Posted on February 17, 2020
Four Against-the-grain Practices for Greater Family, Faith and Work Balance
Before Marvin Ellison was the president and CEO of Lowe’s and one of five African American CEOs to make Fortune's “50 Greatest Leaders” list, he was once a first-year college student at the University of Tennessee trying to make a good impression on his English professor.
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Posted on October 15, 2019
Raytheon Executive Talks Tech and Hire-ability
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Posted on October 14, 2019
Four Pearls of Wisdom from a Longtime Presidential Faith Advisor
In 2017, Sam Rodriguez was the first Hispanic evangelical to deliver a prayer at a presidential inauguration. For that, many people called him a traitor.
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Posted on October 1, 2019
VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger on the Imminent (and Positive) Permeation of Technology
“Every one of us needs to become technologically capable regardless of the field that you’re participating in," said Pat Gelsinger at a Work Ahead: Ready for 2030 event. "So the idea of lifelong education and re-education becomes the central thesis of what the next several decades of work will look like.”
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Posted on September 30, 2019
Heather Templeton Dill on the Future of Religion
Last April, the first picture of a black hole went viral. It was a low-res image of a bright yellow disc with a dark hole in the middle, similar in shape to a donut.
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Posted on April 30, 2019
International Leader Charges Priority for Purpose
A burden on Rosa Whitaker’s heart led her to become the first-ever assistant U.S. trade representative for Africa. Yesterday, this champion for U.S.-African economic relations shared her wisdom as part of Gordon's Work Ahead: Ready for 2030 initiative.
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Posted on April 12, 2019
Hershey and Starbucks Executives on the Future of Work: Purpose and People Matter
Praxis Partner Andy Crouch, Hershey Company CGO Mary Beth West and Starbucks Chairman Mike Ullman discussed the future of work at a kickoff event for Gordon College’s new yearlong Work Ahead: Ready for 2030 initiative.
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Posted on March 19, 2019
Announcing Work Ahead: Ready for 2030
First-year students will be 30 years old in 2030, and by some estimates, more than two-thirds of them will work in careers and roles that don’t exist today.
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