At the Aspen Ideas Festival, Mitch Landrieu shared his thoughts on this moment in American history: "I've been a bridge builder my whole life. [...] There's a time to build bridges, and there's a time to fight. And I happen to think that we're in a moment where it's time to fight. Because there's a lot to fight for, and a lot to lose if we don't get it right." Hear his thoughts on what the United States needs right now in a moment of widespread division and polarization.
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Discover the hidden stories behind your groceries with author Benjamin Lorr and Executive Director of Food & Society at the Aspen Institute Corby Kummer as they reveal the evolution of supermarkets and labor exploitation. In his new book, "The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket," Lorr traces the history of the modern-day supermarket and reveals the often exploited and underpaid labor involved in stocking shelves. "We are not good, as a society, at labor enforcement locally, we're not good at it internationally, and so the more that we put people into vulnerable jobs behind the scenes in industries where there's a pattern of abuse, that's not great," says Lorr. 🎬 Missed the event? Watch the final #TalkOpportunity in the series, “The Hands that Feed Us,” presented by The Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program and Food and Society at Aspen Institute: https://lnkd.in/d48b4g3h
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The Food Leaders Fellowship at the Aspen Institute grew today with its third cohort of 19 new fellows. Among them is the first Food Equity Policy Lead for the Chicago mayoral office; an ocean activist who helped start a sustainable craft seafood cannery, and the founder of an organization that is bridging the gap between Black farmers and the marketplace. These are just a few of the civic, business, and nonprofit leaders who are all dedicated to changing the food system to eradicate food and nutritional insecurity, support food entrepreneurs and farmers, and push forward sustainable solutions. “Every new cohort is exciting,” says Corby Kummer, executive director of Food and Society at Aspen Institute. “But this one is especially exciting. We recruited from an unprecedented number and range of applicants with an eye not only to how our 19 new fellows will make food systems change together but also how they could work with members of the larger Food Leaders Fellowship community. We can’t wait for these fellows to meet one another and our current and previous fellows, part of our plans! Now we can build in 3D—especially apt for a third cohort.” Meet our new Food Leaders Fellows: https://lnkd.in/ewbAxDGy The Aspen Institute #foodleadersfellows #foodleadersfellowship
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An estimated 450 million people suffer from mental health related issues, with the global economy losing $1 trillion each year due to productivity loss. The Aspen Institute’s Finance Leaders Fellowship, in collaboration with Dalberg, outlines the magnitude and urgency of the crisis in their latest report, “A Crisis of Our Time.” The report, authored by Erika Karp, Executive Director, Finance Leaders Fellowship and Dr. Derek Yach, a Global Health Consultant with Global Health Strategies LLC, combines economic analysis with personal stories and expert insights to highlight the need for action and potential solutions. It calls for innovation, investment, and policy reform to ensure universal access to mental health care and a more compassionate future. #AspenFinanceLeadersFellowship
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All too often we look to the traditional power structures of organizations for leadership. We think executives set strategy, managers implement programs, and our frontline folks implement the plan. What if we shifted this thinking? At the core of the work of Weave: The Social Fabric Project at the Aspen Institute is the idea that there are unheralded leaders everywhere already working to heal our divides. Read how weaving can teach us to think differently about cultivating leaders.
What Weaving Can Teach Us About Cultivating Leaders
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"I came away with ideas big and small and new opportunities for collaboration. I felt as if, despite all the barriers we face in trying to fix this broken healthcare system, there is a great deal of hope and possibility that was shared among an enormous community of people all fighting the good fight." Dr. Fred Pelzman writes in MedPage Today about his experience as a first time attendee at Aspen Ideas: Health. Read his full op-ed at the link below.
Opinion | Rocky Mountain High
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From climate change to racial equity, corporations have made big commitments in recent years that depend on the hard work of innovative employees to become reality. Nancy McGaw, author of Making Work Matter, has been working with such internal changemakers—so-called "corporate intrapreneurs"—for the last 15 years as the founder of the Aspen Institute First Movers Fellowship Program. Join Nancy McGaw for a conversation that will bring the best practices that Nancy identifies in Making Work Matter into dialogue with leaders on the cutting edge of talent management and corporate impact. We'll hear from talent experts on workforce trends, as well as lessons from and for changemakers on the way forward. Learn more and register at the link below.
Welcome! You are invited to join The Aspen Institute Webinar: What It Takes to Make Work Matter: The Pulse of Corporate Change Now. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
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For nearly 75 years, the Aspen Institute Executive Leadership Seminars have helped individuals, teams, and organizations create the space to examine their values and what connects us as humans—resulting in the cultivation of an individual leadership philosophy that moves them and their teams forward with purpose and conviction in a complex world. How do we do this? Using the Aspen Method, moderators guide participants through challenging conversations about enduring questions of ethical and effective leadership, prompting discussion and reflection with the self, the group, and the ages. Explore our residential leadership development seminars in Aspen, CO for individuals, as well as bespoke custom leadership seminars in any location for organizations: https://lnkd.in/gAHB5_gk
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The NATO Summit begins in Washington, D.C. today, convening the 32 NATO Allies to make key decisions on how to continue to protect their one billion citizens in today's security environment. Hear from Anja Manuel, Executive Director of the Aspen Security Forum | Aspen Strategy Group along with Michael McFaul, former U.S. Ambassador to Russia, as they join NBC News' Andrea Mitchell to explore the impact the summit can have on Ukraine, and what to watch for in the burgeoning China-Russia alliance. Watch at the link below.
Ukraine needs ‘new commitments,’ not just ‘rhetorical response’ at NATO: McFaul
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Vilas Dhar, an expert on artificial intelligence, calls the release of ChatGPT an important social moment, not a technological one. It brought AI to the forefront of the conversation and turned it into something everyone could interact with. “And because of that, we entered into this new phase of a discussion that moved from ‘What does the technology do?’ to ‘What do humans have to do to be ready for the technology? and “What kind of society do we want to build and how will AI help us get there?” Hear his thoughts on the rise of AI in the latest episode of Work in Progress: A WorkingNation Podcast, recorded at the Aspen Ideas Festival. Listen at the link below.
The potential impact of AI on the way we do our jobs
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