Innovation Unplugged Podcast
1) Building Futures: Inside the Residential Construction Academy
In Episode 72, we explore what happens when community, industry, and education come together to build something real? On this episode of Innovation Unplugged, host Houston Blackwood sits down with Joe...Show More
2) Bridging Growth: Workforce and Economic Development in Alabama
In Episode 71, hosts Houston Blackwood and Kailah Dozier sit down with Melody Whitten, Chief Economic Development Officer for the Alabama Community College System, for a deep dive into the connection ...Show More
3) Driven to Succeed: A Journey Towards A CDL
In Episode 70, hosts Houston Blackwood and Kailah Dozier talk with Trinity Howard, a Trenholm State Community College student who faced challenges on his path to earning a CDL but never gave up.With e...Show More
4) Meet the Champion: Jackson Baker
In Episode 69, Career Readiness team members Matt Heaton and Tom Chappell take the host seat to chat with Jackson Baker, a senior at Hillcrest High School and Alabama’s first-ever SkillsUSA Heavy Equi...Show More
5) Bridging the Gap: Adult Education & Workforce Pathways
In Episode 68, hosts Houston Blackwood and Kailah Dozier talk with David Walters, Vice Chancellor of Adult Education and Correctional Education for the Alabama Community College System to discuss the ...Show More
6) Barriers to Breakthroughs: Workforce Innovation in Alabama
In Episode 67, hosts Houston Blackwood and Kailah Dozier have a conversation with Donny Jones, Chief Workforce Officer at the West Alabama Chamber of Commerce and Executive Director of West Alabama Wo...Show More
7) Trusted Leadership: Building Workforce and Business Success
In Episode 66, hosts Houston Blackwood and Kailah Dozier sit down with Dr. Brett Johnson, Executive Director of the DeKalb County Economic Development Authority, for a thoughtful conversation on leade...Show More
8) Grading Forward: Training the Next Generation of Motor Graders
In Episode 65, hosts Houston Blackwood and Kailah Dozier sit down with Chris Champion, County Engineer and Chief Operations Officer for Henry County, to discuss Alabama’s critical need for skilled mot...Show More
9) Meet the IC Team: Fodina Henderson, Darlisha Davis, and LaTrenda Nicholson
In Episode 64, hosts Kailah Dozier and Houston Blackwood sit down with the ACCS Innovation Center’s Workforce Coordinators, Fodina Henderson, Darlisha Davis, and Latrenda Nicholson for a candid conver...Show More
10) Meet The IC Team: Tom Chappell
In Episode 63, host Matt Heaton sits down with Tom Chappell, Career Readiness Coordinator at the ACCS Innovation Center. Tom shares his unique journey from parks and recreation to becoming a pivotal p...Show More