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Career infrastructure: The antidote to fail-first thinking
Canadian HR Reporter | Keka DasGupta, Challenge Factory’s Chief Marketing Advisor and Chair of CERIC’s Board of Directors, on why siloed workplace programs no longer hold up and what to do instead.
Retirement needs an update
Take On The Future Podcast | CEO Lisa Taylor challenges outdated assumptions about retirement, ageism, and how employers can make better use of experienced workers in an era of longer working lives.
Not done yet: Unlocking the opportunity of longer working lives
Fidelity International | CEO Lisa Taylor has contributed to research for Fidelity International’s new Longer Working Lives Index.
The future of work: Internal career mobility starts with visibility
TheFutureEconomy.ca | Challenge Factory CEO Lisa Taylor talks one of the most overlooked workforce risks facing organizations and Canadians today.
What entrepreneurs get wrong about growth
The Unsure Entrepreneur Podcast | Roger Pierce sits down with Lisa Taylor to explore how careers and entrepreneurship are evolving in a world shaped by AI, longer working lives, and constant change.
Making careers visible: Lisa Taylor on internal career centres
She & Success Business Magazine | In an exclusive interview, Lisa Taylor, Founder and CEO of Challenge Factory, unpacks one of the most overlooked challenges facing modern organizations: the disconnect between talent and opportunity.
AI up close and personal: At work
Reflections Podcast | Lisa Taylor, CEO of Challenge Factory, compares how some employers encourage AI use in the workplace, while others prefer a hands-off approach. (starts 6:40)
Is your leadership addressing the “AI Elephant” in the room?
CityTV Halifax | Challenge Factory CEO Lisa Taylor shares how to bridge the gap between AI potential and organizational performance.
I retired after 30 years, but my former coworkers keep asking for free career help. Do I step in or set boundaries?
money.ca | As longer careers reshape workforce participation, Challenge Factory research highlights the structural shifts organizations must address to sustain knowledge flow and intergenerational contribution.
Are older workers more costly? Let’s dispell the myths
Reflections Podcast | Are older employees wrongfully keeping work away from young people? Is AI taking over older workers’ jobs first? Are ageing employees too expensive to keep? Challenge Factory’s Lisa Taylor, Jenn St. Denis, and Emily Carew have the answers.
Why the Future of Work depends on valuing experienced talent with Lisa Taylor
HRchat Podcast | Challenge Factory CEO Lisa Taylor challenges outdated career and retirement models, arguing for longevity-informed talent strategies that fully value experienced workers.
Rising costs and dwindling opportunities have Canada’s youth feeling adrift
The Canadian Press | In this Canadian Press feature on youth unemployment, Challenge Factory CEO Lisa Taylor weighs in on post-pandemic “economic scarring” and how shifting timelines are reshaping early career paths for Gen Z.