Will Inflation Keep Older Workers in the Workforce?

The price of everything is spiralling which means all of the calculations that people made about retirement may need to be re-calculated.  That might mean staying in the workforce longer or maybe returning after you have exited it. Whatever decisions people make will have wide consequences for the economy and the labor market – read […]

Episode 72: How Does Disability Disclosure Matter for Workers and Organizations?

  This is a special episode of work and the future sponsored by Microsoft, and it is on a special topic as well, the subject of disabilities in the workforce. More specifically it is about the disclosure of disabilities because there are far more people dealing with them than is easily visible to the eye. […]

Episode 71: Is Leadership Training Going to the Wrong People?

Is leadership training going to the wrong people? Typically organizations give leadership training it either to very senior people or those who they have identified by conventional metrics as future senior people, but maybe that is not the best way to do things. On this episode Linda Nazareth is joined by Navio Kwok Vice President […]

Episode 70: How Can Companies Help Hourly Paid Workers with Income Stress?

As companies scramble to find hourly-paid workers, what can companies do to attract them? One thing would be to recognize that many of their workers are dealing with considerable financial stress, and that helping them to counter that would be of mutual benefit to workers and company. To talk about that, Linda Nazareth is joined […]

Episode 69: How Can You Avoid Creating a Toxic Work Culture?

Toxic workplaces are everywhere and are frequently cited as one of the main reasons why people quit their jobs. What kind of culture allows toxic workplaces to flourish? And if you are a manager, what can you do to turn things around? To talk about how to avoid creating a toxic work culture, Linda Nazareth […]

Episode 68: How Can Artistic Skills be Used in the Workplace?

How do art and the world of work go together? If you are an artist, is that a conflict with working in a conventional environment? And if you are running an organization, is it good or bad to have artistic people working for you? The knee jerk is to say of course, we need people with creative […]

Episode 67: Why are Negotiation Skills so Important at Work?

  When you hear the word ‘negotiation’ you probably think of a high stakes deal being made, but the reality is that  we all have to negotiate in our work lives as well, whether that is for a raise or a promotion, or with workers that we manage. Many people however, have never really had […]

Episode 66: Is Hybrid Work the New Normal?

Is hybrid work the best of both worlds or the worst of it? Even before the pandemic  organizations struggled to find  the right mix of having workers in the office or elsewhere and two years into it many are still trying to find the right model of work. To talk about this options, Linda Nazareth […]

Episode 65: How Will Longer Life Spans Change Work Lives?

How will work have to change to accommodate longer life spans? A child born today has a 50 per cent chance of living to one hundred, but even now we know the workforce is aging. In turn,  that means we need to change both organizational policies and our own actions. Ken Stern, host of the […]