Episode 236: Building a Future-Ready Organization, Part 2 with Jacob Morgan

by | Jan 22, 2026 | Episodes | 0 comments

In episode 236, the second part of a two-part conversation, Coffey continues his discussion with Jacob Morgan about building future-ready organizations by balancing empathy, performance, and technology in the modern workplace.  They discuss misalignment between employee expectations and career outcomes; long work hours versus work-life balance tradeoffs; honesty in company culture and career paths; the eight laws for future-ready organizations; decoding the human signal in leadership; empathetic excellence as a talent framework; learning as the new job security; flexibility in career design; people-first leadership principles; the role of leaders in shaping employee experience; using AI and technology to amplify humanity; risks of over-indexing on empathy; managing performance during personal hardship; AI augmentation versus job replacement; and why organizational redesign must precede true AI transformation. 

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Jacob Morgan

About Jacob Morgan

Jacob Morgan is an international best-selling author, professionally trained futurist, and keynote speaker. He also runs “Future of Work Leaders,” an exclusive network of the world’s top CHROs shaping the future of work and employee experience. His passion and mission is to create future-ready leaders, employees, and organizations. Jacob’s work has been endorsed by the CEOs of Mastercard, Best Buy, Unilever, The Ritz Carlton, Nestle, Cisco, Audi, and many others. He has a popular podcast called Future-Ready Leadership With Jacob Morgan and lives in Los Angeles with his wife, two kids, and two Yorkie rescue dogs. 

Contact Jacob Morgan

https://thefutureorganization.com/   https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobmorgan8/   https://x.com/jacobm  https://www.youtube.com/@JacobMorgan  https://www.instagram.com/jacobmorgan8/  https://www.facebook.com/JacobMorgan8/  https://greatleadership.substack.com/    

 

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