Education & Workforce Development Scholar; Chief Impact Officer at The Kern Family Foundation; Author of "Long-Life Learning"
Michelle Weise Biography
Dr. Michelle Weise is a scholar, strategist, and author whose work focuses on education, workforce development, and the future of work. Weise serves as Chief Impact Officer at The Kern Family Foundation, where she leads initiatives in character formation, human flourishing, principled innovation, and compassion across K-12 teaching, engineering education, medical education, faith, work, and economics. Weise is a former Fulbright Scholar and holds degrees from Harvard and Stanford.
Weise is the author of "Long-Life Learning: Preparing for Jobs that Don't Even Exist Yet." The book received recognition from the University Professional and Continuing Education Association as an outstanding work in continuing higher education literature and was awarded the Phillip E. Frandson Award for Literature. Thinkers50 named Weise as one of 30 management and leadership thinkers to watch. Earlier in her career, Weise co-authored "Hire Education: Mastery, Modularization, and the Workforce Revolution" with Clayton Christensen while leading the higher education practice at the Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation.
Weise has led strategy and innovation for higher education institutions, funders, and workforce development organizations, including roles as Vice Chancellor of Strategy and Innovation at National University System, Senior Advisor at Imaginable Futures, and Chief Innovation Officer at Strada Education Network and Southern New Hampshire University. Weise is recognized for her expertise in the future of work, talent development, internal mobility, and workforce training.
Her service includes advising and mentoring nonprofit and venture-backed startups, as well as serving as a commissioner for the Massachusetts Governor's Commission on Digital Innovation and Lifelong Learning, Harvard University's Task Force on Skills and Employability, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Commission on the Future of Undergraduate Education. Weise's commentaries on higher education and workforce strategy have appeared in The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, and on PBSNewshour.
Weise co-hosts "A Life Worth Working," a podcast exploring the complexities and transformation of work lives. She emphasizes the importance of human skills such as communication, creativity, and teamwork in a workplace shaped by automation and technology, advocating for a blend of human and technical skills. Weise translates workforce trends into actionable frameworks for business leaders, educators, policymakers, and others navigating changes in the labor market.
Michelle Weise Videos
Michelle Weise: The workplace of the future
Michelle Weise explains how rapid technological innovation is demanding a change in the way we approach learning and work. Tune in: https ...
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