Episode 129: Are Back to Work Mandates a Quick Way to Lose Top Performers?

Back to work mandates are all the rage these days but they may not work out the way that organizations expect. The language around the mandates suggests that top performers understand the need to be at the office and want to be there and if the slackers do not then they are welcome to quit. […]

Episode 127: Should Employees be Company Owners?

If everything is on the table when it comes to the future of work, should we be talking about having workers own the company – or at least own a bit of it? To talk about that, Linda Nazareth is joined on this episode by Elspeth Murray,   Director of the Centre for Innovation and Social […]

Episode 126: How Do We Develop Workers with Green Skills?

The climate transition has huge implications for the future of work. We know that we need to develop ‘green skills’, although there is not complete agreement about how to define what those are. The  crux of it, however,  is that we are arguably moving into a new, clean energy economy or a green economy and […]

Talking About the Future of Work in Las Vegas

So happy to have been part of this event! Spoke about the future of work to a very enthusiastic crowd of Human Resources leaders at the Mclean & Company Signature24 event in Las Vegas this week.  I love being a keynote speaker at events like this where the audience is genuinely passionate about being prepared for the […]

Episode 125: What Skills Will Organizations Need to Deal with Climate Change?

The issue of climate and climate change is a huge one today. We know that something is going on with our planet, it is getting warmer and we are having more weather events and that is impacting the economy and definitely it is impacting work. And the impacts are only going to get larger. To […]

Episode 124: What are the New Challenges for HR Leaders?

It is a complicated time in the work world right now as organizations grapple with policies around the return to the office or remote or hybrid work. As well, the unemployment rate is rising, managers are dealing with stress around the economy and workers are uneasy about all of it. To talk about what the […]

Talking about the Future in Quebec City

Awesome to be in Quebec City to present to the IIA Canada’s Audit Leader Event on the economic and demographic forces that will challenge leaders in the years ahead. hashtag#futureofwork hashtag#growthmindset hashtag#economy hashtag#keynotespeaker hashtag#technology hashtag#climate

Episode 123: Will Knowledge Workers Lose Their Jobs to AI?

At one point we thought technology threatened jobs in fast food or retail but now we know that is likely to be only the tip of the iceberg.  AI will mean changes for all workers and  knowledge workers – the group that was once thought to be the most protected – may be at the […]

Episode 122: Can Using Gamification Boost Employee Engagement?

Behavioural science Guest: Adrian Camilleri Association Professor of Marketing University of Technology Sydney Business School Adrian Camilleri is an associate professor of marketing at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Business School. He uses experimental and survey research methods to understand, explain, and predict the cognitive processes underlying judgment and decision-making, and the application of […]

Episode 120: Is it Time to Talk about Work Life Bloom?

Is Work Life balance a myth? On this episode, Linda Nazareth is joined by Dan Pontefract, author of the book Work Life Bloom. Dan believes that we need to move to  ‘work life bloom’ rather than ‘work life balance’ and he has some ideas about  what organizations should be doing to make that a reality. […]