What to Expect from the Post-Pandemic Labor Market
Last column of the year for the Globe and Mail- what should we expect from the post-pandemiic labour market? Read more here
Category: Education
Episode 30: Coming Back Stronger Part III: How Do We Get Ready for Continuous Education and Reskilling?
This is Episode 3 of aspecial series on Coming back Stronger sponsored by Microsoft. In our first two episodes we talked about how companies can come back stronger, and how workers can build the resilience to cope with their new stresses. Today we look much longer term and address the reality that tomorrow’s workforce will […]
Episode 15 – How Will the Pandemic Affect Gen Z in the Workplace?
The school year is starting and the pandemic is not ending and Generation Z will have to deal with that. In fact, they will probably have to deal with the impact of the pandemic for years as the effects of it shape the way that they approach their lives and careers. But never mind the […]
Episode 6: Is Online Education Here to Stay?
The pandemic has forced a giant-scale experiment in online education, and by many accounts it is going very poorly. From first graders to college students, everyone seems to be frustrated at having to take the classroom experience to a crowded space in the kitchen, and many are clamouring to get back to the in-school experience. […]
Episode 3: Can We Prepare Our Communities for the Future of Work?
As the labor market goes through an evolution that started long before the pandemic, our communities are being transformed as well. In many cases that means good things, as when successful companies hire and prosperity increases. Other times there are less-positive spin-offs, with some people being left out of the economic party. In the best […]
Talking About Our Disrupted Future
Was so great to speak to Manitoba Tech’s Disrupted Future conference last week..I spoke about the future of work, which is scary and challenging but something we need to come to terms with now. There is lots to be optimistic about, and I think people who are willing to learn and pivot have lots to […]
Discussing the Future of Work
The future of work is a huge subject, not one that can really be tackled by in a forty minute period, but we gave it a shot at the Globe and Mail’s recent Future Forward conference. I was part of a panel that touched on such subjects as the gig economy, the prospects for younger […]
My Guest Appearance on Moolala Podcast
Last week I had the chance to be a guest on my old colleague Bruce Sellery’s podcast, Moolala. We talked about Income Share Agreements, about which I have kind of mixed feelings. They are a way to spread the risk for students, in that they mean students pay back loans as a percentage of what […]
A Good Time to Think About ‘Education’
Ugh, the college admissions scandal. Rich parents buying their kids into top colleges, coaches taking payoffs, entitled kids pretending to be athletes or scholars or whatever, and sometimes not even really wanting to go to school. It is all pretty distasteful – but is there anything we can learn from it? See my Globe and […]
A New Model of Educational Funding
I was intrigued when I heard about ‘Income Sharing Agreements’ which are basically a way share the ‘risk’ of paying for an education between the student and another party.See my column for the Globe and Mail here