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The world is changing and so is the very notion of ‘work’.  For years we have been told that our aging workforce will mean a shortage of workers in many industries. More recently, the narrative has changed to one where robots do everyone’s work and there are not enough jobs to go around. Which view of the future is correct? 

Episode 1: Will the Pandemic Permanently Change the Arts Sector?
Episode 1

Will the Pandemic Permanently Change the Arts Sector?

As a society, we tend to both love and hate our arts sector. Love them, because we do value the contributions that music and visual arts and theater and film make to our lives particularly now. In the midst of this pandemic, how many lives have been brightened, even if for a minute, by watching […] Read More

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Episode 2: How Is the Pandemic Changing the Race to Automate?
Episode 2

How Is the Pandemic Changing the Race to Automate?

  All of a sudden, front line workers are being treated as the heroes of this pandemic and that is only fair. Bus drivers, grocery workers, cleaners, meat plant employees – all of these people jobs that need doing and they put themselves at risk in the process. In acknowledgement of that, many employers are […] Read More

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automation
Companies
Episode 3: Can We Prepare Our Communities for the Future of Work?
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 […] Read More

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Episode 4: The Lights are Out in the Travel Sector – Will They Ever Go Back On?
Episode 4

The Lights are Out in the Travel Sector – Will They Ever Go Back On?

Many sectors have been impacted by the pandemic, but none more completely than the travel sector. One week is was functioning at full capacity, and then the next the lights had completely gone out, or so it seems. When they go back on, they will shine on a completely different sector, one is which work […] Read More

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Companies
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Episode 5: Remote Work Is Having Its Fifteen Minutes – Or Will it Be a Lot Longer?
Episode 5

Remote Work Is Having Its Fifteen Minutes – Or Will it Be a Lot Longer?

  Remote work is having a minute, or rather a series of them.  Some companies have used it for years, some have been adamantly against it, but both kinds are being forced into it at the moment. As the pandemic forces millions to figure out some kind of home office set up (the kitchen table […] Read More

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Economy
future of work
Episode 6: Is Online Education Here to Stay?
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. […] Read More

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