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The $1 Trillion Workforce Problem Hiding in Plain Sight w/ Toshiba CHRO Jason Desentz

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August Work News Recap: AI Layoffs, Shrinking Pay & the Disappearing Career Ladder

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The Truth About Hiring in 2026 (What Every Leader Needs to Know) w/LHH's Alex Ridder, Chicago Recruiting's Ravi Subramanian and Bamboo HR's Brandon Welch

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The Monthly Work Recap July 2026: AI LAWSUITS • HIRING FREEZES • PAY TRANSPARENCY • RTO REALITY CHECK

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The Next Rules of Work w/ Gary Bolles

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The Work Friendship Advantage w/ KPMG's Sandy Torchia

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Modern Work: Monitored, Misled, and Laid Off

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What the Hell is Going on with Work Right Now? w/ HR Brew's Adam DeRose and People Managing People's David Rice

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From Cigarettes to Smoke-Free: What Real Transformation Actually Takes w/ Philip Morris International's Dr. Kaleen Love

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AI: Magic or Miss? Potential. Cheap Labor. Productivity Mirage. Brain Fry.

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More Than What You Do: How to Rebuild Identify, Purpose and Direction After Leaving a Role That Defined You w/Former NFL'er and Leadership Coach Alex Molden

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The Tech is Here. People are the Decision. Our Download from the UNLEASH America Conference.

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Productive. Profitable. People Not Included? AI Displacement. Org Redesign. Universal Basic Income.

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HR's Biggest Moment is Right Now: The Only Question is Who is Going to Take It ft/ Hacking HR's Enrique Rubio

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The Rise of the Multi-Hyphenate Leader: How Women Are Leading the Way ft/ Chief's Trey Boynton

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Build Your Personal Brand Now ft/ Goodstory's Gina Clementi

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People Are Not OK: And Business Can’t Pretend Anymore

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Culture Under Pressure: The 5 Behaviors That Decide If You Scale—or Stall

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New Week, New Headlines: The 2026 Job Market - Hot Jobs, Labor Shortages, and the End of Happy Hour

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Collective Intelligence: Why Team Performance is Set Before the Work Even Begins w/Carnegie Mellon Professor Anita Woolley PhD

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Ownership Works: When All Employees Own a Piece of The Upside w/ Anna-Lisa Miller

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Code Red: Zapier's Approach to Move from AI Fear to AI Integration w/ Zapier's Brandon Sammut

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AI Ambition: Balancing Innovation with Trust, Connection and Human Relationships w/McKinsey NA CHRO Wendy Miller

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Be Bold: The Surprising Science of Everyday Courage w/ Ranjay Gulati

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New Week, New Headlines: AI Joins Your Performance Review, and Sam Altman Says Your Job Wasn’t Real

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Creating Meaningful Community in the Workplace w/ DeMario Bell

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New Week, New Headlines: Open Enrollment Alert: 2026 Health Costs Surge, 4-in-5 Workers ‘Career Catfished,’ and AI Actress Tilly Norwood Sparks a New Labor Fight

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The Doors You Can Open: Unlocking Opportunity Through Sponsorship at Work w/ Rosalind Chow

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New Week, New Headlines: 42,000 Manufacturing Jobs Lost. 72-Hour Work Weeks Exploding. Immigration Raids Threatening America’s Skill Base

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New Week, New Headlines: Dying at Work, The Job Market Flatlines, Hugging Your Job & Google’s 20,000 Apprenticeships

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New Week, New Headlines: Your Rights at Work Just Changed, Women Shut Out of IPOs, Canva’s Millionaires & OpenAI’s Miss

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The Future of HR: Developing the Next Generation of HR Leaders w/ JP Elliott

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Leading Through the Age of Outrage w/ Karthik Ramanna

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New Week, New Headlines: The Job Market Is Shrinking, Will the Modern Worker Act Kill Full-Time Work, and Is Religion at Work Getting a Green Light?

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Never Not Working: The Hidden Cost of Always Being On w/ Malissa Clark

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Why Work Should Be a Product—Not a Job w/ Dart Lindsley

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New Week, New Headlines: 20+ AI Jobs You Didn’t See Coming & Why Companies Are Ditching HR

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More Human: How the Power of AI Can Transform the Way You Lead with Jacqueline Carter

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The Work of Your Life: The Culture Strategy that Transformed DocuSign w/Joan Burke

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Employment is Dead w/Deborah Perry Piscione and Josh Drean

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The Power of Mattering: What Happens When People Feel Truly Seen w/ Zach Mercurio

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Breaking In: Strategic Moves for Women to Overcome Career Barriers at All Stages w/ McKinsey's Lareina Yee

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New Week, New Headlines: 110-Hour Work Week Growing & 99.9% at Risk. Tariffs Killing Small Business Jobs

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Managerial Sabotage: Why 82% of Leaders Are Set Up to Fail w/David Rice

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Open Talent: Why Your Career Should Be a Portfolio, Not a Ladder with John Winsor

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The Ego Equation: How CEO Dan Springer Balances Leadership Success

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New Week, New Headlines: $766B Incivility Crisis, Women CEOs Outperform During Turmoil, as 1 in 4 Job Applicants Could Soon Be Fake

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The Courage Gap: How Women Can Stop Proving and Start Owning Their Value w/ Dr. Margie Warrell

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New Week, New Headlines: AI Agents Rising, Employee Engagement Plummeting, and Harvard's 200K Promise

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New Week, New Headlines: The Great CEO Exodus: Why Young Workers Feel Unprepared & What's Next for the Job Market

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Belonging & Unhiding at Work w/ Dr. Beth Kaplan and Ruth Rathblott

