Video Version: https://youtu.be/PqDVKP7KbJY Building tomorrow’s industries starts with rebuilding today’s workforce. In this dynamic dinner-table episode, host Bo Kemp brings together three leaders from engineering, construction, and aerospace to unpack the talent challenges and opportunities defining the next decade of American industry. From emerging fields like AI and cryogenics to cornerstone sectors like housing construction, this conversation explores the skills, training systems, and innovative workforce strategies needed to meet the moment. Together, Bo, Eugene, Luis, and John dive into the workforce gaps threatening growth in both advanced technology and essential infrastructure, how AI, automation, and new materials are reshaping talent needs across engineering, aerospace, and construction, the real-world obstacles employers face in finding — and developing — the next generation of skilled workers, creative, scalable solutions for training, apprenticeship, and career pathways that can unlock growth at regional and national levels, what communities, companies, and policymakers must do now to prepare for a rapidly changing economic landscape, and why aligning industry, education, and workforce systems is key to powering America’s most promising new opportunities. This episode is for leaders, builders, and problem-solvers who know the future won’t be created by technology alone — but by the people prepared to operate, maintain, and innovate within it. At a moment when breakthrough industries are accelerating faster than our talent pipelines, this candid discussion offers clarity, urgency, and a path forward.
