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About the podcast

About the podcast
Sophie addresses current business conditions and explores ways to navigate the disruption. She shares informative insights and interviewing leading innovators who are providing or benefiting from transformative solutions that will allow companies to emerge with sustainable models, mindsets, and business practices.
Find out how to transition to more effective, productive, and supportive new ways of working—across locations, generations, and platforms—as we harness these challenging circumstances to drive significant, multidimensional changes in all our working lives.
LATEST EPISODE

LATEST EPISODE
The Strategic, Integrated Role of Human Resources in the New Era of Work
Allison Allen, worked at Twitter as Vice President, Global Talent Acquisition, through December 2022. She starts a new job at an as-yet-unnamed company in February. Allison’s expertise spans HR roles including Organizational Development, Diversity & Inclusion, and Talent Acquisition, mostly involving change management. Her experiences equip her well to recognize and adapt for ongoing workplace transformations—for leadership, HR, and managers at all levels. Allison discusses performance management, how leaders can foster employee engagement, who is responsible for retention, how Talent Acquisition can hire people internally, ways Human Resources can benefit from integrating silos, and much more. Read more
Recent Episodes
The Asynchronous Mindset & Methodology — Key to Working “Remote First”
Liam Martin, who co-founded and runs Timedoctor and Staff.com, is an avid proponent of remote work and co-organizer of the Running Remote conference. Liam draws on much personal experience learning the asynchronous mindset and optimizing designing processes to enable “deep work” by distributed teams. For the new book he co-authored, Running Remote, Liam researched how remote pioneers built their businesses. He shares high level and granular advice, including useful tools and practices for organizations interested in improving their hybrid models or going fully remote. Read more
Listen to the episodeZillennial Insights on Work: Productivity, Impact, Security, Creativity, & Skills
Steven Miller is a Senior Growth Manager on Uber’s product team, co-Founder of startup ChatSight, and an angel investor in early stage technology ventures. Steven wants his work efforts to have impact as so many young employees do—he is a “Zillennial” on the cusp of Millennial and Gen Z generations. Steven offers his and his friends’ views and learnings from experiences at multiple startups and large corporations about emerging realities and preferences—the new what, why, where, when, and how of work—sought by younger cohorts of workers. Read more
Listen to the episodeEarlier Episodes
Gen Z: Who They Are, What They Think, How They Work
with Dr. Meghan Grace
December 28, 2022
Listen to the episodeDigital Nomadism: Enhancing and Expanding an Enriched Experience
with Rowena Cariman
December 2, 2022
Listen to the episodeLearning from the Music Industry: Evolving with Technology Disruption
with J.R. Richards
November 25, 2022
Listen to the episodeLeaders are Listening to the Voices of Change
with Adam Tuckwell
November 18, 2022
Listen to the episodeEmpathy and AI — Algorithms that Help Us Listen and Learn
with Dr. Grin Lord
November 11, 2022
Listen to the episodeTransforming Financial Services with a Human-Centric Approach
with Colin Field
October 28, 2022
Listen to the episodeHow to Connect and Communicate – Be Curious, Be Fearless, Be Super!
with Lou Diamond
October 21, 2022
Listen to the episodeThinking Outside the (Office) Box Innovating for the New Era of Work
with Haddy Davies
October 14, 2022
Listen to the episodeFlexibility for Fixed-Site Jobs Pt II: A Top Down & Bottom Up Approach
with Trond Undheim
September 30, 2022
Listen to the episodeFlexibility for Fixed-Location Workers Employing Human-Centric Innovation
with Trond Undheim
September 23, 2022
Listen to the episodeOur Learning Journeys: To Attract, Hire, Empower, Develop, and Retain Talent
with Jen Fox
September 9, 2022
