web01.fireside.fm Sat, 11 Apr 2026 18:14:59 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Econ Dev Show Podcast - Economic Development - Episodes Tagged with “Workforce Systems” https://podcast.econdevshow.com/tags/workforce%20systems Mon, 07 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 Dane Carlson explores the strategies, ideas, and insights that are driving economic development forward into the future. You'll hear new insights from passionate ED's about their successes and struggles, and you'll learn from attraction and retention experts about how to apply actionable strategies inside your EDO. We'll help take your organization, your community, and your career to the next level. en-us episodic Actionable economic development strategies and stories Dane Carlson Dane Carlson explores the strategies, ideas, and insights that are driving economic development forward into the future. You'll hear new insights from passionate ED's about their successes and struggles, and you'll learn from attraction and retention experts about how to apply actionable strategies inside your EDO. We'll help take your organization, your community, and your career to the next level. no econ dev, economic development, ed Dane Carlson show@econdevshow.com 168: Reimagining Economic Transformation for Distressed Communities with Rohan Sandhu https://podcast.econdevshow.com/168 a6df6f28-adf8-4210-8794-492ee379c434 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 Dane Carlson 168 Reimagining Economic Transformation for Distressed Communities with Rohan Sandhu full Dane Carlson Dane Carlson explores with Harvard Kennedy School's Rohan Sandhu how reimagining economic development requires bridging industrial policy with place-based approaches to transform distressed communities. 30:49 no In this episode of the Econ Dev Show, host Dane Carlson sits down with Rohan Sandhu, co-founder of the Reimagining the Economy Project at Harvard Kennedy School, to examine the convergence of industrial policy, market crafting, and place-based economic development strategies. Drawing on his 15 years of experience at the intersection of research and practice, Sandhu discusses how traditional economic development approaches often fail distressed communities due to uncoordinated policies and limited local capacity. They explore how forward-looking economic transformation requires moving beyond reactive, transactional approaches to development and better aligning workforce systems with economic growth initiatives. Sandhu's insights from his work on projects like "Bottom-Up Bidenomics" and "The US Place-Based Policy Supply Chain" offer practical guidance for practitioners seeking to build more resilient local economies. Like this show? Please leave us a review here (https://econdevshow.com/rate-this-podcast/) — even one sentence helps! Ten Actionable Takeaways for Economic Developers Shift from reactive, crisis-driven economic development to forward-looking strategies with a clear vision for transformation. Focus on building local institutional capacity as a foundation for implementing any economic development initiative. Identify and address the coordination gaps between overlapping economic development policies at federal, state, and local levels. Recognize the limitations of matching fund requirements that often exclude the most distressed communities from accessing resources. Develop funding models for local intermediary organizations that support capacity-building, not just project implementation. Integrate workforce development explicitly into economic growth strategies rather than treating them as separate domains. Use data visualization tools like economyinplace.com to better understand local labor markets and policy flows in your region. Examine how industrial policy principles can be applied practically to support small and medium enterprises in your community. Identify opportunities for "productive upgrading" of service sectors that absorb local labor. Design economic development strategies that directly target persistent economic distress rather than focusing primarily on already-advantaged areas. Special Guest: Rohan Sandhu. econdev, economic development, eco devo, Industrial policy, place-based development, institutional capacity, economic transformation, workforce systems, market crafting, distressed communities, policy coordination, local intermediaries, strategic planning In this episode of the Econ Dev Show, host Dane Carlson sits down with Rohan Sandhu, co-founder of the Reimagining the Economy Project at Harvard Kennedy School, to examine the convergence of industrial policy, market crafting, and place-based economic development strategies. Drawing on his 15 years of experience at the intersection of research and practice, Sandhu discusses how traditional economic development approaches often fail distressed communities due to uncoordinated policies and limited local capacity. They explore how forward-looking economic transformation requires moving beyond reactive, transactional approaches to development and better aligning workforce systems with economic growth initiatives. Sandhu's insights from his work on projects like "Bottom-Up Bidenomics" and "The US Place-Based Policy Supply Chain" offer practical guidance for practitioners seeking to build more resilient local economies.

Like this show? Please leave us a review here — even one sentence helps!

Ten Actionable Takeaways for Economic Developers

  1. Shift from reactive, crisis-driven economic development to forward-looking strategies with a clear vision for transformation.
  2. Focus on building local institutional capacity as a foundation for implementing any economic development initiative.
  3. Identify and address the coordination gaps between overlapping economic development policies at federal, state, and local levels.
  4. Recognize the limitations of matching fund requirements that often exclude the most distressed communities from accessing resources.
  5. Develop funding models for local intermediary organizations that support capacity-building, not just project implementation.
  6. Integrate workforce development explicitly into economic growth strategies rather than treating them as separate domains.
  7. Use data visualization tools like economyinplace.com to better understand local labor markets and policy flows in your region.
  8. Examine how industrial policy principles can be applied practically to support small and medium enterprises in your community.
  9. Identify opportunities for "productive upgrading" of service sectors that absorb local labor.
  10. Design economic development strategies that directly target persistent economic distress rather than focusing primarily on already-advantaged areas.

Special Guest: Rohan Sandhu.

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]]> In this episode of the Econ Dev Show, host Dane Carlson sits down with Rohan Sandhu, co-founder of the Reimagining the Economy Project at Harvard Kennedy School, to examine the convergence of industrial policy, market crafting, and place-based economic development strategies. Drawing on his 15 years of experience at the intersection of research and practice, Sandhu discusses how traditional economic development approaches often fail distressed communities due to uncoordinated policies and limited local capacity. They explore how forward-looking economic transformation requires moving beyond reactive, transactional approaches to development and better aligning workforce systems with economic growth initiatives. Sandhu's insights from his work on projects like "Bottom-Up Bidenomics" and "The US Place-Based Policy Supply Chain" offer practical guidance for practitioners seeking to build more resilient local economies.

Like this show? Please leave us a review here — even one sentence helps!

Ten Actionable Takeaways for Economic Developers

  1. Shift from reactive, crisis-driven economic development to forward-looking strategies with a clear vision for transformation.
  2. Focus on building local institutional capacity as a foundation for implementing any economic development initiative.
  3. Identify and address the coordination gaps between overlapping economic development policies at federal, state, and local levels.
  4. Recognize the limitations of matching fund requirements that often exclude the most distressed communities from accessing resources.
  5. Develop funding models for local intermediary organizations that support capacity-building, not just project implementation.
  6. Integrate workforce development explicitly into economic growth strategies rather than treating them as separate domains.
  7. Use data visualization tools like economyinplace.com to better understand local labor markets and policy flows in your region.
  8. Examine how industrial policy principles can be applied practically to support small and medium enterprises in your community.
  9. Identify opportunities for "productive upgrading" of service sectors that absorb local labor.
  10. Design economic development strategies that directly target persistent economic distress rather than focusing primarily on already-advantaged areas.

Special Guest: Rohan Sandhu.

Sponsored By:

Links:

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