This week’s episode features Gordon Wright, Senior VP and Global WorkPlace Practice Director at HOK, one of the leading Architecture/Engineering/Design companies. We are talking about how AI and VR are playing a role in office design, the impact companies can have on a community, smart buildings and much more.
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Whether you are in the camp of people who are excited and optimistic about AI and automation or the camp of people who are concerned and even slightly scared of what will happen to human jobs in the future, this topic always leads to a fascinating discussion and it is exactly what I will be talking about today with Martin Ford, NY Times Bestselling author and leading futurist.
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Today’s guest is Paul Oyer, Professor of Economics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Director of Stanford’s new Big Data program. If you think AI and automation is the biggest threat to jobs, think again. As you will hear in today’s episode, there are a few other big disruptions coming and they are further up on Paul’s list of things to worry about than job loss from AI. We also discuss the gig economy, shifting demographic trends in the workplace and big data. [...]
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This week I am talking with Cindy Parnell, the Executive Director at Arizona State University Career and Professional Development Services. We all know that education is vital to the future of work, and while some academic institutions are stuck in the past, there are some, like ASU, who are thinking ahead and preparing their students in innovative ways. Today we are talking about what ASU is doing to prep students, the ROI of universities, virtual internships and much more. [...]
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Today’s guest is Natalie McCullough, General Manager of MyAnalytics and Workplace Analytics at Microsoft. Natalie and I are talking about a very popular topic and one that I have explored quite a bit on this podcast, data! But why it is so important for the future of work, how can data shed light on important issues such as diversity and inclusion, and how can workplace analytics be used to change culture? These are just some of the many topics we explore. [...]
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In today’s episode I’m talking with Morten Hansen, Management Professor at the University of California Berkeley and author of a new book called, Great at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better and Achieve More. We are looking at how to master your own work, why companies around the world aren’t changing as fast as they should be, the importance of matching passion with purpose and much more. [...]
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My guest today is Tracy Reinhold, former FBI Agent and Current Chief Security Officer at Fannie Mae. We are talking about how Tracy got to where he is now, how Fannie Mae handles incoming threats/hacks, why every company is a tech company today, and what the future of security looks like. [...]
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This week features a guest that has been on the show before. Francine Katsoudas who is the CHRO at Cisco joined me on the show back in July of 2016 and now she is back to catch us up on what Cisco has been up to over the past 2 years, how she became a successful business leader, what her daily routine is and much more. [...]
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Today’s episode features Kimberly Samon, CHRO at Weight Watchers and we’re talking about how the company is evolving and modernizing and how they went from an industry in turmoil to one that is thriving. You will also hear Kimberly’s take on work/life integration, what it is like to work for Weight Watchers, how they justify spending money on Employee Experience and much more. [...]
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My guest this week is Jordan Birnbaum, VP and Chief Behavioral Economist at ADP. We are talking about behavioral economics, how to drive behavioral change in the workplace, consistent irrational behaviors that we should be aware of, how loss aversion can be used by managers and much more. [...]
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