Guest blog by Rana Allawnha, Laura Demarse, Angela Fortino, Zaineb Hussein, Mariam Jalloul, Amanda Bright McClanahan, Anisa Sahoubeh. The City of Dearborn’s young and energized workforce is not equipped to fill the jobs of the future. While cities across Michigan are losing their populations, Dearborn’s population grew by 12% according to the last census, the…Continue Reading Developing a Workplace of the Future in Dearborn, Michigan
Guest blog by Gretchen Cook-Anderson, Mike Firestone, Trinh Nguyen, Eustacia Ready MacNaught, Laura Rubin, Zach Stanley, Alexandra Valdez, Rev. Willie Bodrick II On December 20, 2022 Mayor Michele Wu called a Life Sciences Workforce Development meeting in Boston, MA also known as ‘the Hub of the Universe’, to announce her 1000 jobs in the Life…Continue Reading Life Sciences Work Force Development in Boston
Guest Blog by Maureen Gitata, LEG ’22 I have found this course to be invaluable in teaching new approaches to economic development challenges, that ensure that the root cause/systemic challenges of issues have been addressed. My favorite course takeaways include:…Continue Reading Breaking down the Youth Unemployment Challenge in Kenya
Guest blog written by Ferdinand Aimatuk, Tau Hera, Pauna Kule, Rhoda Maiyeh, Obeth Singol, Slyney Tau Our key learning throughout the 12 weeks of the Problem Driven Iteration and Adaptation (PDIA) program is the systematic process of solving complex problems. It is a new perspective of problems solving which has changed the way most of…Continue Reading Increased Youth Unemployment Deteriorates Societies and Hinders Economic Growth in Papua New Guinea
Guest blog by Denver Moses The past 10 weeks participating in the LEG have signaled a period of personal and professional growth. Being part of a global online learning environment was a massive shift from my previous learning experiences which were almost entirely based on face-to-face teaching and group learning exercises. I have engaged in studies…Continue Reading Youth unemployment in South Africa
Guest blog by Albert Waudo What can I say? This has been one of most interesting trainings I have attended in a while. Right from the first class where we were asked to think about crossing a country in 2015 with a well-drawn map versus crossing the same country in 1804 when there was no…Continue Reading Youth Unemployment in Kenya: My Journey as a Leading Economic Growth Student
Guest blog by Moses Sitati When I received a work email asking for my interest in taking the Leading Economic Growth course, I quickly had a look and was not entirely sure that it was the one for me. I did some quick mental calculation to check whether it made sense for me to devote scarce…Continue Reading A Hands-on Deconstruction of Youth Unemployment in Kenya
