The biggest threat to the future of work isn’t AI—it’s inertia.

In this episode, Andrea Sampson speaks with Mark Patterson, one of Canada’s leading voices on inclusive recruitment and labour market innovation, about what most leaders are getting wrong. While tech accelerates, our systems—education, hiring, policy—are standing still.

Mark has spent over a decade helping employers and institutions redesign for the real world of work: fast-changing, skill-fractured, and increasingly unequal. And he argues that if we don’t act now, we’ll miss the chance to build a more human, inclusive future. This isn’t theory. It’s already happening.

If you’re building teams, guiding systems, or shaping strategy—this episode will change how you see what’s coming.

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Mark Patterson is a changemaker, pioneering new approaches in career development, inclusive recruitment and contextualized labour market information to drive social and economic change. For more than a decade, he has focused on providing opportunities for diverse job seekers – whether MBA students, high-tech professionals or refugees – and addressing the needs of employers for talent.

As Executive Director, Mark led the creation of Magnet, a social Innovation project based at Toronto Metropolitan University, where he has built a national network of partners across sectors powered by a data-rich, job-matching technology platform to bridge the skills gap. Supporting 12,000 employers with more than 250 community, labour, educational and industry organizations, Magnet is bridging the skills gap while advancing diversity and inclusion. _____________________________________________________________

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