Futurist, Bestselling Author, and Founder of FutureOfWorkUniversity.com
Jacob Morgan: Biography at a Glance
- Jacob Morgan is a four-time best-selling author, keynote speaker, and futurist who explores leadership, the future of work, and employee experience.
- His books include The Future Leader, The Employee Experience Advantage, The Future of Work, and The Collaborative Organization.
- Jacob is the founder of FutureOfWorkUniversity.com, an online education and training platform which offers courses around a variety of topics including leadership, employee experience, customer experience, and entrepreneurship.
- Jacob hosts two popular podcasts: The Future of Work With Jacob Morgan and the Be Your Own Boss Podcast about entrepreneurship, which he produces with his wife Blake.
- He has contributed to and been cited in publications such as Cosmopolitan, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, CNN, Glamour, the MIT Sloan Management Review, USA Today, and The Harvard Business Review.
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Biography
Jacob Morgan is a four-time best-selling author, keynote speaker, and futurist who explores leadership, the future of work, and employee experience. His books include The Future Leader, The Employee Experience Advantage, The Future of Work, and The Collaborative Organization. Jacob is also the founder of FutureOfWorkUniversity.com an online education and training platform which offers courses around a variety of topics including leadership, employee experience, customer experience, and entrepreneurship.
Jacob hosts two popular podcasts: The Future of Work With Jacob Morgan and the Be Your Own Boss Podcast about entrepreneurship, which he produces with his wife Blake. Jacob’s work has been endorsed by the CEOs of Unilever, Cisco, Mastercard, Nestle, Best Buy, SAP, KPMG, T-Mobile, Audi, Kaiser Permanente, and many others. Jacob has also contributed to and been cited in publications such as Cosmopolitan, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, CNN, Glamour, the MIT Sloan Management Review, USA Today, and The Harvard Business Review
Topics
The Future of Work
The world of work is changing, but what is the future going to look like and what should we be doing to prepare and shape that future? Many are concerned with the impact of AI and automation and jobs but these concepts aren’t new. Humans have long been obsessed with trying to create “things” that are better, faster, and stronger than us. But what happens when that wish finally comes true? In this exciting talk Jacob will talk about the trends shaping the future of work, the role that technology will play, the most crucial skills and mindsets for us to possess to thrive, and what this new world means for humans.
Key Points Discussed:
- How AI has evolved over the years and where we are today
- Recent AI research Multiple perspectives of the AI debate (job creation and destruction)
- Real-life examples and stories of companies using AI
- Leadership in a technology-driven world
- Skills for the future
The Experiential Organization: How The Best Organizations Are Winning the War for Talent and Crushing the Competition
Investment in employee engagement has never been higher yet scores have never been lower, how can that be the case? For decades we have been investing in short-term “adrenaline shot” programs such as free food or work from home Fridays with no impact on employees or the organization. Instead of forcing people into outdated workplace practices the world’s top companies are redesigning work around their people by focusing on three environments: culture, technology, and the physical workspace. Based on Jacob’s ongoing research of 252 organizations, he will share why employee experience is the next big area of investment, what the top companies are doing, and how you can go about creating an Experiential Organization. The future of work is all about the employee experience.
Key Points Discussed:
- Why and how the workplace is changing
- The three employee experience environments: culture, physical space, and technology
- Employee experience vs employee engagement
- How to design and create employee experiences
- What some of the world’s most forward-thinking organizations are doing
- What employees care about most in the workplace
The Future Leader
It’s clear what has worked in the past won’t work in the future. What will it take to be a successful leader in 2030 and beyond? To find out, Jacob interviewed over 140 CEOs globally and teamed up with Linkedin to survey around 14,000 people around the world. This presentation is based on Jacob’s new groundbreaking book, The Future Leader, and identifies the specific skills and mindsets that leaders need to master to be successful in the next decade. This talk is filled with plenty of exclusive and unique stories, insights, and research.
Key Points Discussed:
- Trends shaping the future of leadership
- Greatest challenges for future leaders
- Top skills and mindsets for the future
- The gap that exists between what CEOs identified versus what employees are actually experiencing
- How to become a future-ready leader
