In this episode our guest is Steve Hatfield, principal with Deloitte Consulting and serves as the Global Leader for Future of Work for the firm. Steve has more than 20 years of experience advising global organizations on issues of strategy, innovation, organization, people, culture, and change. We discuss what impact the pandemic had on the world of work, how the nature of the employer-employee relationship is changing and what leaders can, and have to do.

In this episode of the WorkLife HUB podcast, our guest is Kecia M. Thomas, Dean of the UAB College of Arts and Sciences, an internationally recognized expert in the psychology and workplace diversity realms. Tune in as we discuss diversity dynamics in the workplace, the career experiences of high potential women of colour, or the 'pet to threat' term, which Dr. Thomas famously coined.

The balance between work and private life is a challenge for so many and Dr. Scott Behson is making it his personal mission to help. On this show, we chat with Scott about his new book, The Whole-Person Workplace: Building Better Workplaces through Work-Life, Wellness, and Employee Support. If it's your goal to build a positive, fulfilling, high-performance work culture, then this conversation is for you!

How to have a focus on diversity and inclusion in engineering? Why embracing diversity is particularly important for the Schindler Group? Join our new podcast conversation as we discuss some of the fundamentals of the diversity and inclusion realm with Eric Howard Way, Global Head of Inclusion, Diversity and CSR at the Schindler Group.

​For car-makers, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed everything. How did, Skoda Auto, the largest Czech car manufacturer, one of the world's oldest automotive brands, react to the crises and mobilised all its available resources to turn things around? In this episode, we chat with Andre Wehner, Skoda's Chief Digital Officer, who played a crucial role in driving the digital changes needed for his organization to successfully respond to the crisis.

In this episode, our guest, for the second time, is Ellen Ernst Kossek, an internationally recognized thought leader on employer support of work and family/personal life integration, gender and diversity. She is an academic, social scientist and Distinguished Professor of Management at the Purdue University. Among many we speak about the impact of the pandemic on the work-life realm, through what practices organizations supported their staff with their work-life needs during the pandemic, and how can inclusive organizational climates be created.

In this episode, our guest is Kristen Anderson, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer for Barilla. We chat about how Barilla has introduced Smart Working, and how this prepared them for the lockdowns in Italy and elsewhere. Kristen also shares their work on diversity and inclusion and that Barilla has won a Catalyst Award in 2021 on Advancing Women in the Workplace.

Schools and kindergartens closing has been probably the biggest headaches for working parents throughout the pandemic. Many parents had to take paid or unpaid time off, use their parental leave and many women had to leave the labour market altogether. A handful of employers have really stepped up to help their employees. In this episode we hear from the remarkable Kristina Pressley, Human Resources manager at Orion Industries (US) about how they have set up their learning pod for the children of the employees.

Join us for this podcast conversation with work sociologist, researcher, author, Tracy Brower. We tackle the work for her latest book on Happiness at Work, as well as what people are going through now in the pandemic. Tracy gives a lot of actionable tips and frameworks of improving our "work-life ecosystem".

In this episode, our guest is Stecy Yghemonos, Executive Director of Eurocarers. We discuss informal carers, who they are and what they do, how particularly vulnerable they are during the pandemic, and what employers and policy makers need to consider.

In this episode, our 2 distinguished guests are joining us from the Boston College Center for Work & Family, which is the leading university-based center in the US, focused on helping employers enhance the employee experience, increase employee productivity, and improve the quality of employee lives. Dr. Brad Harrington and Jennifer Sabatini Fraone are sharing with us what their corporate members have put in place to support working parents and carers during the pandemic.

Did you know that Hamburg tops the German traffic jam ranking with people spending up to 130 hours per year bumper-to-bumper? Our guest today is Burkhard Rönnefarth, Director of Coworking at Deutsche Bahn, Station & Service AG. Tune in as we discuss the future of train travels and train stations, and the signature coworking space of Deutsche Bahn, everyworks.

In this episode, our guest is Mona Malone, Chief Human Resources Officer and Head of People & Culture for BMO Financial Group. We discuss how BMO has enabled employees, who could, to shift to remote working, how they have trained managers and how BMO is able to maintain the culture of the organisation for the remote workforce.

On this episode, we talk to Madeleine Bunting about her latest book, Labours of Love: the Crisis of Care. We also touch upon what she had discovered in the process of the writing of this masterpiece - taking her over five years - and why we all need to revalue care and caring in the next years.

Is there a price for success? Are there win-win solutions for both employers and employees to achieve organisational success? These are some of the highly exciting issues we discuss today with our two guests, Giovanni Russo of Cedefop, and Gijs van Houten of Eurofound, who share with us the key findings of the fourth edition of the European Company Survey 2019: Workplace practices unlocking employee potential, jointly carried out by the EU agencies.

In this conversation, in which we are chatting with Giorgio Luigi Risso, we get a closer look at the activities of the Public Employment Service provider in the Piedmont Region in Italy, and why it can be important for such government organisations to focus more on work-life balance. This episode is recorded to promote the Equality for Work and Life EU project, financed by the European Commission.

Liz helps us understand why conflict happens in remote teams, and the best way managers can approach it. Tune in as we also touch upon the questions of self-management and emotional intelligence.

