Robert Glazer is the founder and CEO of Acceleration Partners, a global marketing agency that has won numerous accolades for its company culture. He leads a fully remote team of over 200 people and has now written a book called How To Thrive In The Virtual Workplace. He's also the host of one of my favourite leadership podcasts, Elevate, and wrote a book of the same name. We discuss some practical advice for building positive habits, including writing weekly newsletters and boo...
Jun 02, 2021•41 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast In today's episode, I'm delighted to bring you an interview that I've been trying to set up since before this podcast first launched last year. Through listening to his podcast and reading his newsletter, I've learnt a huge amount about emerging technology and its impact on the world. Along the way, he's introduced me to some of the world's leading thinkers on all manner of subjects like artificial intelligence and automation, genomics and biotech. Since many of the topics are complex and can ap...
May 26, 2021•40 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast In today's episode, we discuss diversity, equity and inclusion with Tamika Curry Smith. Tamika has had a long career in diversity roles going back to 2002 at Deloitte. Over the last five years, she's been Head of Diversity & Inclusion for Mercedes-Benz in the US and Vice President of Global Diversity & Inclusion at Nike. She now advises early-stage startups and is the president of the TCS Group, which provides HR and DE&I services to a wide variety of clients across various ind...
May 19, 2021•38 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast This week we have another fantastic guest. Glenn Elliott is the founder of Reward Gateway, a SaaS HR tech business, which two weeks ago sold for the third time, taking the total value of its acquisitions to well over half a billion dollars. Reward Gateway's platform enables companies used to better communicate with, reward and survey their employees and Glenn's experience there led him to write the book Build It : A Rebel Playbook for Employee Engagement in which he shared ever...
May 12, 2021•50 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to series four of Take My Advice (I'm Not Using). Today's guest is Will Page, the former Chief Economist of Spotify and PRS for Music where he pioneered 'Rockonomics'. At PRS he published work on Radiohead's In Rainbows and saving BBC 6Music. At Spotify, he helped redefine catalogue and articulated the global value of music copyright. In this episode, we discuss how Will's determination to work in the music business led to him becoming the industry's first Chief Economist. We...
May 05, 2021•40 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast This is the last of three episodes in which I recall the most recent Future Work/Life newsletters. Today I discuss the risk of burnout and consider whether your business model could be a threat to wellbeing. LINKS: Future Work/Life #36: Burnout and why wellbeing can't be workload Future Work/Life #37: Could your business model be a threat to wellbeing? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 29, 2021•15 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast To mark the end of the series and based on the success of January's podstorm, over the next three weeks I'm sharing the most recent Future Work/Life newsletters. In today's episode I discuss how we should approach returning to the office, and the importance of pacing in work and life. LINKS: Future Work/Life #34: The future of the office looks like market day in Abergavenny Future Work/Life #35: Time to start pacing yourself Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 14, 2021•13 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast To mark the end of the series and based on the success of January's podstorm, over the next three weeks I'll be sharing the most recent Future Work/Life newsletters. In today's episode I discuss innovation, creativity, and sleep. LINKS: Future Work/Life #32: When I grow up, I want to be an inventor Future Work/Life #33: Strange dreams and creative things Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 09, 2021•13 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, I talk to Christine Armstrong, the founder of Armstrong & Partners and a researcher, consultant and writer, about the future of work. I became aware of Christine's work through her fantastic vlogs, which she publishes every week on LinkedIn. They cover all matter subjects related to work and life, including the perils of Zoom, the pain of homeschooling, and the problem of assuming that flexible work is the answer to all our work/life challenges. She also offers a refreshing ...
Apr 01, 2021•40 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast I've been looking forward to bringing you today's episode for a while now. My guest is Jennifer Moss, a happiness expert - yes, that is a job - and a thought leader on one of the biggest challenges affecting the workplace right now - burnout. I've had my own struggles with burnout over the years - for a good while before I'd even heard the expression. It's not just a historical thing for me either. I'm sure that I'm in the early stages of burnout right now, and after my conversation with Jennife...
