Workplace Innovator Podcast | Enhancing Your Employee Experience | Facility Management | CRE | Digital Workplace Technology Ep. 368: “SuperShifts” – Transforming How We Live, Learn, and Work in the Age of Intelligence with Author Dr. Ja-Nae Duane of Brown University
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Sep 9, 2025 Dr. Ja-Nae Duane, a behavioral scientist and Brown University professor, dives into her book "SuperShifts," discussing the shift from industrial models to AI-driven workplaces. She explores how technology is reshaping our built environments into intelligent ecosystems while emphasizing the necessity of human connection for well-being. Ja-Nae highlights the importance of upskilling in data literacy and human-centered design, encouraging listeners to embrace change and become workplace innovators amid this evolution.
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Coauthor Is A Seasoned Futurist
- Steve Fisher, co-author of Super Shifts, is a longtime futurist who co-founded McKinsey's Futures Practice and is also Duane's husband.
- Their partnership combines foresight and behavioral research in the book.
Entering The Age Of Intelligence
- We are exiting a 200-year centralized industrial arc and entering a new 200-year Age of Intelligence driven by AI and systemic change.
- Nine “super shifts” will reshape work, learning, buildings, and even humanity’s relationship with the planet.
COVID Sparked The Book
- COVID acted as the catalyst for the book when Deloitte asked Duane to help rethink restarting Europe during lockdown.
- That engagement helped them realize the scale and pace of the systemic shifts underway.
