Podcast

Dec 12, 2017

First in Future: GES Center Co-Director Jennifer Kuzma

Summary:  What should we be learning – or having our kids learn – to get them ready for the future? Should we be preparing students with specific skills that may be… 

Dec 5, 2017

First in Future: Golden LEAF Foundation President Dan Gerlach

Summary: In the late 1990’s, North Carolina leaders did something remarkable. As part of the national settlement agreement with tobacco companies, North Carolina was projected to receive an estimated $4.6… 

Nov 28, 2017

First in Future: Center for Creative Economy Executive Director Margaret Collins

Summary: What sector of North Carolina’s economy is comprised of 380,000 people, pays $16 billion in wages each year, and generates another $200 million in tax revenue? This week’s guest… 

Nov 21, 2017

First in Future: NC Department of Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler

Summary: This week’s podcast promotes domestic harmony. You’ll be able to use what you hear around the table to change the subject if one of your relatives brings up something… 

Nov 14, 2017

First in Future: Leadership North Carolina President Brian Etheridge

Summary: Brian Etheridge, the president of Leadership North Carolina, each year finds a new crop of 50-some individuals from business, nonprofits, education and government and feeds them a firehouse of… 

Nov 7, 2017

First in Future: Reborn Clothing Co. Co-Founder Emily Neville

Summary: Next week marks the start of Global Entrepreneurship Week – seven days celebrated around the world, with events designed to recognize and encourage more people to think more seriously… 

Oct 31, 2017

First in Future: SEPI Engineering & Construction, Inc. President & CEO, Sepi Saidi

Summary: A couple of weeks ago I went to the Southeast Raleigh Innovation Challenge, a pitch competition designed to get more people thinking about a business they could start, and… 

Oct 24, 2017

First in Future: Plexus Capital Co-Founder and Partner, Kel Landis

Summary: If you were looking to identify a poster child for citizenship, you could do a lot worse than Kel Landis, co-founder and partner at Plexus Capital. As you’ll hear… 

Oct 17, 2017

First in Future: NC League of Municipalities’ “Municipal Equations” Host Ben Brown

Summary:  When solving big problems, local folks are the canaries in the coalmine – they are likely to notice a problem before anyone else, and more likely to be able to… 

Oct 10, 2017

First in Future: The N.C. Rural Center President Patrick Woodie

Summary: In the late 1990’s, I worked on a project called the North Carolina Rural Prosperity Task Force. The idea was to develop a series of recommendations that could make…