Eager to learn more about Indiana's talent and workforce development landscape, Executive Director of the Institute for Workforce Excellence at the Indiana Chamber Todd Hurst set out to tackle the challenge of work-based learning systems across the state. Through research and analysis, he discovered a lack of available data that could accurately measure the success of work-based learning. This spurred conversations between various partners to discover solutions and implement change.

In this episode, you’ll hear how Todd's work has been instrumental in helping to bridge the gap between work experience and work-based learning. Listen in to learn more about how organizations can leverage data, or get data they lack, to inform decisions.

In this episode, you will learn:

• The difference between work experience and work-based learning
• How to accurately measure data to move things forward
• How to leverage data to enhance state policy