Chaos & Rocketfuel: The Future of Work Podcast: Recent Episodes
Claire Haidar and Doug Foulkes
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Welcome to Episode 88 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
In the past 2 episodes Liam Martin, author of Running Remote, has given a really broad and deep understanding of asynchronous work and how it makes you more productive, allows deep work, and helps create a culture where everyone in the organisation thinks like an owner.
In this final episode we go through a practical 3-step plan to get you started. If you are stuck in a synchronous work culture and want the tools to break out and start working to your company's potential then this is for you.
Welcome to Episode 87 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
Liam Martin, author of Running Remote is busy filling us in on the details surrounding asynchronous work practices. The lure of working how, when, and where you want is a powerful hook, but how do you achieve it?
In this episode we play forward 10 years and see if there is still a place for creativity in the workplace after Ai has fully arrived. We also explore the claim that working asynchronously can save your company 30 cents in every dollar.
Welcome to Episode 87 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
Liam Martin, author of Running Remote is busy filling us in on the details surrounding asynchronous work practices. The lure of working how, when, and where you want is a powerful hook, but how do you achieve it?
In this episode we play forward 10 years and see if there is still a place for creativity in the workplace after Ai has fully arrived. We also explore the claim that working asynchronously can save your company 30 cents in every dollar.
Welcome to Episode 86 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
Liam Martin is co-author of the book Running Remote, a book about working asynchronously and how it makes you more productive. Liam has been pioneering and studying how remote companies work effectively for many years and we spend time exploring this topic with him.
In this first episode, we discuss his book and see how the practices he lays out allow you to perform ‘deep work’. The key to enhanced productivity. A podcast you can’t afford to miss.
Welcome to Episode 85 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
In the past two episodes we have been talking to Anton Musgrave, a Futurist and Business Strategist, about being future-forward in your thinking. We’ve looked practically at trends and frameworks that will help you on your journey.
In this final episode we look at hurdles companies need to navigate today, to prepare them for the future. And we look at the hard reality of balancing long term future planning with the pressures you face today making a profit.
Welcome to Episode 84 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
Anton Musgrave, Futurist and Business Strategist at Futureworld is busy showing us how to prepare our minds for the future of work. This practical session looks at the trends today that might shape the future.
This week we look at frameworks that will help you and mindsets that will hinder you in future state thinking.
Welcome to Episode 83 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
Anton Musgrave is a Futurist and Business Strategist. In the next three podcast conversations, we will delve deep into his world and see how he challenges business leaders worldwide to look at the future differently.
In this first session, he will explain what he and his company Futureworld does and how he facilitates changing a present-day mind into a future state mind. As a business leader are you spending enough time thinking strategically about how you will remain relevant in the future of work? Anton has the answer for you.
Welcome to Episode 82 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
In the past 2 episodes we have discovered everyone knows a “brilliant jerk,” someone who would be fired if they weren’t so technically qualified, and therefore indispensable. They can be toxic, abrasive, and demoralizing. Our guest, Dr Katrina Burrus is one of the world’s leading experts on international leadership and the author of Mastering Brilliant Jerks. She is a Master Certified Coach and facilitates a mastermind for CEO’s of international companies.
In this final episode with her, we look more at the practical applications of dealing with “Brilliant Jerks” and their part in potentially disrupting workplace transformation. We learn how to communicate and collaborate with a brilliant jerk and whether you should accept their behavior or work around it.
Welcome to Episode 81 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
Dr Katrina Burrus is busy working through Brilliant Jerks with us. You know, a colleague or boss who would be fired if they weren’t so technically qualified, and therefore indispensable. They can be toxic, abrasive, and demoralizing.
Today we discuss what it takes to transform your workplace by having your brilliant jerks become inspiring leaders by adding EQ to their IQ. We also see how this tricky issue can create criticism. We can all develop more EQ to be Inspiring Leaders.
Welcome to Episode 80 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
Everyone knows a “brilliant jerk,” someone who would be fired if they weren’t so technically qualified, and therefore indispensable. They can be toxic, abrasive, and demoralizing. Our guest today, Dr. Katrina Burrus is one of the world’s leading experts on international leadership and the author of Managing Brilliant Jerks. She is a Master Certified Coach, and facilitates a mastermind for CEO’s of international companies.
In this first episode with Katrina, we discuss her definition of a “Brilliant Jerk” and see how it fits into modern workplace transformation. And more importantly we ask, “Why should we care about this topic?”
Welcome to Episode 79 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
Episode 79 of Chaos & Rocketfuel the Future of Work podcast, is our last chance to connect with Robert Chan, Head of People Analytics at City National Bank.
In the first two episodes we have heard how Robert, a numbers man, used his finance skills in the people sphere to help City National Bank develop a more diverse and inclusive workplace environment. In our last episode, Robert explains how your work culture can benefit and how you can forge the same path and transform your workplace.
Welcome to Episode 78 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
In Episode 78 of Chaos & Rocketfuel the Future of Work podcast, we continue our fascinating conversation with Robert Chan who is Head of People Analytics at City National Bank.
In our second connect Robert explains why organizations should be taking data from their people seriously and how it really does impact modern workplace transformation. Furthermore, organizations that take on this challenge can reap real benefits by increasing employee performance and productivity in the workplace.
Welcome to Episode 77 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
To answer it we connect with Robert Chan who is Head of People Analytics at City National Bank. Robert uses people data in his quest for successful digital transformation.
In this first episode with Robert, we get to hear his personal story of how a numbers man saw a gap on the people side and used his background in analytics and statistics to start a new role at CNB as Head of People Analytics. It’s a great conversation, highlighting that if you have a goal; plan, persevere, and make it happen.
Welcome to Episode 76 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
This is our third and last chance to connect with industry analyst and publisher of CXOTalk, Michael Krigsman. Over the past two podcasts, we have discussed how the role of the CIO is evolving, we’ve looked at where they need to stretch themselves to overcome today’s hurdles and we’ve focused on the differences between cloud-native and established companies.
