The website of economist and keynote speaker Linda Nazareth, expert in demographics, global trends and the future of work
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. […]
If we are going to work effectively and have any kind of balance we need to set boundaries, but how we can we do that? In a world where work demands seem to constantly be rising, saying ‘no’ to anything sometimes seems impossible. To talk about how to set boundaries at work, Linda Nazareth is […]
Remote work is not going anywhere so was great to be part of a panel hosted by the Globe and Mail to discuss the implications of it, You can see more here
Was great to have the chance to talk about the 4-day workweek with Anne Gaviola of Global News this week…think it will a long time before we get consensus on it, but good to start the discussion. See Ann’s full story here https://lnkd.in/ghCfRPgt
Frito-Lays workers have recently settled a strike (over appalling work conditions) but that is not the end of the discussion on the best way to get snacks into bowls. Right now the answer is apparently to grind out shifts from human beings, but the next step may well be to get robots to do it. […]
Is crisis mode our new normal in the work force? As the pandemic took hold in early 2020, it became clear that it was a case of “all hands on deck,” as everyone needed to step up to deal with a disruption the likes of which had not been seen before in our lifetimes. Read […]
Whatever else is going on in the economy or the world, one thing that never seems to change is our battle to have enough time to do everything we feel we need to get done in our work (and in our personal) life. We all have these lofty goals of what we are going […]
It may have been a bit of a struggle to make it work, but the pandemic has forced many companies to keep their teams intact even when they are not under the same roof. As workers have de-camped to far-flung places, perhaps permanently, we are struggling with what the future of cities will be, and […]
An hour to answer questions about the future of work – what could be better? I really enjoyed the hour I spent on CBC Radio earlier this week, supposedly talking about a re-think of the five-day work week but in fact covering all kinds of subjects around work. Great questions, from callers, we could have […]
When I speak to employer groups about the future of work, they are often keen to know what they should do to both attract and hold on to workers. In tight markets, that often means attract anyone, anyone at all, they are not fussy. Still, even in markets where unemployment rates are relatively high there […]
