by dankeelan | Sep 15, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Jobs, U.S. Economy
Artificial Intelligence could make the US economy about a third larger by 2030 and still leave nearly one in five office and professional workers without a job, according to a study by economists at The Anthropic Institute. That figure, according to the...
by dankeelan | Sep 15, 2026 | Canada, Featured, Tariffs
The $1 billion POFP offers loans to support payroll, lease payments, and utilities expenses, while the $150 million OTTF issues grants or loans that facilitate interprovincial trade expansion and reshoring to non-US supply chains for small and medium-sized...
by dankeelan | Sep 15, 2026 | Featured, Gig Workers, Unions
California regulators certified a union representing Uber and Lyft drivers, marking a milestone in a years-long fight by gig workers in the state. The California Gig Workers Union will give drivers a seat at the table to negotiate pay, working conditions and benefits,...
by dankeelan | Sep 15, 2026 | Economy, Featured, Small Business
Local small business owners feel the squeeze first when an economic downturn hits, and the pressure shows up as business financial distress: shaky cash flow, overdue bills, and decisions that suddenly carry more risk. The hardest part is the gap between what demands...
by dankeelan | Sep 15, 2026 | Leadership
The questions and pressures are landing squarely on top of five of your enduring responsibilities: the five jobs I named in Part I. Setting direction. Aligning your team. Allocating resources. Removing what’s in the way. Modeling the behavior you want to see. Let’s...
by dankeelan | Sep 14, 2026 | Education, Engineering
A decade in the making, a new engineering facility is now welcoming its first class of future engineers, offering smaller class sizes and expanded hands-on learning opportunities. The Engineering Research and Education Laboratories, a 124,000-square-foot complex,...
by dankeelan | Sep 14, 2026 | Education
For the first time, students will be able to receive federal funding for short-term workforce training programs this year. The Workforce Pell Grant went into effect on July 1, creating a streamlined path to jobs in high-demand industries that doesn’t involve college...
by dankeelan | Sep 14, 2026 | Featured, Future of Work
Fundamental to Gartner’s report is the importance of human workers and the preservation of human judgment and context, therefore the analysts warn that AI-induced layoffs could be costly in the long-term despite offering potential savings today. In fact, the...
by dankeelan | Sep 1, 2026 | Learning, Remote Work
Six years after the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the shift to remote work, hybrid and remote arrangements have become an established part of the labour market. About one in five Canadians now works remotely some or all of the time. For many employees, this shift has...
by dankeelan | Sep 1, 2026 | Jobs, U.S. Economy
Kevin Warsh has emphasized that prices will be the central bank’s priority during his tenure as chair of the Federal Reserve, even as new figures show that the labor market remains on a shaky footing. During his keynote address at the Jackson Hole Economic...
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