Goldsmith and Markin Coleman argue that the current workforce development system-and they take an expansive view of workforce, looking at more than just federally funded workforce investment boards-is not effective or equitable for a few reasons.įor one, regional workforce systems are often not “systems,” at least not connected systems in the local areas they serve. “That was our topic in 2019, and it remains our topic today.” Three Ways the Current Workforce System Falls Short “If anything, we believe more strongly that our current economy, which enriches some while leaving many behind, demands a reimagining of the labor-market skilling system,” the co-authors write. Yet 16.4% of Marion County residents are below the poverty level, and it was 21% a few years ago. The city has blossomed in part because of healthy, high-wage job growth in the tech and knowledge sectors. Goldsmith, now a professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government where he directs Data-Smart City Solutions, saw this plainly in Indianapolis. Goldsmith and Coleman started research for Growing Fairly in 2019, before the pandemic, only to see COVID-19 exacerbate the economic divides and “tale of two cities” evident in most urban areas. This is a book for local workforce practitioners and leaders, written through a practitioner’s lens. Goldsmith and Markin Coleman built their framework and recommendations after interviewing dozens of leaders and practitioners from the highest-performing workforce organizations. The design principles outlined in the book are far from theoretical or academic. We argue, instead, for a broader shared narrative about potential, one that demonstrates how greater cross-sector collaboration can enhance upward economic mobility for those whose prospects have dimmed.” A Book for Workforce PractitionersĪt its core, Growly Fairly is about people and potential-specifically how cities can unlock the potential of more of their people (and grow in the process) by implementing 10 design principles to build more effective, equitable workforce systems. “As a joint project of a Republican and a Democrat,” they write in the introduction, “this book rejects choosing between conservative views that assume that anyone who works hard will succeed and more progressive views that simply demand more government support.
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That’s because workforce development isn’t a partisan issue, as Goldsmith and Markin Coleman argue in their new book, Growing Fairly: How to Build Opportunity and Equity in Workforce Development. Their political differences, however, fade into the background when they talk and write about workforce issues. They’re a dynamic husband-wife duo on opposite ends of the political spectrum: Stephen Goldsmith is the former Republican mayor of Indianapolis and deputy mayor of New York Kate Markin Coleman, a former executive of the national YMCA and business leader, is a progressive Democrat.
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