🎧 Leadership Rules with Jeremy Smith
Title: Practice Beats Credentials

What if we've been preparing people for work... the wrong way?

In this episode of Leadership Rules, Nick and Marnie sit down with entrepreneur and Pega6 founder Jeremy Smith to challenge one of society's biggest assumptions:

Does earning a degree actually prepare someone for a career?

Jeremy argues that mastery doesn't come from lectures, textbooks, or exams.

It comes from doing the work.

Again and again.

Drawing from his own experience in startups and product development, Jeremy shares why he believes experiential learning is the future of career preparation and how Pega6 is reimagining higher education by treating students more like employees than traditional learners.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Why so many college graduates still feel unprepared on day one
• How experiential learning builds both technical and professional skills
• Why repetition and variety are the keys to mastery
• How AI is reshaping the skills employers are looking for
• Why "year one of employment" might be the best classroom ever created
• Jeremy's leadership philosophy: hire great people, then get out of their way

Whether you're an educator, entrepreneur, parent, hiring manager, or student, this conversation will challenge how you think about learning, work, and what it truly means to be ready.

📍 Learn More

🌐 Pega6 (High School Program)
https://pega6.com

🎓 Pega6 Fellowship (Recent College Graduates)
https://pega6fellowship.com

💼 Connect with Jeremy Smith on LinkedIn

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