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Published perspectives, research contributions, interviews, and speaking on Execution Visibility, workforce transformation, and LifeWork Design.

Kason Morris

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What Execution Visibility Reveals That Org Charts Cannot

Thought Pieces · Oct 2026 · Video interview & article

An editorial video interview on why org charts and job descriptions miss how work actually creates value, and what leaders should look at before redesigning it with AI.

How the Ideas Evolved

  1. 012022 onward

    Learning & LifeWork Design

    How people build capability, and what work should create in a life.

  2. 022024–2025

    Skills Intelligence & Workforce Strategy

    Making capability visible, and using workforce data to guide decisions about work and talent.

  3. 032025–2026

    AI Work Redesign & Execution Visibility

    Seeing how work actually creates value and builds expertise before redesigning it with AI.

Published Perspectives

Editorial features, interviews, and coauthored work. Branded content is labeled as such.

Video interview & article

Thought Pieces · Oct 2026

What Execution Visibility Reveals That Org Charts Cannot

An editorial video interview on why org charts and job descriptions miss how work actually creates value, and what leaders should look at before redesigning it with AI.

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Branded contentProfile

CEO Weekly · Sep 2026

The Strategic Risk Hiding Inside Your AI Investment

A profile on the strategic risk of investing in AI before understanding the work it is meant to change.

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Editorial interview

CXO Dispatch · Aug 2026

How to Make Work Visible Before You Redesign It With AI

Why executive teams need a clear view of decisions, handoffs, and judgment inside the work before committing to AI-enabled redesign.

Credited as: Workforce transformation executive

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Editorial interview

C-Suite Brief · Aug 2026

Why AI Automates Tasks, Not Jobs, and What That Means for Your Workforce

The case for treating AI as a task-level change rather than a job-level one, and what that shift means for workforce planning and capability.

Credited as: Head of Future of Work and Talent Intelligence Strategy, Merck

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Coauthored article

Chief Learning Officer · Oct 2024

Reimagining Learning in the Skills Economy: How Organizations Can Thrive in the Future of Work

Coauthored with Elizabeth Loutfi-Hipchen: how learning functions can move from course delivery to building the skills an organization actually needs as work changes.

Credited as: Future of work executive

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Profile interview

Corporate Learning Network · Feb 2024

Celebrating the Voices of Black L&D Executives

A profile interview on his path through learning and development, skills-based organization strategy, and leadership.

Credited as: Global Director, Future of Work and Skills-Based Organization Strategy, Merck

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Interview

Corporate Learning Network · Jan 2023

Get to Know Our Ad Board: Kason Morris

An advisory board interview on L&D readiness, employee engagement, and retention.

Credited as: Head of Learning Experience Design, Salesforce

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Interviews & Conversations

Execution Visibility & Enterprise Work

AI, work redesign, skills intelligence, and workforce strategy.

The Human Side of Leadership with Dr. Pelè
Podcast · Ep. 303

The Human Side of Leadership with Dr. Pelè · Jul 2026

Execution Visibility: Why AI Doesn’t Replace Jobs, It Replaces Tasks

A conversation on why AI changes tasks before it changes jobs, and why leaders need to see the work clearly before they redesign it.

Credited as: Workforce transformation executive and creator of Execution Visibility

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Podcast · Ep. 8

The TechWolf Podcast · May 2025

You Don’t Have a Skills Problem—You Have a Data Opportunity

Why being skills-informed matters more than being “skills-based,” and how workforce data can guide decisions about work and talent.

Credited as: Global Director, Future of Work and Skills-Based Strategy, Merck

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Video interview

Reejig Skills Connect with Siobhan Savage · Apr 2025

Kason Morris on Redesigning Work for AI

Five quick takes on skills, workforce strategy, and what redesigning work for AI asks of large organizations.

Credited as: Global Director, Future of Work and Skills-Based Organization Strategy, Merck

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Video interview

Cognota · Aug 2022

LearnOps Leadership Series — Episode 16

On running learning as an operational, business-aligned function.

Credited as: Head of Learning Experience Design, Salesforce

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Podcast

The Learning Culture Podcast (Curious Lion) · May 2022

Equality, Hybrid Work, Reinforcement and Learning Across Functions

A conversation with Andrew Barry on building a learning culture across functions in a hybrid workplace.

Credited as: Head of Learning Experience Design, Salesforce

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LifeWork & Individual Agency

Career reinvention, LifeWork Design, and the ideas behind Life Work Revolution.

Podcast · Ep. 177

The Modern Man Podcast · Oct 2025

Designing a Life That Doesn’t Need Escaping: LifeWork Design

On LifeWork Design: building a working life you don’t need to escape from.

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Podcast · Ep. 734

Joey Pinz Discipline Conversations · Sep 2025

From Survive to Thrive: Navigating the Life-Work Revolution

On moving from surviving work to designing it, and the ideas behind Life Work Revolution.

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Podcast · S4 E1

What Do You Know To Be True? · Sep 2025

Design a Career You Don’t Have to Escape

A conversation with Roger Kastner on redefining success and designing a career around the life it serves.

Credited as: Future of Work leader and Life-Work Design strategist

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Podcast

Bold Encounters · Aug 2025

Life Design Genius: Employed, a Book, and Big Ideas

On designing a life’s work while employed, and writing Life Work Revolution.

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Podcast · Ep. 184

Fire Forged Leader · Jul 2025

Let’s Start a Life Work Revolution!

On the Life Work Revolution and choosing a different relationship with work.

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Podcast · Ep. 303

My Favorite Mistake with Mark Graban · Apr 2025

Why the Corporate Ladder Was My Biggest Mistake

On redefining work and purpose after realizing the corporate ladder wasn’t the goal.

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Podcast · Ep. 48

Walk In Victory · Mar 2025

Rewriting Narratives to Embrace Life’s Victories

On rewriting the stories we tell about work, success, and what a good life looks like.

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Podcast

SpeakUP! International · Jan 2025

Redefining Career Success and Navigating the Future of Work with Life-Work Synergy

On redefining career success and bringing work and life into alignment as work changes.

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Speaking & Advisory

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