Episode 148: How Can You Get Control of Your Time?

Note: This interview first aired on April 28, 2021. In this episode of Work and the Future economist and keynote speaker Linda Nazareth talks to Sabina Nawaz, global CEO coach and keynote speaker and writer about the challenges of getting control of our time. They discuss: Linda Nazareth is an economist, futurist and expert on […]

In Conversation for Empathy

It was a real privilege to be part of the Empathy Unbound event on the Great Wealth Transfer at the Art Gallery of Ontario. I was ‘In Conversation’ with Nicholas Thompson, CEO of the Atlantic about the forces changing the economy and world, including demographic shifts and the way the new generations are viewing the […]

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 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 140: What Should Office Spaces Look Like in Future?

As return to work mandates multiply, office spaces are being pushed to evolve with the policy shifts. Planning for the right mix of desks and meeting areas is difficult, as is even getting workers to want to come back to a physical office. Good design could help but getting things is not an easy task.In […]

Episode 139: What Can Firefighters Teach Corporate Leaders?

In this episode, Linda Nazareth talks to Melissa Swift, Founder and CEO of Anthrome Insight LLC about Melissa’s recent article talking about the things that firefighters could teach corporate leaders. Amongst the things they cover in the episode: Host: Linda Nazareth is an economist, futurist and expert on the future of work. The author of […]

Virtual Presentation for Workday

e Thank you to Workday for inviting me to give a virtual keynote about the outlook for the economy and for work and the pivotal role that productivity will play in giving us the future that we want. We have many challenges as we head for 2026, so strategic planning and making the best choices […]

Is Gen Z Lazy or Do They Have Their Priorities in Order?

Is Gen Z lazy or do they have their priorities in order? There seems to be some debate over that topic judging from the comments I got on my latest column for the Globe and Mail(read it here) The column cited a recent study from Glassdoor showing that many Gen Z workers are not that […]

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 […]