Michael has written over 1,000 pieces on leadership, technology, and transformation; he has created almost 1,000 video interviews with the world’s top business leaders on these topics. Michael’s work has been referenced in the media over 1,000 times and in over fifty books. Michael has advised enterprise technology companies for three decades on market messaging and positioning strategy.
Finally in Episode 76 we look at the metaverse, TikTok, and what makes Michael tick.
Welcome to Episode 75 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
This week is our second chance to connect with industry analyst and publisher of CXOTalk, Michael Krigsman. Michael has written over 1,000 pieces on leadership, technology, and transformation; he has created almost 1,000 video interviews with the world’s top business leaders on these topics. Michael’s work has been referenced in the media over 1,000 times and in over fifty books. For three decades, Michael has advised enterprise technology companies on market messaging and positioning strategy.
In Episode 75 we find out where CIOs need to stretch themselves to overcome today's hurdles as well as delving into the differences between cloud-native and established company structures.
Welcome to Episode 74 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
This week we meet up with industry analyst and publisher of CXOTalk, Michael Krigsman. Michael has written over 1,000 pieces on leadership, technology, and transformation; he has created almost 1,000 video interviews with the world’s top business leaders on these topics. Michael’s work has been referenced in the media over 1,000 times and in over fifty books. For three decades, Michael has advised enterprise technology companies on market messaging and positioning strategy.
In Episode 74 we explore the roles of the CIO, COO, and CTO, and how future-looking executives are aligning their roles collaboratively to the goals of the company.
Welcome to Episode 73 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
This week we turn the focus of our conversation to collaboration and the Future of Work. Our guest is Lisette Sutherland, Director of Collaboration Superpowers, a company that helps people work together from anywhere through online workshops. She is the author of the Work Together Anywhere Handbook, the host of a podcast featuring interviews with remote-working experts, and a facilitator of workshops on a variety of remote working topics.
Finally in Episode 73, we start by looking forward to what collaboration might look like before consolidating things with some practical applications of collaboration and some of Lisette’s favorite researchers in this area.
Welcome to Episode 72 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
This week we turn the focus of our conversation to collaboration and the Future of Work. Our guest is Lisette Sutherland, Director of Collaboration Superpowers, a company that helps people work together from anywhere through online workshops. She is the author of the Work Together Anywhere Handbook, the host of a podcast featuring interviews with remote-working experts, and a facilitator of workshops on a variety of remote working topics.
In Episode 72 we look at the evolution of collaboration from 5 years ago to what it is today, including a cool look at the advancement of Augmented Reality.
Welcome to Episode 71 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
This week we turn the focus of our conversation to collaboration and the Future of Work. Our guest is Lisette Sutherland, Director of Collaboration Superpowers, a company that helps people work together from anywhere through online workshops. She is the author of the Work Together Anywhere Handbook, the host of a podcast featuring interviews with remote-working experts, and a facilitator of workshops on a variety of remote working topics.
In Episode 71 we explore the definition of collaboration, and how it can be measured, and if we should be measuring it.
Welcome to Episode 70 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
This week we spend time talking with Dr. Erik Korem, a high-performance coach who is bridging the gap between high-performance athletes and knowledge workers. Erik has introduced sports science and athlete tracking technologies to collegiate and professional (NFL) football. He has worked with the National Football League, Power-5 NCAA programs, gold-medal Olympians, Nike, and the United States Department of Defense. It is this work and his insights that he is now using to help businesses and their employees work at their peak. Erik is an expert in sleep and stress resilience and he is the Founder and CEO of AIM7.
Finally, in Episode 70 we investigate the practical implications of peak performance and the grey area of who owns our health data and how it can and should be used to help us and our colleagues work better and smarter.
Welcome to Episode 69 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
This week we spend time talking with Dr. Erik Korem, a high-performance coach who is bridging the gap between high-performance athletes and knowledge workers. Erik has introduced sports science and athlete tracking technologies to collegiate and professional (NFL) football. He has worked with the National Football League, Power-5 NCAA programs, gold-medal Olympians, Nike, and the United States Department of Defense. It is this work and his insights that he is now using to help businesses and their employees work at their peak. Erik is an expert in sleep and stress resilience and he is the Founder and CEO of AIM7.
In Episode 69 we turn our attention to sleep. How it affects our daily work lives for the better and detrimentally. And find out how much is enough so we can perform at our best.
Welcome to Episode 68 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
This week we spend time talking with Dr. Erik Korem, a high-performance coach who is bridging the gap between high-performance athletes and knowledge workers. Erik has introduced sports science and athlete tracking technologies to collegiate and professional (NFL) football. He has worked with the National Football League, Power-5 NCAA programs, gold-medal Olympians, Nike, and the United States Department of Defense. It is this work and his insights that he is now using to help businesses and their employees work at their peak. Erik is an expert in sleep and stress resilience and he is the Founder and CEO of AIM7.
In Episode 68 we start by defining what peak performance is at work and how virtual workplaces enable peak performance today.
Welcome to Episode 67 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
Our guest this week is an intellectual property, privacy, and technology partner at Baker McKenzie, Adam Aft. Adam helps global companies navigate the complex issues regarding intellectual property, data, and technology in M&A, technology transactions, and new product and service development. He is the lead of the Firm's North America Technology Transactions group and co-leads the group globally.
Adam advises clients on transformational activities, including the intellectual property, data and data privacy, and technology aspects of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, back office transformations, new product and service initiatives, and new trends driving business such as data monetization and artificial intelligence. Adam also represents clients in structuring and drafting technology and software license agreements, telecommunication agreements, cloud agreements, supply chain agreements, outsourcing agreements, and other agreements involving data, intellectual property, and technology.
Finally in Episode 67 we tackle the practical data privacy issues business leaders are not considering and how they impact the Future of Work.
Welcome to Episode 66 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
Our guest this week is an intellectual property, privacy, and technology partner at Baker McKenzie, Adam Aft. Adam helps global companies navigate the complex issues regarding intellectual property, data, and technology in M&A, technology transactions, and new product and service development. He is the lead of the Firm's North America Technology Transactions group and co-leads the group globally.
