Episode 110: What Can an Anthropologist Teach Us About the Future of Work?

What can an anthropologist tell us about the future of work? A lot as it happens, since they  know a lot about  societies and cultures, which means that their observations about the workplace can help us understand how things are evolving…

Episode 108: Are Workers Trading Pay for Purpose?

Workers want more than money when they accept a job and typical looking for things like a manageable commute and a good team to work with as well. Increasingly, they are also interested in working for mission-oriented companies, wanting to…

Episode 105: How Can Organizations Walk the Talk on Diversity in the Workplace?

Organizations talk about the need to have diverse organizations and they may be sincere about that, but actually making that happen can be difficult to do. Designing the right programs is not easy and getting people on board can be…

Episode 84: Why are Women Stalling on their Way to the Top?

Despite the  inroads women have made in the workforce over the past decades, the progress may not be as good as it looks particularly when it comes to the C-Suite. On this episode Monika Hamori, Associate Professor at the IE…

Episode 77: How Will the Awareness of ESG Impact the Future of Work?

What do concerns about ESG mean for the future of work? The pandemic aside though, we have a building awareness of what is going on in terms of environmental change in general, and a building awareness of ESG Investing. ESG-of…

Episode 71: Is Leadership Training Going to the Wrong People?

Is leadership training going to the wrong people? Typically organizations give leadership training it either to very senior people or those who they have identified by conventional metrics as future senior people, but maybe that is not the best way…

Episode 61: How Do Virtual Meetings Change Power Dynamics?

Virtual meetings bring people together but as they do they also shift power dynamics as compared to live meetings. Who will be the winners and losers in this virtual world? As we virtually bring people into our homes, how are…

Episode 58: How Do You Ensure Worker Equity Within a Hybrid Environment?

If some of your workforce is ‘visible’ in an office and some are ‘invisible’ at home,  how can you ensure that everyone is treated fairly? There are many considerations for managers, particularly since hybrid work may disproportionately affect some groups…

Episode 56: What Can Business Leaders Learn from Olympic Athletes?

If you watch any kind of high level sports, you have to marvel at how much training it takes to get to an elite level as well as the training it takes to perform on game day. Doing things under…