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AI NEOcasts is a service supported and funded exclusively by Kendall Parker 360. We are a collaborative of active professionals who live and work within the 14-county region of Northeast Ohio. We are advocates for the region and are always looking new and innovative ways to advance the economic development for the greater good.

Our goal is simple: to find the most innovate position papers, research documents, and other independent, trustworthy data-driven reports that delivers insights and recommendations to improve the Northeast Ohio Region. If you find such a report, feel free to submit to us for review and publication to our podcast series. Your submissions can be items you have direct connection or simply one you came across. All submissions should be available in the public domain - they should have been published for public consumption. No proprietary or confidential reports will be published.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This report assesses the state and trajectory of globalization
based on an analysis of nearly 9 million data points tracking
country-to-country flows of trade, capital, information,
and people. It updates the DHL Global Connectedness Index,
providing an overview of global trends and profiling the
international activity of 181 countries and territories, which
comprise 99.7% of the global economy and 98.7% of the
world’s population. It also ranks countries according to their
levels of global connectedness.

The analysis of global trends examines three questions at
the center of current debates about globalization: Are global
flows still growing? Is geopolitical rivalry fracturing the
global economy? Are international flows becoming more
regional?

The answers will surprise many listeners because they
contradict prevalent narratives about the world entering
a period of deglobalization. Geopolitical threats and
public policy shifts have led many to predict the demise of
globalization. But the actual flows between countries that
we measure in this report have proven highly resilient in
the face of formidable challenges.

AI NEOcast Length: 15:00

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The 8th annual Aligning Opportunities report provides regional insights that enhance our understanding of the overall workforce challenge & identifies critical opportunities to drive the economy in a more impactful manner.

AI NEOcast Length: 25:55

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In Cleveland and across Cuyahoga County, parents struggle to balance the need to work with the available child care options. Parents overwhelmingly describe their child care options as unaffordable, low quality, or simply inaccessible. These parents then directly relate these issues to their jobs and the adverse impacts on their productivity, work effort, and careers. Some parents are unable to work at all. From a range of perspectives, the current child care system imposes large economic losses.

AI NEOcast Length: 13:05

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While the work of the Fund for Our Economic Future is complex, and framework is simple: Shared learning results in a shared understanding of how we can act collectively to achieve a common goal. We hope this handbook will be useful to others in Northeast Ohio and beyond who are working to support large-scale civic changes.

AI NEOcast Length: 13:48

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Supporting Ohio girls during their formative years is not just something we should do but it is a must do in building a more equitable and healthier Ohio. Through understanding the experiences of girls in Ohio, we can create programs and policies that uplift, promote, and support the well-being and health of Ohio's girls, who will become women with a strong foundation for success.

AI NEOcast Length: 16:05

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As the United States has entered a period of robust economic growth, expected to be both enormous in scale and rapid in pace, businesses are looking to expand to capitalize on this opportunity. As the analysis in this report shows, businesses’ location decisions have significant implications for talent, equity and sustainability. In short, Where Matters.

AI NEOcast Length: 13:04

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In 2010, leaders from and representing Northeast Ohio’s 12-county region recognized that our futures are bound together and concluded that our region could be more successful if we worked to anticipate, prepare for, and build that future together, instead of apart. The Northeast Ohio Sustainable Communities Consortium (NEOSCC), was created to figure out how to achieve this goal.

AI NEOcast Length: 11:44

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The 2024 Talent & Equity report offers an update on key data points in the Vibrant Economy Indicators (VEI). The VEI highlights the current state of our economy and tracks progress toward the 2030 goal of ‘Bending the Curve’ of our economic trajectory. This initiative aims to improve key economic outcomes in the 14-county region beyond expected forecasts. With coordinated efforts and data-driven strategies, Team NEO and its partners are working to accelerate the region’s growth to make Northeast Ohio a leader in inclusive economic development, expanding opportunities for all its residents.

AI NEOcast Length: 16:03

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The Social Security Act will turn 90 years old next year, an opportunity to celebrate and renew commitment to a landmark of American government and culture. It is also an opportunity to initiate top-to-bottom reform of an inordinately complex and financially troubled tangle of domestic programs that are exasperating to beneficiaries and incomprehensible to the general public — and most policymakers.

AI NEOcast Length: Need to create podcast

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The Social Security Act will turn 90 years old next year, an opportunity to celebrate and renew commitment to a landmark of American government and culture. It is also an opportunity to initiate top-to-bottom reform of an inordinately complex and financially troubled tangle of domestic programs that are exasperating to beneficiaries and incomprehensible to the general public — and most policymakers.

