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In this episode, Karen interviews Alexandra Levit, author of Humanity Works: Merging Technologies and People for the Workforce of the Future. Alexandra is a Workforce and Human Capital Author, Analyst, Consultant, Futurist, Founder, and CEO of Inspiration at Work. She been recognized by Thinkers 50 Radar Thinker 2019, American Management Association Top Leader and Northwestern University Emerging Leader of the Year. Alexandra is a former nationally syndicated columnist for the Wall Street Journal and writer for the New York Times, Fast Company, and Forbes.  If you enjoyed this interview with Alexandra Levit, be sure to connect with her on LinkedIn or Twitter @Alevit. Also, be sure to connect with host Karen Zeigler on LinkedIn where she talks about the future of leadership - leading by design. Using the innovative leadership principles of design thinking to transform the future of how your company works. You can also check out more of her content on her website and her Youtube channel.

Alexandra Levit is a best-selling author, Fortune 500 consultant, and a global futurist. Her main goal is to prepare organisations and their employees to be competitive and marketable in the future business world. Alexandra has authored several books, including international bestseller They Don't Teach Corporate in College, and Humanity Works: Merging Technologies and People for the Workforce of the Future. In the last several years, Alexandra has conducted proprietary research on the future of work, technology adoption, the millennial generation, gender differences and bias, and the skills gap. She also served as a member of Business Roundtable’s Springboard Project, which advised the Obama administration, the U.S. Department of Labor, and the U.S. Department of Defence on current employment issues. https://www.alexandralevit.com/ If you liked this episode make sure to give it a review, rating, and share it with your friends and family!

Robots and AI are poised to make life a lot easier for us. But that reality is causing a lot of people to lose sleep. Workers will be displaced, industries will be disrupted, and our workplaces will be changing. Guest Alexandra Levit doesn’t lose sleep over this. (But other questions keep her awake…) Levit is a futurist—she looks at marketplace trends to forecast what has the most potential to cause disruptions. She is also a consultant and author of “Humanity Works: Merging Technologies and People for the Workforce of the Future.” In this episode, Levit shares a forecast of what the next decade looks like for workplaces, workforces, and careers as technologies expand. And she talks about the critical roles humans will continue to play, the importance of learning agility, and how to start small.  Listen now to discover what we can expect by 2030 and what you can do now to prepare. Be sure to subscribe to future episodes. Support the show.

Robots and AI are poised to make life a lot easier for us. But that reality is causing a lot of people to lose sleep. Workers will be displaced, industries will be disrupted, and our workplaces will be changing. Guest Alexandra Levit doesn’t lose sleep over this. (But other questions keep her awake…) Levit is a futurist—she looks at marketplace trends to forecast what has the most potential to cause disruptions. She is also a consultant and author of “Humanity Works: Merging Technologies and People for the Workforce of the Future.” In this episode, Levit shares a forecast of what the next decade looks like for workplaces, workforces, and careers as technologies expand. And she talks about the critical roles humans will continue to play, the importance of learning agility, and how to start small.  Listen now to discover what we can expect by 2030 and what you can do now to prepare. Be sure to subscribe to future episodes.

Millennials. This is a generation of people that were born approximately between 1980-1995 and they are a big part of today’s workforce. Our guest prepares organizations and their employees, who are mostly millennials, to be competitive and marketable in the future business world. Alexandra Levit is an American writer, consultant, speaker, and a workplace expert who has appeared on major TV networks like CNN and has written for The Wall Street Journal, Forbes and The New York Times. She has written six career advice books including her bestseller, Humanity Works: Merging Technologies and People for the Workforce of the Future. During this interview, you'll discover... Insight about old millennials versus young millennials The importance of high-tech & high-touch technology The impact of incentives to employees To find out more about Alexandra, visit https://www.thesuccessfulbookkeeper.com.