Teleworking is here to say - what it means for policy makers and enterprises? In this episode we chat with Jon C. Messenger, teleworking expert, Team Leader of the Working Conditions Group at the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva. In the conversation, we touch upon ILO's recent publication 'Practical Guide on Teleworking during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond' and why Jon believes that teleworking is tomorrow's form of work.

In this episode of the WorkLife HUB podcast, we host Scott Anthony, Managing Director at Innosight. We touch upon the key insights from his most recent book Eat, Sleep, Innovate, and also discuss how the current COVID-19 crises will change industries and the new reality of work.

Join us as we are hosting Erin L. Kelly, Sloan Distinguished Professor of Work and Organization Studies at the MIT Sloan School of Management, co-author of the recently published book, Overload: How Good Jobs Went Bad and What We Can Do about It. Drawing on five years of research, including hundreds of interviews with employees and managers, Kelly - and Phyllis Moen, co-author - tells a story of a major exepriment that they helped design and impelent at a Fortune 500 company.

In this fascinating conversation, we are hosting Gerrit Van de Mosselaer of the Federal Public Service - Social Security in Belgium. Gerrit introduces us to the NOVO concept, one of the most successful culture change initiatives ever implemented in the Belgian public sector. Listen in as Gerrit shares great insight about the nuances of rolling out an organization-wide culture change programme, and what lessons have they learned along the way, that started more than 10 years ago.

In this episode, we are joined by Suzanne Lucas, the Evil HR Lady. Suzanne and Agnes chat about the particular challenges HR professionals encountered during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, her take on flexible working and teleworking, and how she sees the evolvement of the post-pandemic work and workplaces. They also touch upon the Black Lives Matter movement and discrimination at work.

In this episode, we speak with Hilde Olsen, who is coordinating the work of the European Network of Public Employment Services in the European Commission. We discuss the challenges for long-term unemployed to find paid work, especially if they have caring responsibilities, and the point of view of employers broadening their recruitment pool. The episode is recorded to promote the EWQ&L project we are partners in.

In this podcast episode, we connect with Michelle King, Director of Inclusion at Netflix, and author of the book, The Fix: Overcome the Invisible Barriers That Are Holding Women Back at Work. We speak about practicing inclusive leadership at the workplace during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, the notion of femininity stigma, and why diversity and inclusion programs don't work.

Our guest on this episode is David Smith Ph.D. co-author of Athena Rising: How and Why Men Should Mentor Women. Listen in to this insightful conversation as we discuss the story behind Athena Rising, mentoring women at the workplace, and the upcoming book of David, Good Guys: How men can be better allies for women in the workplace.

In this conversation, we speak with Alison Maitland and Rebekah Steele, the co-authors of the book INdvisible: Radically rethinking inclusion for sustainable business results. Where does diversity end and inclusion begin? What is a naturally inclusive leader? Listen in to the conversation to find out more!

In our new episode, we chat with Emanuela Pozzan and Umberto Cattaneo of the ILO, about the Women at Work Centenary Initiative, that aims at better understanding why progress on delivering on decent work for women has been so slow and what needs to be done towards securing a better future for women at work. The conversation also touches upon the recently released ILO Report, co-authored by Emanuela and Umberto, A quantum leap for gender equality: For a better future of work for all' report.

On this episode, we speak about how Alex Goryachev, Cisco's Managing Director of Innovation Strategy and Programs, went from being a hands-on manager in the Silicon Valley world to writing a book. We also touch on why the "lonely innovator" is a total myth and what is the link between Diversity and Inclusion and innovation.

In this episode of the WorkLife HUB podcast we are chatting with Dan Reed, Founder of the Career Dad, with a very important mission: to positively impact as many dads' lives as possible. Through podcasting, fathers' groups, exchange of experience, and especially sharing his experience with working fatherhood he empowers men to embrace their parenting experience and balance it with their career ambitions.

According to the research of Kaihan Krippendorff, only 8 out of 30 biggest innovations in the past decades were by entrepreneurs and the rest by employees. What are the essentials of innovation within companies? How can businesses encourage and enable innovation? In this episode we tap into the experience of Kaihan, business strategist, author of Driving Innovation From Within.

After having served on nuclear submarines in the US Navy, and spending some time working on nuclear plants, William Becker decided he needed a change. What made him decide on academia, and in particular neuroscience, emotions and HRM? In this captivating episode, we are hosting Professor Becker, of Virginia Tech, co-author of one of the most touted research papers of 2018: Killing me softly: Electronic communications monitoring and employee and spouse well-being.

In this episode, we are joined by Ariane Ollier-Malaterre, Professor of at Université du Québec at Montréal. Her research focuses on individuals’ work and life identities in light of technological changes, and of diverse organizational and national contexts. In this conversation, we talk about the different aspects and impact of work-life balance policies, and the key elements necessary for employees to actually benefit from work-life balance arrangements.

In this episode, the WorkLife HUB podcast sits down with Caitlyn Collins, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Washington University in St. Louis, author of Making Motherhood Work: How Women Manage Careers and Caregiving. Listen in as Agnes and Caitlyn speak about the notion of work-life justice, gender inequality at the workplace and in family life, and the findings of a cross-national research study interviewing 135 working women.

