What will be the last job on earth? With Ben Legg and Anne-Marie Malley

Seven years ago, we were yet to experience a pandemic.  Some of us were just discovering podcasts – and were yet to discover an air fryer. And Artificial Intelligence was, for many of us, something we only saw on the big screen. 

And in The Green Room's very first episode, we were asking 'What will be the last job on earth?' 

It was a year before GPT-3 changed the GenAI landscape, nearly four years before ChatGPT hit the mainstream and five years before regulation caught up and the world's first legal framework for AI would be passed. 

A lot has changed since then. But that first big question matters more than ever.  

AI has transformed our lives in ways that we couldn't have predicted. It's performing tasks, making decisions for us and helping us to create new things. And so, after years of experimenting with it, working with it, and investing in it, are we closer to understanding how AI will really impact the future of work? 
 
Some of us will go on to do jobs that don't yet exist, so how do we prepare for that? What skills do we need to learn now to prepare for the future – and what skills are essential to retain? 

Beyond our own careers, what changes need to be made at a societal level to ensure everyone has the right knowledge, experience and access to prosper in the future? And what role do businesses have to play in leading these changes in a way that benefits everyone?  

In our 100th episode of The Green Room podcast, we return to the question that started it all:  What will be the last job on earth? With guests Ben Legg, CEO and co-founder of The Portfolio Collective, and Anne-Marie Malley, Vice Chair at Deloitte UK. 

Tune in to find out:

1. What significant changes have impacted how we work over the past seven years
2. How the increased use of AI is affecting hiring and talent, and what new roles are emerging
3. The new skills we need to learn to be prepared for the future of work
4. The role of business in ensuring everyone has the right skills and access to prosper in the future

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Guests: 
Ben Legg, CEO and co-founder of The Portfolio Collective
Anne-Marie Malley, Vice Chair at Deloitte UK

Hosts: Stephanie Dobbs and Annie Wong
Original music: Ali Barrett

Recording date and location: London, 02.04.26