Adam advises clients on transformational activities, including the intellectual property, data and data privacy, and technology aspects of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, back office transformations, new product and service initiatives, and new trends driving business such as data monetization and artificial intelligence. Adam also represents clients in structuring and drafting technology and software license agreements, telecommunication agreements, cloud agreements, supply chain agreements, outsourcing agreements, and other agreements involving data, intellectual property, and technology.
In Episode 66 we focus on the many grey areas that exist and the top recurring issues companies are facing.
Welcome to Episode 65 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
Our guest this week is an intellectual property, privacy, and technology partner at Baker McKenzie, Adam Aft. Adam helps global companies navigate the complex issues regarding intellectual property, data, and technology in M&A, technology transactions, and new product and service development. He is the lead of the Firm's North America Technology Transactions group and co-leads the group globally.
Adam advises clients on transformational activities, including the intellectual property, data and data privacy, and technology aspects of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, back office transformations, new product and service initiatives, and new trends driving business such as data monetization and artificial intelligence. Adam also represents clients in structuring and drafting technology and software license agreements, telecommunication agreements, cloud agreements, supply chain agreements, outsourcing agreements, and other agreements involving data, intellectual property, and technology.
In Episode 65 we map out the tricky and rapidly changing Data Privacy landscape. We define what data privacy means today and look at the shortcomings of those definitions.
Welcome to Episode 64 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
This week we spend time talking Ai with Vishal Kumar. Vishal is founder and CEO of Tao.ai, an AI-powered platform that enables natural effortless learning through the power of collective learning, collaborative intelligence, and machine learning. He is passionate about product management, innovations, and assisting startups with their strategic and tactical issues. He has led several initiatives in social media, customer experience, systems, performance, and automation.
Finally, in Episode 64 we delve a bit deeper into Ai, in general finding out what Ai poisoning and Ai bias are. We end off with Vishal's hope for Ai in the future of work.
Welcome to Episode 63 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
This week we spend time talking Ai with Vishal Kumar. Vishal is founder and CEO of Tao.ai, an AI-powered platform that enables natural effortless learning through the power of collective learning, collaborative intelligence, and machine learning. He is passionate about product management, innovations, and assisting startups with their strategic and tactical issues. He has led several initiatives in social media, customer experience, systems, performance, and automation.
In Episode 63 we turn our attention to how people teams should be preparing for Ai in the workplace, as well as finding out how Vishal’s company, Tao.ai, helps individuals and companies.
Welcome to Episode 62 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
This week we spend time talking Ai with Vishal Kumar. Vishal is founder and CEO of Tao.ai, an AI-powered platform that enables natural effortless learning through the power of collective learning, collaborative intelligence, and machine learning. He is passionate about product management, innovations, and assisting startups with their strategic and tactical issues. He has led several initiatives in social media, customer experience, systems, performance, and automation.
In Episode 62 we discuss Ai at work today and how it will change as Ai matures.
Welcome to Episode 61 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
This week, our conversation centers around coworking, and our guest has been credited as an original pioneer of coworking in the UK, having founded coworking business Huckletree in 2014, Gabriela Hersham. Huckletree is now one of the UK’s most exciting coworking brands, bringing together the UK and Ireland’s most innovative startups, entrepreneurs and businesses. A champion of women in business, Gabriela has been actively campaigning for greater diversity and representation within the innovation ecosystem, and passionately supports female entrepreneurs both in Huckletree’s community and beyond.
And finally, in episode 61 we dream… of what the future office space might look like.
Welcome to Episode 60 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
This week, our conversation centers around coworking, and our guest has been credited as an original pioneer of coworking in the UK, having founded coworking business Huckletree in 2014, Gabriela Hersham. Huckletree is now one of the UK’s most exciting coworking brands, bringing together the UK and Ireland’s most innovative startups, entrepreneurs and businesses. A champion of women in business, Gabriela has been actively campaigning for greater diversity and representation within the innovation ecosystem, and passionately supports female entrepreneurs both in Huckletree’s community and beyond.
In episode 60 we focus on the 100s Club, a program that aims to give back to the employees and not just the founders.
Welcome to Episode 59 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
This week, our conversation centers around coworking, and our guest has been credited as an original pioneer of coworking in the UK, having founded coworking business Huckletree in 2014, Gabriela Hersham. Huckletree is now one of the UK’s most exciting coworking brands, bringing together the UK and Ireland’s most innovative startups, entrepreneurs and businesses. A champion of women in business, Gabriela has been actively campaigning for greater diversity and representation within the innovation ecosystem, and passionately supports female entrepreneurs both in Huckletree’s community and beyond.
In episode 59 we discover how coworking has evolved from the early days of 2014, and how things have changed due to the pandemic
Welcome to Episode 58 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
This week, we catch up with industrial psychologist and Cappfinity co-founder and Chief Customer Officer, Nicky Garcea. Nicky works with Cappfinity clients globally and heads up the Americas. Nicky has over 20 years of experience working with global clients. She is a pioneer in recruiting and developing for strengths, and the recruitment and promotion of underrepresented talent. Nicky is a regular keynote speaker on candidate experience and immersive recruitment technology.
Finally, in episode 58, Nicky talks about the research book she has co-authored and practically how you can start to build a strengths-based organization.
Welcome to Episode 57 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
This week, we catch up with industrial psychologist and Cappfinity co-founder and Chief Customer Officer, Nicky Garcea. Nicky works with Cappfinity clients globally and heads up the Americas. Nicky has over 20 years of experience working with global clients. She is a pioneer in recruiting and developing for strengths, and the recruitment and promotion of underrepresented talent. Nicky is a regular keynote speaker on candidate experience and immersive recruitment technology.
In episode 57 we look at what is a healthy organization and how these organizations go about measuring it. And we look at emerging trends in healthy organizations.