Klaus Hochreiter is the CEO and co-founder of eMagnetix an online marketing agency. In October 2018, eMagnetix made headlines in Austria, and Europe, with its innovative work initiative, based on a 30-hour-workweek at full salary. How to make such arrangements work in real life? Why Klaus is not in favour of teleworking? Listen in as we discuss the nuts and bolts of the 30-hour-workweek revolution.

In this new episode, which we specifically recorded ahead of Europe's biggest HR event of 2019, the Zukunft Personal Europe, we are hosting Laura Dekker, the youngest person ever to circumnavigate the Globe. Tune in as Laura shares her fascinating story with us, what she learned along the way, and what are her future plans!

How to move burnout to employee engagement? What causes employee burnout? How to deal with it? In this fascinating episode, we are joined by Professor Michael Leiter organisational psychology expert. Listen in as Agnes and Professor Leiter discuss the most important signs of burnout, employee engagement and many more.

In this episode, Agnes interviews Dr Heejung Chung a professor in social policy and sociology. They talk about: work-life balance, flexible working, the pros and cons of teleworking, gender norms, and the findings of the Work Autonomy, Flexibility and Work-Life Balance research project.

In this episode, our guest is Bruce Daisley, a Man On a Mission! Bruce runs the Apple #1 Business Chart topping podcast Eat Sleep Work Repeat on work culture. His debut book, The Joy of Work, was released in January 2019.

In this episode, our guest is Phyllis Stewart Pires, Director of Worklife Strategy at Stanford University, and Board President of the College and University Work-Life-Family Association (CUWFA).

In 2005, Shawn Askinosie left a successful career as a criminal defence lawyer to start Askinosie Chocolate, a small batch bean to bar manufacturer, and never looked back. In this conversation we explore the journey through which Shawn was able to include social responsibility into everything he does.

In this episode of the WorkLife HUB podcast our guest is Ruben Timmerman, holacracy pioneer, CEO of Springest. We talk about GTD and productivity at Springest, the importance of learning, and entrepreneurship. This discussion is for you if interested in holacracy and its practical implementation.

In this episode, we are talking to Mike Rognlien, a founding member of Facebook's L&D team, and author of This Is Now Your Company: A Culture Carrier's Manifesto. We discuss: why did Mike decide to write his book and what is he hoping to change in the world, the echo chamber in the Silicon Valley, working at Facebook, living your authentic self at work and at home.

Recorded live in Brussels, in this special episode we are joined by René Mat and Sven Vandyck of Accenture Benelux. Listen in as we discuss the role of diversity and inclusion company policies, the business imperative of Inclusion & Diversity, Accenture's LGBT Allies initiative and the Open@Work network. Want to know more about diversity and inclusion? If so, then this podcast is for you!

Why did Henry Ford not want creativity and innovation? What are the new emotions of competitive advantage? In this podcast episode Dan Cable, an award-winning professor or organisational behaviour at London Business School, discusses his new book, Alive at Work, and shares his research insights on how neuroscience could help people love what they work.

In this fascinating podcast conversation, we talk to Kevin Green, Founder and CEO of What's Next Consultancy. Kevin Green has spent a career reviewing the employment market and advising both governments and companies. Among many occupations, he worked for the Royal Mail as HR Director, from 2003 to 2008 where he was part of the leadership team which transformed the business from losing £1.5 million a day in 2003 to making over £600 million profit in 2007. Kevin has a Post-Graduate Diploma in Personnel and is a Fellow of the CIPD and IRP and has written many articles on HR Strategy and Organisational Change.

This week's episode features Lucy Standing, a Chartered Occupational Psychologist with nearly 20 years of experience working as a consultant, and now as a freelancer and social entrepreneur. Tune in as we talk about ViewVo, job shadowing, career choice, employee engagement and plenty more.

In our new episode, which we specifically recorded ahead of Europe's biggest HR event of 2018, the Zukunft Personal Europe, we are hosting Enrico Palumbo, Human Resources Director and Member of the Executive Board of SAP Switzerland. Tune in as we discuss, among many fascinating topics, what is the secret behind SAP's success in being recognized as one of the best workplaces to work for in Switzerland in 2017.

In this episode we are joined by Robb Holman, internationally recognised leadership expert. Listen in as we discuss the biggest challenges leaders face today, and Robb's approach on how they can fix them.

In our new episode, Whitney Johnson, innovation and disruption theorist, joins us on the show. She was named one of the world's fifty most influential management thinkers by Thinkers50 in 2017. In this podcast we are chatting with Whitney about her new book, Build an 'A'-Team: Play To Their Strengths and Lead Them Up the Learning Curve. We unpack the idea of disruptive innovation, learning curves in teams, the business case of disruption, the role of line managers, and plenty more.

In our new WorkLife HUB podcast episode we are chatting with Andy Molinsky, professor of organizational behaviour at Brandeis University's International Business School, author of REACH and GLOBAL DEXTERITY, about how to step out of your comfort zone. We also discuss practical tools and three main strategies that can help you build confidence and rise to new challenges.

This week's guest is Jarkko Vuorikoski, Head of Customer Journey of Danske Bank. In this episode we are talking about the difference between employee and customer experience, what is a customer journey map, and what are the biggest and most common customer experience pitfalls and mistakes of organisations.

