The Ready Podcast

S1E6 – The Digital Credentials Explosion with David Kinsella (Everitas)

Digital credentials or ‘badging’ promises to transform education and training by turning the knowledge and skills we possess into a digital form that is more relevant to modern employers. But what does this mean for educators and are digital credentials about to explode?
On this episode of WorkED Marc Washbourne sits down with self-confessed digital credentials evangelist David Kinsella of Everitas (an affiliate of US-based Credly in Australia) for an exclusive insider’s view of the digital credential revolution about to shake up Australian education.
From what digital credentials are (and what they’re not) to how leading brands like IBM and RMIT are using them to run better businesses, Marc and David reveal the secrets of digital credentialing success and how savvy educators can begin to unlock their power today.
What are the ‘10 Commandments of Digital Credentialing’? What will a future with digital credentials look like in five to ten years? And what will the coming explosion mean for the way educators, students and employers will interact to create lifelong learning?
Find out the answers to these question and more on this episode of WorkED.
 
The views expressed in this podcast are entirely those of the guests only.

S1E5 – Why Meaning and Purpose Matter in the Future of Work with Darren Coppin (Esher House)

What do we really know about meaning and purpose? Why do we feel like we have less of them than ever? Is there any way we can bring more meaning and purpose into everyday education and work?
On this episode of WorkED Marc Washbourne sits down with behavioural science extraordinaire Darren Coppin from Esher House to enter the realm of meaning and purpose and come back with new understandings of their importance in our working lives and the health of society as a whole.
From the modern day existential vacuum and its causes, the components of meaning and how using our character strengths can help get us closer to it, we explore subjects as diverse as philosophy, evolutionary psychology and social media to take the pulse of meaning in Australia in 2019.
Does work make us miserable - or does it actually give us meaning and purpose? Could happiness ever be as easy as popping a pill? And what can death teach us about living in the here and now?
 Find out the answers to these questions and more on this episode of WorkED.

S1E4 – The Employability ‘Hurricane’ with Mark Pettitt (Edified)

A university education used to be about higher learning rather than getting a job. That conversation has turned upside down, with universities now caught in the eye of a new employability ‘hurricane’.
ReadyTech CEO Marc Washbourne sits down with the founder of education consultancy Edified, Mark Pettitt, to unpack the state of employability and discuss how educators can up their employability game – across higher education and vocational education and training (VET). 
From the viability of teaching experiential learning and soft skills at university, to the brave new world of virtual internships, WorkED looks at the past, present and future of student readiness for work.
Do employers think today’s students are employable? Should universities double down on teaching employability, and how? Or is employability a part of the higher education lexicon that is destined to disappear?
Listen to this episode of the WorkED Podcast to find out.

S1E3 – The Gig Economy and Remote Work with Andrew Joyce (Found Careers)

The gig economy once promised to set workers free from office cubicles and give businesses a way to engage flexible workforces at will. But is the reality short-changing employees and employers?
ReadyTech CEO Marc Washbourne sits down with the co-founder of app-based job platform Found, Andrew Joyce, for an investigation of the gig economy reality, open plan offices and remote work.
Is the gig (economy) up? Are we right to question the open plan office? Is remote work still the future?
Listen to this episode of the WorkED Podcast to find out.
 
 

S1E2 – The Millennial Mind with Saxon Phipps (Year 13)

What do millennials really think about education and work and are we failing to support their success? In this episode of WorkED, ReadyTech CEO Marc Washbourne sits down with Year 13 co-founder Saxon Phipps for a challenging conversation about millennials, meaning and the future of work.
Exploring the school-to-tertiary education transition, as well as the way our culture and systems could better frame career choices at this formative time, Saxon draws on deep insights from eight years working with young people to build new connections between work and individual purpose.
Want to understand the millennial worker and the generations that follow them? Listen now!

S1E1 – Reinventing Education with Sara Caplan (PwC Australia)

In WorkED’s first podcast, we sit down with leading workforce skills and education thinker Sara Caplan, the current national skills lead at PwC, and take on higher ed around the world, the resurgence of vocational education, and her call for employers to get busy playing a role as the reskillers of the future.

S1E0 – Welcome to WorkED!

Introducing the #WorkEDpodcast featuring ReadyTech's very own CEO, Marc Washbourne. Listen in as leading thinkers in the fields of education, employment and technology come together to share their personal work stories and challenge current work and education models.