Ollie on Work
Helping ambitious leaders avoid the Career Expiration Trap.
I'm Ollie Henderson. I've spent 15+ years founding businesses and I'm still experimenting today. I've learned what keeps leaders ahead. Entrepreneurial skills that create momentum regardless of what shifts.
Real conversations with business and thought leaders like Daniel Pink, Rory Sutherland, and Lynda Gratton about leading multigenerational teams, implementing AI strategy, and building what comes next as the rules of work change.
No generic future-of-work trends. Just practical insights for leaders who refuse to expire.
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- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 26 minutes
- Episodes
- 240
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Elvin Turner - Innovation & Zombies
Welcome back to Series 3 of Take My Advice (I'm Not Using It).
After January's podstorm, I return to the show's original format - long-form interviews with a wide range of interesting guests from var…
Future Work/Life Podstorm #31: Series 1 Highlights (part three)
Welcome to the world’s first work/life podstorm.
This is the final episode of series two and looks back at two interviews from series one of Take My Advice (I'm Not Using It). I discuss the future of …
Future Work/Life Podstorm #30: Series 1 Highlights (part two)
Welcome to the world’s first work/life podstorm.
This is the second of three shows with highlights of series one of Take My Advice (I'm Not Using It). Today, I include clips from my interviews with Ca…
Future Work/Life Podstorm #29: Series 1 Highlights (part one)
Welcome to the world’s first work/life podstorm.
This is the first of three shows with highlights of series one of Take My Advice (I'm Not Using It). Today, I include clips from my interviews with Chr…
Future Work/Life Podstorm #28: The Evolution of Flexible Work (part two)
Welcome to the world’s first work/life podstorm.
Today, I complete the introduction to my JOINT framework, which helps business evolve their flexible work strategy.
In this second of two parts, I disc…
Future Work/Life Podstorm #27: The Evolution of Flexible Work (part one)
Welcome to the world’s first work/life podstorm.
Today, I introduce a framework to help business manage the evolution of flexible work. In this first of two parts, I discuss the importance on autonomy…
Future Work/Life Podstorm #26: Flexi-Year
Welcome to the world’s first work/life podstorm.
In today's episode, I consider the importance of evolving truly flexible work in 2021, in particular, for working mothers.
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Future Work/Life Podstorm #25: The Flipped Workplace
Welcome to the world’s first work/life podstorm.
Today, I discuss how the workplace has 'flipped'. As my podcast guest, Allison Baum Gates (General Partner of SemperVirens an early-stage VC fund focus…
Future Work/Life Podstorm #24: The Code for Purpose
Welcome to the world’s first work/life podstorm.
Today, I follow up the brilliant conversation I had with world champion surfer and author of, The Code, Shaun Tomson, to discuss purpose. I also share …
Future Work/Life Podstorm #23: Leadership & Parenting
Welcome to the world’s first work/life podstorm.
Is there a relationship between leadership and parenting? What can we learn from leadership principles that we can apply to our approach to parenting? …
Future Work/Life Podstorm #22: 4-Day Week & Working Less
Welcome to the world’s first work/life podstorm.
In today's episode, I discuss my interview with Alex Soojung Kim Pang, author of Rest and Shorter. I consider the benefits of working less, including i…
Future Work/Life Podstorm #21: A long-term view on purpose and success
Welcome to the world’s first work/life podstorm.
Following my interview with Cath Bishop - author, a former diplomat and, during her sporting career, a world champion rower and Olympic medallist - I r…
Future Work/Life Podstorm #20: Portfolio Careers & Carving a Niche
Welcome to the world’s first work/life podstorm.
In today's episode, I discuss the importance of carving your own niche and the increasing emergence of portfolio careers due to a changing job market.
L…
Future Work/Life Podstorm #19: Time for a nappucino
Welcome to the world’s first work/life podstorm.
Today, I recall a period of sleep deprivation and why a 'power nap' not only got me through the day then but has now become a regular part of my routin…
Future Work/Life Podstorm #18: Social Media & Distractions
Welcome to the world’s first work/life podstorm.
Today, I reference The Social Dilemma and how that's helped reveal my LinkedIn addition. I go on to make some suggestions about how to avoid being suck…
Future Work/Life Podstorm #17: Unbundling Work from Employment
Welcome to the world’s first work/life podstorm.
In today's episode, I offer some reasons for optimism, in the guise of new ways of working - including vertical-specific work-platforms, crypto-driven …
Future Work/Life Podstorm #16: The Project
Welcome to the world’s first work/life podstorm.
Today, I reflect on the six months of rapid change and outline why the future of work relies upon us working collectively.
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Future Work/Life Podstorm #15: Life Transitions
Welcome to the world’s first work/life podstorm.
Today, I discuss life transitions and how a global pandemic represents a collective involuntary life quake, as author Bruce Feiler puts it.
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Future Work/Life Podstorm #14: Jobs of the Future
Welcome to the world’s first work/life podstorm.
In today's episode, I discuss jobs of the future and my prediction that we're likely to see the increasing emergence of Chief Culture Officers.
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Future Work/Life Podstorm #13: Trust and Work Culture
Welcome to the world’s first work/life podstorm.
Today, I discuss the importance of establishing trust at work, particularly for those businesses that aspire to create an ‘innovation culture’.
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