286 - Jamie Merisotis on Human Work in the Age of Smart Machines

<p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">This week, Tom is sitting down with the president and CEO of Lumina Foundation, Jamie Merisotis.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">Jamie is a globally-recognized leader in philanthropy, education, and public policy. Jamie’s foundation, Lumina Foundation, is committed to making opportunities for learning beyond high school available to all. They envision a system that is easy to navigate, delivers fair results, and meets the nation’s need for talent through a broad range of credentials.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">In this episode, Jamie discusses his newest book, <em>Human Work in the Age of Smart Machines.</em> In his book, Jamie makes that case that the question is not, “What <em>is</em> the future of work?” but, “What is the work of the future?”</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">Jamie and Tom discuss the new paradigm of work (one that consists of learning, earning, and serving), the importance of shifting to a model of teaching and learning about the skills and traits that are uniquely human, and how we can keep equity in the forefront in working toward building a credentialing system that works for <em>everyone.</em></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><strong>Key Takeaways:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[:10] About today’s episode with Jamie Merisotis.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[:43] Tom welcomes Jamie Merisotis to the podcast.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[1:07] Jamie has been in the postsecondary policy space for about 30 years. At a young age, he ran a national commission on financing a postsecondary. He shares about how he landed this job and what the experience was like.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[3:26] How this commission helped springboard Jamie into co-founding the Institute for Higher Education Policy in 1993.</span></p> <p><spa