Technology has advanced at an outstanding rate for the past 20 years, but our investment in people and skills hasn’t kept pace. If anything, the skills gap is widening.

In this episode, Michael is joined by Euan Blair, founder and CEO of Multiverse, who offers a provocative reality check: AI isn’t coming for your job—but someone with AI skills might. He has made it his mission to democratise technology expertise through apprenticeships for all ages delivering bespoke on the job training that keeps employees highly effective in the roles they do.

Together, they explore how the light and heat currently shining on AI can, and should, be turned into a broader movement to upskill entire workforces. As Michael puts it, business transformation has now become skills transformation. When job roles are being lost, evolved and created, what must organisations do differently to keep their people not just employed, but empowered?

Thoughtful, optimistic and refreshingly pragmatic, this wide‑ranging conversation is essential listening for anyone serious about the future of work and how we prepare people to thrive in the age of AI.