Ollie on Work

In this show, you'll hear from two guests about how to harness the power of the internet

First, Liz Ogabi tells us how her move from London to Lagos inspired her entrepreneurial career and the launch …

In this show, you'll hear from Bruce Daisley about why there's still magic in connecting with people in real life despite some advantages to the rise of remote work.

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In this show, you'll hear from two guests about why flexibility can now be considered a mark of success.

First, We Are Rosie founder, Stephanie Nadi Olson, explains why Covid "lifted the veil' on the …

In this show, you'll hear from two guests about why we changes in how we work are enabling us to network more easily, which means you need to start cultivating your community

First, Bearaby founder, S…

In this show, you'll hear from two guests about why we need to rethink how we learn and the connection between education and the future of work.

First, Semper Virens' General Partner, Allison Baum Gat…

In this show, you'll hear from two guests about how failure really can lead to growth.

First, Reward Gateway founder, Glenn Elliott, explains why not everyone's honest about their experience in busine…

Welcome back to Series 8 of the Future Work/Life podcast. Over the next 20 bite-sized episodes, I'll share my Top 20 lessons from my first 100 podcasts.

Lesson 1 focuses on why you should embrace bein…

Hello and welcome to the Future Work/Life podcast on which we discuss big ideas about the future of work and life.

Today's episode is one of those that make doing this so worthwhile. My guest is one o…

I'm excited to bring you today's episode because it pulls together the various strands covered in the series so far, not least how to build a sustainable system for pivoting careers and harnessing th…

My guest today is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated writer, author of multiple best-selling books and one of the world's leading experts on flow.

Steven Kotler founded the Flow Research Collective in 2019 an…

Today’s guest is George Bettany, co-founder of Sanctus, a mental health gym that supports thousands of people at businesses across the UK with coaching that blends personal and professional developme…

Today’s guest is one of the biggest writers on the internet. He’s written over 5,000 articles online, ghost-written for 300+ business leaders and was previously the most-read writer on the social pla…

Today's guest is an incredible example of why it's never too late to pivot careers. 

For 30 years, Jeff Kofman was a journalist, winning an Emmy award for his coverage of the Arab Spring.

During his jo…

Today’s guest is Stephanie Nadi-Olson, founder of We Are Rosie.

After a decade in advertising sales, working for companies like Microsoft and Yahoo, Stephanie recognised an industry ripe for disrupti…

In today’s show, we consider a question that I’ve always been intrigued by: are some people luckier than others?

My guest is Prof. Dr. Christian Busch, bestselling author of Connect the Dots: The Art …

In today's show, I speak to Tim Oldman, Founder and CEO of Leesman, the world leader in measuring and analysing employees' experiences in their places of work.

Leesman helps organisations understand …

In today’s show, I welcome Lynda Gratton, London Business School professor and author of several books, including her most recent, Redesigning Work: How to Transform Your Organisation and Make Hybrid…

My guest this week has had an exciting and unusual career journey.

After studying finance at university, Kathrin Hamm went to work for an NGO in Afghanistan, which led her to pursue a PhD in internati…

This week's guest is Andy Ayim. He's an angel investor and founder of the Angel Investing School, which teaches professionals from all backgrounds how to begin investing in startups. Its mission is t…

We're often told we should have clear goals for ourselves. In fact, as we've heard from guests like Marc Effron and Grace Lordan in the past, there is a connection between effective goal-setting and …