Listen to the episodeGoing “Remote First” Part II—Focusing on Flexibility and Work/Life Harmony
with Paul McKinlay
August 26, 2022
Listen to the episodeGoing “Remote First”: Automate, Communicate, and Document
with Robert Keane
August 19, 2022
Listen to the episodeCreating A “Human First” Business: Insights, Inclusion, and Impact
with Ali Azeem
August 12, 2022
Listen to the episodeRising Millennial Leaders: Insider Tips, Insights & Issues
with Jenn DeWall
August 7, 2022
Listen to the episodeTackling Underlying Issues: Straight Forward, But Not Simple, Solutions
with Dominic Price
June 24, 2022
Listen to the episodeHow Empathy Enables the Transformation of/at Work
with host Sophie Wade
June 10, 2022
Listen to the episodeThe Evolving Roles of Leaders and Revisiting Holacracy
with Pascal Dulex
May 26, 2022
Listen to the episodeSelf Expertise, Avoiding Burnout, and Focusing on “How” to Work
with Dr. Amanda Crowell
May 13, 2022
Listen to the episodeTransforming Career Trajectories for Women of Color at Work
with Deepa Purushothaman
April 30, 2022
Listen to the episodeMaking Hybrid Work – Focusing on the Employee Experience
with Reid Hiatt
March 25, 2022
Listen to the episodeAdapting Product Design & Innovation for the Future of Work
with Kapil Kane
February 25, 2022
Listen to the episodeThe Great Resignation, Burnout, & How to fix it
with Susan Inouye
February 11, 2022
Listen to the episodeHow A/Synchronous & Distributed, Digitalized Work is Optimized
with Neil Miller
January 28, 2022
Listen to the episodeHow Transforming Work Relationships Improves Outcomes
with David Nour
January 14, 2022
Listen to the episode2021’s Essential Learnings: Emotions, Excuses, and Insights
with host Sophie Wade
December 24, 2021
Listen to the episodeThe Hybrid Customer Journey and Creating Compelling Experiences
with YuChiang Cheng
December 10, 2021
Listen to the episodeHow Decentralized Organizations Profit from a Human-Centric Approach
with Mikael Sorensen
November 26, 2021
Listen to the episodeInclusive Employee Experiences Start with Leaders
with Gena Cox
November 12, 2021
Listen to the episodeThe Office of the Future — Shaping a More Human Experience
with Matthias Hollwich
October 29, 2021
Listen to the episodeHow Purpose and Values Make a Difference in Business
with Lisa Morton
October 15, 2021
Listen to the episodeRemote & Hybrid Models: Realities, Recommendations, Rewards, & Risks
with
September 17, 2021
Listen to the episodeThe Unbundling and Re-bundling of Jobs in the Future of Work
with
April 23, 2021
Listen to the episodeReframing Leadership: Shifting from Transactional to Inclusive
with
December 18, 2020
Listen to the episodeTransforming with Empathy: From Awareness to Application
with
November 20, 2020
Listen to the episodeOn-Demand vs Remote Workers: Regulation, Opportunities, & Skills
with
October 23, 2020
Listen to the episodeEMBRACING PROGRESS
FUTURE OF WORK ‘MUST-READ’ BOOK.
Executive MBA textbook and ‘visionary reading’* about the Future of Work, Sophie’s book helps you understand the new work environment— faster-paced, tech-driven, and talent-focused. Her research-supported insights help executives, managers, and teams understand and transition to the new world of work.
Learn more“The way we work is going through a profound transformation. With Embracing Progress, Sophie Wade provides an essential guide for businesses of all sizes to create a more flexible, empathetic, purpose driven, and human workplace that can meet the challenges and embrace the opportunities of this new era.”
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON
Founder and CEO, Thrive Global

SOPHIE IN THE NEWS

The 2021 remote influencer report
“Sophie Wade is one of the top 25 Remote Innovators and top 75 Remote Influencers.” February 2021

the 100 most influential remote experts
“Sophie Wade is included as one of "The following experts know that remote work is the future."” January 2021

the future of remote work report
“"A critical focus on empathy is essential for success in this new environment..." says Sophie Wade.” November 2020
theworkinprogressreport
Expert intelligence and insights on Future of Work topics. Curated articles shared biweekly with updates on the latest trends.