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Aneesh Raman: AI won’t decide the future of work—unless you let it 

The LinkedIn executive and coauthor of Open to Work reframes the AI moment as a question of human choice, not automated inevitability. 

April 01, 2026

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The ever-increasing capabilities of AI have everyone wondering what it means for their career. LinkedIn’s Chief Economic Opportunity Officer Aneesh Raman joins Molly Wood to explore why curiosity, adaptability, and action now matter more than certainty. Drawing from his new book, Open to Work: How to Get Ahead in the Age of AI —cowritten with LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky—Raman makes the case that careers aren’t being automated away. They’re being reshaped for the AI era, by the people willing to move first.

The WorkLab podcast is a place for experts to share their insights and opinions. As students of the future of work, Microsoft values inputs from a diverse set of voices. That said, the opinions and findings of our guests are their own, and they may not necessarily reflect Microsoft’s own research or positions.

Molly Wood hosts the WorkLab podcast and brings more than two decades of experience reporting on technology and business for CNET/CBS, the New York Times, Marketplace, Wired, and The Atlantic.

WorkLab is produced by Microsoft with TriFilm. Sharon Kallander, Stephanie Carson, and Matthew Duncan are our producers, with support from consulting producer Alia Aljunied and senior editor Jon Eilenberg. Josh Lim composed our theme music. Jessica Voelker is WorkLab’s editor.

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