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 142: How Should you Lead When Workers are Worried about Job Security?

In this episode, Linda Nazareth talks to Dina Denham Smith, lead author of of Emotionally Charged: How to Lead in the New World of Work about the way to lead when workers are worried about job security. Amongst the topics they cover are: Host: Linda Nazareth is an economist, futurist and expert on the future […]

Episode 140: What Should Office Spaces Look Like in Future?

As return to work mandates multiply, office spaces are being pushed to evolve with the policy shifts. Planning for the right mix of desks and meeting areas is difficult, as is even getting workers to want to come back to a physical office. Good design could help but getting things is not an easy task.In […]

Episode 139: What Can Firefighters Teach Corporate Leaders?

In this episode, Linda Nazareth talks to Melissa Swift, Founder and CEO of Anthrome Insight LLC about Melissa’s recent article talking about the things that firefighters could teach corporate leaders. Amongst the things they cover in the episode: Host: Linda Nazareth is an economist, futurist and expert on the future of work. The author of […]

Is Gen Z Lazy or Do They Have Their Priorities in Order?

Is Gen Z lazy or do they have their priorities in order? There seems to be some debate over that topic judging from the comments I got on my latest column for the Globe and Mail(read it here) The column cited a recent study from Glassdoor showing that many Gen Z workers are not that […]

Should Employers be Telling Workers to Get a Life?

Should Employers be Telling Workers to Get a Life is a question that connects directly with the ideas discussed below. Do you have a hobby? A few years ago I picked up an old interest, art. At one point, in high school, had thought of pursuing some form of it as a career but dismissed […]

Episode 135: Are Organizations Seeing the Value of Employee Well-Being?

Organizations have long been criticized for giving scant thought to employee well-being – but is that now changing? Linda Nazareth talks to Mark C. Crawley, author of the new book The Power of Employee Well-Being about why that seems to be the case, and why that will be good for both workers and organizations. In […]

Episode 130: Why are Tech Workers Unhappy?

In this episode of Work and the Future, economist and keynote speaker Linda Nazareth talks to Pablo Listingart, Founder of ComIT about why tech workers are frustrated with their work. They discuss: Guest: Pablo Listingart Founder and Executive Director, ComIT Pablo Listingart is the Founder and Executive Director at ComIT, a Canadian charity that helps […]

New Column on Returning to the Office

My most recent article for the Globe and Mail (see it here) looked the ‘get back to the office trend’ from what I hope is a longer term lens. That is, right now everyone is panicking about the bottom line, and cutting workers and what are viewed as worker ‘privileges’ seems to be the thing […]