Workforce of the Future Conference 2015
 
 
2015 Workforce of the Future Conference participants were inspired by Robert Reich's hopeful message about the importance of labor-management partnerships and the creation of good jobs. Conference participants also learned about how Michael Johnson rose from the stock room to the UPS Board Room through career development programs and how PG and E enhances the management skills of mid-level managers.
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Conference keynotes inspire us with challenging ideas about health care delivery and the role of health care in the U.S. economy. Sean Duffy explained how technology can extend the human touch! To improve the health of pre-diabetic patients Omada Health has provided an app to remind people about healthy eating habits and exercise. Robert Reich discussed the role of health care in the United States economy as a sponsor of good jobs as well as delivering quality care. He also discussed the valuable role of the KP-CKPU labor management partnership. It is the strongest partnership in the country.
Economic analyst, CNBC Contributor, professor, New York Times best-selling author, advisor to Presidents, and former Secretary of Labor
 Robert B. Reich is one of the world’s leading thinkers about work and the economy. Now Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley, he has served under three national administrations, most recently as Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton. He also served on President Barack Obama’s economic transition advisory board. In 2008, TIME magazine named him one of the ten most successful cabinet secretaries of the past century.
Reich is the author of 15 books including The Work of Nations, which has been translated into 22 languages, and the best sellers Locked in the Cabinet and The Future of Success, which in 2002 was ranked by BusinessWeek magazine as the #2 best-selling business book. His book, Supercapitalism, published in 2007, warned of the perils of an under-regulated and over-leveraged financial system. In his 2010 best seller, Aftershock: The Next Economy and America’s Future, Reich looks at where the economy is heading after the Great Recession and what to expect over the next decade. His book Saving Capitalism, (September, 2015) examines the building blocks of the American economy and explores methods of preserving growth, while simultaneously spreading benefits. 
Reich is the co-creator and host of the widely acclaimed 2013 documentary, Inequality for All, in which he explains the underlying forces that are shaping our economy and lays out pragmatic solutions for a broader prosperity.
Reich has a nationally-syndicated column and he also writes frequently for The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Financial Times. He is a contributor to CNBC, and a frequent panelist on ABC’s This Week and other television programs.
In late 2003, Reich was awarded the prestigious Vaclev Havel prize, in Prague, for his original contributions to economic thinking. The Wall Street Journal has named him one of the nation’s top ten thought leaders.
Co-founder & CEO Omada Health
Sean Duffy is the Co-founder and CEO of Omada Health, one of Fast Company’s "50 Most Innovative Companies in the World." Omada Health is a digital health company dedicated to inspiring and empowering people everywhere to live free of chronic disease. The company’s flagship product, Prevent, is a 16-week, CDC-recognized program that lowers participants’ risk for obesity-related chronic disease using cutting-edge technology, world-class design, and the power of social networks.
An in-demand speaker and thought leader, Sean's accolades include a spot on The San Francisco Business Times’ 2015 list of "40 Under 40," J.P. Morgan's list of the "100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs of 2014,” and Diabetes Forecast magazine's list of "2014 Diabetes All Stars.”
Past speaking engagements include SXSW Interactive, Le Web Paris, Exponential Medicine, Stanford Medicine X, Health2.0, and the HealthTech Conference
Sean has written enthusiastically about the future of healthcare in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, MedGadget, and TechCrunch, among other publications.
Prior to Omada, Sean worked at both Google and IDEO. A former MD/MBA candidate at Harvard, he holds a BS in neuroscience from Columbia University.
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> Download NotesModerated by former NWFPD Director, Laura Long, panelists examine keys to individual employee and manager success at Kaiser Permanente, United Parcel Service and Pacific Gas and Electric Company. SEIU/UHW Kaiser Division leader describes how union leadership has contributed education initiative success.
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