Mar 18, 2021•45 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast In this week's show, I'm joined by two guests to discuss coaching and leadership. The world of work has obviously changed hugely over the past year and has been marked by most knowledge workers working remotely. With that, our approach to leadership and organisations and people has had to adapt and evolve, which means that the nature of executive coaching has too. My first guest today has an excellent perspective on this as a coach, leadership expert and through her involvement in one of t...
Mar 10, 2021•36 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast Just before Christmas last year, a friend of mine recommended a book called Endure: Mind, Body and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance , written by today's guest, Alex Hutchinson. The book is about the limits of human performance, and it begins by focusing on the record attempt by Eliud Kipchoge, supported by Nike, to beat the two-hour barrier for the marathon. Now, for me, it was appropriately timed, nine months into a global pandemic, which has felt like an endurance ra...
Mar 03, 2021•47 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast In today's episode, I speak to the vice-chairman of Ogilvy UK, Rory Sutherland. If you’re aware of Rory, you'll know that the next hour is going to be an entertaining listen. If you don't, he is one of the foremost thinkers in UK advertising and there are very few areas in which he doesn't have some interesting ideas and opinions. We cover a wide range of topics, including the future of work, network theory, and how returning to the office could resemble market day in Abergavenny. Plus some...
Feb 24, 2021•57 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast In today's episode, I talk about FLEX with the author of a book by that name, Annie Auerbach. Annie is the co-founder of the cultural insights agency, Starling, and originally wrote Flex: Reinventing Work for a Smarter, Happier Life in 2019. The book is a fantastic guide to the value of being intentional with the idea of FLEX in your life - whether at work, at home, with your body and looking forward to the future. As you might imagine, it proved a hit for many people as we entered an unce...
Feb 17, 2021•47 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome back to Series 3 of Take My Advice (I'm Not Using It). After January's podstorm, I return to the show's original format - long-form interviews with a wide range of interesting guests from various backgrounds. Each of them has a unique take on the various areas that will contribute towards the changes in their future of work and how that intersects with our personal lives. Today's guest is Elvin Turner, an award-winning innovation expert. He's a professor of innovation and entre...
Feb 10, 2021•35 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the world’s first work/life podstorm. This is the final episode of series two and looks back at two interviews from series one of Take My Advice (I'm Not Using It). I discuss the future of work with the author of the books Rest and Shorter, Alex Soojung Kim Pang, and General Partner of the early-stage VC fund, SemperVirens, Allison Baum Gates. Thanks for listening to this podstorm. If you've enjoyed it, please leave me a rating on Apple Podcasts and make sure you subscribe the podcast...
Jan 31, 2021•16 min•Ep 31•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the world’s first work/life podstorm. This is the second of three shows with highlights of series one of Take My Advice (I'm Not Using It). Today, I include clips from my interviews with Cath Bishop, Shaun Tomson, and Alyssa Westring, who discuss the importance of sharing connections, purpose and vision in your life. LINKS: Future Work/Life newsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 30, 2021•15 min•Ep 30•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the world’s first work/life podstorm. This is the first of three shows with highlights of series one of Take My Advice (I'm Not Using It). Today, I include clips from my interviews with Christopher Lochhead and Ben Legg, who discuss how category design and finding your niche can create significant value for you and your business. LINKS: Future Work/Life newsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 29, 2021•9 min•Ep 29•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the world’s first work/life podstorm. Today, I complete the introduction to my JOINT framework, which helps business evolve their flexible work strategy. In this second of two parts, I discuss the importance of data and insights, how nudging and modelling can help create a culture of positive accountability, and its impact on the way we use our time. LINKS: Future Work/Life newsletter FWL#28: The evolution of flexible work: part two Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...