Welcome to Episode 56 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
This week, we catch up with industrial psychologist and Cappfinity co-founder and Chief Customer Officer, Nicky Garcea. Nicky works with Cappfinity clients globally and heads up the Americas. Nicky has over 20 years of experience working with global clients. She is a pioneer in recruiting and developing for strengths, and the recruitment and promotion of underrepresented talent. Nicky is a regular keynote speaker on candidate experience and immersive recruitment technology.
In episode 56 we get to know what positive psychology is, as it relates to business, and specifically how the PERMA model is used to help promote it.
Welcome to Episode 55 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
This week is all about communication in remote and virtual teams. Our guest is Josh Little, the founder of four tech companies–Maestro, Bloomfire, Qzzer, and Volley–that have collectively been used by hundreds of millions of people and featured in TechCrunch, Mashable, Entrepreneur, Inc, and Forbes. Josh is currently on a mission to provide the world with a more meaningful way to communicate with his fourth creation, Volley–a video messaging app.
- In episode 55 we tie things up by venturing into the possible future evolutions of virtual team communication.
Welcome to Episode 54 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
This week is all about communication in remote and virtual teams. Our guest is Josh Little, the founder of four tech companies–Maestro, Bloomfire, Qzzer, and Volley–that have collectively been used by hundreds of millions of people and featured in TechCrunch, Mashable, Entrepreneur, Inc, and Forbes. Josh is currently on a mission to provide the world with a more meaningful way to communicate with his fourth creation, Volley–a video messaging app.
- In episode 54 we move on to Josh’s option, Volley. How it works and the practical applications it offers.
Welcome to Episode 53 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
This week is all about communication in remote and virtual teams. Our guest is Josh Little, the founder of four tech companies–Maestro, Bloomfire, Qzzer, and Volley–that have collectively been used by hundreds of millions of people and featured in TechCrunch, Mashable, Entrepreneur, Inc, and Forbes. Josh is currently on a mission to provide the world with a more meaningful way to communicate with his fourth creation, Volley–a video messaging app.
- In episode 53 we discuss communication currently in organisations. Talking or typing, what works and what doesn’t, and the pros and cons of each.
Welcome to Episode 52 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
This week we caught up with Senior Vice President at Lockton, O’Brien McMahon.
O’Brien helps HR and business leaders build better employee benefits, compensation, and retirement programs. He hosts “People Business with O'Brien McMahon”, a podcast exploring the human element of work. O’Brien has met with over 300 companies in the last decade and enjoys helping leaders make the most of themselves and the people around them.
This is the third and final part of our conversation with O'Brien, in this episode, we speak about what does the future work structure look like.
Welcome to Episode 51 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
This week we caught up with Senior Vice President at Lockton, O’Brien McMahon.
O’Brien helps HR and business leaders build better employee benefits, compensation, and retirement programs. He hosts “People Business with O'Brien McMahon”, a podcast exploring the human element of work. O’Brien has met with over 300 companies in the last decade and enjoys helping leaders make the most of themselves and the people around them.
This is part 2 of 3 in our conversation with O'Brien, in this episode, we speak about what responsibilities do employers carry towards their employees.
Welcome to Episode 50 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
This week we caught up with Senior Vice President at Lockton, O’Brien McMahon.
O’Brien helps HR and business leaders build better employee benefits, compensation, and retirement programs. He hosts “People Business with O'Brien McMahon”, a podcast exploring the human element of work. O’Brien has met with over 300 companies in the last decade and enjoys helping leaders make the most of themselves and the people around them.
This is part 1 of 3 in our conversation with O'Brien, in this episode we speak about the Great Resignation and is it here to stay.
Welcome to Episode 48 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
In this episode, we catch up again with Lucy Lewis, an Employment Lawyer, and partner at Lewis Silkin. Lucy leads Lewis Silkin’s Future of Work initiative, the Future of Work Hub an award-winning future of work blog. The Future of Work Hub is a community insight sharing and resource site that helps businesses navigate an uncertain and rapidly changing landscape and prepare for the future of work.
The main takeaways from our conversation today were:
- What changes have we seen in employment law in the past 24 months?
Welcome to Episode 49 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
In this episode, we catch up again with Lucy Lewis, an Employment Lawyer, and partner at Lewis Silkin. Lucy leads Lewis Silkin’s Future of Work initiative, the Future of Work Hub an award-winning future of work blog. The Future of Work Hub is a community insight sharing and resource site that helps businesses navigate an uncertain and rapidly changing landscape and prepare for the future of work.
The main takeaways from our conversation today were:
- What are the practical applications business leaders can take away and implement?
Welcome to Episode 47 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
In this episode, we catch up with Lucy Lewis, an Employment Lawyer, and partner at Lewis Silkin. Lucy leads Lewis Silkin’s Future of Work initiative, the Future of Work Hub an award-winning future of work blog. The Future of Work Hub is a community insight sharing and resource site that helps businesses navigate an uncertain and rapidly changing landscape and prepare for the future of work.
The main takeaways from our conversation today were:
- What are the key trends affecting employment law today?
Welcome to Episode 46 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
In this episode, we catch up with Stijn Hendrikse, a serial entrepreneur and Founder of marketing solutions company Kalungi. Stijn has 15 years of experience helping B2B startups scale at speed, helping and seeing both teams and products step up and add value fuels his passion.
Today we jump straight in and discover:
- How marketing has evolved and how large marketing companies are trying to own the entire customer journey
- We’ll look at one to one marketing and discuss the ownership of the data produced
- We’ll get Stijn’s views on whether there should be more or less business tools
- and We’ll get an insight into his brand new book T2D3, which pulls on his 15 year experience with B2B start ups.
In today's episode, we catch up with Derrick Franco, an engineer and an entrepreneur with over a decade of experience in startups and software engineering. With a track record of building successful products, he is currently the Lead Engineer at Counterpart as well as the host of the Future of Work Project podcast.
In part 3 of this series with Derrick, we discuss, through trial and error what has worked and what hasn’t worked so well.
