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Video · 19 May 2026 · 42 min watch
Keynote: Careers don't ladder anymore
The full opening keynote from the Future of Work Summit in Amsterdam, on what replaced the career ladder.
Recorded in front of 1,200 people in Amsterdam, this talk argues that the career ladder didn't break — it was quietly dismantled, and nobody told the people still climbing it.
I cover the three structures that replaced it, why internal mobility programmes keep failing, and what managers should say to someone who no longer believes the next rung exists.
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