Ollie on Work

I'm back a little later than planned after what's been a very busy few months. Future Work/Life is now a business - I'll be leaning on the many insights developed from the newsletter and this podcast…

Today's episode is a Future Work/Life special. I recall two newsletters in which I discuss diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as AI, decision making and the future of jobs.

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Today's episode is a Future Work/Life special. I recall two newsletters in which I discuss technological disruption and the lessons we can learn from Spotify and the music business, as well as impost…

Today's episode is a Future Work/Life special. I recall two newsletters in which I discuss the problems with NPS (net promoter score) and the benefits of illeism (the act of referring to yourself in …

In today's episode, we're looking into the future to explore how technology will create new opportunities to monetise our expertise and what effects that will have on our understanding of jobs and ca…

In today's episode, we talk about culture - what does it mean, how do we define and develop it within organisations, and how is this likely to change as the way we work continues to evolve?

My guest i…

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 h…

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 newslet…

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…

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 acquisit…

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 wor…

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 we…

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 sh…

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 inno…

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 fa…

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 af…

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 worki…

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 boo…

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 …

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…