Best Futureleader Podcasts (2026)

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Bank of America on Gen Z Fears, AI Slowing Productivity, and the Rise of Workplace Non-Compliers 23:36

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January 6, 2026: Is AI actually increasing productivity — or just shifting responsibility without reward? In this episode of Future Ready Today, I unpack seven of the most important future-of-work stories shaping leadership decisions right now. From why Gen Z is entering the workforce anxious about AI, to new evidence that AI can slow work down ins…

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Bank of America on Gen Z Fears, AI Slowing Productivity, and the Rise of Workplace Non-Compliers 23:36

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January 6, 2026: Is AI actually increasing productivity — or just shifting responsibility without reward? In this episode of Future Ready Today, I unpack seven of the most important future-of-work stories shaping leadership decisions right now. From why Gen Z is entering the workforce anxious about AI, to new evidence that AI can slow work down ins…

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Behind the Scenes of CEO Succession Planning: How Organizations Decide Who Leads Next W/ Debbie Pickle, CHRO of Williams 55:33

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When a longtime CEO steps down, it's not just a change in leadership—it's a shift in the organization's heartbeat. After 40 years of service, Williams faced exactly that moment: a legacy to honor, a culture to protect, and a future to build. But how do you preserve stability while ushering in transformation? In this episode, Debbie Pickle, Senior V…

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Behind the Scenes of CEO Succession Planning: How Organizations Decide Who Leads Next W/ Debbie Pickle, CHRO of Williams 55:33

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When a longtime CEO steps down, it's not just a change in leadership—it's a shift in the organization's heartbeat. After 40 years of service, Williams faced exactly that moment: a legacy to honor, a culture to protect, and a future to build. But how do you preserve stability while ushering in transformation? In this episode, Debbie Pickle, Senior V…

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What an Entrepreneur, a Scientist, and a Security Chief Teach About Future-Ready Leadership 51:17

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The world of work didn't just change, it fundamentally broke the old rules. Forget just 'adapting'—this episode is your essential guide to understanding the radical shifts currently squeezing CHROs and how to build a team that can truly withstand them. In this special episode, we revisit three of our most important conversations from the past year.…

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What an Entrepreneur, a Scientist, and a Security Chief Teach About Future-Ready Leadership 51:17

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The world of work didn't just change, it fundamentally broke the old rules. Forget just 'adapting'—this episode is your essential guide to understanding the radical shifts currently squeezing CHROs and how to build a team that can truly withstand them. In this special episode, we revisit three of our most important conversations from the past year.…

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AI Is Complicating Hiring, Remote Work Has a Price, and Careers Are Breaking Down 21:56

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December 24, 2025: The systems we've relied on to organize work are starting to crack. In this episode of Future Ready Today, we unpack four stories that reveal how deeply work is being reshaped — often in ways leaders aren't prepared for. AI was supposed to make hiring fairer and faster, but instead it's flooding employers with indistinguishable c…

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AI Is Complicating Hiring, Remote Work Has a Price, and Careers Are Breaking Down 21:56

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December 24, 2025: The systems we've relied on to organize work are starting to crack. In this episode of Future Ready Today, we unpack four stories that reveal how deeply work is being reshaped — often in ways leaders aren't prepared for. AI was supposed to make hiring fairer and faster, but instead it's flooding employers with indistinguishable c…

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Remote Work as Privilege, AI at Work, and Why Sundays Are Becoming Workdays 21:44

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December 23, 2025: AI is moving from experiment to expectation at record speed, but employees say leadership hasn't built the systems needed to support it. Remote work is quietly becoming a privilege instead of a right. And a growing number of professionals are reclaiming Sundays as deep-work days because weekdays have become fragmented and unprodu…

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Remote Work as Privilege, AI at Work, and Why Sundays Are Becoming Workdays 21:44

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December 23, 2025: AI is moving from experiment to expectation at record speed, but employees say leadership hasn't built the systems needed to support it. Remote work is quietly becoming a privilege instead of a right. And a growing number of professionals are reclaiming Sundays as deep-work days because weekdays have become fragmented and unprodu…