In today's episode, we catch up with Derrick Franco, an engineer and an entrepreneur with over a decade of experience in startups and software engineering. With a track record of building successful products, he is currently the Lead Engineer at Counterpart as well as the host of the Future of Work Project podcast.
In part 2 of this series with Derrick, we focus on Derrick’s FOWProject Podcast and how it’s well on the way to becoming a book.
In today's episode, we catch up with Derrick Franco, an engineer and an entrepreneur with over a decade of experience in startups and software engineering. With a track record of building successful products, he is currently the Lead Engineer at Counterpart as well as the host of the Future of Work Project podcast.
In part 1 of this series with Derrick, we dive into what products and engineering can be teaching the rest of the business world and the business team inside the company.
Welcome to Episode 44 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
In this episode we catch up with Marc Reifenrath, one of the original founders and the current CEO of Spinutech. Spinutech has grown from a University Dorm start up over 20 years ago to a multinational digital agency with 170 team members. Marc is passionate about culture and believes it has been, and continues to be, essential not only to Spinutech’s success but the success of their clients, as well.
In this culture based conversation we will discover:
- The three pillars Marc has built the culture on and why.
- How to align your organisation using culture and how to bring it back if the culture is fractured.
- And what Marc has learnt as a leader after 20 years building and running his own business.
Welcome to episode 43 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
In this episode we catch up with Nathalie Marquez Courtney an award-winning writer and photographer who loves getting inspired by creative people and how they work. She writes and shoots stories for Ireland's leading publications and her photography work has been published in a wide variety of national and international publications, including The New York Times and The Guardian. Nathalie is also a self-confessed tech nerd and when not shooting or writing, she can usually be found on a beach in her new hometown of Galway in the west of Ireland.
- Today we’ll find out how Nathalie’s Mexican birthplace, growing up in a circus and moving to Ireland all shaped her outlook on work today.
- We’ll delve into imposter syndrome and how it affects both men and women,
- and why visual story telling is critical skill for the future
Welcome to episode 42 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
I’m Doug Foulkes and this week with WNDYR CEO, Claire Haidar, we catch up with Michael Solomon, an established entrepreneur and the co-founder of 10x Management a premier tech talent agency, and 10x Ascend a boutique compensation negotiation service.
Today we will explore:
- What is 10X talent and why you should be using it
- How some people manage to self sabotage their own work seeking efforts
- What the blind spots are in current talent management in terms of identifying and retaining top talents
But first, after Claire expresses dismay at the similarity of the questions being asked to Michael about human resource strategy, we dive into the questions that should be asked in and around HR leaders.
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This week we meet Todd Jick, a professor at Columbia Business School and a leading expert in Leadership and Organizational Change. Todd has twice received the Singhvi Prize for Teaching Excellence with popular MBA courses on Change Management. He has co-authored Managing Change and The Boundaryless Organization, and actively consults with companies on leadership and transformation.
in a packed show today we
- look at what has actually changed in the past 4 decades
- practically what is the starting point when an organization wants to change
- and the positive and negative reactions leaders have taken post pandemic
Welcome to Episode 40 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future. We release 2 podcasts a month featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.
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This week we met with Abbey Donnell, the Founder, and CEO of Work & Mother, a network of 'amenitized' full service, fully equipped Mother's Suites that support working moms. Before devoting her work full time to Work & Mother, Abbey spent her career in marketing and brand strategy. Abbey has a BS and BA in Advertising and Spanish Language from the University of Colorado at Boulder, an MBA from Rice University, and is a Certified Lactation Counselor. She is also a working mother herself, with firsthand experience of the challenges that today's working families face.
This is not a podcast just for our female listeners. As we will find out, the lack of amenities in the workspace is something that can affect everyone.
- Today we will discover what problem Work & Mother is solving for
- What legacy Abbey would like to leave for the future workplace
- The legal obligations employers face when supplying amenities for their workforce
Today we meet up with Ilan Kasan, Co-founder and CEO, at Exceed.ai
With deep expertise in AI, user experience, and SaaS, Ilan has had a 20-year career in engineering, general management, and product management for leading global technology companies including, Cisco, WebEx, Comeet, and others.
Exceed is a company that is disrupting traditional marketing and sales by using AI to reduce the cost of acquiring sales leads by up to 79%, and saving up to 35% of sales reps costs, and trust me, we’ll find out how they do that shortly. We will also:
- get Ilan’s experience of working in both Silicon Valley and Israel’s Silicon Wadi
- why Ilan thinks AI is here to help humans and not replace them
- and where, in general the future of work is heading
but first, let’s explore the difference between a technologist and a product engineer...
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In this episode we meet Mike O’Toole, a widely respected and vastly experienced photographer, film maker and creative tutor. Twice recognised by The Lürzers Archive as one of the 200 Best Advertising Photographers Worldwide.
Mike’s work has drawn accolades from The Association of Photographers (Uk) and his work recently received an award of excellence at 62nd Annual Communications Arts Competition in the US. His commercial photography is regularly featured in the highest profile publications internationally.
Mike lives in County Kildare, Ireland and is a family man, married with 2 daughters.
As we will discover Mike has found a way to remain relevant in an ever changing work environment. It’s these insights we will explore in this podcast: specifically
- it’s about following a passion
- always looking to make more from what you have
- be interested in everything and not necessarily an ultra specialist
- finding strength by looking inwards rather than searching outwardly for acceptance
- and being prepared to do the hard work.. especially early in your career.
But first, Mike tells us what has helped link the various stages in his work career:
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This week we catch up with Laura Stebbing, Laura is Co-CEO of accelerateHER, an organisation focused on addressing the under-representation of women in technology. She builds global partnerships that drive impact for purpose-driven organisations, on issues from technology and gender to entrepreneurship and human rights.
