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Breaking Barriers Justice and Work from WorkingNation, a special about the justice-impacted in our workforce

Stories That Empower America's Workforce

Despite being a good career route, some can’t afford to complete their apprenticeships

Jobs for the Future and Google.org are aiming to remove financial hardship for 750 apprentices
April 8, 2025 | Laura Aka
Birmingham Alabama

Focus on Birmingham, Alabama: Roots in the industrial age, moving into advanced manufacturing and biotechnology

Mayor Randall Woodfin: ‘I'm going to continue to be bullish on Birmingham’
April 2, 2025 | Laura Aka
Jamie Merisotis, president & CEO, Lumina Foundation discusses getting more students a degree or credential of value for economic prosperity

‘Education should remain accessible, valuable, and align with today’s workforce needs’

A conversation with Jamie Merisotis, president & CEO, Lumina Foundation
April 1, 2025 | Ramona Schindelheim

A tech credentialing program changes the lives of three single mothers

A WorkingNation original film on how Goodwill, Google, Accenture and Coursera have partnered to lower the barrier to entry for tech careers
March 31, 2025 | Ramona Schindelheim
The State of Latino Entrepreneurship (SOLE) report from Stanford University

Latino-owned businesses continue to face significant barriers to accessing capital

SOLE 2024: Despite challenges, 'the trajectory of Latino-owned businesses continues to be one of enduring optimism and resilience.'
March 27, 2025 | Ramona Schindelheim
Charlette Cohee

What it’s like to be a woman in trucking

Women face obstacles in what's still considered by some to be a 'man's job' - but for female vets, trucking may build on military skills
March 21, 2025 | Victoria Lim
Education at Work president discusses the value of work-based learning on the Work in Progress podcast

Work-based learning can better prepare college students for the workforce

A conversation with Jane Swift, president, Education at Work
March 18, 2025 | Ramona Schindelheim
Career and technical education

Equipping students for the future via career and technical education

Discovery Education offers a free guide to help educators expand their career readiness initiatives
March 17, 2025 | Laura Aka
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Breaking Barriers Justice and Work from WorkingNation, a special about the justice-impacted in our workforce

Reports | Opinions

Report: A case study on how to implement skills-first hiring
Ramona Schindelheim
March 31, 2025
Report: AI use in the workforce must promote ‘shared prosperity’
Laura Aka
March 27, 2025
Report: Community college students on what’s needed to succeed in their job hunt
Laura Aka
March 20, 2025
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U.S. jobless benefit claims fall last week as labor market remains strong despite recession fears
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April 17, 2025
Despite DEI backlash, only 19% of companies are cutting diversity funding
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April 17, 2025
They are hot, upwardly mobile jobs. Here’s why they are so hard to fill (paywall)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
April 17, 2025
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Chicago’s working-class Latino communities continue to build better lives for all generations

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Hispanic Doctors

A shortage of Hispanic doctors has far-reaching impact on health care in Latino communities

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Creating more disability-inclusive workplaces

Building a stronger, more resilient company culture through disability inclusion

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Food for Thought Latino and Hispanic Street Vendors

Taking it to the streets: Seeking prosperity through entrepreneurship

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Puerto Rico: An island in climate and economic crisis

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‘We don’t want to touch lives, we want to change the trajectory of lives’

A conversation with Dr. Sally Saba, VP and chief global inclusion and diversity officer, Medtronic, and president, Medtronic Foundation
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‘We don’t want to touch lives, we want to change the trajectory of lives’

A conversation with Dr. Sally Saba, VP and chief global inclusion and diversity officer, Medtronic, and president, Medtronic Foundation
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The risk of being left behind in the tech workforce

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Bolstering teachers to boost students’ academic achievement

Work Green, Earn Green Podcast

Episode 110: 

Indiana: The home stretch!

To close out his cross-country road trip, Jay returns to his home state of Indiana to see what happens when his two biggest passions collide: sustainability and sports!

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Episode 110: 

Indiana: The home stretch!

To close out his cross-country road trip, Jay returns to his home state of Indiana to see what happens when his two biggest passions collide: sustainability and sports!

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Dana Beth Ardi

Executive Committee

Dana Beth Ardi, PhD, Executive Committee, is a thought leader and expert in the fields of executive search, talent management, organizational design, assessment, leadership and coaching. As an innovator in the human capital movement, Ardi creates enhanced value in companies by matching the most sought after talent with the best opportunities. Ardi coaches boards and investors on the art and science of building high caliber management teams. She provides them with the necessary skills to seek out and attract top-level management, to design the ideal organizational architectures and to deploy people against strategy. Ardi unearths the way a business works and the most effective way for people to work in them.

Ardi is an experienced business executive and senior consultant who leverages business organizational transformation through talent strategies. She uses her knowledge and experience to develop talent strategies to enhance revenue and profit contributions. She has a deep expertise in change management and organizational effectiveness and has designed and built high performance cultures. Ardi has significant experience in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, IPO’s and turnarounds.

Ardi is an expert on the multi-generational workforce. She understands the four intersecting generations of workers coming together in contemporary companies, each with their own mindsets, leadership and communications styles, values and motivations. Ardi is sought after to assist companies manage and thrive by bringing the generations together. Her book, Fall of the Alphas: How Beta Leaders Win Through Connection, Collaboration and Influence, will be published by St. Martin’s Press. The book reflects Ardi’s deep expertise in understanding organizations and our changing society. It focuses on building a winning culture, how companies must grow and evolve, and how talent influences and shapes communities of work. This is what she has coined “Corporate Anthropology.” It is a playbook on how modern companies must meet challenges – culturally, globally, digitally, across genders and generations.

Ardi is currently the Managing Director and Founder of Corporate Anthropology Advisors, LLC, a consulting company that provides human capital advisory and innovative solutions to companies building value through people. Corporate Anthropology works with organizations, their cultures, the way they grow and develop, and the people who are responsible for forming their communities of work.

Prior to her position at Corporate Anthropology Advisors, Ardi served as a Partner/Managing Director at the private equity firms CCMP Capital and JPMorgan Partners. She was a partner at Flatiron Partners, a venture capital firm working with early state companies where she pioneered the human capital role within an investment portfolio.

Ardi holds a BS from the State University of New York at Buffalo as well as a Masters degree and PhD from Boston College. She started her career as professor at the Graduate Center at Fordham University in New York.

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