Corporation for a Skilled Workforce
Women's Innovation & Narrative Lab (WIN-LAB)
Women's Innovation & Narrative Lab is the nation's first Narrative-to-Workplace Lab, translating women's lived experiences into redesigned employer practices, leadership pathways, and workforce systems change.
Women across Northeast Iowa face workplace barriers shaped by narrow narratives about leadership, competence, and caregiving. Nearly half of workers report that bias interferes with women's success at work. WIN-LAB, the nation's first Narrative-to-Workplace Lab, focuses on the financial sector by using Story Labs, AI-enabled leadership mapping, and two credential tracks (Women's Leadership and Employer Innovation) to embed lived experience into workplace practice, strengthen job quality, and advance economic mobility through a scalable model.
Primary Barrier
Narrow Narratives
Location
Michigan
Solution Region
West North Central
Community Type
Urban
Annual Operating Budget
$1.0 to 5 Million
