Thought Sparks The Future of Employment with Rita McGrath and Deborah Perry Piscione
In this week’s Thought Sparks Podcast episode, Rita McGrath, a Columbia University Business School Professor, C-Suite strategist, business founder and best-selling author, sits down with Deborah Perry Piscione, co-author of the book “EMPLOYMENT IS DEAD: How Disruptive Technologies are Revolutionizing the Way we Work” and co-founder and Chief Future Officer of the Work3 Institute.
0:22: Welcome and Introduction to “Employment is Dead”
1:39: The Core Thesis: Why Employment as We Know It Is Ending
6:18 The Destruction of Jobs: AI, Humanoids, and Physical Work
14:18: Carlota Perez’s Theory of Economic Transitions
17:54: The Work3 Institute: Advising Organizations Through the Shift
20:32: Education: What K–12 and Universities Must Become
27:23 Alpha Schools and New Models for Learning
31:00 Economics, Purpose, and the Meaning Crisis
37:40 Humanoids, AI Relationships, and Human Identity
42:49 Optimism, Pessimism, and Where We Stand
50:11 What Leaders and Organizations Should Do Now
52:15 Where to Learn More
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