Future Work/Life – Details, episodes & analysis

This week, I speak with Nick Matthews, VP and GM of Europe, Middle East & Africa at Culture Amp.

Nick brings a unique blend of experiences from his early days teaching Liam Neeson’s kids to swim to his career in tech. He started his career at Deloitte Consulting before moving to Yammer, which was later acquired by Microsoft, where he worked for four years before joining Culture Amp in 2016.

Culture Amp is the world’s leading employee experience platform, revolutionizing how 25 million employees across more than 6,500 companies create a better world of work. Culture Amp empowers companies of all sizes and industries to transform employee engagement, drive performance management, and develop high-performing teams.

TALKING POINTS:

• AI and Technical Comfort: The importance of embracing technology and AI to enhance workforce and talent strategy.
• Cultural Transformation: From his start at Deloitte to leadership roles in tech, Nick discusses navigating shifts in workplace culture.
• Employee Experience as a Culture First Approach: How Culture Amp uses employee engagement data to enhance organisational culture and drive financial success.
• Performance Management Evolution: Nick’s take on transforming performance management systems to accommodate modern, hybrid work environments.
• Future of HR Technology: Expectations for integrating AI and analytics into HR practices to enhance strategic decision-making and organisational outcomes.

LINKS:

Nick's LinkedIn

Culture Amp

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Future Work/Life Newsletter

My book, Work/Life Flywheel: Harness the work revolution and reimagine your career without fear, was recently shortlisted for the Business Book Awards 2024. You can order your copy HERE (UK) or HERE (US). 

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In this episode, I interview Isabel Berwick, presenter of the award-winning Financial Times' Working It podcast and co-writer of the Working It newsletter.

Isabel's new book The Future-Proof Career: Strategies for thriving at every stage is published this week. We had a brilliant conversation about careers, management and changes in how we work. The book is a great read, so make sure you order a copy!

"Covering topics as wide-ranging as the four-day working week, bridging the workplace generation gap, making sure your company walks its diversity talk, quiet quitting and the great resignation, achieving workplace equality and even micro-dosing for creativity, The Future-Proof Career spreads the word about understanding modern workplaces so we can all have happier, more productive lives."

TALKING POINTS:

• Understanding Ambition: The importance of aligning personal ambition with career advancement.
• The Managerial Journey: The evolving roles of managers and non-managers in career progression.
• Navigating Toxicity: Identifying signs of a toxic workplace and building a healthy organisational culture.
• Work/Life Balance?: The realities of balancing career aspirations with personal commitments.
• Late Career Blooms: Celebrating the potential for growth and reinvention.

LINKS:

The Future-Proof Career: Strategies for thriving at every stage

Working It

Isabel's LinkedIn

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Ollie's LinkedIn

Future Work/Life Newsletter

Work/Life Flywheel: Harness the work revolution and reimagine your career without fear, is out now. You can order your copy HERE (UK) or HERE (US). 

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In this episode of the Future Work/Life podcast, I speak with John Winsor, formerly an advertising founder and exec and now a pioneer, entrepreneur and thought leader on open talent.

John is the Executive in Residence at Harvard Business School's Laboratory for Innovation Science, founder and Chairman of Open Assembly, and the author of his sixth book Open Talent: Leveraging a Global Workforce to Solve Your Biggest Challenges, co-authored with Jin Paik.

TALKING POINTS:

1. Journey to Open Talent: John shares his transition from traditional advertising to embracing open talent, driven by necessity and entrepreneurial spirit.
2. The concept of Open Talent: The benefits of Open Talent and the freelance workforce over traditional employment models.
3. Work culture: How open talent influences work culture, requiring a shift in mindset among leaders and managers.
4. Micropreneurs & AI: John discusses how AI reshapes jobs, and why now is the time for micropreneurs to thrive.
5. Adaptation: The challenges traditional industries face in adopting open talent strategies and how forward-thinking companies benefit from this flexibility.

LINKS:

John's LinkedIn

Open Talent: Leveraging a Global Workforce to Solve Your Biggest Challenges

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Ollie's LinkedIn

Future Work/Life Newsletter

Work/Life Flywheel: Harness the work revolution and reimagine your career without fear, is out now. You can order your copy HERE (UK) or HERE (US). 

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Future Work/Life newsletter #111: How to ask better interview questions? Like, what browser tabs do you currently have open?

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Future Work/Life #110: Attracting talent who can make a difference is more important than ever

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Future Work/Life newsletter #109: How to scale your career by doing things that don't scale

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In this episode, I explore why trusting the process is more than a cliche with Professor Damian Hughes. Plus, how to do it in practice.

Damian is an organisational psychologist and author. He's written several books about leadership and high-performance culture within some of the world's most successful businesses and sports organisations, including Barcelona Football Club, and Manchester United under Sir Alex Ferguson. 

You'll probably know him as the host of one of the UK's top podcasts, which he presents with Jake Humphrey. The High Performance Podcast has been listened to millions of times and has featured incredible guests like Dame Kelly Holmes, Jo Malone, Sir Chris Hoy, Matthew McConaughey, Chris Voss, and Tim Peake.

Original episode:

Damian Hughes - The Non-Negotiables of High Performance

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In this show, you'll hear from Shaun Tomson and Steven Kotler about the power of flow state.

Shaun Tomson is a former world champion surfer and the author of The Code.

Steven Kotler has been twice-nominated for the Pulitzer prize for his non-fiction writing and is the founder of the Flow Research Collective. He's one of the world's leading experts on the neurobiology of peak performance.

Original Episodes:

Shaun Tomson: Purpose and Flow in Surfing, Work and Life

Steven Kotler - Flow State & Peak Performance

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