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Unleashing the power of Unique Minds

In our increasingly fast paced world with endless change, in order to survive and thrive we need to open up to new and different perspectives.
Less than 16% of autistic adults are employed full-time, which is only a slight improvement since 2007. Today we talk to Unicus, who only hire people who have Asperger's. This IT consultancy firm is not only providing first class consultants, but are also enabling organizations to break down barriers. We are very excited to talk to Elin Blom from Unicus!
 
 

A stimulating conversation with Tomas Chamorro Premuzic

We're really excited having a stimulating conversation with Tomas Chamorro Premuzic who is the Chief Innovation Officer at Manpower, author of 10 books and a regular contributor to HBR, Forbes and many more leading publications, including some very successful Ted Talks. 
 
We could have talked for hours but restrained ourselves. There was so many good points raised during our chat: 
AI is a bit like a dishwasher - frees up time for other things
Humans with AI are better than each on their own
Are we expecting too much from work - Come and work with me and you will be slightly less miserable than your current job?
 
Have a good Easter, if you are celebrating.
Katarina and Liz
 

Is Silicon Valley still a role model for business?

Episode 11: Silicon Valley has gained a reputation as a role model for several reasons, primarily related to its impact on the technology and innovation landscape. From tech giants to innovation hubs to risk taking cultures. However, the picture isn't totally rosy, last year saw the crash of the silicon valley bank and we have just seen the tech social media giants undergoing a child safety hearing to address putting profit before safety.
 
Join us as we speak with Susanne Kleveros, Head of HR at Mojave Energy who has lived through the various transitions within the valley. Has the bubble burst? Will Silicon Valley reinvent itself? 
 
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Get your Resilience Strategy ready - a lesson from Ukraine

We’re full of energy and optimism at the start of the year and all interesting guests we have in our line up!
We are very honored and happy to talk to Maryna Saprykina, CEO of CSR Ukraine - and discuss what organizations can learn about resilience. The world has never been more unpredictable and we can certainly learn from people who for a long time have learned how to train their resilience, which is actually possible to do.Both Liz and Katarina have read interesting studies and articles on different topics ranging from succession of family business from a gender perspective to strategies that help you to become more collaborative. 
Enjoy listening!

Wrapping up the year

It's December and time to summarize the highlights and learnings from this first year with our podcast. It's hard to choose!! 
We also try to look into the crystal ball for 2024, what will be the focus for organizations to thrive, in these uncertain and complex times?
God Jul, Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!
 

Raising our antennas on racism

In this episode we meet Fran Partridge and Marlon Brown, Racial Equity Consultants, and  have an interesting talk about racism. We tend to internalize messages and myths about race, how can we challenge that? Well we can start with raising our antennas and accept that racism exist in our society, we can learn, listen to peoples stories and ask questions. 
We also get some concrete tips where inclusive leaders can start when building an inclusive and equitable organization where people thrive? 
Enjoy listening!

The power of speech

Meet Emma Wainer who is an expert in speaking at work and she helps senior women to have executive presence without losing their authenticity.
We learn what it means to have vocal fry and how to pitch yourself. A great discussion about the fact that
We don't run on Algorithms we run on human rythms! 
Enjoy listening!

What are the expectations from the Gen Z really about?

Excited to publish Episode 6 and we're busting the myths about the Gen Z's. We have a conversation with the Gen Z:er Adam Paulsson about employer expectations, work life balance and a change in work identity. If we say they're the same as the older generations we are diminishing their experience. Afterall, they were born digital. 
Liz has read some interesting articles on learning and AI and Katarina is concerned about the Diversity backlash!
Enjoy the show!

Throw away the cape!

Back from summer vacation!
How do you harness the power of people to double transformation success?
This time we explore human centric leadership and the research from Oxford University with Emanuele Mazzanti currently working for EY in Gothenburg, Sweden. He talks about the importance of a fearless culture, collective intelligence, learnings from failure and tapping into the collective good. 
Happy listening!
 
 
 

Bring your full self to work and inclusive leaders who get it!

When this episode is launched it's the end of June, which is also International Pride month. For organizations to thrive it's key that all people feel they can bring their full selves to work, to feel they can unleash their full potential. 
We invited Miguel Castro, driving Diversity and Inclusion in SAP and recently named one of Spain's Top 25 LGBTI leaders in the "Management and Leadership" category, for a candid talk around what organizations need to do to really embed DEI throughout the company and not just leave to HR to follow up on KPI's.
And as always, Liz and Katarina have new thoughts and reflections to share on what's on in their curious minds right now.
Happy listening!