Credentialing Pathways
We create precise, competency-based blueprints for current and emerging occupations. Our work includes collaborating with colleges, workforce organizations, and employers to align these blueprints to educational program outcomes. This collaboration strengthens career pathways, skills-based job descriptions, and performance management systems. At the same time, it helps institutions and businesses to build a future-ready workforce and individuals to make more informed career decisions.
Communities of Practice
We design and lead dynamic Communities of Practice (CoPs) that unite passionate professionals in collective learning, innovation, and action. Using expert facilitation, tested tools, and in-person and virtual collaboration we foster knowledge sharing, peer-to-peer engagement, and real-world application of new ideas. To maximize impact, our CoPs are often paired with personalized coaching sessions, ensuring members can effectively apply insights to drive improvements within their organizations and communities.
Coaching & Technical Assistance
We empower our partners with strategic guidance to set clear goals, define success metrics, and engage in high-impact practices and initiatives. Our expertise extends to stakeholder engagement, capacity building, and applying best or promising practices, ensuring long-term success. As a neutral, strategic thought partner, we collaborate closely to strengthen approaches, drive innovation, and create lasting impact.
Research & Field-Building
Our team conducts in-depth research on best and emerging policies and practices, equipping partners with needed data and insights to prevent a two-tier postsecondary system. We share our findings through published reports, high-impact convenings, expert-led Communities of Practice, and professional development webinars and programs—driving meaningful change across education and workforce systems.
Future-Focused Design
Our work helps partners anticipate future trends and design forward-looking solutions responsive to shifts and innovations in education and workforce development. We support our partners in crafting customized strategies that address their specific economic, demographic, and industry contexts. We collaborate with sector partnerships, industry consortia, and other regional collaboratives to ensure that workforce initiatives support opportunities for those historically left out of education and workforce success.
Actionable Tools & Resources
We equip our partners with customized tools to design high-quality credentials, strengthen workforce equity, and conduct in-depth competency analyses. Through resources like self-assessment tools, playbooks, research, and reports, we provide partners with step-by-step guidance for making improvements grounded in best practices.
