Civil Discourse Episode 35 | Minding the Gap Ft. Dallas County Commissioner J.J. Koch

Todd Furniss speaks with Dallas County County Commissioner J.J. Koch about minding the gaps of economic independence, economic dependency, the education gap, the skills gap, and their overall impacts on our interconnected systems.

00:00 - Introduction
00:39 - J.J. Koch Dallas County Commissioner
1:27 - Healthcare, Gaps & Stressors
3:14 - Economy, Unemployment & The #GreatResignation
6:45 - How Do We Solve the Gaps
9:48 - The #SkillsGap
11:23 - #Incentives & #Education
20:08- Does Learning #HowtoLearn Help the Midde?
23:22 - How Do We Create #LifelongLearners?
29:09 - Why are Companies Unable to #Hire?
33:04 - How Do We Build #Sustainable Programs?
35:59 - The Need of #SystemsThinking
38:58 - How Does the Government #HandleTheGaps?

Commissioner J.J. Koch has been an active member of the Dallas County community for over 18 years. He came to Dallas in 2002 after graduating from Duke University to attend SMU Dedman School of Law. It was there he met his wife, Amanda, who is also an attorney.

Throughout law school, J.J. clerked for the law firm retained by the Dallas Police Association. After law school, he began his legal career in the Dallas County District Attorney’s office, where he served as a Prosecutor.

Upon entering private practice, J.J. represented Dallas Police officers as an attorney for the Dallas Fraternal Order of Police. He briefly helmed a tech start-up that was incubated locally in the Tech Wildcatters program. He has subsequently worked with Thompson Reuters, a company specializing in cutting-edge technologies for corporate as well as government entities. Prior to his election as Dallas County Commissioner, he worked as an attorney with William M. Woodall, P.C., where he was considered an expert in the field of legal technology.

J.J., Amanda, and their two children are active members of the Dallas County community. In the past, J.J. has been a “Big” with Big Brothers, Big Sisters, has served as Treasurer and Board Member for the HPUMC Child Development Program, and has worked with Habitat for Humanity. He was a volunteer assistant wrestling coach at a local high school and currently coaches his son and other kids at a local Wrestling Club.

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Todd Furniss is the author of the new book The 60% Solution: Rethinking Healthcare
https://www.thesixtypercentsolution.com/product/hardcover-edition/1

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