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Future Ready Leadership With Jacob Morgan
The future of work isn't coming. It's already here — and it's moving fast. Future Ready is the podcast for leaders who want to stay ahead of AI, workplace transformation, and the forces reshaping how organizations operate and compete. Hosted by Jacob Morgan, futurist and bestselling author, this is...
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AI Job Risk Map Revealed, Accenture Ties Promotions to AI, & Only 5% Are AI Fluent
February 19, 2026: AI is rapidly becoming a career requirement and the workforce is splitting into those who can adapt and those who get squeezed.
The "Jobless Boom," AI Oversight, and Why Job-Hopping Stopped Paying
The U.S. economy is creating wealth… but not many jobs. At the same time, AI is spreading across the workplace, yet most employees still don't trust i...
AI Agents Are Here, Managers Are Disappearing, and Productivity Still Isn't Moving
Feb 17, 2026: Today I break down five signals that are quietly reshaping work:
OpenAI hiring the creator of OpenClaw—a major shift from chatbots...
The Future of Human Work: Prologis' CHRO on AI, Creativity, and Continuous Learning
Leaders today face a critical AI dilemma: move too quickly and risk producing low-quality "work slop," or move too slowly and sacrifice a crucial comp...
Inflation Falls, Anthropic Gets $30 Billion, and IBM Doubles Down on Gen Z
Feb 13, 2026: Inflation just cooled to 2.4%. Markets are betting on rate cuts. And at the same time, Anthropic raised $30 billion at a $380 billion va...
Ford Pays Up, Gen Z Goes Blue-Collar, AI Burns People Out, and Safety Leaders Quit
Feb 12, 2026: In this episode of Future-Ready Today, I break down four major stories that reveal how the workplace is recalibrating in 2026.
For...
8 Lessons From Uber's CTO on How to Move from "AI Enforcement" to "AI Normalization"
Leaders often try to "brute force" AI adoption, only to find their best people pushing back. The blame often goes to a lack of skill. But this frictio...
How to Apply the STEEPLE Framework & Filter "Trend Inflation"
Feb 10, 2026: Today's leaders are buried under an avalanche of trend reports and news cycles, making it nearly impossible to distinguish between genui...
How Coinbase Turned Accountability Into a Competitive Advantage
The old playbooks for leadership no longer apply when your top performers might never step foot in a traditional office. It's time to move past the su...
$650B AI Spending, Worker Protests, and a Trillion-Dollar Selloff — What's Going On?
Feb 6, 2026: Artificial intelligence is hitting a tipping point — and it's showing up everywhere at once.
In today's episode of Future-Ready Tod...
Software Vendors Are In Trouble, Leaders Are Scared, & Companies Have ALL the Leverage Now
Feb 5, 2026: Are software vendors in trouble? Why are employees suddenly complying with return-to-office mandates? And what happens when leaders are a...
Deepfake Workers, Robo-Bosses, and the Trust Breakdown Inside Modern Companies
Feb 4, 2026: In this episode of Future-Ready Today, I explore a fundamental shift in the workplace: the transition from a task economy to a trust econ...
Résumé Botox, "Safe Jobs," AI Robots, and Demand for Construction Jobs
Feb 3, 2026: We start with the rise of "résumé Botox," where experienced professionals are removing years of experience just to get past hiring filter...
How NRG Balanced Cultural Preservation and Strategic Growth During a High-Stakes Acquisition
What happens when activist investors call your multi-billion dollar acquisition the "single worst deal of the decade"? Most leadership teams would pan...
Part 2: The Futurist Framework Every Leader Needs for an AI-Driven Future of Work
January 30, 2026: The future of work is accelerating—and for many leaders, it feels overwhelming.
Political shifts, new laws, rapid advances in...
One Employee Replaces Teams At Meta, AI Writes the Code, & Companies Are Hiring Storytellers!?
January 29, 2026: Today a series of stories made it impossible to ignore how fast work is changing. Meta says AI now allows one employee to do the wor...
The Futurist Framework Every Leader Needs for an AI-Driven Future of Work
January 28, 2026: In today's episode, I zoom out to help you see what's really shaping the future of work.
Before we talk about AI, leadership,...
Gartner Warns AI Will Make Decisions Worse — CEOs Keep Buying It Anyway
January 27, 2026: Executives say AI is making work more efficient. Employees say it's barely saving time. Gartner warns that overreliance on AI will a...