AI NEOcast Length: Need to create podcast

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In the report, our partner, the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, offers a snapshot on the state of the Northeast Ohio economy. And three practitioners who live and breathe Growth & Opportunity offer their perspectives on the three strategies that comprise this approach.

AI NEOcast Length: 14:03

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Attracting, developing and retaining talent for a stronger, more resilient region, as informed by Northeast Ohio’s workforce. The talent shortages that intensified in late 2021 have sustained. As crises of the early pandemic shifted to a “new normal,” lingering challenges point to a complex and permanent transformation. Employers who come out ahead will recognize the long-term shifts and respond with curiosity, creativity and flexibility. Strengtheningworkplaces.com aims to help understand today’s workers and highlight potential strategies for strengthening workplaces.

AI NEOcast Length: 11:18

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The green economy is the future economy. For Northeast Ohio, and regions like it, the move toward a greener economy marks a transition from an era of scarcity to one of potential abundance. It marks the emergence of a new set of industries for regions to compete over. It also marks a fundamental shift in what it means for a firm or a region to be competitive.

AI NEOcast Length: 18:42

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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the nation’s first and best line of defense against hunger. 100% federally-funded SNAP benefits help 1.4 million low-income Ohioans afford nutritious food and support Ohio’s broader food economy. SNAP’s lesser-known sister program – the SNAP Employment and Training (E&T) program – helps unemployed and underemployed SNAP participants gain skills, training and work experience to “increase their ability to obtain regular employment that leads to economic self-sufficiency.” All states are required to operate a SNAP E&T program, but due to limited federal funding, states have discretion in how the program operates and who it serves.

AI NEOcast Length: 11:44

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The workforce has shown incredible resilience and adaptability in recent years, especially in the face of the disruptive effects of the pandemic. This period of upheaval has brought about significant changes in the way we work, challenging traditional ideas about work dynamics, schedules, and settings. In response, people have reevaluated their career priorities, leading to an increase in early retirements, gig work, and remote employment arrangements. However, amidst these changes, a pressing issue has emerged: persistent workforce gaps, particularly among people of color and low-income individuals. Despite a growing demand for labor, many job positions remain unfilled.

AI NEOcast Length: 10:16

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What Matters to Metros: Foundational Indicators for Economic Competitiveness, evaluates the economic performance of 115 metropolitan statistical areas between 1990 and 2011, and sheds light on the factors most critical to advancing growth in a post-recession economy. The work assesses the relationship of 55 variables to economic growth across four measures: per capita income, gross metropolitan product (GMP), productivity and employment.

What Matters to Metros reinforces much of what we already know; specifically, that education and innovation are the bedrock of a healthy economy. But the research also presents surprising results that challenge many of our assumptions. Most noticeably, it suggests that metro areas with the most job growth tended to have the highest poverty, crime and income inequality, which will ultimately put that growth at risk. This disturbing trend makes it clear that a strong economy is defined not just by its growth, but also by how it grows.

Economic growth must be accompanied by an increase in access to economic opportunity for historically isolated and disconnected populations, particularly those without the educational attainment or career readiness demanded by the marketplace and those cut off from job opportunities by unsustainable development patterns. Advocates for economic growth and advocates for increased opportunity need to join together and align their respective efforts to strengthen key industries, prepare talent for success, and connect and strengthen quality places.

AI NEOcast Length: 12:31

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The three-tiered framework asserts that sustained growth requires job creation, job preparation and job access. Growth & Opportunity can only come through “good” job growth, a workforce prepared for the jobs of today and tomorrow, and tighter connectivity between jobs and workers.

AI NEOcast Length: 11:29

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The Social Security Act will turn 90 years old next year, an opportunity to celebrate and renew commitment to a landmark of American government and culture. It is also an opportunity to initiate top-to-bottom reform of an inordinately complex and financially troubled tangle of domestic programs that are exasperating to beneficiaries and incomprehensible to the general public — and most policymakers.

AI NEOcast Length: Need to create podcast

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The 2023 Resilience & Innovation Report provides an update on the Vibrant Economy Indicators and insights into challenges and opportunities the Northeast Ohio Region has as we work to build a vibrant economy through resilience, measured by infrastructure, including readily available sites and innovation, measured by businesses’ adoption rate of new technologies and an environment that encourages start-ups.

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