What is the business case of diversity and inclusion? What are the key ingredients of a successful diversity and inclusion strategy or programme? How to move beyond the traditional diversity and inclusion box? In this week's episode we are hosting Thais Compoint, author, TEDx speaker, top global specialist in inclusive leadership.

“Working Out Loud is an approach leading to the purposeful discovery of opportunities. Its combined elements are like superpower. A lot of people don't know that they have it, or not comfortable using it.” In this podcast we are chatting with John Stepper, creator of the Working Out Loud (WOL) movement, about the origins of the idea, the 5 key components of the method, the functioning of the WOL circles, and many more.

How do you get people talk about their emotions or even recognise what it is? How can your team be more productive? On this podcast episode we are hosting, businesswoman, serial entrepreneur, Christine Comaford, author of Smart Tribes: How Teams Become Brilliant Together. Listen in as we talk about how to leverage neuroscience to create remarkable leadership, and how to utilize some of Comaford's most powerful neuroscience-based tools, such as the Emotion Wheel, Maneuvers of Consciousness or Outcome Frame.

David Allen is a productivity consultant who is best known as the creator of the time management method known as "Getting Things Done". This is the ultimate guide for living and working in the 21st century. If you feel busy and overwhelmed, you will love this podcast conversation about how to get to the bottom of your To Do list!

Ian MacRae is an organisational psychologist, researcher and writer. In this podcast we are chatting with Ian about his new book, co-written by Adrian Furnham, Myths on Work: The Stereotypes and Assumptions Holding Your Organization Back. Listen in as we discuss the 27 most pervasive myths about our working lives, Millennials at the workplace, and many more.

In this episode we are hosting Rodd Wagner, New York Times bestselling author of three books. He's currently working on his fourth book, to be announced later this year (2018). We talk about work-life balance vs work-life integration, employee motivation and engagement, and many more.

What are the reasons for the lack of women in ICT jobs? What can organisations and policy makers do to overcome this challenge and enable more women to participate in STEM and IT jobs? In this episode our guest is Mira Banerjee, Head of Knowledge Management and Communications at the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE).

In this fascinating conversation, Steven Kotler, author of The Rise of Superman, shares valuable insight on how to trigger the peak performance state called Flow . We also discuss his latest book, Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work. Tune into this science-packed interview as Kotler unveils the 4 forces of ecstasy and the 20 known triggers that can lead you to a state of Flow.

This week's episode features Neil Usher, senior property, workplace, facilities and change management leader. Neil is a regular conference and academic speaker. We are talking about the role of future workplaces, what is the real power of physical spaces, and his recently released book 'Elemental Workplace'.

In this podcast we speak with Derek Lidow, speaker, entrepreneur, former CEO of iSuppli. Our conversation revolves around entrepreneurism, and Derek's new book Building on Bedrock: What Sam Walton, Walt Disney, and Other Great Self-Made Entrepreneurs Can Teach Us About Building Valuable Companies.

This week on the show we interview Enno Schmidt, co-initiator of the Swiss Federal Peoples Initiative for an unconditional basic income in 2016. Enno Schmidt is a director and writer, known for Grundeinkommen Kulturimpuls, and his activism in the international basic income movement.

In this podcast episode our guest is Arnold Bakker, professor and chair of the research group Work and Organizational Psychology of the Institute of Psychology at Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. His main research interests lie in positive organisational phenomenons, such as work engagement, Flow, happiness at work, and also the processes that lead to job performance.

Is your company using yammer, or similar social technology? If not, then how are you tapping into the collective knowledge? What about WOL - working out loud, have you hear about this movement? You will find out all about this and more in our conversation with Isabel De Clercq, as well as about her book, Social technologies in Business.

In this podcast episode we had a fantastic conversation with Bruce Daisley, EMEA Vice-President at Twitter, who also runs his own podcast Eat, Sleep, Work, Repeat that explores workplace culture and practice.

How can energy giant EDF Energy innovative in a tightly regulated industry? You will be surprised in our interview with Head of Innovation Projects, Richard Burton. In this episode you will hear of a very useful app that uses energy big data to help vulnerable consumers, and also about refurbishing a nuclear power plant to catch up to the 21st century workplace.

In this episode our guest is Professor and author Isaac Getz, one of the pioneers of researching networked organisations. His book, Freedom Inc, has been translated into many languages and opens a doorway into a whole new way of managing organisations. In this authentic podcast we sat down with Professor Getz in a cafe in Paris.

In this episode our guest is Dr. Shaun Davis, Global Director of Safety, Health and Wellbeing at Royal Mail. We chat about the flagship campaign "Feeling first Class" and other mental health and wellbeing initiatives.

In this episode, our guest is the distinguished author and scholar Riane Eisler, who gives us an insight into the tremendous body of work she developed over the years on economics and the way our societies are structured around gendered norms and roles. How could we overcome the split in society between paid work and unpaid care work, as well as integrate caring for others and caring for our planet into economics, indicators and politics.

Whatever you do, don’t try to motivate people! People will motivate themselves and you just need to get out of the way and let them get on with work and whatever they need to accomplish. In this fascinating conversation we get an insight into leadership, motivation, organisational behaviour, and what needs to change from Dr. Frederik Anseel, Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Vice Dean Research at King’s College London in King’s Business School. ​

In this episode we speak to Simon Rey, our first African guest on the podcast, who is Head of Group Talent, Learning and Organizational Development for Ecobank, one of the largest Pan-African Financial institutions. We discuss organisational culture, mobility, reward, skills and talent in the African and the global context - and you will be surprised how little difference there is.

