Professor Joseph Fuller on why men are falling behind and what it means for all of us (An MTM AI Short)

Professor Joseph Fuller on why men are falling behind and what it means for all of us (An MTM AI Short)

From Men Talking Mindfulness: Mental, Physical, and Emotional Fitness to Elevate Performance and Resilience for Leaders and Teams Under Pressure! by Jon Macaskill & Will Schneider

July 10, 2026 · 9 min · Season 10 · Episode 96

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Professor Joseph Fuller discusses the challenges men face in education, the workforce, and health, and offers solutions for improvement.

Harvard Business School Professor Joseph Fuller joins Jon Macaskill and Will Schneider to break down decades of data showing that men are quietly falling behind in education, the workforce, and health outcomes. Joe explains why this is the first generation since the Great Depression where young men don't expect to match their parents' lifestyle, how the job market shifted away from traditional male-dominated work toward social-skill-heavy cognitive jobs where women outperform men by 25 to 35 percentage points, and why the "college for all" philosophy fails 60% of 18-year-olds who will never finish a four-year degree. The conversation covers how schools were designed in ways that disadvantage boys, the professionalization of youth sports ($40 billion industry), applicant tracking systems that create "scar tissue" work identities, the historical pattern linking young men without household formation prospects to societal instability, and practical solutions including apprenticeships starting in 10th grade, teaching social skills in elementary school, AI-assisted learning, and eliminating homework. Jon shares how these trends show up in his own family. Joe closes with a direct…

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Hosts: Jon Macaskill, Will Schneider

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Organizations: Harvard Business School, Focus Now Training

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