Jan 28, 2021•8 min•Ep 28•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the world’s first work/life podstorm. Today, I introduce a framework to help business manage the evolution of flexible work. In this first of two parts, I discuss the importance on autonomy in establishing job crafting, and how outcomes are essential to building a culture of positive accountability. LINKS: Future Work/Life newsletter FWL#27: The evolution of flexible work (part one) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 27, 2021•8 min•Ep 27•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the world’s first work/life podstorm. In today's episode, I consider the importance of evolving truly flexible work in 2021, in particular, for working mothers. LINKS: Future Work/Life newsletter FWL#28: Flexi-Year Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 26, 2021•5 min•Ep 26•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the world’s first work/life podstorm. Today, I discuss how the workplace has 'flipped'. As my podcast guest, Allison Baum Gates (General Partner of SemperVirens an early-stage VC fund focused on the future of work) put it, in the 'flipped workplace': "Productive individual work is done outside of the office, on your own time, in your own place, at your own pace. Consequently, the office transforms into a space purely dedicated to meeting people, asking questions, brainstorming, and ma...
Jan 25, 2021•7 min•Ep 25•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the world’s first work/life podstorm. Today, I follow up the brilliant conversation I had with world champion surfer and author of, The Code, Shaun Tomson , to discuss purpose. I also share my family Code, which I wrote with my 5 and 8 year-olds over breakfast on the morning of writing. LINKS: Future Work/Life newsletter FWL#26: The Code for Purpose Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 24, 2021•4 min•Ep 24•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the world’s first work/life podstorm. Is there a relationship between leadership and parenting? What can we learn from leadership principles that we can apply to our approach to parenting? How should you approach creating a strategy for four areas of your life - self, work, family and community? I consider all of this in today's episode. LINKS: Future Work/Life newsletter FWL#25: Take My Advice (I'm Not Using It): Parenting Edition Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...
Jan 23, 2021•6 min•Ep 23•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the world’s first work/life podstorm. In today's episode, I discuss my interview with Alex Soojung Kim Pang, author of Rest and Shorter. I consider the benefits of working less, including introducing a 4-day working week. LINKS: Future Work/Life newsletter FWL#24:When it comes to work, less is more Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 22, 2021•7 min•Ep 22•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the world’s first work/life podstorm. Following my interview with Cath Bishop - author, a former diplomat and, during her sporting career, a world champion rower and Olympic medallist - I reflected on the themes in her book, The Long Win. She writes that our obsession with winning - whether in sport, business or life - holds us back and that we need new ways of measuring success. I go on to outline how all this relates to education and the future of work. LINKS: Future Work/Life newsl...
Jan 21, 2021•8 min•Ep 21•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the world’s first work/life podstorm. In today's episode, I discuss the importance of carving your own niche and the increasing emergence of portfolio careers due to a changing job market. LINKS: Future Work/Life newsletter FWL#21: The importance of carving out your niche Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 20, 2021•6 min•Ep 20•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the world’s first work/life podstorm. Today, I recall a period of sleep deprivation and why a 'power nap' not only got me through the day then but has now become a regular part of my routine. LINKS: Future Work/Life newsletter FWL#20: Time for nappucino Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 19, 2021•8 min•Ep 19•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the world’s first work/life podstorm. Today, I reference The Social Dilemma and how that's helped reveal my LinkedIn addition. I go on to make some suggestions about how to avoid being sucked into a social media vortex. LINKS: Future Work/Life newsletter FWL#19: LinkedIn addiction and the battle to 'un-hook' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 18, 2021•6 min•Ep 18•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the world’s first work/life podstorm. In today's episode, I offer some reasons for optimism, in the guise of new ways of working - including vertical-specific work-platforms, crypto-driven recruitment models, and 'co-op work platforms'. LINKS: Future Work/Life newsletter FWL#18: New ways of working offer reasons for optimism Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 17, 2021•9 min•Ep 17•Transcript available on Metacast 
