The real future of work with Julia Hobsbawm

07/14/22 • 53 min

Hybrid working is a reality already fro millions, but a lot more are undergoing the biggest work experiment of their lives. Ultra smart cookie, Julia Hobsbawm, believes we are living through a unique moment in the history of work which, if understood and handled correctly, can provide a springboard for the biggest transformational change in the workplace for a century. We’ll delve into this and other areas on this episode of Mouthwash.

ABOUT JULIA (@juliahobsbawm)

Julia Hobsbawm is an entrepreneur, writer, and consultant who addresses the challenges of the hyper-connected age, in particular remedies of what she has called Social Health for organisations.

She is Chair of The Workshift Commission and is Founder and Chair of the content and connection business Editorial Intelligence. Her bestselling book The Simplicity Principle: Six Steps Towards Clarity in a Complex World was published in 2020 and won two US Awards for Best Business Book and Best Self-Help Book of 2020. Her previous books include Fully Connected: Social Health in an Age of Overload which was shortlisted for Management Book of the Year.

Awarded an OBE for services to business, her articles are amongst the most downloaded on the Strategy + Business site and she is an adviser to the British Academy’s Future of the Corporation project.

She regularly speaks to global audiences in government, private and public sectors. Julia is a founding trustee in the UK of OurBrainBank, a patron of Saving Faces: Facial Surgery Research Foundation, patron of The Zoe Education Trust, and is the Founder of the Social Capital Network.

Find out more about Julia here.

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ABOUT JULIA (@juliahobsbawm)

Julia Hobsbawm is an entrepreneur, writer, and consultant who addresses the challenges of the hyper-connected age, in particular remedies of what she has called Social Health for organisations.

Find out more about Julia here.

SPONSOR: Season 4 of Mouthwash is proudly sponsored by Workplace from Meta. To make your place of work a great place to work, visit workplace.com/human

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The real future of work with Diana Wu David

Leadership has been truly tested during the pandemic. From pulling people together to tearing them apart, the pandemic has shown us the best (and worst) from leaders imaginable. What lessons can be learned and taken forward? What behaviours should we lose? Are we destined to live in a remote surveillance workplace? How is trust in the workplace? All these questions, and more, will be explored on this episode of Mouthwash.

ABOUT DIANA (@dianawudavid)

Diana Wu David is the author of Future Proof: Reinventing Work in the Age of Acceleration, a book about how to adopt more agile mindsets and practices to prepare yourself for success in a fast-changing world, across a 100-year life. Diana is an adjunct professor of leadership at Columbia Business School's EMBA Global Asia and for the Financial Times Non-Executive Director Diploma. A former Financial Times executive, Diana now works with CEOs and board directors to enhance their leadership agility, influence, collaboration and resilience. Her clients have included the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, the World Bank, Expedia, Asia Development Bank and Credit Suisse. She began her career and leadership education as an assistant to Dr. Henry Kissinger.

Read the first two chapters of Future Proof: Reinventing Work in the Age of Acceleration for free here.

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The real future of work with David Burkus

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ABOUT DAVID (@davidburkus)

One of the world’s leading business thinkers, David Burkus’ forward-thinking ideas and bestselling books are helping leaders and teams do their best work ever.

He is the bestselling author of four books about business and leadership. His books have won multiple awards and have been translated into dozens of languages. His insights on leadership and teamwork have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, USAToday, Fast Company, the Financial Times, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, CNN, the BBC, NPR, and CBS This Morning. Since 2017, Burkus has been ranked as one of the world’s top business thought leaders by by organizations like Thinkers50, Global Gurus, and LeadersHum. As a sought-after international speaker, his TED Talk has been viewed over 2 million times. He’s worked with leaders from organizations across all industries including Google, Stryker, Fidelity, Viacom, and even the US Naval Academy.

A former business school professor, Burkus holds a master’s degree in organizational psychology from the University of Oklahoma, and a doctorate in strategic leadership from Regent University.

Find out more about David here.

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