On our final episode this season of Working Smarter we talk to Sophia Wang, an assistant professor of ophthalmology at Stanford University. Wang leads the school’s ophthalmic informatics and artificial intelligence group, which uses the latest machine learning techniques to analyze electronic health records. In practice, that means looking at disparate sources of data—from doctors’ notes and eye exam data to diagnostic imagery and billing codes—and finding the sorts of patterns that can be diffi...
Aug 07, 2024•37 min•Season 3Ep. 8
For our seventh episode of Working Smarter we’re talking to Drew Houston, the co-founder and CEO of Dropbox. If you’ve been online long enough, it’s likely Dropbox was your introduction to the cloud. The goal is still more or less the same—give you one organized place for all your stuff—but it’s no longer just about storing and syncing files. A hundred files on your desktop is now a hundred tabs in your browser, and Houston believes AI is what will finally bring calm to the chaos that’s been cre...
Jul 24, 2024•40 min•Season 3Ep. 7
For our sixth episode of Working Smarter we’re talking to Pascal Weinberger, the co-founder and CEO of Bardeen, an AI-powered automation platform. Weinberger wants to help people effortlessly automate repetitive tasks in the apps they already use for work—no code required. His hope is that by removing some of the friction that makes it hard for people to do their jobs, they can use the time they save on more rewarding, impactful work. Hear Weinberger talk about what people are already automating...
Jul 10, 2024•35 min•Season 3Ep. 6
For our fifth episode of Working Smarter we’re talking to sports scientist Natalie Kupperman. She’s an assistant professor of data science at the University of Virginia where she studies the use of biometrics, wearables, and AI-powered tools for athlete monitoring in sport. Whether it’s a machine learning algorithm trained on video footage from practice, a force plate sensor in the weight room floor—or some combination of the two—Kupperman is interested in how new technology can help reduce the ...
Jun 26, 2024•39 min•Season 3Ep. 5
For our fourth episode of Working Smarter we’re talking to Babak Hodjat, the chief technology officer for AI research at Cognizant. If you’ve ever used Apple’s smart assistant Siri, then you’re almost certainly familiar with his work. Hodjat has been doing AI research for nearly four decades, and if there’s one thread that runs through his career, it’s how to make working with digital agents feel as natural or effortless as working with a colleague. At Cognizant—an IT services and consulting fir...
Jun 12, 2024•37 min•Season 3Ep. 4
For our third episode of Working Smarter we’re talking to May Habib, the co-founder and CEO of Writer, a generative AI platform for businesses. Writer helps streamline the writing parts of people’s workflows, so they can get to the “thinking part” of their jobs more quickly. For Habib, AI isn’t just about automating mundane or repetitive tasks, but a way to amplify the talent and intelligence of a team. There are some types of writing, such as an RFP or a JIRA ticket, where it doesn’t always mak...
May 29, 2024•30 min•Season 3Ep. 3
For our second episode of Working Smarter, we’re talking to University of Toronto law professor Abdi Aidid about AI, the law, and the “possibility of an intelligent division of labor between human and machine.” Aidid is interested in how AI can help legal professionals be better at their jobs and improve the delivery of legal services. He’s also the former vice president of legal research for Blue J—a legal tech company that uses machine learning to help lawyers review, analyze, and synthesize i...
May 15, 2024•40 min•Season 3Ep. 2
For our first episode of Working Smarter we’re talking to Kate Darling, a research scientist at MIT’s Media Lab and author of The New Breed: What Our History with Animals Reveals about Our Future with Robots . Darling has spent more than a decade studying human-robot interaction through a social, legal, and ethical lens. She’s interested in how people relate to robots and digital constructs, socially and emotionally—whether it’s an AI-powered chatbot or one of the many robotic dinosaurs that Kat...
May 01, 2024•36 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Welcome to Working Smarter! In this new podcast from Dropbox, learn how people are already using AI at work to collaborate, find focus, and get stuff done—not at some point in the future, but today. Hear founders, researchers, and engineers talk about the problems they’re solving with the help of new and emerging AI tools, and how AI can help you spend more time on the work that matters most. Our first episode lands May 1. --- Working Smarter is brought to you by Dropbox . We make AI-powered too...
