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