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Future Work

Welcome to Future Work, a podcast on the happier future of work.

From company culture and remote work to data-driven employee experience and AI, we answer the question, “What does the real future of work look like, and how do we get there?”

The podcast is distributed across all major channels and reaches over 30,000 People and Workplace innovators globally.

Each episode is an interview with a renowned Future of Work, HR, or People leader to:

Share a thought-provoking look at the future of work

Provide practical tips to HR leaders who want to make a real impact

Some of the topics covered in our Master Class include HR/Business Strategy Alignment, Total Rewards, Leadership and Management, Performance Management, Organizational Culture, Learning & Development (L&D), Workplace Experience, DEIB in the Workplace, HR Tech, Employee Engagement, Talent Acquisition, and Employer Branding.

Subscribe now to stay ahead of the curve and learn how to create a people-centric future of work. Join over 30,000 work futurists and subscribe to the newsletter.

Latest Episodes:

What Actually Happened with Sam Altman and OpenAI, and What Does It Mean for the Future of Work? // Future Work #62 Nov 27, 2023

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Sam Altman is out at OpenAI. Oh, wait. He’s back.

From a firing last Friday, causing shockwaves in the industry and beyond, to a subsequent rehiring yesterday, Sam Altman has kept people busy this week.

What actually happened with Sam Allan at OpenAI? And what does it mean for the future of work? We've got it all covered in Future Work #62:

1. Sam Altman was out at OpenAI: The board of OpenAI shocked the world last Friday by suddenly announcing Sam Altman’s removal as CEO and board member. Sam founded OpenAI in 2015 with 11 others, including Elon Musk. Deep into the night on Tuesday, just four days later, Sam Altman was announced to be rehired.

2. Team members, investors, and partners were shocked: Altman's dismissal led to resignations from key positions like Greg Brockman as board chair, backlash from investors, a petition signed by the vast majority of OpenAI employees threatening to walk out if Altman was not rehired and the Board removed, and potential financial challenges.

3. The theory of why: The leading theory of the dismissal was that co-founder Ilya Sutskever and certain board members felt Sam’s focus was on commercializing OpenAI’s products like ChatGPT at breakneck speed – in conflict with OpenAI's mission to “ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.”

4. The AI landscape is moving faster than ever: This event occurs against rapid advancements in AI, with generative AI technologies like ChatGPT becoming mainstream and developing at the speed of light.

5. Impact on us: In the future, AI will be embedded in most knowledge workers’ workstreams. Already, ChatGPT is used by over 70% of knowledge workers, more than double the popularity of Microsoft and Google’s AI tools. Which products OpenAI develops and how they bring them to market immediately impacts our work.

I dive into all of this in this spoken version of the Future Work weekly newsletter.

Rather read? Go to What Actually Happened with Sam Altman and OpenAI, and What Does It Mean for the Future of Work? // Future Work #62.

In Future Work, I scan the news for must-know stories about the employee-centric, happier, distributed, and AI-driven future of work.

We Need to Become Exponential Humans (ft. Antony Slumbers) Aug 01, 2023

Show notes

Future Work is the bi-weekly podcast from Daan van Rossum, CEO of FlexOS – the platform that helps hybrid and remote managers level up their leadership game.

In this episode, we’re joined by Antony Slumbers, a globally recognized speaker, advisor, and writer on proptech and space-as-a-service and one of our Top 55 Remote Work Influencers.

Antony is a serial entrepreneur who founded and exited several proptech software companies and now consults real estate boards on their transformation, technology, and innovation strategies.

He writes an influential blog at antonyslumbers.com, is a prolific Tweeter (@antonyslumbers), and teaches the online ‘#SpaceAsAService - The Trillion Dollar Hashtag’ course.In the episode, Antony discusses:

The paradox of technology and the need for humans to become "exponential humans" in a world of exponential technology.
Why we need to get much better at abstract and critical thinking.
The integration of AI and its impact on the workforce in startups and enterprises.
How employees can be ahead of companies embracing new technologies.
How hybrid remote work has changed the world of work fundamentally.
How applying an office-centric way of working to hybrid is doomed to fail.
The need for companies to design experiences that cater to individual and team needs.
The innovator’s dilemma and how companies should reinvent themselves, learning lessons from Microsoft and intel.

How technology should address significant global challenges, focusing on building a beautiful world and finding purpose in making a positive impact.

Want more Antony? We understand! Find him today on LinkedIn, Twitter, and his website.

Like reading more than listening? Find We Need to Become Exponential Humans on our website!

Employee Engagement Best Practices from a Pro (ft. Christie Hoffman, Workplace Experience Strategist at Pingboard) Jul 18, 2023

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Future Work is the bi-weekly podcast from Daan van Rossum, CEO of FlexOS – the platform that helps hybrid and remote managers level up their leadership game.

