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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 where strategy meets reality.

Every week, two formats in one feed: honest, unfiltered conversations with the CEOs, CHROs, and senior executives actually building the future of work — and sharp, no-fluff daily briefings that take the most important developments in artificial intelligence, AI agents, leadership, hybrid work, and organizational strategy and tell you exactly what they mean for your business.
No hype. No filler. Just the insights, frameworks, and real-world playbooks that help you lead smarter, build resilient teams, and make better decisions in a world that won’t slow down.

If you’re serious about leading what’s next — this is your podcast. Subscribe to Future Ready wherever you listen.

Latest Episodes:

Google and Adecco Reject AI Jobs Panic, AI Homework Crash Raises Big Questions, and Anthropic Explains Why Jobs Haven't Collapsed Jul 23, 2026

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July 23, 2026: I look at Google's Atlas study, which analyzed nearly 15 million Gemini interactions and found that AI use at work is broad but still shallow. Then I get into new research showing students who used AI for homework performed better at first, but saw major drops in exam scores later. Finally, I unpack Anthropic chief economist Peter McCrory's argument for why AI has not raised unemployment yet: it is still amplifying human expertise more than replacing it.

Kyndryl CHRO Mark Paulek on on AI at Work, Employee Trust, and the Skills Leaders Need Now Jul 20, 2026

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I talk with Mark Paulek, Chief Human Resources Officer at Kyndryl, about how leaders should approach AI transformation without losing employee trust. We get into Kyndryl's People Readiness Report, the company's AIR framework for anticipating demand, inventorying skills, and redeploying talent, plus how they think about AI governance, human-in-the-loop decisions, ROI, reskilling, and why AI adoption is ultimately a people challenge before it is a technology challenge.

China's Kimi K3 vs OpenAI & Anthropic, Gen Z AI Guilt at Work, and Your Best People May Leave Jul 17, 2026

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July 17, 2026: China's Moonshot AI released Kimi K3, their largest AI model yet, and it is already testing close to OpenAI and Anthropic on major benchmarks. Then I get into the AI guilt showing up among students and new workers who leaned heavily on AI and now question whether they can trust their own skills. Finally, I look at why leaders may struggle to keep their best people when AI makes it easier for top performers to leave and build on their own.

I Predict Sam Altman Won't be CEO Next Year, New York Freezes Data Center, JLL Says AI Will Redesign Jobs Jul 16, 2026

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July 16, 2026: New JLL research shows most executives expect AI to grow their teams instead of shrink them, even as layoffs continue in AI-exposed industries. Then I get into New York becoming the first state to freeze new large AI data centers, why I think that is a mistake, and what it could mean for American AI infrastructure. Finally, I unpack Apple's lawsuit against OpenAI and make my prediction that Sam Altman will not be CEO of OpenAI within the next year unless the company makes major changes.

Humans Are Cheaper Than AI, Bank of America Claims AI ROI, and OpenAI Builds a Companion Jul 15, 2026

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July 15, 2026: Andreessen Horowitz's argues that AI is not simply replacing workers, it is turning every worker into a manager of agents. Then I get into Bank of America's claim that AI is already showing ROI in its earnings, and why I'm skeptical of how much of that efficiency gain can really be attributed to AI. Finally, I look at OpenAI's first physical device, a screen-free AI companion reportedly designed to feel alive, and why that matters for the future of work.

AI's 2030 Payoff Problem, the Economist Civil War, and IBM's Worst Day Ever Jul 14, 2026

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July 14, 2026: Goldman Sachs' warns that the real AI productivity payoff may not arrive until 2030 at the earliest, because companies are buying the technology faster than they are redesigning work. Then I get into the split among leading economists over whether AI needs new institutions and guardrails now, or whether early governance could slow progress. Finally, I look at IBM's major market shock and why it shows that even companies selling AI transformation can struggle when customer behavior changes faster than the organization can move.

Award-Winning Social Psychologist on What High-Performing Teams Do Differently and How AI Is Changing Collaboration Jul 13, 2026

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I talk with Ron Friedman, award-winning social psychologist and bestselling author of The Best Place to Work and Super Teams, about what high-performing teams actually do differently. We get into why great teams avoid unnecessary meetings, how teammates make each other better, why feedback usually fails, and how AI is changing collaboration, curiosity, communication, and accountability at work.

AI's New Class Divide: The Haves, Have-Nots, No-Nots, and Why AI Job Titles Are Spreading Beyond Tech Jul 10, 2026

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July 10, 2026: Axios warns about AI's new class divide: the haves, the have-nots, and the "no-nots" who are already being shaped by AI without realizing it. Then I get into new Indeed and Business Insider data showing that AI is moving into job titles far beyond tech, from physical therapy to legal, finance, marketing, and management. The bigger issue is not just who has access to AI. It's who knows how to use it, who is being quietly managed by it, and whether leaders use AI to make people better or slowly de-skill them.

The Biggest AI Week Yet: New ChatGPT & Grok Models, Uber's AI Pods, and Brown University's AI Cheating Scandal Jul 09, 2026

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July 9, 2026: OpenAI released its new GPT 5.6 lineup, Elon Musk's xAI launched Grok 4.5, and GPT Live showed where voice-based AI may be heading next. Then I get into Uber's Agentic Pods, where the company is embedding AI-proficient engineers inside legal, finance, and HR even as leadership admits it still can't prove the ROI. Finally, I look at the Brown University AI cheating scandal, where students averaged 96 on a take-home midterm and then collapsed to 48 on an in-person final, and why this should worry every leader thinking about AI, skill, and judgment.

PwC's Chief People Officer on Training 80,000 People for the AI Era With Human Skills at the Center Jul 06, 2026

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I talk with Yolanda Seals-Coffield, PwC US Chief People and Inclusion Officer, about how PwC is preparing 80,000 people for an AI-enabled future. We get into PwC's approach to democratizing AI access, building responsible AI habits, measuring adoption beyond token usage, and creating learning that happens directly in the flow of work. Yolanda also shares how PwC is rethinking entry-level talent, human skills, and career development as AI changes the work new graduates are expected to do.

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