Today’s guest is Darren Murph, the Head of Remote at Gitlab . Now Darren is a true pioneer in remote work who has helping shape remote teams across multiple organizations and was named an “Oracle of Remote Work” by CNBC. Before this, Darren spent time in multiple editorial roles and while serving as a Senior Editor at Engadget, he was responsible for writing over 20,000 articles earning himself a Guinness World Record as one of the most prolific professional bloggers. After shifting to working r...
May 19, 2021•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today’s guest is Sonja Gittens Ottley, the Head of Diversity & Inclusion at Asana. From her beginnings as an attorney at the Ministry of Legal Affairs for the Attorney-General in Trinidad & Tobago to her time at Yahoo, Facebook, and Asana, Sonja has been an advocate for building initiatives to promote privacy, free expression, and a more inclusive workforce. While at Yahoo, Sonja helped create the companies Global Policy Counsel on Business & Human Rights, focusing on initiatives to ...
Mar 08, 2021•37 min•Ep 22•Transcript available on Metacast Today’s guest is the Co-founder and CEO of Future, serial entrepreneur, Rishi Mandal. Now Rishi is someone who just has such an amazing background that really it reads more like a motivational article. Rishi attended Stanford for undergrad where he majored in Applied Physics and also spent time working at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. After graduating, he joined Slide, a social startup founded by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin that was acquired by Google in 2010. Post-acquisition he w...
Feb 23, 2021•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today’s guest is author and serial Entrepreneur, Jeff Wald. Now Jeff has a wide ranging background that includes time in Private Equity and Venture Capital, to co-founding WorkMarket, which sold to ADP in 2018. Jeff is also the author of 2 books with his most recent publication being "The End of Jobs". The book reviews the history of work to help us understand how companies and workers reacted to the last three industrial revolutions, to help us better predict how the workforce and markets may r...
Jan 14, 2021•35 min•Ep 20•Transcript available on Metacast Today’s guest is the traveling Career Coach and Digital Nomad, Christa Romano (also known as ChristaBellaTravels). Christa has been traveling the world for more than 7 years visiting over 59 countries, all while building a career as a marketer and last year, turning her side hustle into a full-time endeavor. Now for those of you who are not familiar with the term digital nomad, essentially this is a person who is completely location independent. They 100% lean in and take advantage of the abilit...
Jan 05, 2021•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today's guest is the Founder and CEO of The Ready, Aaron Dignan . As an entrepreneur and investor, Aaron is an advocate for helping companies transform from slow bureaucratic organizations into fast, efficient machines allowing for further growth and potential. Aaron is also the host of the Brave New Work Podcast , an investor in early-stage startups, and is the author of the book, A Brave New Work . During our Discussion, Aaron dives into how most complexity in organizations is not caused by ou...
Dec 15, 2020•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today’s guest is Tim Salau, the CEO of Guide & Mr. Future of Work. From his time at WeWork and Microsoft, to building Guide and the Big Black Tea brand, Tim has been an evangelist for the Future of Work, B2B Learning & Talent Development across multiple platforms. During our discussion, Tim dives into how building remote teams force companies into building cultures that help inspire workers to be their most creative self. We also look at how creating a personal brand not only helps you a...
Dec 08, 2020•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today’s guest is the Vice President and Managing Director of the Office of the Future of Work at Kelly, John Healy. John has been an evangelist for a more sustainable and agile workforce focusing on improving the ways that people and work connect. During our discussion, John dives into four key dimensions related to how technology and evolving social norms will change how business is done over the next decade. We also take a look at how the rapid shift to remote and flexible work has lead compan...
Dec 03, 2020•38 min•Ep 16•Transcript available on Metacast "Empowering people to work in their lives, not live at work". - Chris Herd Today’s guest is the remote evangelist and Founder / CEO of Firstbase, Chris Herd. As a huge proponent of remote work, Chris dives into how the future of work has been shaped by remote and how the increase in flexibility will provide workers with a better quality of life. We also learn more about Firstbase’s Remote Report, which was compiled from 6 months of interviews with over 1,000 companies to discover key insights on...
Dec 01, 2020•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today I have the honor interviewing Phil Brody, more commonly known as the LA-based street artist WRDSMTH . His work aspires to inspire others on a daily basis and has lead to him growing the WRDSMTH brand into a massive internet sensation with his vintage typewriters found in cities all across the globe. During our discussion, Brody and I look at how he went from his corporate job in advertising to pursue writing and eventually diving headfirst into the world of street art. We also take a look ...
Sep 23, 2020•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Sargun is the Co-founder and CEO of Byteboard, a company that has redesigned the technical interview process to evaluate for ability, not access and privilege. Sargun was previously a software engineer at Google before founding Byteboard within Area 120, Google’s in-house incubator, and this year she and her co-founder were honored on Forbes 30 under 30. During our discussion, Sargun and I look at how the current technical interview process fails to accurately assess for core skills, and how she...
