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 Feb 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 Jan 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 Jan 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 Jan 27min
Gartner Warns AI Will Make Decisions Worse — CEOs Keep Buying It Anyway
January 27, 2026: Executives say AI is making work more efficient. Employees say it's barely saving time. Gartner warns that overreliance on AI will actually lead to worse decisions. And one of the wo...
27 Jan 28min
Why Using AI for Short Term Efficiency Might Be Accidentally Killing Your Future Leaders W/ Melanie Tinto, CHRO of Grainger
AI can handle entry-level tasks today, but at what cost to your future leadership? Many companies are accidentally "hollowing out" their talent pipeline by cutting junior roles, creating a massive gap...
26 Jan 52min
Citi's 'Results Over Effort' Message Signals the End of Comfortable Work—Amazon Follows
January 23, 2026: In this episode of Future Ready Today, I unpack why Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser's blunt "results over effort" message is such an important signal—and why it marks the end of comfortabl...
23 Jan 25min
Meta Cuts the Metaverse, Deloitte Kills Job Titles, and AI Hiring Gets Sued
January 22, 2026: For years, we've talked about jobs, titles, careers, and skills as if they were stable foundations of work. They're not. In today's episode of Future Ready Today, I break down five s...
22 Jan 31min