HR is not rocket science - or is it? In the case of Brady Pyle, the Director of Human Resources at the NASA – Johnson Space Center in Houston, it literarily is. What are some of the great opportunities and challenges for managing the employees and contractors of this iconic institution, how is HR involved in helping NASA continue to shoot for the stars?

In this episode we chat with Fabrice Le Garrec, a senior executive and people leader with 20 years experience in product development and manufacturing transformations, to find out what makes a good job in manufacturing and production. How to engage senior leadership and middle management in creating this optimal work environment and get them to see beyond the next quarter.

How to leverage training in organisations to maintain a competitive edge? What are the real needs of learners, and how to evaluate training? In this episode we speak with Adult learning expert Dr. Scott Frasard to understand how companies and employers need to change their mindsets about Learning and Development.

In this episode we our guest is Anne Thevenet-Abitbol, who is Prospective and New Concepts VP at Danone, and created a number of corporate development and learning programmes, among them EVE, which in particular aims at empowering women to craft their careers, seek out opportunities, as well as working with men to change the mindset of companies around women at work and in leadership.

In this episode we chat with Carmen Niethammer,who is Employment Lead at the Gender Secretariat at the IFC about their latest programme "SheWorks", in which companies pledge to put in place gender-smart business objectives and initiatives to foster women's participation in employment, decision-making and also the value chains.

In this episode, our guest is the German Federal Secretary of State, Thorben Albrecht, who gives us a great insight into the past 3 years public consultation process on the Future of Work in Germany. It involved a cinema festival, consultations with a broad stakeholder base, a Green paper, as well as a final White paper published at the end of 2016.

We speak to author Jennifer Moss about her book "Happiness at work", and explore what happiness means for individuals and organisations. What does it mean for managers and employees? It's not about cheers and high-fives over spreadsheets... listen to this episode to find out more.

Recent analysis by PWC suggests that about 30% of UK jobs are at risk of automation by the early 2030s, with some sectors being particularly susceptible to AI and digitalisation. On the 23rd June Chatham House will again gather key thought-leaders, policy-makers and business representatives to discuss the State of the Art and point to viable solutions going forward on the issue at their London Headquarters. Ben Cumming, the organiser of the conference takes us through what is to be expected.

Very few organisations have an all-encompassing transformation strategy for the new challenges ahead. The UK based financial institution Nationwide is one of the few, who have not only a great, integrated 3 year strategy, but also a dedicated man for the job. We speak to David Dunbar, Head of Digital Workplace & Transformation.

Greatness is a destiny that is available to everyone, but we have to chose it. Are you chosing greatness? Because it is available to you. What a privilege talking to Lolly Daskal, one of the most successful Executive Leadership coaches in America about her RETHINK system, her new new book The Leadership Gap: what gets between you and your greatness.

Ever since the first World Happiness Report in 2012, Denmark has been on the Nr. 1 spot. Danish people seem to be the happiest in the world. Why is that? We chat with Malene Rydahl, author of Happy as a Dane: 10 Secrets of the Happiest People in the World. Former corporate communications executive, now speaker, coach and author, Malene will inspire you to be bold and be happy!

Where we work has a huge impact on our experience at work, and this feeling is composed of a number of smaller or bigger issues, such as storage space, the layout, the availability of a car park or the use of meeting rooms. I speak to Nick Brook, Head of Facilities for Mills & Reeve law firm based in the UK.

How has the employment landscape changed for women in India in recent years? What is the role of technology in enabling more women to fulfil their ambitions and aspirations? We speak to the co-founder of Sheroes, Sairee Chahal about her passion, the Sheroes network, their impact and her hopes for women in India.

Nowadays, in particular with ever-shrinking devices and greater connectivity – most of us can work anytime, anywhere. What are the implications for individuals and for employers, or even society? We speak with Jon Messenger about the newly published ILO and Eurofound report on tele-work.

I wanted to get to the bottom of it now for once and for all: are robots going to steal our jobs? Who better to ask than Dr. Nicola Millard, Head f Customer Insight & Futures at BT. Nicola summarises in an easy to follow and very entertaining way what the future of work has in store for us, starting with the 6 Ds. I also ask about what workplace agility means and what managers need to know to lead the workforce of the Future.

We speak with Patty Dahm about her research into trade-offs: the sacrifices we make in life, either for work or for our families. These can be either major or minor, and we chat about their long term impact.

Workplaces are alive. As soon as you enter an office environment, a hospital, a university or any place where people work, you immediately feel how much thought went into designing the space to enable people to be at their best. It's a great pleasure exploring design, spaces, human dynamics and the new world of work with Oliver Baxter of the Herman Miller Insight Group.

In our very first (ever!) podcast episode, recorded live in New York in the summer of 2014, at the WFRN conference, we speak with Professor Scott Behson, who is one of the prominent advocates to shift the care-balance more equally between parents and genders, and to create the kind of favourable environment (legislation, attitudes, culture and work-organisation) that will allow working dads to be present in the lives of their children.