Futurist Alexandra Levit explains what the “robot takeover” will really look like and how you can stay relevant despite it.   You'll Learn: The problem with how organizations automate Honest predictions about the future of the human workforce The essentials skills that make you future-proof   About Alexandra: Alexandra Levit has conducted proprietary research on the future of work, technology adoption, the millennial generation, gender differences and bias, and the skills gap. She also served as a member of Business Roundtable’s Springboard Project, which advised the Obama administration, the U.S. Department of Labor, and the U.S. Department of Defense on current employment issues. Levit also consults and writes on leadership development, human resources, technology adoption, entrepreneurship, innovation, career and workplace trends on behalf of Fortune 500 companies.  She is a frequent national media spokesperson and is regularly featured in outlets including USA Today, National Public Radio, CNN, ABC News, CNBC, Forbes, the Associated Press, and Glamour. Levit was named an American Management Association Top Leader for two years in a row and has also been Money Magazine’s Online Career Expert of the Year and the author of one of Forbes’ best websites for women.    Alexandra’s book: Humanity Works: Merging Technologies and People for the Workforce of the Future (Kogan Page Inspire)  Alexandra’s book: They Don't Teach Corporate in College, 3rd Edition: A Twenty-Something's Guide to the Business World Alexandra’s Website: AlexandraLevit.com     Resources mentioned in the show: Software: QuickBooks Software: iDashboards Research: McKinsey: Jobs lost, jobs gained: What the future of work will mean for jobs, skills, and wages Study: Bystander Effect Study: Harry F. Harlow, Monkey Love Experiments Dale Carnegie Course: Powerful People Skills Online Course Provider: Degree.com Data Analytics Course: IBM Analytics Learning Services Online Course Provider: Coursera Online Course Provider: edX Online Course Provider: Udemy Magazine: Fast Company Book: 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey Book: The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand   Thank you, Sponsors! Ziprecruiter is the smartest way to hire. Free trial available at Ziprecruiter.com/HTBA.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep469

Did you know that by 2030 almost 1/3 of all the tasks completed by certain professions may be automated? Does this scare you like it scares me? Alexandra Levit, author if Humanity Works - Merging Technologies and People for the Workforce of the Future joins me where we talk about these numbers shouldn't scare us and what we can do about. Levit is a futurist with a strong track record of success who will help us filter out the noise about the coming AI revolution. We talk about why it's NOT time to panic, human-machine hybrid teams and the jobs that will actually be created as a result.

