Episodes
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How can we build a system that supports skills-based hiring?
It starts with collaboration.
In a special episode of the Velocity Network podcast, Ollie Henderson interviews Rick Goldgar, IBM's Associate Director of Digital Credentials and Transformation.
They discuss:
Unlocking Career Opportunities: How digital badges are redefining professional advancement beyond traditional degrees.
Degrees vs. Skills: The growing preference for demonstrable skills over academic credentials in the job market.
Educational Shifts: Why educational institutions must recalibrate their offerings to meet labor market demands.
Interoperability Trust: How organizations like the Velocity Network Foundation are enabling the trusted exchange of verifiable credentials globally using open standards.
LINKS:
Rick's LinkedIn
Ollie's LinkedIn
Find out more about the Velocity Network Foundation
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In November 2023, we hosted our Education Ecosystem launch event, featuring leading figures from the worlds of education and employment.
Listen to these highlights to discover the role Velocity is playing in unifying credentials and why members are so active in building solutions on the Network.
You can watch a video of the highlights HERE.
Thanks again to all the speakers, including those who feature in this podcast:
Alex Chudnovsky of SAP
Bill Hughes of Education Design Lab
Ian Davidson of SmartResume
Kacey Thorne of Western Governors University
Matt Alex of Beyond Academics
Meagan Treadway of Grand Valley State University
Mike Andrus of HCA Healthcare
Mike Simmons of AACRAO
Zach Daigle of Precheck (a Cisive company)
For more information or if you have any questions, please contact us: [email protected]
You can watch every session from the two-part launch event here:
Why the work of Velocity is so important and relevant to both the employment and education sectorsHow Velocity members are working on the Network to build solutions to common problems and improve opportunities for individuals and organizations.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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On the 8th of November 2023, Velocity Network Foundation hosted our Education Ecosystem event, focusing on why the work of Velocity is so important and relevant to both the employment and education sectors.
You can find full details of the event, including speaker information and the agenda HERE.
In this podcast, you can listen to the education community’s perspective panel moderated by Ollie Henderson and featuring Kacey Thorn (Western Governors University), Meagan Treadway (Grand Valley State University) and Mike Simmons (AACRAO).
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On the 8th of November 2023, Velocity Network Foundation hosted our Education Ecosystem event, focusing on why the work of Velocity is so important and relevant to both the employment and education sectors.
You can find full details of the event, including speaker information and the agenda HERE.
In this podcast, you can listen to the employer’s perspective panel moderated by Ollie Henderson and featuring Alex Chudnovsky (SAP), Mike Andrus (HCA Healthcare) and Zach Daigle (Precheck, a Cisive company).
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Ahead of the upcoming Velocity Education Cluster event taking place on the 8th and 14th of November, you can listen to this interview with one of our speakers, Sertifier CEO, Arda Helvacılar. He sat down with Ollie Henderson at the Velocity General Assembly 2023 in New York City.
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Ahead of the upcoming Velocity Education Cluster event taking place on the 8th and 14th of November, you can listen to this interview with one of our speakers, Vice President of Shared Operations at HCA Healthcare, Mike Andrus. He sat down with Ollie Henderson at the Velocity General Assembly 2023 in New York City.
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Ahead of the upcoming Velocity Education Cluster event taking place on the 8th and 14th of November, you can listen to this interview with one of our speakers, Zach Daigle, President at Precheck (a Cisive company). He sat down with Ollie Henderson at the Velocity General Assembly 2023 in New York City.
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Ahead of the upcoming Velocity Education Cluster event taking place on the 8th and 14th of November, you can listen to this interview with one of our speakers, Mike Simmons, Strategic Partnerships and Business Development at AACRAO . He sat down with Ollie Henderson at the Velocity General Assembly 2023 in New York City.
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Ahead of the upcoming Velocity Education Cluster event taking place on the 8th and 14th of November, today you'll hear from one of the speakers, Alex Chudnovsky, Vice President, Product Strategy at SAP.
Whether you’re…
✔️ An academic leader or administrator at an education institution
✔️ An LMS, SIS, Assessment Vendors or Credentialing Platforms
✔️ Someone advancing education towards digital credentials and micro-credentials…
You're invited to a two-part event hosted by the Velocity Network Foundation's Education Cluster, taking place on the 8th and 14th of November.
During these two one-hour sessions, you’ll learn how Velocity enables, at scale, fully interoperable, privacy-preserving digital credential records that have practical utility within the education and employment industries.
You'll discover why the education community, including education institutions and bodies like Education Design Lab, AACRAO, Grand Valley State University and Western Governors University, view Velocity as a key solution to creating a unified approach to skills and education verification.
