About The World of Work
The World of Work exists for a straightforward reason: working in organizations, on teams, and with other people is hard. Many find themselves in unfamiliar territory, especially as economics, technology, and consumers change. No matter how much preparation you had at home and in your schooling, there are things that hit you, and it's not a good feeling.
The world I've seen is either people too busy handling their own challenges — expecting you to handle yours — or shallow advice built on little real knowledge or experience. Between those two is a small group of people who have something to offer and are willing to share it directly.
This platform is that solution. Through original essays, video, and practical tools, The World of Work delivers direct, experience-backed guidance on careers, leadership, and strategy — built for the people who are doing the navigating, not the people observing it from a distance.
The audience is anyone who works or is trying to work — but the mission is grounded in the young, the ambitious, and the underserved, including those who live in markets where the system has failed to serve them.
The Founder
Todd R. Jensen has spent 35 years building and leading teams across four continents — places like Bangladesh, Vietnam, China, Kenya, and Pakistan, and all across Europe and North America. He spent several years as a Senior Director at Ancestry.com, running a global supply chain and content production operation. He later served as a senior advisor to the World Bank on youth employment and digital workforce development in Pakistan — part of an initiative that trained 13,000 young people, incubated 25 women-led startups, and laid the groundwork for a $78 million follow-on investment in Pakistan's digital economy.
He has also, at various points in his career, been corrected sharply, thrown to the wolves, and had to rebuild trust with teams that had every reason not to give it. He writes and speaks from all of it — not only from the parts that went well.
Todd founded The World of Work in 2025 with a clear conviction: that the most valuable guidance for working people comes from people who have actually done the work, in the hardest places, and are willing to be honest about what they found. He is based in Utah and is also available for keynote speaking, advisory engagements, and institutional consulting.
What We Believe
We believe that honest, direct guidance from people with genuine experience is one of the most undervalued things in the world of work. Not polished, not careful, not hedged. Honest.
We believe that young workers in developing markets are not a charity case — they are the largest underserved professional audience on the planet, and the gap between what they need and what is available to them is an opportunity as much as it is a problem.
Leaders of countries, causes, and communities most often learn what they need to succeed in their life's work while navigating the world of work itself. We can help.
