Future Ready Leadership With Jacob Morgan Remote Work as Privilege, AI at Work, and Why Sundays Are Becoming Workdays
Dec 24, 2025
AI is rapidly becoming a core expectation at work, but many employees feel unprepared due to inadequate leadership support. Remote work is increasingly treated as a privilege for top talent, raising concerns over flexibility and workforce equity. Meanwhile, professionals are reclaiming Sundays for focused work as weekdays become hectic and unproductive. The discussion emphasizes the need for organizations to adapt by redefining roles, investing in AI fluency, and prioritizing meaningful outcomes over mere availability.
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Work Shifts From Jobs To Workflows
- AI is reorganizing work from jobs into modular workflows that mix human judgment with machine tasking.
- AI fluency will become a primary sorting mechanism for pay, promotion, and autonomy inside companies.
Grandmother Uses ChatGPT Daily
- Jacob Morgan shares that his mid-80s grandmother now spends an hour daily conversing with ChatGPT in Russian using voice.
- He uses this to illustrate that AI has reached mainstream, cross-generational adoption.
AI Optimism Outpaces Leadership
- Employees are optimistic about AI but leadership often fails to provide training, guardrails, or clear roadmaps.
- This leadership and operating-model gap risks turning employee optimism into paralysis and skepticism.