Chaos & Rocketfuel: The Future of Work Podcast

Tune in to our podcast, Chaos & Rocketfuel, where we cover topics on the future of work and human acceleration with relevant thought leaders, innovators, and investors. Brought to you by the minds at WNDYR and Pattyrn.

6. Chaos has a System.

Listen to Claire Haidar dive into the system behind chaos and what that means to the future of work! Claire is the founder and CEO of WNDYR, a company focussed on the future of work. What most of the world has been doing work-wise since lockdown, namely working remotely, WNDYR have been doing since their start over 4 years ago. Here, Claire answers the question “Is chaos bad?” From theory to practical take-home stuff, Claire tells us what we can be doing now and in the future to best benefit from working remotely through the eyes of a middle manager, an executive, and a team player. How can we embrace our new ‘normal’ or risk being left behind?

05-14
33:33

8. Micro-Podcast: Part 2 of our Interview with WNDYR's Michael Blakely!

We continue to chat with Michael and get some solid advice on how to approach Change Management, and how best to prepare.

05-20
02:05

7. Micro-Podcast: Featuring Wndyr's Michael Blakely | Part 1

Michael is our Global Partnerships and Sales Manager. He is constantly helping organizations with Change Management realities. Listen to this short nugget of gold in our 2-part interview!  

05-20
03:12

5. Unleashing Your Team's Potential with Pattyrn

Doug Foulkes speaks with Peter Sim, Head of Product Growth, about the ways Pattyrn helps teams uncover insights from SaaS tools they're already using to deliver happier, more productive teams!

12-20
14:01

4. Evaluating How Team Behaviors Impact Success with WNDYR Flow Manager Mitch Schwartz

With businesses searching for the next big organisational advantage, many are looking to the benefits of digital transformation as an answer. WNDYR Flow Manager Mitch Schwartz unpacks the impact of driving optimal team behaviours on company and customer success.

09-13
10:24

3. Unpacking Modern Work Challenges with WNDYR Partner Manager Alex Colonel

WNDYR partner manager Alex Colonel has worn many hats; first as an onboarding consultant and now as a Partner Manager. In this episode, Alex shares the challenges her customers and partners often have from her unique perspective.

08-23
10:58

2. Talking Customer Success with WNDYR's Prasoon Ranjan

Doug Foulkes speaks to Prasoon Ranjan, Vice President of Customer Success about the ways WNDYR has approached customer success and how these approaches have added value for SaaS partners and delivered happier and successful customers.

07-08
09:51

1. Meeting the Team Behind Pattyrn.com

Doug Foulkes speaks to Casey Baggs about how Pattyrn.com is building a platform that tracks how people work in order to deliver deeper insights for happier, more productive teams.

05-01
19:59

103. Family and traditional businesses: which one is more future oriented | Ramia El Agamy, Co-Founder and CEO of Orbis Terra Media

Welcome to Episode 103 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.In the past 2 episodes with Co-Founder of Orbis Terra Media a global Content Marketing Agency, Editor-in-Chief of Tharawat Magazine, and Family Entrepreneur Ramia El Agamy, we’ve looked in depth at family-run businesses. We’ve discovered what a family business is and that it is the most used business model in the world. The advantages and disadvantages they face and the skills and talents needed to navigate a successful multigenerational business today and in the future. In this final session, Ramia gives us some practical examples of the good stuff happening in family businesses around the world today and she explains the different motivations family businesses use to grow and develop.

04-25
25:31

102. How family businesses play into the Future of Work | Ramia El Agamy, Co-Founder and CEO of Orbis Terra Media

Welcome to Episode 102 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.In this, the second outing with Co-Founder of Orbis Terra Media a global Content Marketing Agency, Editor-in-Chief of Tharawat Magazine, and Family Entrepreneur, Ramia El Agamy, we continue our deep dive into the world of the family business. Last time we got a good background into Ramia’s career path as well as understanding more about the dynamics of a family business. Today we focus more on how multi-generational family businesses will play a role in the Future of Work and specifically the advantages and disadvantages they face. 

04-18
11:20

101. Family businesses, the most used business model worldwide | Ramia El Agamy, Co-Founder and CEO of Orbis Terra Media

Welcome to Episode 101 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.For the next three episodes we are joined by Co-Founder and CEO of Orbis Terra Media, a global Content Marketing Agency,  Editor-in-Chief of Tharawat Magazine, and Family Entrepreneur, Ramia El Agamy.Now, before you jump to the conclusion that a family-run business is a mom-and-pop shop and this podcast is not for you, hang on. Ramia is here to explain that the family business model is the most frequently used business model worldwide. In this first episode, we will look at exactly what a family business is and specifically the 3 biggest opportunities for women in family businesses.