Laura was Partnerships Director for the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women and works extensively in the field of human rights;
- In the next 45 mins we find out about growing up in an unstable Zimbabwe,
- The important difference between mentorship and sponsorship
- how Laura’s work at ExcellerateHer is changing gender equality
- and how gender roles have been set back due to the pandemic
But first Laura explains why diversity is so important:
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In today’s podcast we have a critical conversation about the very essence of the future of work, with Ananth Avva, President and COO of Pipefy. Pipefy is a no-code workflow automation platform that empowers citizen developers to transform the way they work. Ananth brings over 15 years of leadership and experience in the tech industry, including executive roles for Wrike, cybersecurity leader Lastline, and cloud-based contact center solution LiveOps (now Serenova). Ananth’s prior experience also includes positions at Google, Voyant Advisors, and KPMG.
In the next 40 minutes we will discuss:
- the expectation of knowledge workers to become citizen developers
- the evolution from RPA (bots), to iPaaS to process orchestration
- the need for chief people officers to groom future operational leaders
- and the implications for companies and individuals in the ever more challenging workplace
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We recently had the pleasure of spending an hour in the company of Sara Barkat, a Gen Z writer, editor, and artist who has potentially very different views on work and where it is going.
Sara loves amongst other things, art, science, and books. She is a Content SEO for Tweetspeak Poetry and a writer for Poetic Earth Month.
Today we give you the chance to look through the eyes of the current generation and see how they view work unfolding.
The aim is to leave you with more questions than answers and challenge your view of what is possible in the future of work.
And we’ll start right there, with Sara’s definition of work…
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In this episode we catch up with innovation expert, Alfia Ilicheva. She is Co-Founder of WIN: Women in Innovation, a hugely successful nonprofit with an international mandate and a mission to close the gender gap in innovation. Alfia is a Russian immigrant who has completely rebuilt her life and believes you can do the same.
today we will:
- see that with hope and resilience how Alfia has rebuilt her life
- what innovation means in the context of a post-pandemic workplace
- how WIN is actively closing the gender gap in boardrooms and how this process can be accelerated
- and how us humans can make our lives better through embracing innovation
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This episode we spend an enlightening hour with a “Millennial trapped in a Baby Boomer body, Ira Wolfe. Ira is President of Poised for the Future Company. Founder of Success Performance Solutions, a TEDx Speaker, and a global Thought Leader on the Future of Work and Recruitment. He hosts the Geeks Geezers Googlization podcast which was selected as one of the top 50 podcasts to listen to in 2021. No pressure from our side then…
In this session we:
- get Ira’s take on what recruitment will look like in the next 5 years and the constraints we are putting ourselves under.
- Why he sees the world as VUCA.
- how work is fundamentally changing going forward
- and how leaders need to find ways to help their people develop, change and take a risk
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In this episode we meet Fouad Samara, an award-winning architect now living in Beirut with vast experience in the United Kingdom and Canada. In our conversation we:
- learn how Fouad has developed a process driven architecture that when applied delivers guaranteed originality
- we delve into how the pandemic has changed fundamentally how we think of work and personal spaces, and what that means for the future
- and what Fouad means by relevant and original architecture.
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In this episode we meet Puja Parekh, a Service Designer based in the UK with a background in leading digital transformation projects across the public and private sectors around the world.
Puja’s work spans from working on service improvements, design strategy and organisational change.
Today we will unpack:
- what is service design and how is it used in large organisations like governments as well as smaller agile companies.
- How Pujah’s early carrier working at the Clinton Global Initiative, and Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg Foundation has shaped the service design she does today.
- and why the transformation of public service is key to us living our best lives
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The pandemic might have almost closed Hotels and the hospitality industry, but that doesn’t stop us from chatting to Ciara Crossan, a tech entrepreneur who combined a degree in Business Information Systems with a family background in hotels to found WeddingDates 13 years ago.
Ciara is an expert in sales, marketing, and PR for small businesses. Under the leadership of her infectious enthusiasm, industry knowledge, and entrepreneurial drive, She has won numerous awards including Innovative Business 2019 at the All Ireland Business Awards and Best Online PR at the 2011 Social Media Awards.
She was also accredited as a Thought Leader in International Hospitality Marketing by the All Ireland Business Foundation in December 2019.
Today Ciara enlightens us on
- how the hospitality industry plans to bounce back after the pandemic
- how your hotel stay will change with the introduction of AI
- and will there even be jobs in hospitality once the robots arrive
But we start with a close look at the current state of the hospitality industry.
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In this episode we spend a very interesting hour in the company of Social impact investor, Eva Yazhari. Eva is the Co-Founder and CEO of Beyond Capital, an impact investment fund that believes that investing is a powerful mindset that can inspire good and improve lives.
Eva Yazhari is the Co-Founder and CEO of Beyond Capital, an impact investment fund founded on the belief that investing is a powerful mindset that can inspire good and improve lives. Throughout her 16-year career, Eva has worked in the impact investment, finance, and asset management industries.
Eva built Beyond Capital to be a recognized global brand. Its portfolio improves the lives of a growing 7 million low-income individuals, including investments in Kasha, a technology-driven e-commerce women's health company in East Africa; and Frontier Markets, a fast-growing distribution business providing goods and services for consumers living throughout rural India. Both companies are targeting addressable markets numbering billions of consumers and are uniquely poised for commercial financial returns as well as social returns. When it comes to impact measurement, Beyond Capital partners with pioneering firm Proof of Impact to independently verify and track the growth of outcome-linked metrics.
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Today we have a treat in store for you, as we step into the fascinating data-driven world of Phil Harvey. A self-confessed beardy data geek he has worked in a wide range of industries and currently his interest lies in the impact of data on what we know and how we know it.
In this deep dive into data you will discover:
- The difference between ethical and unethical AI
- Robotics, AI, automation and machine learning 101
- and what work in the future will be like, when the robots have arrived
Phil is a big beardy data geek who loves working with data and solving interesting data problems. He is especially interested in software skills for technical people in data, empathy, ethics, and in the impact of data on what people know and how they know it. Starting his career with a BA in AI, he has worked in a wide range of industries from surveying, to architecture, to advertising, to being the CTO and technical founder of a data start-up. Phil now works at Microsoft as a Senior Cloud Solution Architect for Data & AI in One Commercial Partner.
