...
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John R. Lewis reflects on his lifelong dedication for civil rights.
![Edward Jones Presents: The Great Wealth Transfer](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/8410efae-f275-45d2-8045-e44fae1eae00/240625_wealthtransfer_022.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1011%2C0%2C2667%2C2665&w=290)
With a staggering $84 trillion projected to change hands by 2045, the United States is on the brink of a historic intergenerational wealth exchange. How are our institutions preparing, and how are some families discussing wealth transfer as the next generation redefines the American Dream?
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In this episode, you’ll hear from the nation’s new White House Chief of Staff, John Kelly.
![The Entrepreneur’s Journey: Systems Change through Disruptive Innovation](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/9ee6034b-c787-425c-9f22-7a8a1ba00434/34716118714_870ecde0f5_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=829%2C0%2C2888%2C2888&w=290)
Entrepreneurs view the world differently. Where others see challenges, they see opportunities. In an age of globalization and hyperconnectivity, a new class of visionaries is tackling the world’s challenges through disruptive innovation. In a conversation with the Aspen Institute’s Peggy Clark, Care.com founder, chairwoman, and CEO Sheila Lirio Marcelo shares how her exper...