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Why Are We Here? Rethinking Work and Workplace Culture with Jennifer Moss

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New Week, New Headlines: Move Over, Bros: How Women Actually Control the Global Economy & The Missed DEI Opp

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LIVE Soundoff: AI at Work in 2025: Beyond the Hype with Microsoft's Carol Scott and People Power AI's Teresa Fesinstine

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Hiring Your Next Job: Rethinking Career Moves with Michael B. Horn & Bob Moesta

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When Everything Hits the Fan: Crisis Communication 101 w/ Anne Marie Squeo

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New Week, New Headlines: The Death of Happy Hour? & Silicon Valley Drama: Zuckerberg's 'Masculine Energy' & Why Tech Workers Are Fleeing

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LIVE Sound Off: Jobs, Politics & Policy: How a Trump Administration May Change the Workplace w/Ryan Stygar & Harrison J Newman

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New Week, New Headlines: Texas Overtime Rules, $270K Success Salary & Childcare Crisis | Weekly Work News Breakdown

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Beyond the Ping Pong Table - Why Top Companies Actually Use Play to Win

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New Week, New Headlines: AI Is Making 71% of Workers Less Productive: The Truth About Tech Burnout + Why You Need $1.6M to Retire

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New Week, New Headlines: The Ageism Paradox: Young Women Bear the Brunt, The $15K Hidden Cost of RTO & Why Companies Are Offering Divorce Benefits

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New Week, New Headlines: The Hidden Costs of Layoffs and Building Trust for AI Adoption. Also, the CHRO at Spotify is a Bada**.

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New Week, New Headlines: The Future of Work: Managers Fading and Bonus-Based Pay Rising & Human Capital Is Investment - Not Expense

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Trauma-Informed Leadership: Building Psychologically Safe Workplaces w/ Deborah Lee founder at Creaturae

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New Week, New Headlines: The Company with a 5:1 CEO Salary Cap, What the Comments Section Tells us About Nike’s CEO & Send Your Recruiter a Pizza

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How to Fuel Your Org With Soul and Talent w/Author and Talent Executive Mike Ohata

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🔥 #7: Pride - From Our Fishbowl LIVE "7 Deadly Work Sins" Summer Series

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🔥 #6: Sloth - From Our Fishbowl LIVE "7 Deadly Work Sins" Summer Series

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🔥 #5: Greed - From Our Fishbowl LIVE "7 Deadly Work Sins" Summer Series

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New Week, New Headlines: Office Therapists on Payroll, Is Wellbeing Fixable & Don't Leave Teammates on Mountains

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How Socioeconomic Status Impacts Work w/Brayden Olson, Co-Founder of Almas Insight

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New Week, New Headlines: Why Are So Many Executive Women Quitting? & Work Resorts and Remote CEOs

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How to Reduce Human Debt in the Workplace w/ Duena Blomstrom Co-Founder of PeopleNotTech & Tech Led Culture Author

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New Week, New Headlines: Project 2025's Impacts to Workers & There's a Happiness Gap at Work

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🔥 #4: Envy - From Our Fishbowl LIVE "7 Deadly Work Sins" Summer Series

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How to End Workplace Abuse w/ "Workplace Psychological Safety Act" Authors and End Workplace Abuse Founders, Deb Falzoi & Vicki Courtemanche

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🔥 #3: Gluttony - From Our Fishbowl LIVE "7 Deadly Work Sins" Summer Series

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How to Deal with Jerks at Work w/ Dr. Tessa West

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🔥 #2: Wrath - From Our Fishbowl LIVE "7 Deadly Work Sins" Summer Series

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Has Work Become a Cult of Disruption? w/Leadership Expert and Author, Ashley Goodall

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🔥 #1: Lust - From Our Fishbowl LIVE "7 Deadly Work Sins"Summer Series

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How to Find Your Calm in the Chaos w/ Mindful Leadership Experts Carissa Ricci & Aurora Myers

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New Week, New Headlines: Rudeness Epidemic: Insights from SHRM’s Civility Index & Turns Out, Becoming an AI Power User is Easy.

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How to Spot Trustworthy Employers w/Open Org Co-Founder & Transparency Expert, Adam Horne

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New Week, New Headlines: Top Tech Talent Exodus Over RTO & We Love Moms. Just Not at Work.

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How to Fit In at Work. Don't. w/Belonging Expert Dr. Beth Kaplan

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New Week, New Headlines: Non-Competes - Everything You Need to Know & Wait, Shouldn't Everyone Get Overtime?

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Visionary Executive Series: Balancing Results & People w/ CEO Alan Whitman

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New Week, New Headlines: Is AI Taking or Augmenting Your Job & The Legal Right to Disconnect

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Lawyer Up: Employment Law Essentials w/ Ryan Stygar

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New Week, New Headlines: Job Scams Get Sophisticated & Jarring Truths: Women's Health in Prime Working Years

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New Week, New Headlines: Where Have All The Plumbers Gone & New Gig Worker Rules

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Salary Negotiation: Earn What You Deserve with Kate Dixon

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New Week, New Headlines: Where are the Moral Leaders & The Silver Tsunami Is Coming

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New Week, New Headlines: 4-Day Work Week Totally Works & We're In a Productivity Boom Ya'll

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New Week, New Headlines: Choices: CEO Pay Cut or Layoffs & Indeed's State of Workplace Findings

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How to Escape Corporate with Brett Trainor

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New Week_New Headlines: RTO Costing Employees $561/mo & CEO Optimism Rises. Do We All Finally Get Our Hot Girl Summer?

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New Week, New Headlines: Are We Headed Back to Victorian Child Labor & A Tale of Two Job Markets