Episode 146: What Skills Will Workers Need as AI Takes Hold?

On this episode of Work and the Future, Linda Nazareth talks to Gabby Burlacu, Senior Manager at the Upwork Research Instiute about the way that the skills that workers will need is changing in the age of AI. They cover: Host: Linda Nazareth is an economist, futurist and expert on the future of work. The […]

Episode 145: How Can AI Tools Help Workers With Dementia?

On this episode of Work and the Future, Linda Nazareth talks to James Fletcher, Assistant Professor at the University of Bath, about the reasons why dementia is a workforce issue and why AI tools can offer support to workers who have received a dementia diagnosis. Host: Linda Nazareth is an economist, futurist and expert on […]

Episode 144: What Tools Should we be Using to Improve Workforce Training?  

On this episode of Work and the Future, Linda Nazareth talks to Paola Cecci DiMeglio, author of Building a Thriving Future: Navigating the Metaverse and Multiverse (MIT Press, 2025) and advisor on AI and virtual worlds at the United Nations. They cover: Host: Linda Nazareth is an economist, futurist and expert on the future of work. The […]

Episode 143: How Will AI Change Verbal Communications?

On this episode of Work and the Future, Linda Nazareth talks to Nick Dalley, President of Intentional Communications, about how Artificial Intelligence is changing the ways that we communicate with each other. Amongst the topics they cover are: Host: Linda Nazareth is an economist, futurist and expert on the future of work. The author of […]

Episode 142: How Should you Lead When Workers are Worried about Job Security?

In this episode, Linda Nazareth talks to Dina Denham Smith, lead author of of Emotionally Charged: How to Lead in the New World of Work about the way to lead when workers are worried about job security. Amongst the topics they cover are: Host: Linda Nazareth is an economist, futurist and expert on the future […]

Episode 138: How Do We Upskill Workers to Make the Most of AI?

There is no stopping the oncoming train of artificial intelligence, with all that that means for the workplace. At the very least, it will mean training workers with new AI skills but it also means continuously retraining them to keep up with changes in technology. It will be a mammoth task. In this episode of […]

Episode 137: Can AI Make Us Better Communicators and Leaders?

Who can resist the temptation? If you need to write anything these days, the easiest (and some think the best) thing to do is to start with letting AI technologies draft it for you. In doing that, however, it is easy to lose your own voice and create content that is cookie-cutter at best. If […]

Speaking about the Productivity Puzzle

Productivity in Canada is an ongoing issue, so it was a privilege to be part of a great event on the subject hosted by the Halifax Partnership last week as part of their Productivity Puzzle series. I did a keynote presentation on the way that productivity is linked to skills and the future of work. […]

Episode 134: What Will AI Mean for the Future of Hiring?

Using Artificial Intelligence in the hiring process is becoming mainstream, but is that a good or a bad thing? Organizations are embracing the new technology, but there are huge implications for privacy and security, as well as ethical considerations involved. Linda Nazareth talks about the implications of using AI in hiring with Tamara Elsahyouni of […]