You in 2042 ... The Future of Work

In this very practical episode for L&D professionals and parents alike, Rebecca Kwan, a Senior Manager in Learning and Development, discusses the importance of cultivating deliberate human experiences for the future generation. She emphasizes that success in the future is not about competing with AI, but rather consciously developing human skills that are rapidly diminishing. She highlights the need for emotional intelligence, critical thinking, social skills, and a collective concern for society as essential foundations for navigating the evolving workplace and creating a successful future.

Kevin Mulcahy, author of the award-winning The Future Workplace, reveals the formula for belonging and the ultimate action to foster and signify true belonging in the modern workplace. He shares three insightful questions managers can ask to drive belonging: 1) “How are you” and listen; 2) “How are we” and listen; and d) “How am I” and share how you’re feeling. His tips will help any leader be a confident and soft leader that fosters an environment of belonging.

Follow him on Linked In and kevinmulcahy.com or gain further insights through his book, The Future Workplace which received the Silver Axiom Best Business Book Award for Human Resources Professionals and is available at online retailers. 

Kevin Mulcahy, author of The Future Workplace and VP Future of Working and Learning, shares how to optimize hybrid workspaces. He reveals how to associate the appropriate workspace with the type of task and separate the type of communication channel with the communication type.

He shares how technology is intertwined with the future workspace and what’s driving the exponential complexity in decision making. With the myriad of workspaces and workplaces, Kevin reveals the most critical time to bring team members together in person.

Follow him on Linked In and kevinmulcahy.com or gain further insights through his book, The Future Workplace.

Kevin Mulcahy, VP Future of Working and Learning at Future Workplace, and author of The Future Workplace which received the Silver Axiom Best Business Book Award for Human Resources Professionals, shares practical tips on how:

• Workers are evaluating their leaders' true values to examine their employment.
• Companies can use Purpose Statements instead of Mission Statements to connect to their employees.
• Leaders can offer agency and control to their teams.
• Managers can align an organization’s values with personal values and surface disconnects to drive engagement and job satisfaction.

Follow him on Linked In and kevinmulcahy.com or gain further insights through his book, The Future Workplace available at online retailers.

Laura Mingail, founder of Archetypes & Effects, shares how Virtual Reality is a requirement for the modern workplace. As an industry-leading forerunning of VR experiences in marketing for almost a decade, her ideas shed light on how L&D will be using VR to improve the industry’s greatest challenges. She shares a ground-breaking team collaboration example in shared virtual reality space (the metaverse), the critical #1 question to answer to create effective VR, and practical next steps L&D can use to get up to speed quickly. Through examples and useful tips, Laura shares critical insights every workplace professional should know. Laura can be reached at Twitter and Linked In

Caryn Robinson, a senior transformation partner, shares how unpredictable change in the workplace demands rapid learning in context; this is critical to supporting future generalist roles that will require real-time experiences and learning. Discovery, experiments, and a willingness to allow learners to "try on" new skills with a mentor's support are important avenues to cultivate. She shares a simple tool everyone can apply now to support a growth mindset. She also expands on the role of feedback, vulnerability, curiosity and others as enablers for development. 

Through banter and practical examples, David Langlotz, L&D Lead and an internal practitioner and Danielle Wallace, an external practitioner, reveal how to harness the power of video to capture insights from SMEs. They reveal five tips that can be put into practice today to create an effective learning solution. 

Marty Blake, Chief Operating Office at Optime International, share how the modern salesperson no longer offers "knowledge as power", but instead needs to cultivate new skills. He speaks to the role of digital literacy, critical thinking, empathy and curiosity, flexibility,  and personal leadership skills as the critical components for successfully delivering value.  

He can be reached on Linked In, Twitter, and at Optime.com

Marcus Bernhardt, Chief Evangelist at OBRIZUM, shares practical uses of AI in Learning and Technology. He expands on the metaphors of a) AI as a Librarian to sift through information, b) AI as a Personal Tutor with clever testing and profiling to help judge how well we've learned it, and c) AI as an Expert Teacher Author of a textbook to understand the complexity and how to best sequence the learning path.  He shares useful tips for organizations to boost intrinsic motivation and be future proof.  He can be found at https://www.linkedin.com/in/markus-bernhardt 

Kevin Lacey, a technical training professional, describes the importance of Learning & Development (L&D) evolving to discard the traditional training handcuffs and instead break the rules in order to adapt. The L&D industry is an alarmingly slow monolith. Instead, he shares the importance of embracing discomfort in order to be future ready.