$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 Today, I break down a wave of stories that all landed at th...
6 Helmi 31min
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 afraid to ask their own teams for feedback? In toda...
5 Helmi 24min
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 economy. As artificial intelligence moves from "future...
4 Helmi 27min
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 filters. Then we look at new data showing how Americans ...
3 Helmi 32min
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 panic, but NRG Energy did the opposite: they doubled ...
2 Helmi 51min
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 AI, rising ethical expectations, and changing employee d...
30 Tammi 30min
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 work of entire teams. Engineers at Anthropic and Open...
29 Tammi 23min
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, or organizational strategy, we need to understand the fo...
28 Tammi 27min
