The Case for Good Jobs with Zeynep Ton
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In her new book The Case for Good Jobs, Zeynep Ton explains why creating good jobs, particularly for frontline workers, will help companies thrive. Ton, a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management and president and co-founder of the Good Jobs Institute, has long been an advocate of investing in employees. Traditional bad jobs systems—characterized by low pay, high turnover, and poor operational execution—harm customer satisfaction and undermine a company’s ability to differentiate, innovate, and adapt. In a good jobs system, she explains, leaders unlock a virtuous cycle of employee engagement, which improves operational performance and will ultimately benefit employees, customers, and shareholders. Together with Martin Reeves, Chairman of the BCG Henderson Institute, Ton discusses various aspects of the good jobs system—how it works, how to implement it, how to measure the value of good jobs, and what good jobs mean in an age in which labor is under threat of substitution by AI. Key topics discussed:  01:06 | The business value of good jobs 03:54 | What makes the good jobs system work? 12:21 | Data and metrics 17:10 | AI and labor substitution 20:29 | Good jobs beyond the frontline 24:48 | How to implement the good jobs system This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy
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