# future of work
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34:56Humanising Workplace Change in the Age of AIAl Elliott: I don't think we can have a conversation about HR in 2026 without talking about why HR has been so famous and in the news, which is all around the layoffs because of AI. We've got all kinds of things like we'EP 321 · 23 Jul 2026·interview· 34:56–45:2824:10The coming skills gap and the Gen Z shiftKristien Turner: Mm-hmm Leanne Elliott: And the fight for talent and meeting that. Are we looking at a massive skills gap if Organizations aren't investing in managers. Our younger people joining the workforce have no reEP 311 · 18 Jun 2026·interview· 24:10–27:107:26Story 1: Six words defining the new world of workAl Elliott: Oh, nice, nice Leanne Elliott: Anyway, go look at it. I feel like it's funnier to watch Al Elliott: Well, we'll find out. We look forward to your emails. Okay, Leanne, should we— can we move on to the—EP 298 · 5 May 2026·news roundup· 7:26–13:376:185 skills LinkedIn says will AI-proof your careerLeanne Elliott: 5 skills LinkedIn says will AI-proof your career in 2026. Okay Al Elliott: Right, go on Leanne Elliott: So this one was actually reported in Inc. and based on a new book from LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky. EP 294 · 21 Apr 2026·news roundup· 6:18–12:5770:57Human skills in the age of AILeanne Elliott: You've been warned. Oh, wow. I mean, we could, I think we could keep going for another hour easily on this, but I think we covered some really important areas of topic. And I think we also gave some, I thEP LIVE-2026-04-03 · 3 Apr 2026·panel interview· 70:57–73:219:08The perfect storm of change and AI's impactErica Breuer: I think it's a perfect storm of change. I know my grandparents didn't have to think about passion or purpose. They were happy that working 9 to 5 Paid their bills. And then when I entered the workforce, I wEP LIVE-2026-03-25 · 25 Mar 2026·panel interview· 9:08–12:2421:19The Death of Coworking and the Rise of ProworkingAl Elliott: Because they're older people who are sensible Leanne Elliott: And they've got families, and they've got homes, and they've got roots somewhere else, but their expertise is needed. So why relocate everyone wheEP 282 · 10 Mar 2026·news roundup· 21:19–32:0213:43What thriving looks like for humans in an AI worldAndrew Palmer: So, I guess all of this conversation is sort of caveated by a couple of things. One is no one really knows what's coming. And the second is, The timeframes really matter here. So I'm kind of thinking like EP 277 · 19 Feb 2026·interview· 13:43–16:323:27Prediction 1 — Hybrid will fracture before it settles (Ina Purvanova & Alanah Mitchell)Leanne Elliott: Our first prediction comes from not one but two experts, Ina Pervanova and Elena Mitchell, who are co-authors of The New These 2 literally wrote the book on how hybrid work actually functions, not the theEP 263 · 1 Jan 2026·other· 3:27–10:5045:11Al & Leanne's own predictions for 2026Leanne Elliott: Okay. So there we have it. Very different predictions for 2026. Some hopeful, some challenging, all thought-provoking, some terrifying. I don't know. Well, where are we going to end up in 2026? We usuallyEP 263 · 1 Jan 2026·other· 45:11–48:2211:12Prediction 2 — Meghan French Dunbar: AI will advance humanity & job creation trumps destructionLeanne Elliott: Yes, our next prediction comes from none other than the incredible Megan French Dunbar, or as we call her, MFD Al Elliott: Megan is brilliant. She is an author. She's worked with some of the most forward-EP 262 · 30 Dec 2025·other· 11:12–17:129:32AI clones are coming for your coworkersLeanne Elliott: Yes, let's talk about your thing Al Elliott: Okay, so Viven or Viven, I'm not quite sure what it's called. Uh, essentially, right, this is the situation. You need to ask someone at work for something and EP 244 · 28 Oct 2025·news roundup· 9:32–14:5037:52AI, the dark triad, and the future of workLeanne Elliott: Going back to constellation leadership and this idea that That, you know, culture and behaviors are the leader rather than a figurehead. How does that apply with hybrid, with AI, with all the disruption wEP 243 · 23 Oct 2025·interview· 37:52–42:0042:00Danny's two hopes for the future of workplacesLeanne Elliott: What's your hope for the future in terms of our workplaces where we are seeing divide, and we're seeing polarization, and we're seeing incivility, and we're seeing the impact, such a dark impact of AI. WhEP 243 · 23 Oct 2025·interview· 42:00–44:490:01Mindful maneuvering: the new leadership buzzwordAl Elliott: Coming up this week in work, will your job be obsolete in 5 years? According to the World Economic Forum's 2025 Future of Jobs report— catchy title— about 92 million jobs will become obsolete by 2030. Is yourEP 192 · 29 Apr 2025·news roundup· 0:01–6:126:1221 job titles predicted to disappear by 2030Al Elliott: Well, your job will be gone in 4 years Leanne Elliott: Yours will Al Elliott: To be fair, Podcasters already. We already potentially— yeah, if you, if you use Notebook LM from Google, um, then you can basicalEP 192 · 29 Apr 2025·news roundup· 