What if the biggest shift in work right now isn’t AI itself…

…but the breakdown of the social contract between employers and employees?

On this episode of The Shift, we sat down with Joah Spearman for a conversation that fundamentally reframed how we think about work, stability, identity, and the future of employment.

Together, we explored:

* the untethering of financial stability from employers
* the rise of fractional work, LLCs, and individualized “work stacks”
* why we may be entering a “low-job, high-work” economy
* AI and the erosion of the workplace compassion layer
* what workers, employers, and governments are unprepared for
* and what a new future of work could look like if we build it intentionally

A few lines we haven’t stopped thinking about:

→ “The city isn’t a place anymore. It’s AI.”
→ “Your profession is not your safety net.”
→ “Work and jobs were never supposed to be the same thing.”

This conversation goes far beyond HR.

It’s about humanity, agency, reinvention, and what happens next as the foundations of work continue to shift beneath all of us.

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About Joah Spearman:

Joah Spearman is the founder and CEO of TenYour, a venture-backed fintech helping professionals – and employers – build a safety net to gain financial stability and peace of mind even during job instability. Joah was inspired to create TenYour after watching his mother become the first person in his family to build generational wealth despite never earning over $50,000 annually and facing career layoffs. Joah is a serial entrepreneur, a published author and has been called one of the top voices for entrepreneurship on LinkedIn. In his spare time, Joah studies Japanese, competes in ultramarathons and is rewatches Christopher Nolan movies.