You'll also hear the employer’s perspective from Cisive, HCA Healthcare and SAP, as they start to use verifiable credentials to get people in the right jobs at the right time.
And you'll see a live demonstration of how someone can easily and quickly claim and share their credentials.
Register your place here:
November 8th: Why the work of Velocity is so important and relevant to both the employment and education sectors: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_s8wkO-SsSYqyoXRXyRzzQg
November 14th: How Velocity members are working on the Network to build solutions to common problems and improve opportunities for individuals and organizations: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rqxnrcuxS7CnzHQR8ExxgQ
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Ahead of the upcoming Velocity Education Cluster event taking place on the 8th and 14th of November, today you'll head a panel discussion from this year's General Assembly in New York, featuring:
Moderator:
NAOMI SZEKERES, Head of Education Cluster, Velocity Network Foundation
Speakers:
MANOJ KUTTY, CEO, Greenlight Credentials
MIKE SIMMONS PhD, Strategic Partnerships, AACRAO
SCOTT CHENEY, CEO, Credential Engine
Whether you’re…
✔️ An academic leader or administrator at an education institution
✔️ An LMS, SIS, Assessment Vendors or Credentialing Platforms
✔️ Someone advancing education towards digital credentials and micro-credentials…
You're invited to a two-part event hosted by the Velocity Network Foundation's Education Cluster, taking place on the 8th and 14th of November.
During these two one-hour sessions, you’ll learn how Velocity enables, at scale, fully interoperable, privacy-preserving digital credential records that have practical utility within the education and employment industries.
You'll discover why the education community, including education institutions and bodies like Education Design Lab, AACRAO, Grand Valley State University and Western Governors University, view Velocity as a key solution to creating a unified approach to skills and education verification.
You'll also hear the employer’s perspective from Cisive, HCA Healthcare and SAP, as they start to use verifiable credentials to get people in the right jobs at the right time.
And you'll see a live demonstration of how someone can easily and quickly claim and share their credentials.
Register your place here:
November 8th: Why the work of Velocity is so important and relevant to both the employment and education sectors: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_s8wkO-SsSYqyoXRXyRzzQg
November 14th: How Velocity members are working on the Network to build solutions to common problems and improve opportunities for individuals and organizations: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rqxnrcuxS7CnzHQR8ExxgQ
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In today's episode, you'll hear Ollie Henderson speaking with Velocity's Head of Global Education Ecosystem Strategy, Naomi Szekeres.
Since the Velocity Network Foundation Education Cluster Adoption Team came together for the first time in February 2023, it's grown to include and impact 40 members across the ecosystem.
With the group sparking many new opportunities to impact Velocity's adoption, we're now delighted to be hosting its official launch this fall.
We're hosting two 1-hour sessions:
To explain WHY the work of Velocity is so important and relevant to both the employment and education sectors To tell HOW Velocity Members are working on the Network to build solutions to common problems and improve opportunities for individuals and organizations.You can now sign up for both events via the links below:
Part 1
Part 2
Velocity Network Foundation website
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Today’s guest is Jeffrey L. Schwartz.
Jeff is Tuesday’s keynote speaker at the Velocity Network Foundation General Assembly 2023, taking place in New York City next week.
To mark the occasion, this podcast is a crossover edition, also running on host Ollie Henderson's Future Work/Life podcast.
Jeff is Vice President Insights and Impact at Gloat, Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Business, and was previously Senior Advisor on the Future of Work, at Deloitte Consulting. He’s also the author of Work Disrupted (2021) and co-author of Workforce Ecosystems, published earlier this year.
Ollie and Jeff discuss:
The different contributors helping shape new work ecosystems.The role of technology in workforce ecosystems.Why managers and leaders need to build a new set of skills.How verifiable credentials support skills verification.Why organizations shouldn't use an old map to explore a new world.LINKS:
Jeff's website
Jeff's LinkedIn
Work Disrupted
Workforce Ecosystems
Velocity Network Foundation website
Velocity Network Foundation General Assembly 2023
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In today's episode, you'll hear from three Velocity members attending the General Assembly in New York City on the 19th and 20th of June in New York City.
Alex Chudnovsky is Vice President of Product Strategy at SAP
Jouko van Aggelen is Chief Portfolio & Innovation Officer at Aon Assessment Solutions
Andrew Cunsolo is Senior Director of Product Management at Jobvite
Register for your ticket HERE.
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In today's episode, our host Ollie Henderson speaks with Dominik Beron, Co-founder and CEO of Walt id.