Sep 15, 2020•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Steve is a leadership coach, angel investor, and the operator of High Output; a boutique leadership development company based in New York City. He has held a wide variety of investing and operating roles including time at Primary Venture Partners, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, RRE Ventures, The Kraft Group / The New England Patriots, Microsoft, Stickybits / Turntable.fm, and Massive. During our discussion, Steve and I look at how COVID has affected the venture space and look deeper at why deals and in...
Aug 27, 2020•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chris is the Founder and CEO of TruBrain, a Nootropics company based in Santa Monica that has created a product to help provide direct focus and energy to the body and mind. During our discussion, we dive further into how Chris built the TruBrain brand and how his partnership with neuroscientists at UCLA lead to a unique formula to help increase the body's natural cognitive performance. We also take a look at how their team's neuroscientists studied brainwave states to learn more about our brain...
Aug 20, 2020•35 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast Salman is a tech founder who has worn many hats over the years. From working as an Engineer and building a company that was later acquired by Oracle, to writing, teaching, and even DJ-ing, Salman has a deep focus on embracing his inner Polymath and following his passions. During our discussion, Salman and I dive deeper into his recent article, The Polymath Playbook, and look at why society today pushes specialization vs mastering multiple domains. We also look at how pursuing multiple pass...
Aug 07, 2020•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Picture this; You're a new high school graduate in August 2020 and the COVID crisis has forced all your college classes online. Your university has announced it is still going to charge you full tuition to attend in the fall. What would you rather do; Pay $50k in tuition for online classes? Or take a $50k investment to skip school in the fall and build a company? Danielle Strachman is a Founder and General Partner of the 1517 fund, a VC firm that invests in makers, hackers, and scientists workin...
Aug 05, 2020•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast Katherine is a recruiter for Amazon who is truly one of the most genuine people you'll ever meet. Her passion to help others has lead to building a wide variety of amazing projects helping students and new graduates. From networking events to help students connect to employers, to a new bath bomb company (UDABATHBOMB.com) that hires students and focuses on giving its proceeds to mental health organizations, Katherine is always exploring and building new ways to help others. During our discussion...
Jul 22, 2020•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast Kaitlyn is the founder of Pequity, a digital compensation platform that is aiming to combat pay inequality and help de-complicate compensation for HR teams. Her past experience running HR and compensation teams includes time at Google, Cruise Automation, Instacart, and Lockheed Martin to name a few. During our discussion, Kaitlyn and I dive deeper into how companies HR teams are attempting to handle all of the craziness caused by COVID-19 We’ll also take a look at how the sudden shift to remote ...
May 26, 2020•42 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast Matt is the founder of HNGRY.tv, a new media platform exploring how technology is shaping the way people eat. HNGRY's FAST(ER) FOOD documentary took a deeper dive into ghost kitchens and the changes that have come about because of them in the last few years. During our discussion, Matt and I dive deeper into how ghost kitchens and delivery are changing the food landscape. We'll also look closer at how COVID-19 is affecting restaurants today and how this crisis will change behavior post quarantin...
May 05, 2020•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Tom Nearing is a recruiter who is part of the Marius Group, one of the top recruiting groups in Los Angeles. During this special episode focusing on the COVID-19 crisis, Tom dives into recruiting and coaching advice to anyone job hunting during this pandemic and gives insight into how you can use this extra time to your advantage. We also take a closer look at how online communities are coming together to help those affected by the economic downturn. And finally, Tom and I speak about how workin...
Apr 14, 2020•35 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast Taylor is a business and lifestyle coach based out of Austin, Texas who works closely with a wide range of entrepreneurs. Through her programs and retreats, Taylor helps her clients align their business, and themselves, with their true passions to build brands that scale in today’s fast pace world. During our discussion, Taylor and I look at some of the difficulties that entrepreneurs she works with face, and how she helps her clients take their businesses to the next level. We’ll also take a de...
Apr 01, 2020•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Warren is the Co-founder and CEO of Knowable, an immersive audio platform with expert-led courses focused on helping people learn new things, and accomplish life goals. During our discussion, Warren and I touch on how learning is evolving today in a society where free time is so short. We also look at how companies can produce actual value for their consumers in such a noisy world, and how aligning priorities with their users gives teams a big advantage. And finally, we’ll look at how comp...
Mar 17, 2020•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Amanda is the VP of Marketing of The Knot Worldwide which is one of the largest global wedding companies today. She leads PR, partnerships and product marketing strategies across the company’s international brands and previously was the founder of an availability software in the wedding space. During our discussion, Amanda and I touch on how brands are navigating today's social media landscape and the importance of producing meaningful content vs chasing influence. We’ll also take a deeper look ...
Mar 17, 2020•45 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast Warren Lebovics is a designer, startup advisor, and entrepreneur based in San Francisco who has worked on a wide variety of projects for companies like Blackberry and Sony, but also has lead design at a startup that was acquired by LinkedIn. During our discussion, Warren and I will look at how curiosity and passion are the catalysts for doing amazing things. We’ll also take a deeper look into culture, and how his past companies like LinkedIn succeeded by investing in their people and their envir...
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