04-11
18:46

100. Using the data on first generation, low income professionals to help create high performance teams | Gorick NG

Welcome to Episode 100 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.In the past 2 episodes with author of The Unspoken Rules: Secrets to Starting Your Career Off Right, Gorick NG, we have looked at issues holding back first generation, low income workers and found through Gorick’s own experiences that his learnings are very valuable to all new entrants to the professional job market.In this final episode we delve a little more into their demographics, and we find out how HR leaders can benefit highly from these insights to build more cohesive, high-performing teams. Finally, we see what’s next for Gorick NG.

03-21
17:20

99. Knowing the unspoken rules can help navigate the work environment | Gorick NG

Welcome to Episode 99 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.In this second outing with author and adviser Gorick NG, we find out more about his work at BCG, Harvard, and the Future of Work Project. His book, The Unspoken Rules: Secrets to Starting Your Career Off Right is a deconstruction of what one learns at highly-resourced companies and comes from over 500 interviews. Gorick explains that it’s what to do, what to say, and how to navigate these unspoken rules that is the key to early success and fast-tracking your career. And it’s not just for new work entrants, leadership can also gain great insight into their workforce by understanding these rules.

03-14
13:48

98. What are first generation, low income workers and how do they fit into the Future of Work | Gorick NG

Welcome to Episode 98 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.For the next three episodes we are joined by author and adviser at Harvard College, Gorick NG. In this first part of our conversation Gorick explains the educational origin of the term First Generation, Low Income and how today it is being used more in the business context. He references some of his own lived experiences of being an outsider, and alludes to his book of unspoken rules that hide in almost all organizations.

03-07
22:06

97. Does product design and work design go hand in hand? | Jonathon Hensley, CEO at Emerge Interactive

Welcome to Episode 97 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.In the past 2 episodes with digital product design CEO at Emerge Interactive, Jonathon Hensley, we have looked at the basics of product-building principles and the whether work should be designed in a similar way.In this final episode, we focus a little more on the work Jonathon’s company does and how they approach a client request to design a product, and how that is intertwined with looking at the company’s work experience.

02-21
14:12

96. Should we be designing the future of our workplaces differently? | Jonathon Hensley, CEO at Emerge Interactive

Welcome to Episode 96 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.In this second outing with Emerge Interactive CEO, Jonathon Hensley, we look at the connection between product and work experience design. We start to look more practically at how technology is only a tool and it’s how we connect the human to it that is the key to success. 

02-14
29:51

95. Can product building principles help design a better workplace of the future? | Jonathon Hensley, CEO at Emerge Interactive

Welcome to Episode 95 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.For the next three episodes we are joined by the CEO at Emerge Interactive, a UX design agency specializing in digital product strategy and full-stack development, Jonathon Hensley. Our goal is to unpack his thoughts around digital product design and better design of the work experience. In this first episode we go back to the basics of what product building principles are and we find out why 84% of digital products fail to meet expectations.

02-07
15:21

94. Elevating work to a more spiritual state: Yes or No? | Dr. Marie Gervais

Welcome to Episode 94 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.In the past 2 episodes with author and leadership coach Dr. Marie Gervais, we have looked into the world of spirituality in the workplace and discovered amongst other things that by thinking, speaking, and doing soul-enhancing actions we can create a happier, more productive, and more profitable business.In this final episode we ask Marie to tell us a bit about how her multicultural upbringing has influenced the work she has done. We also look at how we can better be preparing the youth for work.

01-24
17:32

93. Elevating the work experience while running a for-profit business | Dr. Marie Gervais

Welcome to Episode 93 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.In this podcast, we continue our practical conversation with leadership coach and author Dr. Marie Gervais. Asking the main question of how do you marry building a more spiritually elevated workplace with the pressures of running a for-profit business. We look at Marie’s SWEL (Safety, Well-being, Encouragement, and Learning ) model and find out what the Justice Quotient is.

01-17
18:39

92. Does culture and learning still have a place in today’s workplace? | Dr. Marie Gervais

Welcome to Episode 92 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.For the next three episodes we are joined by Dr. Marie Gervais, a leadership coach, author and fellow podcaster who believes that a happy workplace is a productive and profitable one. And we aim to unpack that and see exactly what Marie means when she says we should think, speak and do sole enhancing rather than sole diminishing actions.In this first episode we get back to basics and explore the changes in cultural awareness in the workplace following the pandemic.

01-10
21:18

Ivan Colic

Good advice!

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