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As part of The Rockefeller Foundation's Workshift: #GoodJobsForAll campaign, we've spent the past two weeks exploring the question: what is a good job? In New York City and Des Moines, we've hosted …

Ten years ago, Hurricane Katrina was unprecedented in its destruction—awakening cities around the globe to a new reality. Today, crisis is the new normal, but not every disruption has to become …

Last Friday, The Rockefeller Foundation, together with our grantee Purpose, launched a campaign called "Workshift," with the goal of changing the way we think about, define, and build good jobs …

A version of this post was originally published on LinkedIn. The strength of our economy depends on jobs, but strong families depend on good jobs. What's the difference? And how can …

Last month, 17 teams working to mitigate resilience-related risks around the world submitted their solution statements for the Global Resilience Challenge (GRC), a grant competition to seek the most promising …

KEY TAKEAWAYS SHARE THIS Today, there are nearly 6 million youth struggling to connect to the labor market. SHARE THIS "Impact hiring" draws on innovations in technology, data, and people analytics to help companies …

Mindfulness has officially gone mainstream. Oprah Winfrey, Congressman Tim Ryan, and even major corporations like Google are using mindfulness practices to help them shape the way they think about their …

Two years ago, I sat across a café table from WEConnect International President Elizabeth Vazquez, both of us envisioning an opportunity to increase the number of women-owned businesses in Africa …

Over the last month, the Urban Institute has highlighted the divides between conditions in the top and bottom neighborhoods of the nation's largest metropolitan areas. The gap between incomes, education …