Voice: Anne Gemmell

Is Cherelle Parker Future-Ready?
A future of work expert and 10K Independents leader believes the Democratic nominee for mayor knows what small and independent businesses need to thrive in Philly.
By Anne Gemmell
Future-Ready: Policy Questions for Mayoral Candidates
The world — and our city — will transform over the next decade. What the next mayor does — or does not do — will shape the future, for better or worse.
By Anne Gemmell
Future-Ready: The Future of City Leadership is Collaboration
A leader is someone who brings people together for the common good. A future of work expert and 10K Independents Project leader wonders which mayoral candidate would be collaborator-in-chief
By Anne Gemmell
Future-Ready: The Next Mayor’s Jobs Vision
Philadelphia needs a grassroots, “grow your own” economic development and jobs strategy. A future of work expert, and 10K Independents Project leader, lays out how to size up candidates and engage with the process
By Anne Gemmell
Future Ready: It’s up to us to shape the automated future
A future of work expert responds to a recent Inquirer editorial calling on Washington to plan for the effects of robots taking over jobs. Really, she says: It’s up to us to create lasting jobs
By Anne Gemmell
Future-Ready: What Really Matters in Education?
It might not be what you think, according to a future of work expert. Here, her lessons learned in 20 years of navigating the schools landscape in and around Philly
By Anne Gemmell
Future-Ready: How We Could Climb to a Better Future
An expert on the future of work calls for a new way of measuring success in our city: A quality of life index for Philadelphia
By Anne Gemmell
Guest Commentary: Pre-K Polling Needs Improvement
A Greater Philadelphia last week released poll data about the City’s sweetened beverage tax that showed residents divided. Here, the City’s first Pre-K director refutes the premise and results of the survey
By Anne Gemmell