Rethinking Workforce Development: the Future of Work and Education
FEBRUARY 7, 2019
Schoolcraft College Foundation presented Dr. Conway Jeffress for a Business and Community Leaders Breakfast featuring author and international speaker Heather McGowan for an interactive discussion.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Internationally known speaker, writer, and thought strategist, Heather McGowan prepares leaders to most-effectively react to rapid and disruptive changes in education, work, and society. As a Future of Work Strategist, Heather has worked with diverse teams to address these challenges. She assists corporate executives in rethinking their business models, teams, and organizational structures to become resilient in changing markets while helping academic, nonprofit, and foundation leadership rethink education and philanthropy. Her clients range from start-ups to publicly traded, Fortune 500 companies, including Autodesk, Citi, The World Bank, and BD Medical. Often quoted in the media for her thought leadership in the Future of Work, Heather also serves on the advisory board for Sparks & Honey, a New York-based culture focused agency focused on the future for brands. As a globally-known futurist, Heather helps business and academic leaders prepare their people and organizations for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Her think tank is called Work to Learn because Heather believes that in the Third Industrial Revolution we learned in order to work and now, in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, we will work in order to learn (continuously).
Yes! I work in a school and I can’t agree with this more!
This should be framed and given to everyone at the hospital when they leave with their new baby.
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Hey Detroit Families,
Check this one out!Please join us for the Finally to National Reading Month with our Black Book Week Event that was rescheduled due to weather. You don’t want to miss this amazing line up of Black Authors, Dinner will be served and it will be fun for the entire family. Please join us at DPN this Friday March 31st for the celebration.
New St. Paul Head Start Agency in Detroit had 2 very special visitors today! Governor Whitmer and Ryan the Lion joined the students and staff of the school for story time and a reading of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Following the entertaining reading from the Governor (including encouragement to eat fruits and veggies!), the teachers shared some of the impressive work that the students were doing in the classroom. From reimagining the big bad wolf as a nice wolf, to teaching sign language to a group school sing, it is very clear that the team at New St. Paul Head Start Agency is doing amazing work as early childhood educators. As we round out March and the celebration of Reading Month the Governor encouraged the children to continue reading not just this month but every month – we could not agree more!
I had a chance to sit with Governor Whitmer following to discuss the critical role that professionals caring for infant, toddlers and preschool play. It was inspiring to be at New St. Paul Head Start Agency and we celebrate these professionals today and every day! And you can celebrate Infant, Toddler and Preschool Professionals in your life too! Visit this link to learn more:
www.dptv.org/earlychildhood
Lots happening in the month of April! Will you be joining us and MiAEYC/NAEYC and other strong Early Childhood Supporters to kick of the month with the Week of the Young Child? Michigan AEYC
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It's almost APRIL! Do you know what April is?!?! The month, week, day of the Young Child! How will you celebrate? Have you celebrated the Infant, Toddler and Preschool Professionals in your lives yet?? Go here to enter them into a raffle with $10,000 worth of prizes! Michigan AEYC
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Laurie Linscott
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