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Career Exploration Without Barriers: A Middle & High School J-Term Experiment – Josh Davis & Melissa Phillips, Camanche CSD

Career Exploration Without Barriers: A Middle & High School J-Term Experiment Josh Davis & Melissa Phillips, Camanche Community School District Love the episode? […]

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You Don’t Have a Data Problem. You Have an Intelligence Problem – The Hive Health

Your organization doesn’t have a data problem. It has an intelligence problem—and this episode is about what it takes to close that gap. You’ll hear what makes AI reliable enough to act on, why insights don’t drive change unless they’re delivered to the right “change agent,” and how to build systems that create repeatable wins instead of one-time findings.

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Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Energy Dominance, Critical Minerals, and Intelligence Factories

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum discusses America’s strategic priorities: achieving energy dominance, securing critical minerals independence from China, building AI infrastructure, and why data centers are now “intelligence factories.” Learn how rare earth minerals, nuclear power, and the Bureau of Indian Education fit into America’s competitive future.

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Cultural Mapping: How to Build Trust and Influence In Your Organization – Dr. Ben Johnson and Bobby Dodd

Culture shifts when trust and influence align. In this episode, Ben Johnson and Bobby Dodd share the Cultural Mapping framework leaders use to see how influence really moves through an organization, identify formal and informal influencers, and build the trust that turns resistance into momentum.

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Reframing Higher Education: A Connected Model for Colleges and Universities – Dr. Katherine Frank & Dr. Sunem Beaton-Garcia

Higher education is shifting toward a connected model where colleges and universities work as one learner ecosystem. This episode explains what that looks like in practice—stackable credentials, seamless transfer, and flexible pathways that let learners move in and out of education without losing momentum.

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Training the Technicians at the Heart of Amazon’s Highly-Automated Facilities – Amanda Willard and Logan Schulz, Amazon RME

Go inside Amazon’s highly automated facilities and learn how the RME team develops the technicians who keep complex robotics and mechatronics systems running. This episode breaks down the apprenticeship model, core skills, and workforce strategy behind one of the country’s most advanced automation environments.

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The Rise of State-Backed VC: Michigan’s Bet on Emerging Entrepreneurs

States are stepping directly into venture capital — and Michigan is leading the way. In this episode, Matt Kirchner talks with Alison Todak of the MEDC and Pete Martin of the MSU Research Foundation about why state-backed VC is rising, how PitchMI fuels early-stage innovation, and what this shift means for founders, investors, and the future of tech and talent in the Midwest.

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