fulbright scholar

Jason Radisson is the CEO and Founder of ShiftOne. He has a bachelor of arts degree from Holy Cross with honors in Political Science. He was a Fulbright Scholar in economics at the University of Gottingen and started his Ph.D. at Harvard in Economics. Jason worked at McKinsey, Uber, 99 (an Uber competitor in Brazil), with many other stops along the way. Jason is helping lead a work revolution for frontline workers solving employment problems with technology.

Show Notes:

• Jason gives his background and origin story that leads him to become the CEO and Founder of ShiftOne.com and his entrepreneurial insight on "frontline workers" and how technology can help both employees and employers.
• (16:00) Are terms "gig economy" and "freelancer economy" the same or different?
• ShiftOne is focusing on full-time jobs not part-time jobs.
• (21:00) What are the challenges of building a dual sided market place? How good of a manager you are in this type of industry is determined by how well you can grow both sides together. 
• (25:00) What is going on with the worker shortage? H-1b Visa issues and immigation issues impacting the US Economy?
• (33:00) Why would someone want to look for work through ShiftOne? What are the benefits? 
  • The ability to learn, pivot industries, and have access to more opportunities. People want more flexibility and opportunities!
  • The ability to give people "deep skills."
• (37:00) Why education is important. Why you should always look to "up skill" in your career.
• Marc Andreessen "Software is eating the world!" Software and automation is changing the economy and will destroy old jobs but also create NEW jobs and industries!
•  If you are doing unskilled tasks they will get automated away. People need to move up the value chain which will require new skills.
  • Machine operation roles
  • Engineering roles
  • Healthcare
• Where can you go to get more skills for free? Coursera.org and EdX.org are great assets to use. 
• (40:00) Where do you start? Be curious. Ask questions. Become a lifelong learner.
• (43:00) What is the secret of building and running a unicorn business? 
  • Picking the markets, business model, and strategy is critical.
  • Most profits in the ride sharing world where not in the US and China but in Brazil. Why?
  • What is your insight? 
• (53:00) Best practice - The Hill Climbing Practice - the operation must be better this week than last week.
  • Agile and SCRUM processes.
• (56:00) What does the post COVID work world look like?
  • ChatGPT
• Book Recommendations
  • Crossing the Chasm - Geoffery Moore
  • Valuation - Tim Koller
  • Decision Making Under Uncertainty - MIT
  • The Passenger - Cormac McCarthy
• (1:09:00) If Jason could give a State of the Union address to the American people what would he say?

My guest on this week's podcast is Mehmet Casey. Mehmet (Mo) was born and raised in Baghdad, Iraq where like many others, he navigated a stressful lifestyle. After college and a brief employment, he decided to step out of the scene to pursue more professional opportunities and gain a global perspective. He landed what was supposed to be a 10-month long exchange teaching Fulbright scholarship but later events at home left him no choice but to seek asylum, which ultimately made Billings, MT his new home. 

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Highlights include:

• 2 Facts & a Myth
• Bargaining culture
• Food culture
• Different expectations of Generosity
• Nonverbal personal space "bubbles"
• Mehmet's Top 5 Tips for Working Through the Culture Shock Cycle

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