What is the link between workplace wellness and business objectives? What was the motivation of a leading telecommunications company in the Middle East to embrace Workplace Wellness and Happiness and appoint a Senior Director to run an in-house health centre and wellness programme? In this great episode we welcome our first podcast guest from the Middle East. Dr. Mansoor Anwar Habib is the Senior Director for Employee Wellness and Happiness at the Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company “du”.

What sets apart some leaders from others? Why do people follow some bosses and resist others? David Ducheyne, Chief People Officer for Securex has deconstructed the elements of good and sustainable leadership in his new book, and we chat about the 5 building blocks.

What are some of the main factors that influence whether we are experiencing work related stress or have a good work-life balance? What does research tell us about the benefits of work-life integration to businesses? We speak with Dr. Erin Kelly of MIT Sloan School of Management about her research and her experiences.

Diverse organisations are more innovative and inventive, however, still many organisations get it wrong. They are either sponsoring token events and implementing patchy initiatives. But when examined more closely, there are many leaky pipes through which their diverse talent disappears and thins out towards the top. Toby Mildon, Diversity and Inclusion Manager at the BBC takes us through the simple steps organisations can follow.

What was the tipping point for Energy giant E.ON to embark on an ambitious agile transformation journey a couple of years ago? What are the lessons learnt and what can you take away as a step-by-step guide to help your organisation to be more innovative, embrace the volatile and changing circumstances and bring out the best in your employees? We speak to Sebastien Bonicel, the Agile transformation Lead and coach at E.ON about this... and much more.

In this podcast episode Professor Stephen Bevan gives us an insight into some of the shocking figures around sickness absence due to musculoskeletal conditions in particularly older workers, as well as how do we prepare for working until we are 70? What can employers do? Hint: give more autonomy to employees to manage their own workload, time and health.

Society and the media tells us, that in order to be successful we need to sacrifice a lot, work very hard, even if it means missing out on some of the most important moments in life... not to mention risking burnout and other illnesses linked to overwork. Our guest Martin Bjergegaard believes that there is a different way to be successful, one where we live the life we want.

Embedding a culture of innovation is now a must for any business. Parts of established companies or even entire industries may be wiped out if they don't look around them at ip and coming startups that bite away chunks of their business and customers. We speak to one of the authors of the book Building a Culture of Innovation - Jo Geraghty about their experiences and key issues to make the culture stick.

Eurofound, the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions​ has issued a new report in November 2016 called the Gender Employment Gap​: Challenges and Solutions. In this episode we speak to the Researcher leading the work on this report, Massimiliano Mascherini about some of the key findings and recommendations of the report.

How to have a Good Day? In this episode we speak with author and former McKinsey partner Caroline Webb about her 2016 book and her research. She looked at three disciplines from behavioural economics to neuroscience about what really makes us have a great day at work, and in general many good days in life.

The UK introduced Share Parental Leave in 2015. One year on, who better to take stock, than Sarah Jackson OBE, Chief Executive of Working Families, the leading charity in the UK supporting working parents and carers. ​We speak about what companies can do to make the transition for parents as smooth as possible, and also the different aspects of the new policy.

How many hours of sleep do you get per night? How many hours CEOs and leaders in organisations are sleeping? How does poor quality sleep impact on not only our mood and decision making abilities, but also overall organisational performance. In this great conversation with Vicki Culpin, we speak about all of this... and more. Vicki is also one of the keynote speakers at the Zukunft Personal messe in Köln on the 20th October 2016.

When Work Works is a partnership between SHRM and the Families and Work Institute. It is building on research and linking it to practice - by providing great guides on how to make work work for everyone. We chat with Workplace Flexibility Program Specialist Cassidy Solis about what the Partnership is about and she is also sharing some great examples of non-service industry practices in workplace flexibility-

In this episode we are speaking with Bastian Unterberg, the Founder and CEO of jovoto.com, a crowdstorming online platform for solving complex design problems. Bastian shares with us the story of jovoto, the way it works, and also why creative design professionals chose to work on enabled by the platform - to have creative freedom, flexible work schedules and great challenges. This is a special episode for Zukunft Personal 2016, where Bastian will be one of the speakers.

How to maximise the potential of 100% of your talent pool and how to reach 100% of your costumer base? What language we need to be using for it to happen? We discuss this and how companies need to adapt to the 21st century with Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, CEO of the consultancy 20-first, thought-leader, author, speaker.

Do you feel you need to redefine your life's purpose? Have more balance in your life, to have more time for the things that matter to you, your family, your health, your spirituality? Then this podcast will inspire you, and give you very practical tools to get started. Tricia Molloy has written a number of books and is a regular speaker and coach, and has tons of wisdom to share. Enjoy!

This is the 50th episode of the WorkLife podcast and we are super proud... as you can hear from our special intro with the 2 co-founders. We speak to Ken Matos of Life Meets Work about the US trends in employment, benefits, and also, what are the bias men and women have to fight during their working lives. Enjoy!

In this episode of the WorkLife podcast we speak to two wonderful women about their work, Heather Boushey's new book and what it will take to make sure working parents get the services and attention in policy making they so desperately need. Maureen Conway is a Vice President of the Aspen Institute and Executive Director of the Institute's Economic Opportunities Program (EOP). Heather Boushey is Heather Boushey is Executive Director and Chief Economist at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, her new book is entitled: Finding Time: The Economics of Work-Life Conflict.

