Work and the Future

Work and the Future


Latest Episodes

Episode 138: How Do We Upskill Workers to Make the Most of AI?
November 19, 2025

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 co

Episode 137: Can AI Make Us Better Communicators and Leaders?
November 05, 2025

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, how

Episode 136: Economic and Labour Market Update
October 22, 2025

In this episode of Work and the Future, economist and keynote speaker Linda Nazareth talks about the labour market and work trends as part of the Economic and Labour Market Update. She covers:The state of the global economy and why it looks better th

Episode 135: Are Organizations Seeing the Value of Employee Well-Being?
October 08, 2025

Organizations have long been criticized for giving scant thought to employee well-being but is that now changing? Linda Nazareth talks to Mark C. Crawley, author of the new book The Power of Employee Well-Being about why that seems to be the case, and w

Episode 134: What Will AI Mean for the Future of Hiring?
September 24, 2025

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 priva

Episode 133: Why Has Hiring Become Harder
September 10, 2025

Why Has Hiring Become Harder? Linda Nazareth speaks to Alexandra Tillo of Indeed Canada about why a surge in applicants is making it harder to hire the best talent and what organizations and job-seeke

Episode 132: Linda’s Labor Market Update
August 27, 2025

In this episode of Work and the Future, economist and keynote speaker Linda Nazareth talks about the labour market and work trends. She covers:The latest U.S. data on employment, as well as the why the most recent report on layoffs might be the most

Episode 131: How Do We Get More Women into the Tech Sector? Economist Linda Nazareth talks to Tara Chklovski of Technovation
August 12, 2025

In this episode of Work and the Future, economist and keynote speaker Linda Nazareth talks to Tara Chklovski, founder and CEO of Technovation. They discuss:Why it is a matter of  death by a thousand cuts when it comes to girls being disco

Episode 130: Why are Tech Workers Unhappy?
July 30, 2025

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:Pablos work training people from non-traditional bac

Episode 129: Are Back to Work Mandates a Quick Way to Lose Top Performers?
February 19, 2025

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 a