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Inside the AI and Innovation Transformation of a 200 Year Old Railroad Company 58:43

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For many leaders, "transformation at scale" feels like an impossible task—especially when employees are overwhelmed, technology is accelerating, and expectations about the future of work keep shifting. But Norfolk Southern has done this successfully in one of the toughest environments imaginable: a 200-year-old freight railroad with a safety-sensit…

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Inside the AI and Innovation Transformation of a 200 Year Old Railroad Company 58:43

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For many leaders, "transformation at scale" feels like an impossible task—especially when employees are overwhelmed, technology is accelerating, and expectations about the future of work keep shifting. But Norfolk Southern has done this successfully in one of the toughest environments imaginable: a 200-year-old freight railroad with a safety-sensit…

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DEI Faces a Reckoning, The Workforce Is Hesitating, and Degrees Are Losing Value 20:53

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December 19, 2025: Workers are hesitating before changing jobs. Parents are questioning whether college is still worth the cost. Talent shortages persist even as hiring slows. And U.S. regulators are signaling a major shift in how companies approach DEI. In this episode, we explore six key future-of-work stories shaping how people think about caree…

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DEI Faces a Reckoning, The Workforce Is Hesitating, and Degrees Are Losing Value 20:53

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December 19, 2025: Workers are hesitating before changing jobs. Parents are questioning whether college is still worth the cost. Talent shortages persist even as hiring slows. And U.S. regulators are signaling a major shift in how companies approach DEI. In this episode, we explore six key future-of-work stories shaping how people think about caree…

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AI Job Loss Panic Is Wrong—Here's What the Data Actually Shows 22:56

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https://bit.ly/8exlawsDecember 18, 2025: Is artificial intelligence already replacing jobs—or is that narrative getting ahead of the data? This episode examines new research from Vanguard's 2026 Economic and Market Outlook, which analyzes U.S. employment and wage data to understand how AI exposure is actually affecting work today. Contrary to wides…

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AI Job Loss Panic Is Wrong—Here's What the Data Actually Shows 22:56

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https://bit.ly/8exlawsDecember 18, 2025: Is artificial intelligence already replacing jobs—or is that narrative getting ahead of the data? This episode examines new research from Vanguard's 2026 Economic and Market Outlook, which analyzes U.S. employment and wage data to understand how AI exposure is actually affecting work today. Contrary to wides…

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This Is Not the Future of Work We Were Promised 26:38

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December 17, 2025: Gartner's 2026 HR trends reveal how AI adoption is outpacing people systems and managerial readiness; Ford scales back parts of its electric vehicle strategy as regulatory pressure, legacy infrastructure, and workforce realities collide; white-collar job markets tighten while demand grows for skilled, non-automatable work; rising…

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This Is Not the Future of Work We Were Promised 26:38

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December 17, 2025: Gartner's 2026 HR trends reveal how AI adoption is outpacing people systems and managerial readiness; Ford scales back parts of its electric vehicle strategy as regulatory pressure, legacy infrastructure, and workforce realities collide; white-collar job markets tighten while demand grows for skilled, non-automatable work; rising…

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Something Is Breaking Inside the Modern Workplace 22:21

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December 16, 2025: We start with new data from EY showing that workplace culture—specifically how people treat each other—has become the number one reason employees stay at their company, outranking pay, flexibility, and career growth. We then examine growing evidence that AI and remote work may be accelerating loneliness at work, and why that matt…

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How to Embrace Generative AI Without Automating the "Soul" of Work 58:48

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AI is failing most companies, trapping employees in digital exhaustion. The real problem isn't the technology, but the organization itself. Forget fixing your models—the path to true transformation is redesigning your workflows, structure, and human collaboration to finally work with AI. In this episode, Rebecca Hinds, Head of the Work AI Institute…

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How to Embrace Generative AI Without Automating the "Soul" of Work 58:48

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AI is failing most companies, trapping employees in digital exhaustion. The real problem isn't the technology, but the organization itself. Forget fixing your models—the path to true transformation is redesigning your workflows, structure, and human collaboration to finally work with AI. In this episode, Rebecca Hinds, Head of the Work AI Institute…