Why Using AI for Short Term Efficiency Might Be Accidentally Killing Your Future Leaders W/ Melanie Tinto, CHRO of Grainger
AI can handle entry-level tasks today, but at what cost to your future leadership? Many companies are accidentally "hollowing out" their talent pipeli...
Citi's 'Results Over Effort' Message Signals the End of Comfortable Work—Amazon Follows
January 23, 2026: In this episode of Future Ready Today, I unpack why Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser's blunt "results over effort" message is such an impor...
Meta Cuts the Metaverse, Deloitte Kills Job Titles, and AI Hiring Gets Sued
January 22, 2026: For years, we've talked about jobs, titles, careers, and skills as if they were stable foundations of work. They're not.
In to...
The Top Future of Work Trends for 2026 (And Why Most Leaders Will Get Them Wrong)
January 21, 2026: Most conversations about the future of work in 2026 focus on the obvious things: AI tools, hybrid policies, skills, and perks.
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AI Layoffs Are Mostly Fiction, CEOs Aren't Seeing ROI, and Robots Are Quietly Taking Over
January 20, 2026: Oxford Economics data suggests AI-driven layoffs are still a small slice of overall job cuts, raising questions about whether AI is...
New York Life CHRO on How to Manage Human-Centered AI at Enterprise Scale
Imagine an eighty-year-old grandmother discussing Russian literature with ChatGPT in her native tongue; it is a powerful reminder that AI is no longer...
Boomers Aren't Leaving, AI Is Creating Jobs, and No One Can Find Electricians
January 16, 2026:
Everyone keeps asking whether AI is going to destroy jobs. That question is already outdated.
In this episode of Future-...
Jobs Still Exist, Productivity Is Questionable, and the Market Is Tightening
January 15, 2026: AI job data says work is stable. Productivity reports promise trillions in gains. Job seekers tell me finding work is getting harder...
Everyone Wants Transformation. No One Wants the Pain.
January 14, 2026: Change takes far longer than leaders expect—and that gap is where frustration, failure, and missed opportunity live. In this episode...
Financial Stress, AI Failures, and the Rise of Always-On Work
January 13, 2026: In today's episode, five stories reveal why work is starting to crack under pressure. New data shows employee financial stress is no...
How Chipotle Scales Culture Across 130,000 Employees Without Losing Standards
Scaling a massive workforce culture often fails because the big-picture strategy never reaches the people on the front line. What is the real secret t...
The Entitlement Culture Is Real And Nobody Wants To Talk About It
Most organizations aren't shaping the future of work, they're chasing it.
In this episode, I share what CHROs admit privately but rarely say out...
Amazon Tightens The Screws, Workers Lose Confidence, and Job Openings Fall
January 8, 2026:
In today's episode of Future Ready Today, I break down the most important future-of-work stories shaping how work is actually...
How We Accidentally Lowered the Bar in the Name of Employee Experience
January 7, 2026: Nearly a decade ago, I wrote The Employee Experience Advantage to challenge organizations to move beyond perks, surveys, and surface-...
Bank of America on Gen Z Fears, AI Slowing Productivity, and the Rise of Workplace Non-Compliers
January 6, 2026: Is AI actually increasing productivity — or just shifting responsibility without reward?
In this episode of Future Ready Today,...
Behind the Scenes of CEO Succession Planning: How Organizations Decide Who Leads Next W/ Debbie Pickle, CHRO of Williams
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...
What an Entrepreneur, a Scientist, and a Security Chief Teach About Future-Ready Leadership
The world of work didn't just change, it fundamentally broke the old rules. Forget just 'adapting'—this episode is your essential guide to understandi...
AI Is Complicating Hiring, Remote Work Has a Price, and Careers Are Breaking Down
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 f...
Remote Work as Privilege, AI at Work, and Why Sundays Are Becoming Workdays
December 23, 2025:
AI is moving from experiment to expectation at record speed, but employees say leadership hasn't built the systems needed to...
Inside the AI and Innovation Transformation of a 200 Year Old Railroad Company
For many leaders, "transformation at scale" feels like an impossible task—especially when employees are overwhelmed, technology is accelerating, and e...
DEI Faces a Reckoning, The Workforce Is Hesitating, and Degrees Are Losing Value
December 19, 2025:
Workers are hesitating before changing jobs. Parents are questioning whether college is still worth the cost. Talent shortag...
AI Job Loss Panic Is Wrong—Here's What the Data Actually Shows
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Is artificial intelligence already replacing jobs—or is that narrative getting ahead of the data?