In this episode we talk to Denis Pennel, CEO of CIETT and EUROCIETT and also the author of the book "The Ego revolution at work". We explore some of the global trends reshaping the labour market, as well as what employees, workers and employers can do, to harness the opportunities of the new world of work.

To add our contribution to the 2016 OECD week, we are publishing our podcast episode with Willem Adema, Senior Economist in the OECD Social Policy Division. Mr. Adema leads a team of analysts of Family and Children's policies. As his experience is really vast, we zoom in on some specific aspects of family policy, like parental leave and the take-up by fathers.

Why are the Nordic countries on top of all international comparative charts for work-life balance, wellbeing and happiness? We ask Salla Topinnen-Tanner, Leading Specialist in Working Careers at the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH). The Institute just recently published the results of a survey on work-life balance, and especially working fathers.

In this episode, we have the honour to be hosting Prof. Sir Cary Cooper, 50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. We speak about working time, what kinds of skills line-managers need and how important wellbeing at work is.

Talking to Ben Cumming, conference developer at Chatham House about their up-coming conference on the Future of Work. Ben gives us great insight into the different issues that will be discussed at the conference and we talk about some of the more controversial issues that so divide policy makers and business leaders on the issue.

We all know, that if one aspect of our lives is not in order, it is difficult to be effective and happy in other aspects. We have our working lives, our families and friends, hobbies, civic engagement, or according to Samantha Ettus, 6-7 slices in the Pie of Life. Her up-coming book gives well-rounded advice and practical tips for women to manage their professional lives, their family lives and lifestyles.

Once you have identified where the glass-ceiling is in your organisation, there are a number of actions you can take to address it and to advance women in leadership. The following suggestions are even more powerful, once you know they are coming from a Chamber of Commerce, as they are not only incredibly insightful, but also do this by actually promoting the interest of business. We chat with Leena Linnainmaa, Deputy Chief Executive of Finland Chamber of Commerce about their award-winning programme.

In this episode we chat with Nachi Junankar, serial entrepreneur, co-founder of Avrio (fka FaceForward) about the purpose of their startup, the state of the labour market today, and what jobseekers don't know about the flip-side of recruitment and selection. Listen to Nachi explain recruitment software and algorithme, and why looking for a job is the toughest job there is.

Openness to change and a continuous questioning of the way we work are the keys to being prepared for the Future of Work. This advice comes from Mark Keese, Head of the Employment Analysis and Policy Division in the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs at the OECD, and we catch up with Mark following the OECD's Future of Work Forum in January 2016.

It's a great time to be a woman - sais Maura Byrne, who founded Herizon to empower women. She also encourages women to go for the promotion, start their business and really go for it. Listening to our podcast with Maura you will experience her energy and drive and incredible dedication to advance women in work and in leadership. http://herizon.ie/

There are many different aspects to inclusive workplaces and fostering diversity. One that is not so much talked about is the use of alcohol, the abuse of alcohol, and what employers can do to create a safe environment for recovering alcoholics. We speak to a man who has good authority on this issue, listen to this episode in which Victor Yocco shares his personal journey and give incredibly valuable advice to employers and co-workers.

We speak to Robert Anderson, head of unit at Eurofound about one of the most important societal changes in Europe: ageing, and what this means for working age carers and their employers.

It was a great privilege having a chance to speak with Gloria Feldt about her latest movement she launched, Take the Lead, which prepares, develops, inspires, and propels women to take their fair and equal share of leadership positions across all sectors by 2025. We also touch upon workplaces and policies to do their share of the work.

We chat with Holly Honig, Senior Manager for Human Dynamics + Work a Herman Miller Inc. about their Living Office concept, the key drivers of human centred leadership, and what are some of the key human needs that every manager and organisation needs to take into consideration, if they want to deliver on the triple bottom line.

We speak to Professor Mark S. Preston of Columbia University about what causes stress, what are the components of burnout, and what interventions are there to allow organisations and managers mitigate stressors at the workplace. We talk about the signs of stress and burnout and the different perception of people of stress.

The secret to building a successful and sustainable business? Providing exceptional value persistently to customers and employees. We chat with Leadership thinker and author Bob Burg about his book (and movement) The Go-Giver, some essential business ideas around creating value and a shared purpose for your employees.

We speak to Mom Corps Denver Owner Lauren Sveen about the growing trend for flexible job-search and the enormous potential of hiring qualified women and men, who are prioritising flexibility over working full-time, and how can companies adapt to this growing trend.

If you could take a sneak peak into the diaries of successful women, working parents, what do you think you will see? Well Laura Vanderkam has done just that, and here she shares with us her - sometimes surprising - findings. We chat about her book "I know how she does it", and Laura gives valuable time-management advice.

What is really organisational culture and what does it take to embark on a change process within an organisation? In this episode we speak with Dave Gray, founder of XPLANE, a business design consultancy specialised in visualising complex systems and ideas.

Listen to this episode where we talk to one of the main global thought-leaders on work-life balance, leadership development, training, change management about the latest work-life trends, the role of trade unions, and what the main challenges are for managers in navigating talent retention and driving engagement towards success, without allowing employees to burn out.

On this episode we are chatting with Akanksha Anand about her book "Remarkable Contributions - India’s Women Leaders and Management Practices", as well as work-life conflict for women in leadership in India and everywhere. Akanksha shares some great advice as to what women and men can do to partner up to foster gender equality at the workplace.