On this episode, we welcome Christie Hoffman, who hosts the highly popular Flip Flops & People Ops podcast, is a Brand Ambassador + Workplace Experience Strategist at Pingboard, and a recently crowned Top 55 Remote Work Influencer.

Join us and hear answers to all your questions on employee engagement best practices:

What is employee engagement, really?
How do you define employee engagement?
What’s the difference between employee engagement and employee experience?
How can we improve employee engagement?
How can I prepare my first employee engagement survey?
What can managers do? And what’s HR’s role?

Click here to find Christie’s magical employee engagement survey workshop and don’t forget to familiarize yourself with the 3 survey formats available!

And, listen to the end to hear why and how managers can take care of themselves before they take care of others – something we can’t overlook in our never-ending quest for engaged team members!

Need more Christie? We understand! Find her today on LinkedIn, TikTok, and Instagram. Like reading more than listening?

Find Employee Engagement Best Practices from a Pro on our website!

After Offices: How Life and Work Will Change Forever (with Dror Poleg, Author of Rethinking Real Estate) Jul 04, 2023

Show notes

Future Work is the bi-weekly podcast from Daan van Rossum, CEO of FlexOS – the platform that helps hybrid and remote managers level up their leadership game.

On this episode, we welcome Dror Poleg, an economic historian researching technology's impact on how people work and live. His insights have been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Financial Times, NBC, Bloomberg, The New Yorker, The Times of India, China Daily, and beyond.

Dror is the author of Rethinking Real Estate, an award-winning book that predicted the current reshuffle of offices, homes, and cities. He regularly delivers keynotes at public and private gatherings for industry-leading companies such as UBS, Bank of America, HSBC, Recruit Holdings, BCG, AvalonBay, CBRE, Hines, British Land, Liberty Mutual, Dubai Holding, Cushman & Wakefield, and others.

During our discussion, Dror highlights the various ways work is evolving, including the impact of remote work on productivity and lifestyle.

Offices have set how we live and work for a long time and what's about to change.
Remote work has opened up new possibilities for people to work from anywhere and live the life they want.
The trend of talent decentralization has also become more prominent due to remote work.
Assessing creative work with traditional metrics such as hours worked or lines of code is no longer sufficient.
The "scalable class" concept refers to individuals who can achieve their goals independently by leveraging AI and the internet.
and much more.

The interview concludes with Dror’s advice for young professionals to take risks and share their expertise with a specific audience, even starting with the least expensive methods. Tune in to gain practical insights from Dror Poleg on the changing nature of work.

Connect with Dror Poleg on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Like reading more than listening? Find After Offices: How Life and Work Will Change Forever on our website!

Transforming the Workplace Experience (with Corinne Murray, Founder and CEO of Agate) Jun 20, 2023

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Welcome to another episode of our Future Work podcast with your host, Daan van Rossum, CEO at FlexOS.

In this episode, we have a special guest, Corinne Murray, the Founder and CEO of Agate, a strategic consulting studio that shepherds companies as they undergo major organizational transformations around how, where, and when work gets done successfully in the post-COVID era.

Corinne has an extensive Workplace and Real Estate background, working across various sectors, including occupiers, consultants, landlords, and service providers, including WeWork, Gensler, and RXR. Her ultimate goal is to create sustainable and beneficial relationships between people and their workplaces.

Throughout the episode, Corinne shares her valuable insights on transforming the workplace experience, including:

The shift from defining the workplace as a physical location to a broader concept includes the entire digital ecosystem where work is done.
Organizations must consider designing the workplace with intention and user experience in mind, similar to any other consumer product or service.
The importance of in-person and virtual interactions and the need to strengthen weak ties.
The return-to-office trend and the need for organizations to focus on activities that are best supported by physical presence.
The friction between online meetings and the lack of suitable spaces in the office leads to frustration among employees.
The importance of conducting an audit of existing work environments and involving employees in identifying challenges and areas for improvement.
The need for organizations to address universal frustrations and solutions in a people-centered manner.

Corinne's expertise and passion for creating meaningful workplace experiences shine through in this episode, and her insights undoubtedly provide valuable guidance for organizations navigating the changing work landscape.

Connect with Corinne Murray on LinkedIn.

This podcast is sponsored by FlexOS, unleashing the full potential of hybrid and remote teams. Go to our website and grab your management toolkit today.

The Power of Community in Any Organization (with Mark Birch, Global Startup Advocate at Amazon Web Services) Jun 06, 2023

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Welcome to the next episode of our Future Work podcast with your host, Daan van Rossum. This episode welcomes Mark Birch, an expert in community building and author of the book Community-in-a-Box: How to Build Event-Driven Professional Communities.

Mark is a software entrepreneur, startup advisor, and community builder. He currently works at AWS as a Global Startup Advocate sharing how startups successfully build, grow & scale on AWS. Prior to AWS, Mark launched the SaaS business for Stack Overflow, founded an enterprise HR tech startup, was a software engineer, and worked for a number of leading technology companies.

