SXSW 2021

Creating a Future of Work that Works for Everyone

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Automation. A growing skills gap. Low wages. Crippling student debt. The enormous challenges we face related to the Future of Work have now been heightened by the global pandemic and rising inequities. How will we rebuild the economy and create a future of work that works for everyone?

Join experts from New Profit and XPRIZE as they share more about the Future of Work Grand Challenge — a $6M effort to rapidly reskill 25,000 displaced workers into higher wage jobs in the next 24 months. Learn more about how this challenge spurs innovation by putting equity at its core, sourcing ideas from diverse entrepreneurs, elevating frontline workers in the challenge design, and advancing solutions that serve under-invested workers.


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  1. Highlights the importance of engaging proximate entrepreneurs
  2. Shares insights for leaders to better embed equity into challenge designs
  3. Offers insight into scaling ideas into practical solutions

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Angela Jackson, Partner, New Profit


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