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GPT-5.2 Reshapes Work, Gen Z Job Struggles, and Why HR Is Becoming an AI Control Center 17:55

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December 12, 2025: Recent data shows unemployment for new college graduates is now higher than the overall workforce — an unusual and troubling signal that entry-level work is breaking down. At the same time, OpenAI's GPT-5.2 marks a shift from AI as a helper to AI as a task owner, reshaping how professional work gets done and raising hard question…

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GPT-5.2 Reshapes Work, Gen Z Job Struggles, and Why HR Is Becoming an AI Control Center 17:55

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December 12, 2025: Recent data shows unemployment for new college graduates is now higher than the overall workforce — an unusual and troubling signal that entry-level work is breaking down. At the same time, OpenAI's GPT-5.2 marks a shift from AI as a helper to AI as a task owner, reshaping how professional work gets done and raising hard question…

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AI Managers, Neurorights, Employee Distrust, AT&T's Culture Wake-Up, and Disney's Bold OpenAI Deal 21:03

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December 11, 2025: In today's episode, I break down five major stories reshaping the future of work and leadership. I start with the growing crisis of trust as employees hesitate to adopt new AI tools, then dive into the global debate around "neurorights" and the push to protect cognitive privacy in an era of emerging neurotechnology. I unpack AT&T…

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AI Managers, Neurorights, Employee Distrust, AT&T's Culture Wake-Up, and Disney's Bold OpenAI Deal 21:03

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December 11, 2025: In today's episode, I break down five major stories reshaping the future of work and leadership. I start with the growing crisis of trust as employees hesitate to adopt new AI tools, then dive into the global debate around "neurorights" and the push to protect cognitive privacy in an era of emerging neurotechnology. I unpack AT&T…

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Layoffs, AI Eating Cognitive Work, and a Leadership Capacity Crisis 23:00

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December 10, 2025: Today's episode breaks down the forces reshaping work right now: more than 1.1 million layoffs across the U.S. economy, bank CEOs signaling that AI will replace foundational tasks, engineering leaders using AI to reveal performance gaps, new Harvard research showing AI agents taking over cognitive work, a widening leadership-capa…

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Layoffs, AI Eating Cognitive Work, and a Leadership Capacity Crisis 23:00

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December 10, 2025: Today's episode breaks down the forces reshaping work right now: more than 1.1 million layoffs across the U.S. economy, bank CEOs signaling that AI will replace foundational tasks, engineering leaders using AI to reveal performance gaps, new Harvard research showing AI agents taking over cognitive work, a widening leadership-capa…

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Gen Z Falling Behind, Amazon's Odd AI "Teammates," & the UK's $965M Bet on Skills 20:56

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December 9, 2025: Today's episode brings together the biggest shifts shaping work right now: a global Gen Z unemployment crisis pushing the UK into a $965M skills investment, Amazon's surprising move to position AI agents as "teammates," Jamie Dimon's latest prediction on how AI will reshape jobs and society, new research showing young professional…

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Gen Z Falling Behind, Amazon's Odd AI "Teammates," & the UK's $965M Bet on Skills 20:56

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December 9, 2025: Today's episode brings together the biggest shifts shaping work right now: a global Gen Z unemployment crisis pushing the UK into a $965M skills investment, Amazon's surprising move to position AI agents as "teammates," Jamie Dimon's latest prediction on how AI will reshape jobs and society, new research showing young professional…

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The CHRO of a $50B Tech Giant Reveals the One Strategy That Will Outlast AI 50:43

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Automation and AI are rewriting the rules of work, leaving CHROs grappling with a challenge to preserve humanity that fuels innovation. When technology starts moving faster than people, the real test of leadership begins. In this episode, CHRO Katie Watson shares how she's leading an AI revolution without losing the heart of business at Western Dig…

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The CHRO of a $50B Tech Giant Reveals the One Strategy That Will Outlast AI 50:43

