We go back to the Global Drucker Forum in Vienna for this episode where we hear from two gurus: Rita McGrath, bestselling author, distinguished Columbia Business School professor ranked #1 by Thinkers 50 on strategy, and Gary Hamel, one of the biggest names in management consultancy in the world, whose most recent bestselling books are Humanocracy and The Future of Management. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Dec 12, 2022•28 min
We look into the future today with Jo Constantz, reporter for Bloomberg’s Workshift on all the latest trends emerging from the world of work and in particular what GenZ is thinking and doing, and ask: how different are the generational perspectives anyway when it comes to the workplace? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 05, 2022•18 min
We continue to take a read from around the world regarding hybrid and how it is working out with Eric Hazan, Senior Partner and European Executive Board member of McKinsey in Paris. Don’t forget to subscribe and like us please and also follow us on Twitter: @thenowhereoffi1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 28, 2022•21 min
First of two special episodes recorded in Vienna at the Global Drucker Forum, the conference looking at the future of work from the perspective of management and leadership. Featuring Professor Amy Edmondson, the Novartis Professor Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School, Neelima Mahajan, Editor in Chief of Think:Act Magazine, and Professor Laura Empson, Professor in the Management of Professional Service Firms at Bayes Business School. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcas...
Nov 21, 2022•26 min
What is really getting in the way of fulfilment at work? Happiness? Yes. But according to a new book that means fairness, in every country not just rich ones. A fascinating perspective from Jon Clifton, CEO of world renowned firm GALLOP in conversation with Julia and Stefan. Follow @thenowhereoffi1 on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 14, 2022•29 min
Julia and Stefan are joined by Matthew Boyle, Senior Reporter of Bloomberg’s new dedicated coverage for all things work to pick his brains on the trends, the tribulations - and the fascinating evolving story at Twitter’s workplace, surely a case study for the decades to come. November 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 07, 2022•24 min
It is not just the workplace which has changed post-pandemic, but the knowledge worker. The emergence of The Solopreneur is our focus today: the individual who has side hustles, contracted projects, and needs not just a place to work from but people to work with even if they are strangers: for motivation, inspiration, and company in an increasingly remote-first working environment. We explore this question with Josh Greene, founder of the online workspace Groove in conversation with Groove’s com...
Jul 15, 2022•40 min
You can write anywhere, right? The Nowhere Office ought to be perfect for writers. But how does the collaborative business of agenting, publishing, and especially the growing world of audio books work in practice? Does it need an office of any kind? An episode to mark the posthumous publication of the late Jessica Morris’ memoir All in My Head includes unheard of audio of her, plus an interview with her agent, Zoe Pagnamenta, as well as an interview with Kim Sayle, head of Hachette Audio and Ale...
Jul 01, 2022•34 min
In this special episode recorded from Atlanta and Washington, DC, we look closely at the fully flexibly worker and how power is shifting towards them and changing the use of offices and working life as a result. Joining our regular presenters Julia Hobsbawm and Stefan Stern is Duffy Dixon, with guests Karla L.Dixon of the Washington Post; Eric Schurke, CEO, North America of call and live chat experts Moneypenny; Andy Roberts, Principal of property firm Cresa in Atlanta; and Mike Sammond, founder...
May 31, 2022•36 min
How did we expect Hybrid working to work out? And what role has technology played as the working world adapts? We explore what the data is telling us and what lived experience is showing as we round the corner of the end of the pandemic with Alison Wright, who leads the customer and engagement strategy of 99% of UK’s business community for Microsoft; pioneer remote-consulting dentist Ben Cross of Bristol Dentists and Paul Kelly, Microsoft Security Business Group Lead at Microsoft, plus Annie Aue...
May 23, 2022•35 min
Series 3 opens with the view from the C-Suite in a special U.S. episode. As Covid continues to impact the way offices run, and workers signal very clearly they have changed how they want to work we hear from six key business leaders: Anoushka Healy, Chief Strategy Office, News Corporation; Patti Clarke, Global Chief Talent Officer, Havas Group, Joanna Swash, Group Chief Executive, Moneypenny, Rob Burger, Executive Director, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox;Candace Carroll, Chief Financial Of...
May 13, 2022•40 min
On the eve of the second anniversary of the pandemic we ask: How has Hybrid ended up working out? And we look into our crystal balls to ask: Where will we go from here? To help us, we are joined for a 1:1 interview with Tera Allas, the economist and Director of Research and economics at McKinsey United Kingdom. Then we have an insightful panel discussion with Joanna Swash, Group CEO of Moneypenny, Pilita Clark, an associate editor and business columnist at the Financial Times, and Anthony Impey,...
