Building Bridges

This is the second part of our two-episode conversation about information security, which began with last week's episode.

As we discussed last week, the inability to secure information results in catastrophic incidents every single day. And many business leaders aren't aware that their security infrastructures are broken.

Shuman Ghosemajumder, Shawn Henry, and Mischel Kwon return to help us explore several important themes, including:

• How business leaders should think about information security as the volume and use of data are changing.

• New jobs that should exist in ten years, as well as jobs that should disappear.

• How companies might operate differently once they realize that it's impossible, and probably not even desirable, to protect 100% of their information 100% of the time.

Shuman Ghosemajumder is Chief Technology Officer for Shape Security. He was previously the click-fraud czar at Google.

Shawn Henry is President of CrowdStrike Services. Shawn was previously Executive Assistant Director of the FBI, where he oversaw all criminal and cyber investigations worldwide.

Mischel Kwon is the founder and CEO of MKACyber and former director of the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT).

The inability to secure information results in catastrophic incidents every single day. Still, many business leaders aren't even aware their security infrastructures are broken.

In part one of this two-part series on information security, our guests — Shuman Ghosemajumder, Shawn Henry, and Mischel Kwon, discuss:

• The changing nature of cyber threats
• Impact of new technologies and applications
• The need for better metrics to understand cyber risks
• Balancing the costs and benefits of cyber risk mitigation

Shuman Ghosemajumder is Chief Technology Officer for Shape Security. He was previously the click-fraud czar at Google.

Shawn Henry is President of CrowdStrike Services. Shawn was previously Executive Assistant Director of the FBI, where he oversaw all criminal and cyber investigations worldwide.

Mischel Kwon is the founder and CEO of MKACyber and a former director of the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT).

Khan Academy founder Sal Khan has observed that the current education system was designed by the Prussians, who hoped to "churn out loyal and tractable citizens who would learn the value of submitting to the authority of parents, teachers, church, and, ultimately, king." However, Khan further notes that "Today's world needs a workforce of creative, curious, and self-directed lifelong learners who are capable of conceiving and implementing novel ideas. Unfortunately, this is the type of student that the Prussian model actively suppresses."

Something needs to change.

On part 2 of our two-episode discussion about the future of education, our special guests Bridget Rodriguez, Bob Fogel, and Brian Greenberg explore a number of important topics such as:

• Engaging students in a world of technological distraction
• Allowing teachers the room to innovate and A/B test with teaching alternatives
• Building schools to take risks

For part 1 of this discussion, click here.

Bridget Rodriguez is the Managing Director of the Education Redesign Lab at Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Bob Fogel was recently the SVP of Instructional Strategy & MD Learning Science Platforms at McGraw-Hill Education, and is currently the President of Performance Consulting, Inc.

Brian Greenberg is the CEO of the Silicon Schools Fund, a $70M venture philanthropy fund in the Bay Area of California.

According to historian and best-selling author Yuval Noah Harari: "Since we do not know how the job market would look in 2030 or 2040, already today we have no idea what to teach our kids. Most of what they currently learn at school will probably be irrelevant by the time they are forty."

While the problem statement is simple, the answers may be far more complex.

The current education system is continually faced with shrinking budgets, increased regulations and scrutiny and, perhaps most significantly, accelerating technology.

What will be or should be the role of technology within education? Are students learning the necessary skills to participate, contribute, and engage with an ever-accelerating digital world?

Three amazing guests joined this episode of Building Bridges to answer those questions, and more:

Bridget Rodriguez is the Managing Director of the Education Redesign Lab at Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Bob Fogel was recently the SVP of Instructional Strategy & MD Learning Science Platforms at McGraw-Hill Education, and is currently the President of Performance Consulting, Inc.

Brian Greenberg is the CEO of the Silicon Schools Fund, a $70M venture philanthropy fund in the Bay Area of California.

One this episode of Building Bridges we are joined again by Leonard Schlesinger and Denny Weinberg for part two of our podcast on what entrepreneurs and corporate leaders can learn from one another.

Leonard is currently a Baker Foundation Professor at the Harvard Business School but he has transitioned several times between academic and managerial roles in both educational and business settings. Denny is a member of the founding team at WellPoint, now known as Anthem.

Today we are joined by Leonard Schlesinger and Denny Weinberg. Leonard is currently a Baker Foundation Professor at the Harvard Business School but he has transitioned several times between academic and managerial roles in both educational and business settings. Denny is a member of the founding team at WellPoint, now known as Anthem.

In part one of this episode of Building Bridges, we're talking about what entrepreneurs should learn from corporate leaders—and vice versa.

Most independent workers are treated much differently than employees.

As Linda Nazareth said, employers don't put any time into making the gig workers long time team players.

"They don't train them… they don't invite them to the holiday party. They forget about them the moment they walk out of the building."

To conclude this 2 part episode on flexibility in labor markets, Linda Nazareth, Cecile Alper-Ler and Marion McGovern joined us to talk about career progression paths, the war for talent, infrastructure for hiring independent workers, and more.

As the definition of work continues to evolve in the 21st century, one thing is becoming very clear:

Work is what we do, not where we go.

For the very first episode of Building Bridges, we brought together three experts to talk about the future of work.

• Cecile Alper-Leroux, Vice President, Human Capital Management Innovation at Ultimate Software.
• Marion McGovern, Author of Thriving in the Gig Economy.
• Linda Nazareth Keynote Speaker, Economist, and Author of Work is Not a Place.

Many people confuse networking, a verb, and network, a noun.

Networking is transactional, inauthentic, and feels desperate, but a good network fosters authentic relationships.

Jamie Millar is the founder of Skybridge Associates, leaders in providing peer networks that cultivate cooperation, support, trust, and a sense of belonging for executives for some of the largest, most successful companies.

He's also the author of the book Building Bridges, which asserts that too few leaders enjoy the benefits of regular peer engagement and offers simple design principles that enhance the value of peer networks.

In this podcast, Jamie brings his experience to the table as you're invited to listen in to the conversations of groups of industry leaders discussing topics like:

How does the gig economy and fluid labor markets impact companies and employees?

How would we design careers if we knew people would live to be 150 years old?

How should we think about education when all the world's knowledge fits in our pocket?

Jamie's has spent the last 30+ years building bridges between people and ideas and is excited to continue that here on this show.