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Flashpoint 7/11/21: How will the pandemic change the future of work in America?

Watch Flashpoint every Sunday at 10 a.m. on Local 4 News

DETROIT – The American workplace is changing from revolutions in technology to the ability and the desire to work from home.

It all leads us to a profound and critical question for society, what is the future of work?

When it comes to the future of work, there are really two tracks here, the immediate changes we are watching brought on by the pandemic. Then the broader questions, basic matters like what are people going to do?

Is there enough work for everyone and how do we prepare for it?

Guests on Sunday’s episode weighed in on all of this and more.

Segment One

Alford Young, associate director at the University of Michigan’s Center for Social Solutions, Mike Cicco, President and CEO of Fanuc America and Matt Anderson, curator of transportation at The Henry Ford.

Segment Two

Bonnie Fahoome, director of business programs for Design Core Detroit; Eric Larson, CEO of the Downtown Detroit Partnership and Carolyn Cassin, president and CEO of Michigan Women Forward

Segment Three

Flashpoint Host Devin Scillian wraps up this week’s episode.


About the Author
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Devin Scillian is equally at home on your television, on your bookshelf, and on your stereo. Devin anchors the evening newscasts for Local 4. Additionally, he moderates Flashpoint, Local 4's Sunday morning news program. He is also a best-selling author of children's books, and an award-winning musician and songwriter.

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