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This week we look at the future of work and art, by stepping into the world of Joyce Goss.
Joyce Goss is the Executive Director of The Goss-Michael Foundation, which is internationally renowned for its Goss-Michael Collection of important contemporary and modern British art. She is a leading philanthropist and activist in the art world and has served in executive positions, a board member and chair of key events for The Family Place, MTV RE:DEFINE, U.S. Fund for UNICEF, Dallas Women’s Foundation, The Nasher Sculpture Center, Planned Parenthood of North Texas, The Dallas Contemporary and the Dallas Opera among others.
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Today we spend an hour with Co-founder and CEO of Teamwork, Peter Coppinger. We find out how Peter built Teamwork from a small start-up to a leader in the field on a minimal budget. How Peter is on the whole ‘in person-virtual’ topic, his hands-on approach to leading Teamwork, and much more.
Peter Coppinger is the Co-founder and CEO of Teamwork. As CEO he leads the company towards its vision: to help teams all over the world be efficient, organized, and happy. Since the early days of running his web agency, Peter has been obsessed with helping teams work better together. Today, Teamwork’s business management apps power 24,000 companies worldwide. One of Peter’s ambitions in life is to help Ireland develop more indigenous SaaS companies and he is involved in a number of startup initiatives that help promote and encourage this. Peter is a dad to two daughters, he’s an avid reader and loves to travel with his family.
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In this episode we tackle the future of work and philanthropy by seeing the world through the eyes of architect turned philanthropist Gowri Sharma.
She currently sits on the boards, among others, of talkSTEM, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Texas Women's Foundation and the regional UNICEF board. And as if that isn't enough to fill your day, she works with the Seattle based company Top Pot Doughnuts and is the architect advisor for her family real estate development business. Gowri, her husband and daughter live in Dallas and Boston.
Gowri speaks with our hosts, Claire Haidar (CEO at Wndyr) and Doug Foulkes about where she feels philanthropy is shaping the future of work.
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Kelly Ford Buckley is a tech industry executive turned growth equity investor with a specialty in accelerating growth and building enterprise value for software companies from startup to $100M. Prior to Edison, Kelly spent 20 years in high-growth emerging and established companies. She has been featured in Buyouts, Forbes, Crunchbase, Venture Capital Journal, and on Nasdaq TradeTalks and Cheddar, and is a frequent speaker at national investor, tech industry, B2B sales and marketing events.
Amee is a passionate advocate for education and issues impacting children and equity. She joined United to Learn in 2019 as the Chief Operations Officer, where she combines this passion with her knowledge of finance and HR. Prior to working at United to Learn, Amee founded and ran Jalsa Foods, a successful salsa company, which she continues to support. Before launching Jalsa, Amee worked in the field of expatriate taxation and global human resources, supporting Fortune 500 companies to manage their international workforces. Amee graduated with a BS degree in Management/Finance from the State University of NY at Binghamton. Amee is an alumni of Leadership ISD, a member of the St. Mark’s School Texas Board of Trustees, former board member of the Southwest Regional Board for the US Fund for UNICEF and a volunteer at various children-focused nonprofits around Dallas. When not working, you can find Amee in the kitchen, on a walk or traveling (when once again permitted!).
This week we spend time with Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Dialexa, Scott Harper.
Scott Harper is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Dialexa, a technology consulting firm founded on the belief that every industry would be won with technology. Dialexa works with category winning companies to deliver exceptional client experiences, new digital products, and proprietary technology that delivers competitive advantage. Clients include world-class brands such as Boston Consulting Group, Toyota, Topgolf, Unisys, Genentech, and Audi.
Under Scott’s leadership, Dialexa has received numerous awards such as: Inc Magazine’s Best Workplaces, Dallas Business Journal’s Best Places to Work, and Entrepreneur.com as one of the top entrepreneurial companies in America for several years in a row. Additionally, Dialexa has been recognized by Forrester many times for such accolades as being ranked as a leading Digital Experience Service Provider.
Scott has also personally received many honors and awards including the Ernst & Young EY Entrepreneur Of The Year
award, D CEO Dallas 500 award, and the Dallas Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 Award.
Along with running Dialexa, Scott is a founder and former Chairman of Vinli, a founder and board member of Rosy Wellness, and was a founder and board member of Robin Technologies - all companies born out of Dialexa’s incubator, Dialexa Labs. He also serves on the board of the Lone Star Chapter of YPO as membership chair, is an Operating Partner with Alturus Capital, and serves on the SMU Computer Science Department Advisory Board.
Scott has a BS in Mechanical Engineering with a Biomedical Specialization from Southern Methodist University. He resides in Dallas with his wife, Lyndsey, and their three children, Scarlett, Camille, and Clifton.
Doug Foulkes and Claire Haidar meet with Caryl Stern and discuss how our duty to leave a better world behind for children while continuing to manage fundraising during a time of global crisis.
Caryl Stern has dedicated her career to helping others through education, compassion, advocacy and rolling up her sleeves. She shares her perspective on creating access and opportunities to people in need and how her belief that those who are closest to the problems are the closest to the solutions helps drive progress forward.
A candid conversation with Lea A. Ellermeier covering everything from how she approaches entrepreneurship, hiring the right people, the value of being in the office & the future of work.
LEA A. ELLERMEIER
SERIAL ENTREPRENEUR, CEO, AUTHOR, VISUAL ARTIST, EXPLORER
Lea has spent her +25-year career in start-up and small tech companies focused on bringing disruptive technologies to software and healthcare markets.
She is also a painter and a writer. Her memoir, Finding the Exit, is the story of overcoming a tragic beginning and finding success in the hyper-competitive world of technology start-ups. It captures the feelings of economic vulnerability that stalk women of disadvantaged backgrounds as they become executives and leaders.
In 2003 she co-founded Lingualcare, a medtech company that made customized orthodontic braces that go behind the teeth.