Apr 17, 2024•2 min•Season 3Ep. 2
On our final episode of Remotely Curious, we’ll have a fun conversation with Teresa and Travis McElroy, humorists and hosts of the podcast Shmanners, about how to treat others with respect, come across the way you want to, and avoid embarrassing gaffes.
Jul 26, 2023•32 min•Season 2Ep. 7
How can we stay focused in a world full of distractions? In this episode of Remotely Curious, we talk to professor and author Dr. Gloria Mark about the science of attention, the pitfalls of multitasking, and how to stay focused in a distracting digital world.
Jul 12, 2023•35 min•Season 2Ep. 6
In this episode of Remotely Curious, we talk to psychology professor and researcher Essi Viding about how to support well-being in a remote work environment. She shares wise and evidence-based ways to care for ourselves, support others, and build resilience.
Jun 28, 2023•24 min•Season 2Ep. 5
On today’s episode of Remotely Curious, we talk to professor and behavioral scientist Katy Milkman about why fresh starts are so exciting, ways to use transitional moments as opportunities to experiment, and how to embrace and enjoy change—even when we don’t ask for it. No matter our age or experience, we all feel like the new kid sometimes.
Jun 14, 2023•31 min•Season 2Ep. 4
We talk to musician, composer, podcaster, and creative powerhouse Hrishikesh Hirway on how to trust our instincts, the fine line between garbage and good ideas, the magic of creative partnership, and the ways remote work can actually help us stay inspired.
May 31, 2023•37 min•Season 2Ep. 3
On today’s episode of Remotely Curious, we’ll have some fun talking with fashion historian and professor Deirdre Clemente about how big cultural moments permanently shift our wardrobes, the role of written and unwritten dress codes, and where workwear goes from here.
May 17, 2023•30 min•Season 2Ep. 2
In this episode of Remotely Curious, we talk to best-selling author Oliver Burkeman about how to reset our relationship to time, how to meet demands without colluding with them, and how to keep perspective by focusing on what’s most meaningful to you.
May 02, 2023•35 min•Season 2Ep. 1
We’re excited to announce an all new season of Remotely Curious. The podcast that asks all the questions about remote, hybrid, or “Virtual First” work. This season, we’re exploring the NEW new realities of work life with some incredible guests.
Apr 18, 2023•3 min
In this episode, we’ll talk to psychologist, professor, and best-selling author Andrea Bonior, Ph.D., about the importance of values-based boundaries, how to communicate them, and how to approach tough reset conversations with teammates and leaders.
Oct 26, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 7
On today’s episode, we talk to psychologist, professor, and behavioral economist Kathleen Vohs about the link between messiness and creativity, how our space can influence the kind of work that we do, and ways to streamline our schedules.
Oct 12, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 6
On today’s episode, we talk with Dr. Jeremy Bailenson, professor and founding director of the Virtual Human Interaction Lab at Stanford University, about the best ways to mitigate and manage the feeling he calls “Zoom fatigue.”
Sep 28, 2022•32 min•Season 1Ep. 5
How have the rules of office etiquette changed in remote work? We’ll have a fun conversation with Teresa and Travis McElroy, humorists and hosts of the podcast Shmanners, about how to treat others with respect, come across the way you want to, and avoid embarrassing gaffes.
Sep 14, 2022•34 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Why is it so dang hard to make friends as a grownup? We’ll talk to psychologist, friendship expert, and author Dr. Marissa Franco about how to cultivate friendships and avoid loneliness in remote work.
Aug 31, 2022•32 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Where does motivation come from, and how can we sustain it in remote work? Award-winning author and Financial Times columnist Elizabeth Uviebinené joins us to talk about the power of reflection and tying tasks to our values.
Aug 17, 2022•23 min•Season 1Ep. 2
What happens to work rituals when we no longer go into work? We’ll talk to rituals scholar Casper Ter Kuile and design leader Kursat Ozenc about why rituals are so essential, and how we can get creative with them in remote work.
Aug 03, 2022•34 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Hosted by Tiffani Jones Brown, Remotely Curious from Dropbox asks all the questions about remote, hybrid, and as we call it, “virtual first” work. We’ll talk with a professional rituals designer about how to revitalize your work from home routine. We’ll interview a friendship expert about how to stay connected to your work besties, even when you’re apart. And we’ll dive into tricky topics, like how to manage Zoom dysmorphia and handle office inequities. So whether you’re working from your couch,...
Jul 08, 2022•2 min
