The website of economist and keynote speaker Linda Nazareth, expert in demographics, global trends and the future of work
In my latest column for the Globe and Mail I write about the controversial subject of a robot tax. In one sense it is fair enough: if you hire workers you have to pay a payroll tax, so if you go with robots (or cobots, who are broad-minded enough to work alongside humans) shouldn’t you […]
Money is cool but workers need more than that: after all, there are droves of well-paid workers who right-this-minute are sprucing up their resumes because they feel like they cannot stand a single more day at their jobs. If you asked them why they are just as likely to tell you tales of non-appreciative bosses […]
We have kind of been moving to a winner-take-all world for a while, but a decade after the recession the trend only seems to be intensifying. The McKinsey Global Institute did a pretty thorough job of looking at the phenomenon in a recent paper, making the case that we not only have superstar companies now […]
The Bank of England seems to be asking the hard questions about future of work…they have done some cool research. I was particularly taken by a speech that Deputy Governor Andy Haldane gave at a conference where he talked about ‘twisters’ and ‘stickers’ – people who change jobs a lot and people who stay in […]
Automation is cool in so many ways and it is going to do great things for business. It is even going to create amazing new jobs that we cannot even get our minds around yet. But here’s the thing: they may not be jobs for the people who have jobs now. Does business have a […]
My latest column for the Globe and Mail sparked a bit of a reaction – I got a lot more comments than usual. The subject? ‘Class’, and whether originally coming from a lower socioeconomic class hurt people’s careers right from the time they sent out their first resumes. You can read it here
Seems like a ridiculous concept (at least in North America) but some British researchers say you should. I see it more as a sweetly retro concept, a last ditch effort to separate work and leisure. See my Globe and Mail column on the subject here
We have a labor crunch now, and for the most in-demand talent it is only going to get worse. That’s why I have to applaud Disney’s new ‘Disney Aspire’ tuition reimbursement program. See my piece for the Globe and Mail here.
If you want to pick a restaurant you might check out a Yelp review, and if you want to pick a hotel you might check out TripAdvisor. What happens though when someone is deciding whether to hire YOU and you are at the mercy of reviews? That’s what is happening now and there isn’t really […]
Here is my latest Globe and Mail column an d it is kind of radical. Given that lives are getting longer, should we think about starting careers later, maybe as late as 40? Crazy right? Maybe, but maybe we need to at least open our minds to the idea that the 20somethng to 60something model of […]
