Future Ready Leadership With Jacob Morgan
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.
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.
Episodes
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Feb 19, 2026 • 38min
AI Job Risk Map Revealed, Accenture Ties Promotions to AI, & Only 5% Are AI Fluent
A fast look at who stands to gain or lose as AI becomes a workplace requirement. Coverage of a company linking promotions to AI adoption and the risks of metrics-driven incentives. A map of roles and regions most exposed to disruption. Big corporate training efforts and the startling gap between casual AI users and true AI-fluent workers.
Feb 18, 2026 • 30min
The "Jobless Boom," AI Oversight, and Why Job-Hopping Stopped Paying
The show explores the rising gap between economic growth and job creation, and the Federal Reserve’s scenarios for an AI-driven labor market. It highlights collapsing pay premiums for job-hoppers and the idea of internal mobility as a new job marketplace. It also covers growing distrust of workplace AI, the oversight roles that emerge, and the strange rise of AI agents that hire real humans.
Feb 17, 2026 • 44min
AI Agents Are Here, Managers Are Disappearing, and Productivity Still Isn't Moving
Discussion of agents that act autonomously and why they differ from chatbots. Concerns about security, sandboxing, and governance when giving agents access. The shrinking role of frontline supervisors and how title inflation breaks career ladders. The AI productivity paradox: adoption is rising but measurable impact lags. Debates over who will own the workflow layer and risks from mandated psychosocial safety rules.
Feb 16, 2026 • 43min
The Future of Human Work: Prologis' CHRO on AI, Creativity, and Continuous Learning
Nathaalie Carey, Prologis CHRO who led early enterprise AI adoption, discusses how her company balanced rapid AI rollout with training and accountability. She describes crowdsourced custom GPTs, practical tools for staff, and pilots for agentic AI in underwriting. She highlights the tension between speed and quality and argues imagination and human connection remain the lasting advantage.
Feb 13, 2026 • 31min
Inflation Falls, Anthropic Gets $30 Billion, and IBM Doubles Down on Gen Z
Discussion of cooling inflation and how cheaper capital could reshape corporate strategy. A huge $30 billion AI funding round and what it signals about intelligence becoming infrastructure. The U.S. Department of Labor's new AI literacy framework and apprenticeships. Market moves driven by AI fears and why panic-driven transformation can misallocate capital. IBM’s push to triple entry-level hiring and redesign work for Gen Z.
Feb 12, 2026 • 37min
Ford Pays Up, Gen Z Goes Blue-Collar, AI Burns People Out, and Safety Leaders Quit
A look at big workplace shifts in 2026. Ford's pay surge signals renewed performance discipline. Massive interest from Gen Z in skilled trades challenges the college pipeline. New research shows AI is speeding up work and expanding responsibilities. High-profile safety leaders are leaving AI firms, raising questions about ethics and governance.
Feb 11, 2026 • 22min
8 Lessons From Uber's CTO on How to Move from "AI Enforcement" to "AI Normalization"
Praveen Neppalli Naga, Uber CTO and AI/platform leader, shares strategic takes on normalizing AI instead of enforcing it. He explores identity disruption as a source of resistance. He reframes success around organizational velocity, task-level job redesign, governance for legitimacy, HR and tech co-leadership, tool choices, and the systemic risk of rogue agents.
Feb 10, 2026 • 23min
How to Apply the STEEPLE Framework & Filter "Trend Inflation"
A practical walkthrough of the STEEPLE framework for evaluating trends. Advice on using internal data and values to validate which trends deserve action. A case study about applying AI to performance reviews, including trust and legal checks. Discussion of three responses to trends: adapt, pause, or push back.
Feb 9, 2026 • 54min
How Coinbase Turned Accountability Into a Competitive Advantage
LJ Brock, Chief People Officer at Coinbase, leads talent and people strategy for a global crypto exchange. He discusses scaling a remote-first culture, Coinbase’s ‘magnet not mandate’ hub approach and quarterly in-person sessions. He explains decision frameworks like DRI and PPS, the ban on committees, and how measurable output, asynchronous practices, and AI shape high-performance remote work.
Feb 6, 2026 • 32min
$650B AI Spending, Worker Protests, and a Trillion-Dollar Selloff — What's Going On?
A deep dive into Big Tech's planned $650B AI buildout and how that flood of capital is reshaping markets. A look at widespread software selloffs as advanced models threaten existing business models. Coverage of frontline healthcare workers pushing back against AI use and new state rules forcing employers to rethink algorithmic oversight.