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Automation and AI are rewriting the rules of work, leaving CHROs grappling with a challenge to preserve humanity that fuels innovation. When technology starts moving faster than people, the real test of leadership begins. In this episode, CHRO Katie Watson shares how she's leading an AI revolution without losing the heart of business at Western Dig…

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AI Is Reshaping Careers, Remote Work Is Stalling Growth, and Layoffs Are Surging 27:40

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December 5, 2025: SHRM reports that AI is accelerating the collapse of traditional entry-level roles, forcing companies to rethink how they develop early-career talent. A WIRED investigation reveals what happened when a startup tried replacing employees with AI agents—and why it quickly fell apart. The CEO of NTT DATA tells Reuters that the current…

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AI Is Reshaping Careers, Remote Work Is Stalling Growth, and Layoffs Are Surging 27:40

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December 5, 2025: SHRM reports that AI is accelerating the collapse of traditional entry-level roles, forcing companies to rethink how they develop early-career talent. A WIRED investigation reveals what happened when a startup tried replacing employees with AI agents—and why it quickly fell apart. The CEO of NTT DATA tells Reuters that the current…

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Job Predictions Collide, RTO Tightens, Workweeks Shift, and Consulting Gets Rebuilt 18:49

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December 4, 2025: In today's episode of Future Ready Today, I break down six major stories shaping the future of work. Nvidia's Jensen Huang pushes back on AI job doom while Geoffrey Hinton warns that massive unemployment may be unavoidable. AI is quietly restructuring the rhythm of the workweek, RTO mandates are tightening as employees turn to "mi…

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Job Predictions Collide, RTO Tightens, Workweeks Shift, and Consulting Gets Rebuilt 18:49

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December 4, 2025: In today's episode of Future Ready Today, I break down six major stories shaping the future of work. Nvidia's Jensen Huang pushes back on AI job doom while Geoffrey Hinton warns that massive unemployment may be unavoidable. AI is quietly restructuring the rhythm of the workweek, RTO mandates are tightening as employees turn to "mi…

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TikTok Baristas, Robot Labs, Career Minimalism, and the 5-Day Office Comeback 23:13

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December 3, 2025: Today's episode breaks down six major shifts shaping the future of work: companies turning frontline employees into TikTok influencers, robotics transforming scientific labs into fully automated discovery engines, and the rapid rise of career minimalism as workers reject traditional career ladders. Instagram orders a full five-day…

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TikTok Baristas, Robot Labs, Career Minimalism, and the 5-Day Office Comeback 23:13

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December 3, 2025: Today's episode breaks down six major shifts shaping the future of work: companies turning frontline employees into TikTok influencers, robotics transforming scientific labs into fully automated discovery engines, and the rapid rise of career minimalism as workers reject traditional career ladders. Instagram orders a full five-day…

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CHRO Pressure, AI Job Hacks, OpenAI's Code Red, and Accenture's 'Reinventors' 30:50

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December 2, 2025: Today's episode breaks down several major developments shaping the future of work: new research showing CHROs under intense pressure, employees quietly using AI to automate half their workload, Satya Nadella calling empathy a workplace superpower, Accenture rebranding 800,000 employees as "reinventors," OpenAI declaring a "code re…

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CHRO Pressure, AI Job Hacks, OpenAI's Code Red, and Accenture's 'Reinventors' 30:50

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December 2, 2025: Today's episode breaks down several major developments shaping the future of work: new research showing CHROs under intense pressure, employees quietly using AI to automate half their workload, Satya Nadella calling empathy a workplace superpower, Accenture rebranding 800,000 employees as "reinventors," OpenAI declaring a "code re…

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How IFF is Blending AI and Human Creativity to Redefine the Future of Talent Today 57:44

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While technology is transforming work, the real competitive advantage lies in human curiosity, creativity, and connection—because AI can optimize efficiency, but only people can create joy. In this episode, Deborah Borg, Chief People and Culture Officer at International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), joins us to explore how one of the world's most inn…

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How IFF is Blending AI and Human Creativity to Redefine the Future of Talent Today 57:44