6:12–11:0728:30More from Sophie: leadership in an AI worldLeanne Elliott: That is a fantastic Sophie Wade. I will leave a link back to an episode that she did right in the early days of the podcast and shared some wisdom there, and probably some predictions that have now come tEP 192 · 29 Apr 2025·news roundup· 28:30–31:3738:59How Amit wants the world of work to changeAl Elliott: So let's just talk about what, how you want the world to be. You've obviously got experience of business, you've got experience of working, of employment, you've got experience of being a father. Imagine thatEP 191 · 24 Apr 2025·interview· 38:59–42:1047:52The future of the 4-day weekLeanne Elliott: And in terms of the future of work, I have to bring it back to the core of our conversation, the 4-day work week, reduced working week. Is it the future? Is it a trend? What are your thoughts? Jeanette RaEP 183 · 27 Mar 2025·interview· 47:52–50:205:37Why resilience matters in the 2025 world of workLeanne Elliott: And why is it so important today in the world of work we're operating in, in 2025? Marie-Helene Pelletier: I would say always been important. We're talking more about it, and I love that. And we're also tEP 171 · 13 Feb 2025·interview· 5:37–7:377:19The human skills AI can't replaceLeanne Elliott: What really strikes me about that, Al, is that while we've been talking about ChatGPT this year, and I have been genuinely impressed by what it's capable of doing, Oliver sees it as something even bigger,EP 157 · 26 Dec 2024·other· 7:19–11:5731:42Flexibility, exhaustion and the future of work with Amy McKeownLeanne Elliott: I think in 2025, we're going to see more of what we've seen in 2024, which is figuring out how to work, right? So, we are in a really interesting and unprecedented time of change. If you look at our workiEP 157 · 26 Dec 2024·other· 31:42–36:4840:53What would we tell Generation Alpha?Leanne Elliott: A couple of years ago, the Ellie Sparkles Show, a YouTube show aimed at children, surveyed 1,000 5 to 8-year-olds in the United States about what they wanted from work. The 4th most popular job was a YouTEP 141 · 31 Oct 2024·other· 40:53–47:2518:13Future of Work in 2074: what Arthur C. Clarke got rightLeanne Elliott: The audio destination for business professionals Al Elliott: It can Leanne Elliott: But come backEP 120 · 6 Aug 2024·news roundup· 18:13–26:2038:27The future of remote and hybrid workLee Rubin: It's a good question. It's definitely a controversial one because there's definitely lots of schools of thought on what's going on. But I don't know if it's just coincidental in terms of just the people that IEP 119 · 30 Jul 2024·interview· 38:27–45:3818:18Recapping the Future of Work seriesAl Elliott: Absolutely. Okay, so looking at the last couple of episodes, which are the Thursday's ones, which if you've missed them, they've been great. We've basically done this Future of Work 2-part series. The first pEP 86 · 2 Apr 2024·news roundup· 18:18–21:3435:51Technology, AI, and the future of hospitalityAl Elliott: Wow, what a line. Food is the best condiment for humanity. She was just such a great interviewee. She just was so eloquent and just gave great answers. And that was one of my favorite things that she said. BuEP 66 · 23 Nov 2023·interview· 35:51–42:1033:31Michael on the future of workLeanne Elliott: We couldn't have someone like Michael on the podcast without asking him about the future of work. He's an experienced leader and business owner. He's bought companies, sold companies, built companies, andEP 64 · 16 Nov 2023·other· 33:31–38:1831:50Clip 8 — The 4-day workweek with Joe O'ConnorAl Elliott: So that was episode 35, the generational panel. On to episode 36, which is all about the 4-day workweek. So we had Joe O'Connor along with a couple of other amazing guests talking about the 4-day workweek. JoEP 52 · 17 Aug 2023·other· 31:50–34:2362:36Theme 9: The outlook for people and cultureLeanne Elliott: So number 9 is the fact that culture and wellbeing is here to stay, regardless of the changes in remote work, with hybrid work, with the economy, postcode recovery, the list goes on. There was one thing tEP 37 · 3 May 2023·other· 62:36–66:5865:56AI, AutoGPT and the future of productivityLeanne Elliott: Yeah. Al Elliott: Here's the links, um, have a nice weekend, right? And that's how we simplify everything. They don't want meetings either, they just don't know it. Leanne Elliott: I remember listening toEP 36 · 25 Apr 2023·other· 65:56–70:1537:48Why the future of work took a pandemic to arriveLeanne Elliott: Yeah, it's true. And, you know, it's a trend that, that, you know, we're, we're more than likely gonna, gonna see over the next few years and older people either staying in the workforce or returning to tEP 25 · 8 Feb 2023·interview· 37:48–43:2031:14Al's maths on Gen Z, millennials, and the future of workAl Elliott: So I did a little bit of maths. So I looked at a few websites for definitions of Gen Z, Gen X, boomers, all that kind of thing. And I've discovered there's a key date here. Now that's January 1st, 2024. And tEP 20 · 10 Jan 2023·other· 31:14–32:57
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