AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention.


Listen to this insightful conversation with Dr. Steven Wang, CEO of Venture for Canada, whose work sits at the intersection of AI, entrepreneurship and public policy.


We discuss:

  • How AI is transforming the workforce and traditional careers

  • How to prepare the next generation for an AI-driven economy

  • What governments, businesses, and citizens must do to ensure AI benefits everyone

  • Why entrepreneurship skills—and empathy!—offer competitive advantages

If you're looking for strategies to future-proof your career, you don't want to miss this conversation.


00:00 Preview

00:59 Episode introduction

03:36 About Dr. Steven Wang

05:27 Steven’s backstory

08:16 Why AI governance matters more than AI technology

11:01 What does “Responsible AI” mean?

18:26 Why every young person needs an entrepreneurial mindset

23:32 How can fresh graduates overcome the experience gap?

28:14 Why buying a business may be smarter than launching one in the age of AI

31:58 The human skills that AI cannot replace

38:52 Smart ways to use AI during a job search

46:27 How “reverse mentorship” can transform a workplace

17:40 How to prepare young people for an AI-ubiquitous future

30:42 Dr. Steven Wang’s Purposeful Empathy story


Episode #9 of Empathy in the Age of AI, a special 25-part series: https://tinyurl.com/exyw2nua 


CONNECT WITH STEVEN

✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/stwang12/ 

✩ Website https://ventureforcanada.ca/

✩ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/venture4canada/ 


CONNECT WITH ANITA

✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com 

✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com

✩ Buy a copy of Purposeful Empathy http://tiny.cc/PurposefulEmpathyCA

✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak/

✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram

✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast

✩ Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/anitanowak.bsky.social


SHOW NOTES

✩ From Brain Drain to Talent Circulation: Why Canada Needs a Diaspora Strategy https://opencanada.org/from-brain-drain-to-talent-circulation-why-canada-needs-a-diaspora-strategy/

✩ The Perils of Using AI to Replace Entry-Level Jobs https://hbr.org/2025/09/the-perils-of-using-ai-to-replace-entry-level-jobs 


Video edited by Jad Misri, Green Horizon Studio

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