This podcast interview focuses on the future of work and the increasingly important role AI plays in our business life. My guest is Alexandra Levit, Author of the book Humanity Works – Merging technology and people for the workforce of the future.Alexandra is an American writer, consultant, speaker, workplace expert and futurist. She has written six career advice books and was formerly a nationally syndicated career columnist for the Wall Street Journal. In the last several years, she has conducted proprietary research on the future of work, technology adoption, the millennial generation, gender differences and bias, and the skills gap. In 2017, she became a partner at organizational development firm PeopleResults. Her goal is to prepare organizations and their employees to be competitive and marketable in the future business world.This triggered me, hence I invited Alexandra to my podcast. We explore how the workplace is changing with the future of work, and how this is reshaping our role as business professionals, and what we, people, need to do now in order to create a future in which we can play an even more valuable role.Here are some of his quotes:We're looking at there is the rise of what I call human machine of hybrid teams.I do think everyone needs to be prepared, though, that humans will need to work seamlessly with machines.The critical role that we're going to play is that there's no replacing human beings when it comes to certain traits, like interpersonal sensitivity, and empathy and judgment, and intuition and creativitySo what humans need to be doing is looking for ways to add that value in any job that you have, and see the writing on the wall, not bury your head in the sand with respect to what aspects are legitimately going to be automated and look to add value in different ways.My fear is not that people lose their jobs, as I said, my fears that people will not be able to adapt to the new types of roles that they're, they're going to have.How can I continue to add value. And this is a skill set, that's kind of rare, and everybody needs to develop.I think the passive attitude is really destructive. We want to be active and recognize the future is not something that happens to us. It's something that we create.During this interview, you will learn three things:That most value will be created once humans and machines start working as hybrid teamsWhy every single one of us has to act now to improve our human relationship skillsAnd why beyond that we have to master the way we do personal branding and self-marketing. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, Marc and Mark address questions about video interviewing, starting a job search, and spreading the news about your new certification or degree. Listen in for great tips.   Key Takeaways: [1:38] Marc welcomes you to Episode 103 of the Repurpose Your Career podcast. This podcast is brought to you by CareerPivot.com, one of the very few websites dedicated to those of us in the second half of life and our careers. Take a moment to check out the blog and the other resources delivered to you, free of charge. [2:07] If you’re enjoying this podcast, Marc invites you to share this podcast with like-minded souls. Please subscribe on CareerPivot.com, iTunes, Google Play and the Google Podcasts app, Podbean, Overcast app, TuneIn, Spotify app, or Stitcher. Share it on social media, or tell your neighbors and colleagues so Marc can help more people. [2:28] Marc is launching The 2018 Repurpose Your Career Podcast Survey. To improve the show, Marc needs to know more about you — how you listen to the show; if you read the show notes; what kinds of episodes are your favorite. [2:44] Marc asks if you would kindly go to CareerPivot.com/podcast-survey (where you will be redirected to SurveyMonkey) to take the survey. Marc will publish the results in a couple of months. Marc thanks you in advance for doing this survey for the podcast. [3:07] Next week, Marc will be announcing the next edition of Repurpose Your Career, with a planned release date of the first half of 2019. Marc has been working on the next edition with Susan Lahey, and he will be looking for your help. Marc is forming a release team of readers to read pre-release chapters of the book to provide feedback. [3:32] Look for signup instructions to be on the release team in next week’s episode. Marc will also be reading the opening chapter of the next edition in next week’s episode. [3:43] This week, Marc is answering listener questions, along with his trusty sidekick, Mark Anthony Dyson. [3:53] Marc welcomes you to the regular Q&A episode and introduces the ‘world-famous Mark Anthony Dyson. Marc is back in Austin and Mark is in Chicago. [4:32] Marc and Mark note that they’ve both received copies of books from publishers recently. Mark received Taking the Work Out of Networking: An Introvert's Guide to Making Connections That Count, by Karen Wickre and Humanity Works: Merging Technologies and People for the Workplace of the Future, by Alexandra Levit. [5:52] Simon & Schuster just told Marc they were sending him Fifty-Five, Unemployed, and Faking Normal, by Elizabeth White, due out in January. Marc would like her on the show in January. She is a Harvard graduate who couldn’t get a job. [7:00] Q1: I’ve been asked to be interviewed over video. I’ve never done this. Can you give me any hints or tips so I can do my best? 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Mark suggests Skype with someone you don’t know well. [11:54] Marc always recommends standing for phone interviews, because it opens the diaphragm. Mark says find a place without surrounding noise. Mark adds, have some personality when you interview. It is not an interrogation, but a time to impress. In many cases, the video interview is one of the first times you will be vetted. [14:21] Q2: I received an unacceptable feedback from HR and my contract will be terminated by the end of October, rather than April or May. Although the workplace is toxic, I want to leave and not sign a new contract. Your feedback is appreciated.[14:47] A2: This question came to Mark through LinkedIn messaging from an older gentleman. There was a fair amount of back and forth that Mark summarizes. Mark helped the man figure out what he wants to do and what company he wants to do it with. If you can answer those questions completely, they accelerate your goals. 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[19:41] If people are stuck and they require a deeper dive, then a coach can start the process with them. Sometimes all people want is just one answer for something simple. For the people listening: don’t be afraid to ask questions of the right people, Mark says. The people will give you straight answers and maybe even some how-tos. [20:33] Q3: I recently passed the PMP exam and I’m a Certified Project Manager. How can I leverage this new certification? [20:44] A3: This question came from Marc’s CareerPivot.com online community. Marc has been promoting is for people to turn on the broadcast setting in LinkedIn when they update their credentials. People will get the message and you will get a lot of congratulations. [21:31] Always respond with a customized response: Thank you for the congratulations. Here’s what you can do for me. I’m looking for a job, I just got my PMP. Do you have 15 minutes for a short phone call so I can get some advice from you? [22:02] When Marc does this, he puts a link from ScheduleOnce for appointments. (Marc has no relationship with them but loves their service. Other scheduling systems are available.) Marc put in a link to iTunes when he reached his one-year podcast mark. [22:27] Marc also asked people to listen to and review a podcast. He got a spike of downloads that week because people listened to an episode from his request. [22:39] When you update your LinkedIn profile you want people to notice. When people notice, a few may be able to help you. Marc learned a long time ago, “If you don’t ask, you usually don’t get.” [23:18] Mark suggests when you get a new certification or degree, you become part of their association, industry, or trade membership group. You want to get the newsletter and participate so you can start to be familiar to the group. You can’t sit on the sidelines and try to scoop up the benefits. Contribute a lot to get to know a lot of people fast. [24:08] Networking and the job search are more about people than the process. People have made it about the process, but the process is not always the best approach. Industry organizations make a huge difference in becoming familiar. It is the long-tailed benefit that will serve your career for a long time. [24:54] Connect with people first, care about the person, and then, eventually, that will help you. You’ll learn a lot more than you think by just watching for a while before saying something. [25:06] Marc agrees, that when we reach our age, over 60, getting a job is about a relationship. Focus on the relationships. You have no control over the timing of job openings. All you can do is keep building the relationships. [26:31] That’s why everybody needs to read How to Win Friends & Influence People, by Dale Carnegie, Mark believes. The essence of the book is how to win over people, not how to look for shortcuts. Relationships over time lead to different points that will benefit your career as a whole and bring other people with you. [27:15] In the ’30s and ’40s, Dale Carnegie had a radio show and he interviewed people. You can find some episodes from Dale Carnegie on Spotify. They are all about relationships. [28:07] Marc thanks Mark for being on this Repurpose Your Career podcast episode. [28:26] Marc invites you to pick up a copy of Repurpose Your Career: A Practical Guide for the 2nd half of Life, and write an honest review of the book on iTunes.com. [28:51] Please take the 2018 Repurpose Your Career Podcast Survey. Marc needs to know something about you so he can make this podcast to meet your needs. Go to CareerPivot.com/podcast-survey and take the SurveyMonkey.com survey. [29:25] Marc is soliciting members for the next cohort of the CareerPivot.com Online Community. For information, please go to CareerPivot.com/Community. 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Segment 1:Alexandra Levit's goal is to prepare organizations and their employees to be competitive and marketable in the future business world. She conducts primary workplace research on behalf of several Fortune 500 companies and for the Obama administration. A former nationally syndicated columnist for the Wall Street Journal and writer for the New York Times, Fast Company, and Forbes, Alexandra has authored several books, including the international bestseller They Don't Teach Corporate in College and the new book, Humanity Works: Merging Technologies and People for the Workforce of the Future.Segment 2: Allison De Paoli is the founder of De Paoli Professional Services. They help employers add control and predictability to their employee benefits spend.Segment 3:Lynn LaGram is the Small Commercial Product Lead at The Hartford and spokesperson for The Hartford's Business Owner's Policy.Sponsored by Nextiva, Square Payroll, and LinkedIn

