The website of economist and keynote speaker Linda Nazareth, expert in demographics, global trends and the future of work
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 […]
Gen Z (the generation born between 1997 and 2012) is facing a lot, not all of it good, when it comes to the economy. With job security in question and AI changing work, many are skeptical about pursuing a traditional path up the career ladder and instead are looking to something that more resembles a […]
In this episode of Work and the Future, economist and keynote speaker Linda Nazareth talks about the labour market and work trends. She covers: About Linda Nazareth: Linda Nazareth is an economist, futurist and expert on the future of work. The author of five books including her most recent Working it Out: Getting Ready for […]
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, […]
Do you have a hobby? A few years ago I picked up an old interest, art. At one point, in high school, had thought of pursuing some form of it as a career but dismissed it as not practical enough. Later, work and parenthood meant I didn’t touch a sketchpad or paintbrush for decades. When […]
In this episode of Work and the Future, economist and keynote speaker Linda Nazareth talks to Pablo Listingart, Founder of ComIT about why tech workers are frustrated with their work. They discuss: Guest: Pablo Listingart Founder and Executive Director, ComIT Pablo Listingart is the Founder and Executive Director at ComIT, a Canadian charity that helps […]
Was so cool to be invited to give the morning keynote to the 2025 Grad Conference at the Lang School of Business at the University of Guelph. The room was filled with current and future leaders eager to think about how the megatrends would challenge their organizations and how they can best lead in a […]
I feel honoured that I was asked to do the opening keynote for the CSA Group at their Pathways Conference in Toronto. The subject was the aging population and what that will means for the future of work, which is a complicated subject to say the least. I talked about the way that demographics are […]
My most recent article for the Globe and Mail (see it here) looked the ‘get back to the office trend’ from what I hope is a longer term lens. That is, right now everyone is panicking about the bottom line, and cutting workers and what are viewed as worker ‘privileges’ seems to be the thing […]
Back to work mandates are all the rage these days but they may not work out the way that organizations expect. The language around the mandates suggests that top performers understand the need to be at the office and want to be there and if the slackers do not then they are welcome to quit. […]
