Episode 141: Is AI-Generated Workslop Making Workers Less Productive?

In this episode, Linda Nazareth talks to Kristina Rapuano, Research Scientist at Better Up Labs about the ways that AI Workslop is makng workers less productive. They cover topics including: Host: Linda Nazareth is an economist, futurist and expert on the future of work. The author of five books including her most recent Working it […]

Episode 138: How Do We Upskill Workers to Make the Most of AI?

There is no stopping the oncoming train of artificial intelligence, with all that that means for the workplace. At the very least, it will mean training workers with new AI skills but it also means continuously retraining them to keep up with changes in technology. It will be a mammoth task. In this episode of […]

Episode 137: Can AI Make Us Better Communicators and Leaders?

Who can resist the temptation? If you need to write anything these days, the easiest (and some think the best) thing to do is to start with letting AI technologies draft it for you. In doing that, however, it is easy to lose your own voice and create content that is cookie-cutter at best. If […]

Episode 134: What Will AI Mean for the Future of Hiring?

Using Artificial Intelligence in the hiring process is becoming mainstream, but is that a good or a bad thing? Organizations are embracing the new technology, but there are huge implications for privacy and security, as well as ethical considerations involved. Linda Nazareth talks about the implications of using AI in hiring with Tamara Elsahyouni of […]

Episode 133: Why Has Hiring Become Harder

Why Has Hiring Become Harder? Linda Nazareth speaks to Alexandra Tillo of Indeed Canada about why a surge in applicants is making it harder to hire the best talent and what organizations and job-seekers can do to improve the process. In this episode of Work and the Future economist and keynote speaker Linda Nazareth talks […]

The Globe and Mail’s Attracting Top Talent Conference

I wrapped up my Spring speaking season (It is officially summer now right?) with a great event, the Globe and Mail’s Attracting Top Talent Conference. The event was sponsored by Indeed and the room was filled with people who were actually on the front lines or hiring and developing talent. It was my favourite kind […]

Skilled Trades May be Safe from AI – For Now

With Generative AI disrupting the world of work the hot topic is how to choose a career that cannot be easily replaced by technology. Just maybe, some of the answer to that might come from the skilled trades. That was th topic of a column (read it here) that I wrote for the Globe and […]