Episode 150: Is AI Destroying Creative Thinking?

In this episode of the Work and the Future podcast economist and keynote speaker Linda Nazareth talks to Tony Martignetti, Chief Illumination Officer at Inspired Purpose Partners about the ways that AI is impacting creative thinking. You will learn Host: Linda Nazareth is an economist, futurist and expert on the future of work. The author […]

The Super Seven

It was a busy spring season for keynote speaking for me and I was especially happy to be able to introduce a new topic to audiences, The Super Seven: the Soft Skills Leaders Need in a Tough World.  The crux of it is this: as an economist I am only too aware of the challenges […]

Episode 149: How Will AI Change the Work of Lawyers?

In this episode of Work and the Future economist and keynote speaker Linda Nazareth talks to Marlon Hylton, lawyer and CEO of Innov-8 about the ways that the age of AI will change the role of lawyers. They discuss: Linda Nazareth is an economist, futurist and expert on the future of work. The author of […]

Episode 146: What Skills Will Workers Need as AI Takes Hold?

On this episode of Work and the Future, Linda Nazareth talks to Gabby Burlacu, Senior Manager at the Upwork Research Instiute about the way that the skills that workers will need is changing in the age of AI. They cover: Host: Linda Nazareth is an economist, futurist and expert on the future of work. The […]

Episode 145: How Can AI Tools Help Workers With Dementia?

On this episode of Work and the Future, Linda Nazareth talks to James Fletcher, Assistant Professor at the University of Bath, about the reasons why dementia is a workforce issue and why AI tools can offer support to workers who have received a dementia diagnosis. Host: Linda Nazareth is an economist, futurist and expert on […]

Episode 144: What Tools Should we be Using to Improve Workforce Training?  

On this episode of Work and the Future, Linda Nazareth talks to Paola Cecci DiMeglio, author of Building a Thriving Future: Navigating the Metaverse and Multiverse (MIT Press, 2025) and advisor on AI and virtual worlds at the United Nations. They cover: Host: Linda Nazareth is an economist, futurist and expert on the future of work. The […]

Episode 143: How Will AI Change Verbal Communications?

On this episode of Work and the Future, Linda Nazareth talks to Nick Dalley, President of Intentional Communications, about how Artificial Intelligence is changing the ways that we communicate with each other. Amongst the topics they cover are: Host: Linda Nazareth is an economist, futurist and expert on the future of work. The author of […]

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 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 136: Economic and Labour Market Update

In this episode of Work and the Future, economist and keynote speaker Linda Nazareth talks about the labour market and work trends as part of the Economic and Labour Market Update. She covers: About Linda Nazareth: Linda Nazareth is an economist, futurist and expert on the future of work. The author of five books including […]