This week, we speak with Alexandra Levit. Alexandra conducts primary workplace research on behalf of several Fortune 500 companies. She is a former nationally syndicated columnist for the Wall Street Journal and a writer for the New York Times, Fast Company, and Forbes. Alexandra has authored many books, but Alexandra's latest book, Humanity Works: Merging Technologies and People for the Workforce of the Future hits store's shelves on October 28th. Check it out!To find out more about Alexandra, head over to her site at: humanityworksbook.com.We discuss:In preparation of the future workforce, where do you think the education model is going?Do high school and college students have the 'soft skills' they need to be successful in the workforce?Does the next generation have to be invested in technology education moving forward?

How do you future-proof your business or career? Are robots taking over all our jobs? On the show today is Alexandra Levit, an author, speaker, influencer, and futurist. Alexandra helps us understand how leaders and employees can prepare to become more successful in 5-15 years time. Will you be in on the next big trend? Alexandra believes the future will be project-based business. Who is Alexandra Levit? She started her corporate journey back in 2004. She wrote a book called, “They Don’t Teach Corporate in College,” and taught young professionals how to succeed in Corporate America. That was when she realized how Human Resources would have a much more strategic function in the 21st century. As a futurist, Alexandra analyzes and makes predictions on how businesses can be successful 5-15 years into the future. The goal is to prepare these companies and their employees for better, more meaningful careers in the future workplace. Alexandra wrote, “Humanity Works: Merging Technologies and People for the Workforce of the Future.” She discusses how people shouldn’t be fearful of the future of work. According to Alexandra, there’s going to be a lot more meaningful work opportunities for people, and that’s something to look forward to. We also have to embrace how some aspects of our jobs will become automated because it’s a GOOD thing. When robots do the boring work, we’ll be able to focus more on functions that rely on the human touch - like empathy and intuition. In terms of fixing work, Alexandra believes that there’s a need to set boundaries for personal and professional life. Technology has allowed us to be “on” 24/7. It lets us connect 24/7, but it also makes us think about work 24/7. We check our phones for emails and get more work done because it’s great to be productive, but this is also the fastest way to get burned out. Instead of trying to outwork technology, we should focus our efforts on cultivating skills that match tasks reliant on human intelligence - leave the repetitive stuff to the machines. You might need a mind shift when it comes to starting your career if you want to make sure you are future-proofed. Ask yourself: “What are customers asking for that I can become an expert in and deliver consistently?” Let the answer be your guide. Another cause for concern is how the project-based workforce still has corporate-driven benefits. Alexandra talks about the tension this topic stirs and how corporate structure must change in order for it to stay relevant in the market. Futurists are thought leaders that make predictions based on current trends. Their forward thinking is invaluable for employers and employees because they can strategize ahead of time. Doesn't it sound like a good idea to create systems to make the transition as smooth as possible? Change is coming whether we like it or not, we might as well be ready for it. FREE Financial Wellness Telesummit Make plans to attend the free Financial Wellness Telesummit, where HR Pros will discover how to alleviate the negative effects of financial stress on employees and businesses. Learn how to develop benefits, address employee concerns, and how to recruit top talent. It's coming up October 16-18. Register for this FREE event today! Alexandra Levit Website LinkedIn Twitter Humanity Works Book They Don’t Teach Corporate in College