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The TechEd Podcast sits at the intersection of technology, industry, innovation and the people who make progress possible. Hosted by Matt Kirchner, each episode features builders, executives, educators, and policymakers shaping what’s next—AI, automation, advanced manufacturing, energy, and the systems behind them.
If you care about the future of work, the future of tech, and how talent actually gets built, you’re in the right place.
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Innovation doesn’t always look revolutionary. Sometimes it looks like putting shredded cheese in a bag. For more than 70 years, Sargento Foods has built a business around seeing possibilities in places others might overlook. From pioneering packaged shredded cheese and resealable packaging to spending a decade developing a new natural cheese, innovation at Sargento isn’t a one-time initiative. It’s a pipeline stretching years into the future. CEO Louie Gentine joins us to share the unlikely s...
The United States produces some of the best STEM researchers in the world. But there’s a structural mismatch in how many of them are trained: roughly two-thirds of STEM PhDs in fields like engineering ultimately work in industry, while doctoral programs remain largely designed around the academic research environment. In this episode, Tony Boccanfuso, President and CEO of UIDP, joins us to examine the disconnect between doctoral education and the careers most STEM PhDs actually pursue, why in...
Apprenticeship is no longer synonymous with the construction trades. Healthcare organizations are training medical assistants and registered nurses through apprenticeship. Schools are using the model to prepare teachers. Employers are applying it to occupations from arboriculture to human resources. At the same time, more high school students are using Youth Apprenticeship to begin building skills and gaining paid work experience before they graduate. So what actually makes something an appre...
For decades, the GED has been viewed as a second chance to finish high school. But with employers struggling to find talent and millions of Americans looking for a pathway to better work, that definition is increasingly outdated. More than 21 million people have earned a GED since the program began, with another 150,000+ graduates each year. Many are working adults pursuing the credential for a very practical reason: they want access to a better job, career training or continued education. At...
For decades, the standard HR playbook has been attract, retain, develop. Jason Desentz says we should rethink that order. As Chief Human Resources Officer of Toshiba America, Desentz starts with the people already inside the business. In technical fields where experienced employees can take a year or more to train, retention is not simply an HR metric. It affects how quickly a company can grow, respond to new demand and capitalize on emerging markets. That equation is becoming even more impor...
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