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While technology is transforming work, the real competitive advantage lies in human curiosity, creativity, and connection—because AI can optimize efficiency, but only people can create joy. In this episode, Deborah Borg, Chief People and Culture Officer at International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), joins us to explore how one of the world's most inn…

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AI Layoffs Accelerate, Worker Anxiety Surges, and the Future of Jobs Splits in Two 26:30

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November 26, 2025: Today's episode breaks down six major stories shaping the future of work: Clifford Chance cuts 10% of business services roles, HP slashes up to 6,000 jobs as it embeds AI, a new survey shows worker anxiety at record highs, McKinsey says humans and AI agents will work side-by-side, new UK data warns 3 million low-skilled jobs coul…

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AI Layoffs Accelerate, Worker Anxiety Surges, and the Future of Jobs Splits in Two 26:30

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November 26, 2025: Today's episode breaks down six major stories shaping the future of work: Clifford Chance cuts 10% of business services roles, HP slashes up to 6,000 jobs as it embeds AI, a new survey shows worker anxiety at record highs, McKinsey says humans and AI agents will work side-by-side, new UK data warns 3 million low-skilled jobs coul…

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On-Site Anxiety, AI Spending Surges, Fake Work, Automation Pressures, Office Redesigns, and HR-Tech Convergence 22:47

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November 25, 2025: Fast Company reports that on-site workers are experiencing significantly worse "Sunday Scaries" than remote employees. The Wall Street Journal highlights how the U.S. economy is becoming increasingly dependent on corporate AI spending. Fortune features Slack's cofounder warning that employees are drowning in "fake work" that look…

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On-Site Anxiety, AI Spending Surges, Fake Work, Automation Pressures, Office Redesigns, and HR-Tech Convergence 22:47

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November 25, 2025: Fast Company reports that on-site workers are experiencing significantly worse "Sunday Scaries" than remote employees. The Wall Street Journal highlights how the U.S. economy is becoming increasingly dependent on corporate AI spending. Fortune features Slack's cofounder warning that employees are drowning in "fake work" that look…

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How Top CEOs Stay Relevant, Resilient, and Ready for What's Next with McKinsey's Senior Partner 52:04

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When a leader reaches the top, the climb doesn't stop, it just changes shape. The real challenge isn't getting to the corner office, it's knowing how to stay relevant, resilient, and ready for what's next. The best CEOs don't just lead well once; they lead well through change, mastering the cycles of their own growth. In this episode, I sit down wi…

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How Top CEOs Stay Relevant, Resilient, and Ready for What's Next with McKinsey's Senior Partner 52:04

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When a leader reaches the top, the climb doesn't stop, it just changes shape. The real challenge isn't getting to the corner office, it's knowing how to stay relevant, resilient, and ready for what's next. The best CEOs don't just lead well once; they lead well through change, mastering the cycles of their own growth. In this episode, I sit down wi…

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The Silent Trust Recession, CEO Automation Hype, and Why AI Is Making Workers Miserable 29:40

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November 20, 2025: This episode breaks down six major stories shaping the future of work and the workplace in 2025. A new study reveals the rise of "Cold Work"—a breakdown of trust between employees and managers marked by hidden behaviors, disengagement, and rising hostility. Google CEO Sundar Pichai makes headlines by claiming the CEO role may be …

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The Silent Trust Recession, CEO Automation Hype, and Why AI Is Making Workers Miserable 29:40

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November 20, 2025: This episode breaks down six major stories shaping the future of work and the workplace in 2025. A new study reveals the rise of "Cold Work"—a breakdown of trust between employees and managers marked by hidden behaviors, disengagement, and rising hostility. Google CEO Sundar Pichai makes headlines by claiming the CEO role may be …

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Layoff Chaos, AI Irrationality, Gen Z's Double-Major Gamble, and the Global RTO Divide 29:46

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November 19, 2025: Amazon and Target stumble through chaotic new layoff tactics, Sundar Pichai warns that the AI boom may be tipping into irrational exuberance, and U.S. and European banks reveal two very different—yet equally successful—approaches to return-to-office. We also unpack the alarming collapse of foundational math skills on college camp…