The Future Of Less Work · 2026-06-09 · 31 min
What happens when companies say they can’t find talent while millions of highly skilled people remain underutilized? Why are qualified doctors, engineers, and technologists still overlooked in a labor market desperate for talent? In this episode of The Future of Less Work , host Nirit Cohen sits down with Gregory Haile, CEO of Upwardly Global, Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, and Chairman of the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta , to explore the growing mismatch between labor shortages and hidden talent. As demographic decline shrinks the traditional workforce pipeline, Gregory argues that the real problem is not simply a lack of talent, but outdated systems for recognizing it. The conversation explores how employers still rely on familiar credentials, networks, career paths, and signals of credibility that increasingly fail to reflect real capability. From internationally trained doctors driving taxis to highly skilled immigrants blocked by hiring systems they don’t understand, the episode uncovers how labor markets continue to overlook talent already available and ready to work.
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