Cat Ward is managing director of JFFLabs, a unit of JFF that designs and scales new approaches to promoting economic advancement. She leads JFF’s efforts to engage the private sector as a strategic force for good. Ward founded and manages JFF’s Corporate Action Platform and Advisory Services practice. She leads a team that advises companies on envisioning, developing and implementing strategies that are good for multiple stakeholders—including workers, businesses and communities.
Companies must build a corporate culture that supports — and proactively links — lifelong learning and career mobility.
As remote work continues, talent development and HR leaders must redesign structures, norms and customs to develop more inclusive hybrid work policies that better serve all workers.