In this episode we chat with Whitney Johnson, who has just been included in the prestigious Thinkers 50 (2015)for her work. Whitney is a leading thinker on driving innovation through personal disruption. We discuss her book "Disrupt Yourself", and what you can do to reinvent your career.

In this episode we chat with Dr. Werner Eichhorst, Director of European Labour Market policy at the Institute for the Study of labour about the new world of work, and what kind of pressure it will put on governments, employers and workers.

Do you have the courage to Lead from the Heart? And what does this actually mean? We are bringing you a truly remarkable workplace thought-leader in this episode to talk about employee engagement, leadership and how to consistently bring out the best in people.

In a fascinating podcast, Camilla Kring, founder of B-society and CEO of Super Navigators takes us through the traps of us still living in an industrial, 9-to-5 society. Are you an A, or a B person? Does your boss make sarcastic comments if you arrive after 10? Or why do we keep sending a tsunami of e-mails when we telework? Find the answers in our podcast with Camilla.

Chris Roebuck is an expert on Leadership,and has held senior roles at UBS, HSBC and KPMG, has served in the British Army, and is one of the top Human Resources (HR) thinkers in Europe. We speak to Chris about the future role of HR, about overwork and how to implement simple steps to transform organisations through leadership.

Challenging the rigid gender norms and demanding a fair Paid family leave programme for America! These are some of the ambitions of author and CNN reporter Josh Levs, who talks to us about his 2015 book: All In! We also discuss the 2016 US elections, the pressures on men and women, and how to change all this.

We chat to Jay Papasan about The ONE Thing, the book, the approach, and how you too can take the necessary steps to focus on the things that really matter to achieve outstanding results. Ah yeah, and work-life balance too!

In yet another special edition for the HRM Expo in Cologne in September 2015 we chat to Rudy de Waele, one of the key-note speakers, digital transformation specialist on how the world of work and organisations will need to adapt to the rapidly changing innovation out there. Some practical ideas and loads of inspiring ideas to start on your transformation journey today.

We chat to Learning and Development expert and thought-leader Ger Driesen about the fantastic work he did researching the painter, Vincent Van Gogh's attitude and approach to mastery. He summarizes them in his 7 principles.

We speak to Jef Staes ahead of his HR Expo talk in Köln in September on finding your talent and passion, social learning and organisational and culture change. What can CEOs do to get the right people on the right roles, with the help of HR and new systems.

How do we work, love and play when no one has the time? We chat to author Brigid Schulte about her book Overwhelmed, her journey of discovery writing the book, parenting, overwhelm, and that there is hope!

Imagine what your work, your days, your life would be like, if you could design it for yourself? Author, speaker, coach and DJ, Eryc Eyl takes you through the 7 steps to achieving the life you deserve.

Why aren’t there more flexible job options for job-seekers? We speak to Sara Sutton Fell, CEO of Flexjobs.com and Founder of 1 Million for Work Flexibility about what employers can do, and the reasons jobseekers are looking for flexible work options.

Have you left your corporate job to find a better work-life balance, yet are struggling with isolation and drifting? This inspiring talk with Matthew Dunstan will set you on the right course again, and help you focus on what is important.

Could this be HR’s finest hour? How to share leadership across the entire organisation? What makes a company nimble or agile? These are some of the topics we discuss with Linda Holbeche, and her latest book: The Agile Organization.

If you have multiple career-gigs going on at the same time, you may be what Erin calls “Multipational”. Listen to her explain in more detail about it, and why CEOs should embrace it for their best and brightest.

In this episode Futurist and Chief Instigator Ayelet Baron gives us a quick insight into the future of work, some major trends and what leaders can do to create 21st Century organisations. If you work in a fear-based, competitive organisation, a Must Listen for you!

In this episode Moniqe Valcour, management professor at EDHEC business school shares with us key insight to career self-management, continuous learning and work-life integration in crafting a sustainable career. She also gives some great advice to CEOs!

Caroline Fredrickson, the President of the American Constitution Society and former legal advisor to President Clinton wrote a book called "Under the bus: How Working Women Are Being Run Over, and it is fantastic! We chat to Caroline about her book, the situation of the vast majority of working women, and she gives some good advise to Sheryl Sandberg.

In this episode we are asking Professor Lotte Bailyn about her book “Breaking the Mold”, what she thinks about the most successful workplaces and some good advice on starting the culture change.

In this episode our guest is Nicole D. Le Maire, Founder and CEO of New To HR and the People Engine LTD. We chat about the talent perspective and the current challenges and the future of HR.

In this episode you are going to learn about Stew Friedman, Wharton professor, adviser to leaders across the globe, and passionate advocate of replacing the misguided metaphor of “work/life balance”.

Debra Schafer, the founder and CEO of Education Navigation, and the 2012 winner of the Rising Star Award of the WorldatWork Alliance for Work/Life Progress imparts important advice on employees with a child with special needs.

Finding a life, that works for you! As more and more people are trapped in a world that glorifies overwork, Nigel Marsh shares his personal experience and gives great advice!

In this episode Scott Schieman shares some very interesting thoughts about the impact of stress on our lives, the pressures of management and his secret to a more productive working day.