Keynote: Welcome to the Polycrisis - How to Navigate the Future of Work in Canada
Armine Yalnizyan, Atkinson Fellow on the Future of Workers and a leading voice on Canada’s economic landscape, will open the conference with a big picture analysis of how Canada’s labour market is being reshaped, and what it means for your workplace. With deep expertise in labour markets and long-term trends, she will connect the dots between today’s macro trends and responses by workers and leaders, helping you identify the choices that could make the biggest difference in the next chapter of our ever-evolving story.
1. Meet The Four Shape-Shifters for the Future of Work
The main forces at play: trade, technology, demographics, immigration
2. How To Deal with the Inevitable
The main mitigating factors: industrial strategy, care economy, productivity, household debt/affordability
3. What this means for the future of workers
The four pressure points: work-life balance; contest over the value of work/role of AI; job quality; changing workforce composition
4. What this means for HR leaders
The best ways to use your sphere of influence: working in concert; paying attention to the macro trends; focusing on re-integrating and building skills; being brave.
