Transforming Work with Sophie Wade

Transforming Work with Sophie Wade


Latest Episodes

133: Henrik Jarleskog - From Building-Centric to People-Centric: Ongoing Workplace Evolution
November 29, 2024

Henrik Jarleskog, Head of Future of Work at Sodexo, shares his multinational perspective transforming workplace strategies, services, and experiences to enhance employee and business performance. Henr

132: Stephan Meier - Behavioral Economics at Work: Endorsing Employee Centricity
November 22, 2024

Stephan Meier is Professor of Business Strategy at Columbia Business School and author of The Employee Advantage: How Putting Workers First Helps Business Thrive. Stephan describes how behavioral econ

131: Heather McGowan - Empathy Meets AI: Expanding Cognitive Capacity and Workplace Potential
November 15, 2024

Heather E. McGowan is a keynote speaker and author of The Empathy Advantage and The Adaptation Advantage with deep experience in the Future of Work field. She describes the importance of empathy with

130: Luis Velasquez - Every Day Resilience in a Evolving Work Landscape
November 08, 2024

Luis Velasquez Ph.D. is the author of Ordinary Resilience, an executive leadership coach, and former research scientist. He describes his journey after a brain tumor forced him to leave academia and r

129: Vidya Krishnan - Strategic Systems-based Upskilling to Enable Internal Talent Mobility
October 25, 2024

Vidya Krishnan, Chief Learning Officer at Ericsson, combines her engineering experience, systems thinking, and love of learning to connect core upskilling with corporate strategy. For Vidya, learning

128: Mark Ma - RTOs: Research-backed Realities and Recommendations
October 18, 2024

Mark Ma, a research professor at the University of Pittsburgh, studies social and economic issues including Return To Office (RTO) mandates, AI, and tax evasion. A working parent during the pandemic,

127: Mika Cross - Learning from Public Sector Distributed Teams, Telework, and Wellness
October 11, 2024

Mika Cross is a Workplace Transformation Strategist at Strategy@Work. She discusses her military career and years federal government agency experience including talent management, workplace flexibilit

126: Paul J. Zak - The Neuroscience of Employee Engagement and Satisfaction
September 27, 2024

Paul J. Zak is a Professor and Director of the Center for Neuroeconomics Studies at Claremont Graduate University. Paul is the Founder of Immersion Neuroscience a company that enables measurement of i

125: Kelly Monahan - Up-leveling Leaders for the Blended Distributed Workforce
September 20, 2024

Kelly Monahan, Ph.D., is Managing Director of Upworks Research Institute, with research published in applied and academic journals. Kelly is the author of How Behavioral Economics Influences Managem

124: John Hopkins - Flexibility, Flow, Bottlenecks, and Boundaries: Modern Ecosystem Dynamics
September 13, 2024

John Hopkins PhD is Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management at Swinburne University of Technology. He is also Founder of WorkFLEX which helps people transition to new ways of working. John disc