Lingualcare won the prestigious Dallas 100 Entrepreneur Award in 2007 for being one of the fastest growing, most dynamic companies in Dallas. In October 2007, 3M Company acquired Lingualcare. After selling Lingualcare, Lea co-founded Natural Dental Implants AG, REPLICATE Dental Technologies PLC and 2C Dental Technologies Inc.
A native of Nebraska, Lea received her B.A. from the University of Texas at El Paso and an M.B.A. from the Thunderbird,
School of Global Management in Glendale, Arizona. She is currently the CEO of 2C MedTech and resides in Dallas, Texas and Berlin, Germany.
Julie Lenzer, Doug Foulkes & Claire Haidar discuss the intersections of technology, academics, and the intricacies of protectable IP and technology transfers.
Julie Lenzer has held every role in the entrepreneurial ecosystem – from successful entrepreneur, policy advisor, funder, ecosystem builder and investor. She is currently the Chief Innovation Officer at the University of Maryland. In this role, she is charged with fostering and deploying innovation to drive greater economic and social impact from faculty, students, and alumni endeavors. Her portfolio includes UM Ventures which is the tech transfer office, the Maryland Small Business Development Center (SBDC), the Maryland International Incubator (MI2), TechPort (an incubator in rural Maryland), the Mixed/Augmented/Virtual Reality Innovation Center (MAVRIC), as well as university engagement with the Discovery District (UMD’s research park).
Prior to joining the university, she was the Director of the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIE) within the U.S. Department of Commerce and Special Assistant to the Secretary for innovation policy. While there, she created the Regional Innovation Strategies grant program (now called Build to Scale). As of 2018, that program helped create over 8,000 jobs and raise just over $1B in capital to support startups.
Selwyn discusses the impacts the 2020 election will have on companies companies with a shift left, towards more environmentally focused initiatives, healthcare changes, and parental leave policies.
Selwyn Rayzor is President of the Rayzor Company, a real estate and investment company, and is on the Board of Directors of Suderman & Young Towing as well as G&H Towing, harbor towing companies in the Gulf of Mexico. She is also a member of the Westpark TIRZ (Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone) Board with the city of Denton, Texas. Before returning home to Texas, Rayzor was a Managing Director within the investment banking division of the ABN Amro Bank in London. Prior to her time in London, she was a mortgage derivative trader in New York.
Rayzor’s passion for helping underprivileged women and children was deepened after traveling with UNICEF USA to Uganda and Nepal. She is the founding Board Chair of the North Texas Board of UNICEF USA and serves on the National Development Board of UNICEF USA. She also serves on the Board of Directors of Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas as well as board chair for talkSTEM. Rayzor is a proud graduate of Duke University, and now serves on the Duke Alumni Association Advisory Committee as an alumni interviewer and on the Duke University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative Advisory Board. She is a founding member of the Duke UNICEF Innovation Accelerator. She has chaired fundraising events for UNICEF, Family Gateway, Texas Women's Foundation, Annie’s List, Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas, the Lamplighter School and the Greenhill School.
Rayzor lives in Dallas with her husband Rich and children, Jack and Adair.
Alex Shootman shares the important lessons that cycling and the highs and lows of raising children have taught him about work.
Linda Fayne Levinson discusses how business leaders need to start searching for change to prepare for an uncertain future of work. How will people process working from home, moving back into offices, and balancing work and life in a post pandemic world.
Deanna is the Chief Innovation officer at DAM company Widen. Widen is a tech company 70 years young that's developed with its customers from engraving to printing and through to software. Deanna started at the company about 15 years ago and has worked through to a senior position, heading up Product Development.
Before the pandemic, DAM was used mainly by creative teams. Now it's a hub for all employees, teams, and customers in the business ecosystem. Here, we explore what's changed, as well as the Widen innovation process, and how it's all about changing behaviors. Deanna also explains what she thinks is the next big innovation, and the importance of balancing customer and employee satisfaction.
Claire Haidar and Doug Foulkes join Dr. Lyndsey Harper, MD, founder of ROSY, an app for women experiencing decreased sexual desire and other sexual related problems. We discuss the link between sex, self-esteem, and work. That includes our educational obligation as a sexual being and the ME TOO movement, and how evasion and a lack of drive can reflect behavior in the workplace. SexTech is bringing people back to their bodies, and this needs to be the same in the work environment in order to help with understanding physical signals, mental patterns, and needs.
What does it mean to be human in this new world? How can we redefine the role of humans in a world of machines? Digital sociologist Lisa Talia Moretti worked with WNDYR on a research project about the role of humans in the future. Here, she recaps this work and its relevance in todays environment. She explains which 10 specific skills we must develop to remain relevant.
Lisa has recently been named one of the top 100 people in the UK who is changing the digital and internet industries for good in the field of Tech Ethics. This has lead to her being appointed as the Resident Digital Sociologist for the Ministry of Justice, UK. She speaks about the need for governments to have a "Department of Tech”, as well as how companies need to recognize and develop "HQ" (Human Quotient) and other soft skills in their employees. Finally she speaks passionately about Ethics—what it is and how to implement it in our lives. It’s about deciding how we want to live our lives.
Kyle Bass is a hedge fund manager and founder and CIO of Hayman Capital Management, known for predicting the Subprime mortgage crisis of 2008. He has a straight talking, no nonsense approach to uncovering injustices in the world, and reminds us to challenge the information in anything we read.
David MacLaren is the founder and CEO of DAM company Media Valet. Media Valet started as a travel repository for images and digital information for hotels and resorts. Developing into one of the forefront DAM companies worldwide.
Tina Howard is the founder of Leaves, a book and tea shop in Fort Worth, Texas. Her story is one of strong Community values and building, centered around the starting and development of the 2 year old business.
Andrew Filev is the founder and CEO of WRIKE, a work management platform created in 2003. Work management platforms assists in making remote work possible and effective. Along with his reasons for the importance of the collaboration and visibility in today's remote, agile, digital work environment, Andrew offers 5 things that management teams in growing companies should be thinking about.