Jan 10, 2022•35 min
Hybrid is probably the steepest learning curve for managers and employees for a generation. But how can we make this work? How can we find identity and meaning in a hybrid world? And how can tech guide us through these uncertain times? Joining the Nowhere Office in this episode are Professor Laura Empson, Director of the Centre for Professional Service Firms at Bayes Business School, Jeremy Dalton, who heads up PWC's Virtual and Augmented Reality team, and the social scientist and Head of Techno...
Jan 04, 2022•33 min
Today, we're going freelance. Some studies suggest that over 50% of the world's service sector is likely to be freelance by 2030. What does going freelance mean and what are the differences and lessons to learn from in-house teams? Helping us to answer those questions is the journalist, writer and comedian, Viv Groskop, Josh Greene, the CEO and Co-Founder of Groove, an online coworking community, and Richard Robinson, the Managing Director of Xeim Engage. Plus we're lucky enough to be joined by ...
Dec 13, 2021•36 min
In this episode, we turn our attention to the topic of working culture. One of the biggest challenge for organisations is office life post pandemic and specifically cultural cohesion. We look at some case studies to find out who is doing what. Joining us first, in real life, is the founder of HR Tech company, Wellbees, Melis Abacıoğlu. And that is followed by a wonderful panel discussion with Richard Barnwell, a parter at BDO, Sarah Pinch, who is the managing director of Pinch Point Communicatio...
Nov 29, 2021•34 min
We continue our second series by asking: Is working hybrid creating a new group of haves and have nots with some people forced to work from offices full time? What about those who have to cover shifts for others who are working hybrid? Joining Julia and Stefan are Tim Oldman, CEO of Leesman Index, the impact investor and philanthropist, Patricia Hamzahee, and Deputy General Secretary at Prospect, Andrew Pakes. Brought to you in association with Moneypenny. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
Nov 15, 2021•31 min
Over the summer of 2021 it has become clear that Hybrid working in some shape or form is to stay. We begin this second series dedicated to the whole question of Hybrid by asking: how is it working out? To help us answer this question, we're joined by William Eccleshare of Clear Channel, Jeremy Myerson of Worktech Academy, the blogger and HR guru, Gemma Dale, and Jazz FM host and Chief Brand Officer at Mishcon de Reya, Elliot Moss. Brought to you in association with Moneypenny. Learn more about y...
Oct 25, 2021•33 min
This week, we have a real treat for you in the form of a one-on-one interview between Julia and Sir Cary Cooper. He is professor of Organisational psychology and health at Manchester Business School and is recognised as one of the world’s foremost experts on the topic of workplace issues. Cary was honoured with a knighthood in 2014 for his services to social science. And that service includes his writing and editing over 160 books covering occupational stress, women at work and organisational ps...
Jul 13, 2021•29 min
Hybrid working brings with it all sorts of benefits thanks to its flexible nature. But for managers, it poses some tricky questions. How do you manage a team that is split by location and perhaps timezone? How do you keep up morale when you're not in the room? How do you create a work environment that benefits everyone? In this episode of the Nowhere Office, we are joined by an array of workplace experts to help us grapple with this conundrum: Ben Page, CEO of Ipsos Mori, Joanna Swash, the group...
Jul 06, 2021•35 min
Today, we’re crossing the generational divide to ask: what does the Nowhere Office mean to different age groups? We’re going to examine the different or similar ways in which generations handled “the office”, by which we mean “work”, pre pandemic and since with a whole host of heavyweight guests. First you'll hear an excellent panel discussion with generations expert and historian, Eliza Filby, Hamish McRae, the indefatigable economic commentator, and the future of work consultant, Monique Malco...
Jun 07, 2021•34 min
With over 70% of the office workforce of the world saying they want to return to work in a hybrid way, what will happen to presenteeism and the management associated with the old 9-5? We talk to the world’s leading expert on the shift to hybrid, Professor Lynda Gratton of London Business School, and discuss it with Polly Mackenzie, head of think tank Demos and Emma Jacobs of the Financial Times. Plus we hear from Andrew St George about the history of – what else – the Desk Diary and from author ...
May 07, 2021•36 min
In this first programme we look at the future of the office post pandemic and ask: Are we somewhere or nowhere? Presenters Julia Hobsbawm and Stefan Stern discuss the risks and rewards of remote working and hybrid working with the workplace strategist Neil Usher, and the legendary management writer Charles Handy gives us an exclusive radio interview. In addition we hear about the working life of Justine Lutterodt, founder of the Centre for Synchronous Leadership, and workplace historian Dr Andre...
Apr 09, 2021•34 min
The Nowhere Office is a new podcast looking at the future of work and workplace in the post-pandemic world presented by the business and management writers Julia Hobsbawm and Stefan Stern and featuring interviews and discussions around where and when we work – and why and how. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 18, 2021•21 sec
