Contact Dr. Green

Tag: writing

  • Where Are the Jobs? AI and Career Readiness on KBOB Money Matters

    Where Are the Jobs? AI and Career Readiness on KBOB Money Matters

    Artificial intelligence is raising an urgent question for students, families, and experienced professionals: How do we prepare for opportunity as the workplace changes?

    I joined Dr. Courtney Skipper and Dr. Smiley Elmore on KBOB 89.9 FM’s Money Matters to discuss AI, jobs, and career readiness. These issues reach beyond the workplace. They affect how families plan, how students prepare, and how communities help people move forward.

    The phrase displayed during the interview, “The alarm is going off,” offers a useful starting point. Awareness matters, but preparation requires action.

    Here are practical takeaways to consider:

    • Prepare before change becomes a crisis. Look at how technology is affecting your field. Identify one skill you can begin strengthening now.
    • Make your abilities visible. A degree or résumé tells part of your story. Projects, work samples, and examples of problems you have solved help demonstrate what you can contribute.
    • Pair experience with continued learning. Experienced workers bring judgment, relationships, and institutional knowledge. Learning new tools can help them apply those strengths in new ways.
    • Give young people opportunities to practice. Internships, mentoring, community projects, and meaningful work experiences help connect classroom learning with workplace expectations.
    • Strengthen human skills alongside technical skills. Communication, teamwork, ethical judgment, and leadership deserve attention as people learn to work with AI.
    • Make career preparation a community responsibility. Schools, employers, churches, and community organizations can create connections that help people find guidance and opportunity.
    • Turn concern into a next step. Take a course, update your portfolio, contact a mentor, or explore a tool relevant to your work. Start with an action you can sustain.

    For me, the central question is how we help people prepare with confidence and purpose. Students need pathways into meaningful work. Experienced professionals need opportunities to keep contributing. Communities need to participate in both.

    Watch the full interview:
    Where Are the Jobs? AI and Career Readiness | Dr. Daryl Green on KBOB Money Matters

    For more of my writing on leadership, AI, and workforce readiness, visit NuLeadership and my Substack.

    People rebuild the future, not machines.

  • AI and the Future of Work with Dr Daryl Green on the CEN Show

    AI and the Future of Work with Dr Daryl Green on the CEN Show

    On September 23, 2026, I joined the Community Education Network’s CEN Show for a conversation about AI, jobs, education, skilled trades, and the contributions of younger and older workers. Thank you to the host, Rashaki Maskani, and the CEN family for welcoming me!   I was very excited by the warm introduction.

    The conversation raised a practical question: How can we help people prepare for opportunity as work changes? These are my takeaways and reflections, rather than a transcript of the program.

    Takeaways from the CEN conversation:

    Keep learning. Choose one useful AI tool and learn how it can support a task you already understand. Check its output. Your judgment remains part of the work.

    Make your skills visible. A degree or work history tells part of your story. A completed project, work sample, or clear explanation of a problem you solved helps others understand what you can contribute.

    Give young workers a place to start. Mentoring, practical assignments, and opportunities to demonstrate ability can help students connect classroom learning with workplace expectations.

    Recognize the value of experienced workers. Years of judgment and problem solving deserve a place in conversations about new technology. Help experienced workers connect what they know with tools they are still learning.

    Include skilled trades in the conversation. Career preparation should give people room to explore different pathways. Consider practical training and hands-on work alongside college and other learning options.

    Build relationships across generations. Older and younger workers have knowledge to share. Schools, churches, employers, and community organizations can create opportunities for them to learn from one another.

    Turn concern into a useful action. Reach out to a student. Share a resource with a colleague. Ask someone whose work is changing what support would help.

    Stay flexible when technology fails. My camera failed during the interview, but the conversation continued. The people involved adapted and kept it going. Human connection helped us move forward.

    People rebuild the future, not machines.

    Watch the full interview

    Continue the conversation through The Nehemiah Blueprint™ and read the free Nehemiah Leadership Brief, “Where Are the Jobs?” at https://nuleadership.substack.com/.

    About the author

    Dr. Daryl D. Green is an author, leadership strategist, and former dean of Langston University’s School of Business. He spent 27 years with the U.S. Department of Energy before entering academia. He founded The Nehemiah Blueprint in the Age of AI and developed the Nehemiah Doctrine of Disruptive Leadership™. For interviews and speaking inquiries, contact advice@darylgreen.org.