#98: Sanjay Sarma — Professor at MIT, Author of “Grasp: The Science Transforming How We Learn” + “Workforce Education: A New Roadmap”

According to the 2022 World Talent Ranking from the IMD, the U.S. ranked 16th out of 64 developed countries, dropping 2 spots from 2021.

What accounts for this decline?

“Education is the oxygen to work, you can’t breath without air, you can’t work without education,” says Sanjay Sarma, our very special guest on today's episode.

Sanjay is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT and the former Vice President of Open Learning, a division of MIT dedicated to researching how learning works, and providing MIT lectures and resources to learners around the globe. Much of his work with Open Learning is what culminated into his book “Grasp: The Science Transforming How We Learn,” where Sanjay focused all of his research on answering the question: how can the science of learning help build a better society and better individuals?

Sanjay has made it his life goal to address the many problems that face modern education, from accessibility, outdated techniques, to bureaucratic disruption and misaligned programs. 

Sanjay’s work as an educator, researcher, author, and advocate is incredibly important, especially today and this is definitely an episode you’re not going to want to miss. So with that…let’s bring it in!