Key Points Discussed:
Problems that verifiable credentials can solve and potential use casesThe role of open source software in building an identity infrastructureFuture applications and benefits of digitizing identity data across industriesThe Velocity General Assembly is scheduled to take place in New York City on the 19th and 20th of June this year. Register for your ticket HERE.
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Welcome back to the Velocity Network podcast.
In today's episode, our host Ollie Henderson speaks with John Healy, Vice President and Chair of the Task Force on Digitalisation for the World Employment Confederation.
Key Points Discussed:
Insights from the first Velocity General Assembly and looking ahead to June's eventImpact of removing friction from job matching on different stakeholdersVerifiable credentials and their importance in creating opportunitiesFuture opportunities for organizations and individualsThe Velocity General Assembly is scheduled to take place in New York City on the 19th and 20th of June this year. Register for your ticket HERE.
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Velocity Network Foundation® is hosting its 2023 General Assembly this June in New York City.
Our annual General Assembly brings together leaders from across our membership to discuss innovation and key architectural issues, share best practices, and collaborate on addressing market needs as it adopts Velocity Network™ as the next-gen data utility layer underlying the global labor market.
Join us as we move to change the world of work!
Register your ticket HERE.
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En el podcast de esta semana, Ollie Henderson entrevista a Enrique José Peña Fajardo (Kike), director de tecnología de Nuevosmedios, una plataforma de experiencia de aprendizaje con sede en Colombia.
Nuevosmedios lanzó recientemente Knowkee, la primera billetera profesional digital de América Latina y la primera billetera en español a nivel mundial.
Ollie y Kike discuten por qué las credenciales verificables son tan importantes para resolver los grandes problemas de la industria, cómo Velocity ayuda a resolver esos problemas y qué oportunidades crea esto para el futuro.
Nuevosmedios compartirá información sobre cómo han creado Knowkee y cómo están ayudando a crear nuevas posibilidades para sus clientes e individuos en la asamblea general de Velocity los días 19 y 20 de junio en la ciudad de Nueva York. Regístrese aquí para asegurar su boleto de reserva anticipada.
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In this week's podcast, Ollie Henderson interviews Enrique José Peña Fajardo (Kike), Chief Technology Officer of Nuevosmedios, a learning experience platform based in Colombia.
Neuvosmedios recently launched Knowkee, Latin America’s first digital career wallet - and the first Spanish language wallet globally.
Ollie and Kike discuss why verifiable credentials are so important to solving big industry problems, how Velocity helps solve those problems, and what opportunities this creates for the future.
Nuevosmedios will be sharing insights into how they’ve created Knowkee, and are helping create new possibilities for their customers and individuals at the Velocity General Assembly on the 19th and 20th of June in New York City. Sign up here to secure your early bird ticket.
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In this episode of the Velocity Network Podcast, Ollie Henderson speaks with Guillermo Corea, Managing Director of the Workplace Innovation Lab and Venture Capital at the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).
They discuss the importance of verifiable credentials, the role of data in HR, and how technology can help bridge the skills gap and improve career prospects for individuals.
In this episode, Ollie and Guillermo explore:
The challenges HR professionals face in understanding digital credentials new technology.How adopting verifiable credentials can benefit both HR professionals and individual employees.The importance of open, vendor-agnostic, and customer-agnostic technologies in the HR landscape.The potential for Velocity to make HR more strategic, efficient, and better equipped to address recruitment and retention challenges.Reserve your ticket for the Velocity General Assembly, taking place on the 19th and 20th of June in New York City, HERE.
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In this episode of the Velocity Network Podcast, Ollie Henderson is joined by Deborah Everhart, Chief Strategy Officer at Credential Engine.
With experience at Georgetown University and as a strategic advisor to the American Council on Education, Deb offers valuable insights on the importance of credential transparency, open standards, and how credentials can improve individuals' career prospects.
Ollie and Deborah discuss:
Importance of verifiable credentials: Deb explains the mission of Credential Engine, a nonprofit organization focused on credential transparency, and how verifiable credentials contribute to this mission by providing valuable information on credentials, quality control, and skills they represent.Credential transparency and standardization: Deb highlights the current lack of standardization in credential reporting and discusses how Credential Engine's Credential Transparency Description Language (CTDL) can help connect data from multiple sources and improve credential transparency.The role of Velocity Network: Deb emphasizes the benefits of incorporating CTDL and linked open data into digital credentials, which can make them machine-actionable and more valuable to both individuals and businesses.Future opportunities for individuals and businesses: Deb looks ahead to the potential improvements in career prospects and how businesses can better utilize the talents of their employees through increased credential transparency and standardized credential data.Reserve your ticket for the Velocity General Assembly, taking place on the 19th and 20th of June in New York City, HERE.
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