HBS Managing the Future of Work

Epizodes

• HBS Skydeck: Boosting Community College Outcomes 29.05.2026 15min

  We present a recent episode of the HBS SkyDeck alumni podcast featuring Aarti Dhupelia (MBA 2005), CEO of One Million Degrees. The nonprofit supports community college students through career development, paid internships, and financial incentives tied to academic progress. Dhupelia discusses why community colleges are too often viewed as a fallback option despite offering an affordable, career-focused post-secondary path, and why employers should take a closer look at the talent and resilience community college graduates bring to the workforce.
• Darnell Epps on opening career pathways 13.05.2026 38min

  Demand for skilled-trades workers remains high, yet many graduates of vocational programs struggle to land jobs. The founder and CEO of Thurgood Industries discusses how making skills visible through portfolios of real work can improve matching and expand access to opportunity. He also reflects on his own path—from incarceration to Yale Law School and founding a workforce platform—and how it informs his approach to building more inclusive career pathways.
• Sal Khan on retooling workforce development and redesigning college 22.04.2026 37min

  The Khan Academy founder and HBS grad returns to discuss AI disruption—preparing for The Great Reskilling and challenging the status quo in instruction, assessment, and credentials.
• Workforce Competitiveness: Business Roundtable's Kristen Silverberg 08.04.2026 30min

  BRT's president and COO on policy and planning for multiple AI scenarios, work-based learning, skills-based hiring, and the ROI of employer investments in workforce development. Also, addressing skills gaps and promoting economic mobility.
• Siemens' Judith Wiese on engineering a global workforce transformation 25.03.2026 34min

  The multinational's head of HR and sustainability explains how the firm's investment in   continuous skills building positions it to handle AI disruptions, demographic shifts, job redesign, and workflow changes. Also, industrial AI, defining core skills, and co-determination.
• Units of work: Riipen's Dana Stephenson on experiential learning 11.03.2026 33min

  The challenge is orchestrating projects that deliver business, educational, and employment value. The Canadian firm's co-founder and CEO breaks down the process. 
• Executive recruiting: Tom Monahan on algorithmic power brokers and adaptability 25.02.2026 34min

  Corner office churn is up as demands multiply. Heidrick & Struggles' CEO explains what CVs leave out and why flexibility and organizational fit matter more as AI and global volatility undercut the predictive power of past performance. Also, AI-enhanced recruiting and lifelong learning.
• Bank of America's Josh Bronstein on hiring for the long-term 11.02.2026 31min

  The bank's head of global talent, an HBS grad, explains the value of cultivating careers, keeping churn low, hiring from within, and focusing on local markets and communities. Also, AI adoption, skills-based hiring, the pivotal role of managers, and training leaders to navigate turbulence.  
• HBS Project on Managing the Future of Work 2025 Year in Review, 2026 Preview 29.01.2026 51min

  Managing the Future of Work co-chairs and podcast co-hosts, Joe Fuller and Bill Kerr, share highlights and insights from 2025 and look ahead to 2026. Top podcasts, research, trends, and a forthcoming book on managing the future of work.
• HBS Skydeck: Can tech solve health care’s workforce crisis? 21.01.2026 17min

  Presenting an episode of the HBS Skydeck alumni podcast highlighting the work of Lissy Hu (MD/MBA). How AI tools and training can help address labor shortages and skills gaps.
• How HubSpot sells and supports its own AI transformation 17.12.2025 37min

  The CRM vendor's Helen Russell and Jon Dick unpack the organizational and process changes, HR and skills strategy, and cultural shift. Mandates backed by tools, training, and engagement.
• Fiverr's Micha Kaufman on the post-AI gig economy 03.12.2025 30min

  The talent platform's co-founder and CEO returns to the MFW podcast with an update on the market for contingent work as AI changes supply and demand and raises the stakes for skills development.
• Wells Fargo's Bei Ling on culture change and learning agility 19.11.2025 36min

  The bank's head of HR lays out the talent strategy underpinning its post-regulatory growth push and AI adoption.
• Guest Episode: Joseph Fuller on the TechWolf podcast 29.10.2025 1h 3min

  The Managing the Future of Work co-chair and podcast co-host examines AI's implications for HR, spells out the competitive stakes in early adoption, and unpacks the technology's disruptive potential for jobs, organizations, and markets. Also, the rise of the CHRO, skills-based hiring, and more.   
• Reading and riding the AI wave: John Winsor on the value of flexibility 15.10.2025 31min

  As data center investments, stock prices, and vanishing entry-level jobs grab headlines, businesses are grappling with AI use cases and workforce strategy. The veteran serial entrepreneur and Harvard Business School executive fellow assesses the organizational and talent implications.
• How web data is fueling the robot revolution 01.10.2025 33min

  Bright Data's Or Lenchner on the evolving ground rules for harnessing the web's data. Charting the boundaries of fair use in training AI systems and robots. Also, the data gathering and analytics workforce.
• EY's Dan Diasio on consulting's AI challenge 17.09.2025 34min

  How to get past AI fatigue and anxiety to a more expansive view of the technology's potential—bolstering knowledge work vs commoditizing expertise. As it guides organizations through the experimentation phase and into redesigning business processes, the professional services giant is undergoing an internal transformation.
• JFF's Maria Flynn on getting to good jobs 04.09.2025 35min

  What will it take to increase opportunity amid mounting economic uncertainty? The prominent nonprofit's multipronged approach to boosting job quality and promoting equity.
• Redefining success: Harrison Keller on the Texas higher-ed model 13.08.2025 43min

  The Lone Star State’s experiment in outcomes–based funding rewards schools that produce “credentials of value.” Can focusing the curriculum on workforce development give Texas an economic advantage and distribute resources equitably?    
• BuildOps' Alok Chanani on rewiring commercial contracting 30.07.2025 37min

  Admin and logistics can be weak links in HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and mechanical firms. This can limit growth and squander skilled technical labor, to the detriment of employers and workers alike. The BuildOps co-founder and CEO unpacks the benefits of integrated operations apps and the potential of AI-boosted platforms to improve prospects for skilled workers.