Practicing building community for over a decade and proven successful with the Enterprise CIOs Forum of 30,000 members across 24 chapters globally, Mark brings lively insights about:

The importance of community building in every organization
Role of managers in connecting employees to the company
How to address the challenges of building community in a distributed work environment.

Find Mark Birch on LinkedIn.

This podcast is sponsored by FlexOS, unleashing the full potential of hybrid and remote teams. Go to our website and grab your management toolkit today.

The Secrets of Managing Remote Teams (with Chris Dyer, Forbes #1 Leadership Speaker on Culture) May 23, 2023

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Welcome to the fourth episode of our Future Work podcast with your host, Daan van Rossum. In this episode, we have the privilege of hosting Chris Dyer, a world-renowned expert on remote leadership and productive company culture.

Chris is a recognized company culture and remote work expert. He has been a CEO with a workforce of thousands and consistently creates the "best place to work". Chris is an International Keynote Speaker ranked #1 by Forbes. He has two bestselling books The Power of Company Culture and Remote Work, and has been named #5 on the Leadershum Power List, a Top 40 Change Management Guru, a Top 50 Global Thought Leader, and a Top 50 leadership podcast just this year. In this talk, Chris offers valuable insights and practical advice for those who manage hybrid teams on how to navigate the challenges of remote work, which covers:

- How to measure team productivity

- How to build and maintain remote teams

- How to embrace a supportive environment where every team member is comfortable asking questions and offering help

- How to elevate AI and tools to create guidelines to help people get work done

- How to automate the onboarding processes and personalized learning experiences for team members.

Visit Chris Dyer website and connect with on LinkedIn or his channels.

This podcast is sponsored by FlexOS, unleashing the full potential of hybrid and remote teams. Go to our website and grab your management toolkit today.

Retreats and Engagement for Remote Teams (with Stephanie Lee, Head of People Experience at Nansen) May 09, 2023

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Welcome to the third episode of the Future Work podcast with your host, Daan van Rossum. Our guest today is Stephanie Lee, Director of People Experience at Nansen and a leading expert in remote work in Asia.

Stephanie is passionate about helping people bring their best selves to life and work. She believes that the key to hybrid success is designing your operating system to be remote-first. With her background in building remote companies in Europe, the US, and now in Singapore, she has helped businesses adapt to work-from-home directives by teaching effective implementation of remote work.

In this episode, Stephanie reveals how Nansen, the first remote-first company of this scale in Singapore with a workforce from almost 40 countries, approaches remote work. She also discusses the importance of team composition, cross-function collaboration, and organic connections, all aimed at helping the company thrive in a remote-first world.

Find Stephanie on LinkedIn and Twitter.

This podcast is sponsored by FlexOS, unleashing the full potential of hybrid and remote teams. Go to our website and grab your management toolkit today.

Creating a team well-being strategy that works (with Alyssa Than-Stark, Group Well-being and Reward Manager at Singtel) Apr 26, 2023

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Welcome to the second episode of the Future Work podcast with your host, Daan van Rossum. Today's guest is Alyssa Than-Stark, Group Well-being and Reward Manager at Singtel.

Alyssa is a passionate advocate for promoting a culture of "holistic well-being" in the workplace. Drawing on her extensive experience in behavioral health & neuropsychiatry, she discusses the importance of designing evidence-based strategies to meet the needs of Singtel's 20,000 employees at every level of the organization. Prior to joining Singtel, she spent the last 5 years working on the front line at various government hospitals in Singapore.

In this insightful conversation, Alyssa challenges the common understanding of workplace wellness practices and shares her firsthand experience in building comprehensive well-being initiatives. She also emphasizes the undeniable role of managers and on-the-ground champions in driving meaningful change.Being skeptical of on-the-surface solutions like mental health webinar culture or quick fixes like free food and massages, Alyssa brought to the table another practical approach to creating a sustainable well-being program.

Find Alyssa on LinkedIn.

This podcast is sponsored by FlexOS, unleashing the full potential of hybrid and remote teams. Go to our website and grab your management toolkit today.

Happiness at Work (with Tracy Brower, VP of Workplace Insights at Steelcase) Apr 12, 2023

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Welcome to Future Work, a podcast by Daan van Rossum that dives into the people-centric future of work. In this episode, Daan is joined by Tracy Brower, VP of Workplace Insights at Steelcase and a Forbes and Fast Company contributor.

She is the author of “The Secrets to Happiness at Work” and “Bring Work to Life”.

Tracy is an award-winning speaker with over 25 years of experience working with global clients to achieve business results.

With profound research and experience on how we cultivate happiness at work, Tracy brings a beautiful discussion on defining happiness at work and how positive work culture should be.

She also discussed the role of leaders and managers in fostering employee engagement and well-being, which shed light on healthier team performance.

Find Tracy on tracybrower.com and LinkedIn.

This podcast is sponsored by FlexOS, unleashing the full potential of hybrid and remote teams. Go to our website and grab your management toolkit today.

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