The Tightrope With Dan Smolen

Few professionals demonstrate the case for workplace empathy better than Hannah Jew. Hannah Jew (last name pronounced “Joe”) is an empathy building brand strategist for Scotts Miracle-Gro, the nation’s leading lawn and garden care company. Empathy is central to how Hannah does her job; it helps drive value for consumers who rely on her company’s … Continue reading The Case for Workplace Empathy →

For many in the active workforce, project leadership drives future work. As dramatic shifts in work behavior unfolded during the pandemic, one key insight popped out as truly meaningful. Project leadership drives future work. To help us explore the growing importance of project leadership, we turn to Rich Maltzman for guidance. He is a master … Continue reading Project Leadership Drives Future Work →

Cristina DiGiacomo applies practical philosophy for future work benefit. An author, podcaster, and practical philosopher, Cristina draws on ancient insight to help people solve contemporary problems. And as the founder of MorAlchemy, she guides people to lead happier, more purposed lives doing meaningful work. Skeptics may not recognize the immediate value of practical philosophy for … Continue reading Practical Philosophy for Future Work →

Career professionals are swaying to the future of work, to thrive in their roles and workplaces. During 2020, the intense stressors of remote work sent many professionals to a panic state. But 17 months since the pandemic started, those professionals may now languish. They handle their responsibilities well and don’t feel despair, but they don’t … Continue reading Swaying to the Future of Work →

When we act on future work opportunities, we help make our career dreams come true. Paired with dreams, exploration, and strategy, action helps us to achieve career success. These four components weave together like DNA, in countless combinations, to create a pathway for people to seek and do meaningful work. In this episode, Dan Smolen … Continue reading Act on Future Work Opportunities →

Strategize for your future work success to find and do the work of your dreams. Paired with dreams, exploration, and action, strategy helps us to achieve career success. These four components weave together like DNA, in countless combinations, to create a pathway for people to seek and do meaningful work. In this episode, Dan Smolen … Continue reading Strategize for Future Work Success →

Explore future work opportunities to live your dreams of doing meaningful work. Paired with dreams, strategy, and action, exploration helps us to achieve career success. These four components weave together like DNA, in countless combinations, to create a pathway for people to seek and do meaningful work. In this episode, Dan recalls the impact of Seventh … Continue reading Explore Future Work Opportunities →

We discuss how dreams inspire our future work. Dreams are part of the components that help us to seek and do meaningful work and careers. Paired with exploration, strategy, and action, dreams help us achieve career success. These four components weave together like DNA, in countless combinations, to create a pathway for people to seek … Continue reading Dreams Inspire Our Future Work →

Fostering a civil workplace is key to the future of work. As organizations reintroduce their people to the workplace, they must also reckon with social responsibility. It is one thing for management to express a desire for positive social change. It is quite another to “walk the talk” to create a civil work environment. Sejal … Continue reading Fostering a Civil Workplace →

Few issues pair as precariously as A.I. and the future of work. Artificial intelligence or A.I. frightens people who fear that robots will take away their jobs and paychecks. Truth be told, A.I. will soon replace millions of low-skill jobs, for it can manage many tasks faster and better than people. But A.I. has no … Continue reading A.I. and the Future of Work →

We pose five questions on post pandemic work experiences to our guest, Edythe Richards. Edythe is an Emotional Intelligence expert. She is also the new host of the EQ at Work podcast which explores how EQ may be used to positively shape the future of work. As we emerge from the pandemic, some of us will travel … Continue reading Five Questions on Post Pandemic Work →

Entrepreneurs need financial security to scale business, but also have choices to do meaningful work. And more broadly speaking, financial security plays a big role in the future of work. Some entrepreneurs strive to scale take their start-ups public. But, more often than not, they are just people looking for autonomy to create products and … Continue reading Entrepreneurs Need Financial Security →

We revisit some amazing interviews with workplace futurists who helped the future of work to become present. Astronishingly, 2020 ushered in massive changes in how and where we work. Helping to us navigate the changes are these featured guests from The Dan Smolen Podcast: Anne Driscoll and Chris Schultz: Launch Pad is their co-working community … Continue reading Future of Work to Become Present →

When we achieve a career agility mindset, we benefit with boundless opportunities in the future of work. A year out from the start of the 2020 pandemic lockdowns, one key driver has emerged for people in the workforce: a career agility mindset. Agility is the-most important attribute of successful career professionals. People now must respond to … Continue reading Achieve a Career Agility Mindset →

Emerging from the pandemic. virtual assistants help professionals to succeed. They take over many critical tasks that are associated with scaling a business. As millions of business founders and entrepreneurs settle into remote work, many of them turn to virtual assistants for help. As principal of VirtualKGB.com, Kate Gable Bright delivers the capabilities of big … Continue reading Virtual Assistants Help Professionals →

Launch Pad is a coworking community of first believers founded by Anne Driscoll and Chris Schultz. Anne and Chris know firsthand the struggles of starting a business.  As serial start-up entrepreneurs, they often heard “no” or “that will never work.” Thus, in establishing Launch Pad’s first believer premise, Anne and Chris set up their coworking … Continue reading A Coworking Community of First Believers →

As hiring managers navigate the future of work, they must also help to create opportunities for a neurodiverse workforce. Larysa Kautz is the President and CEO of Melwood, a nonprofit organization that helps people with disabilities find and do meaningful work. In the broad future of work discussion, neurodiversity gets scant attention. And yet the … Continue reading Create Opportunities for a Neurodiverse Workforce →

Future of work thought-leader Nellie Hayat describes a brilliant future at transformed workplaces. Nellie is the Head of Workplace Transformation for VergeSense. Her mission is to empower companies to reimagine their workplaces so that their talent thrive in them, wherever they may be located. Since the start of Covid lockdowns one year ago, the American … Continue reading A Brilliant Future at Transformed Workplaces →

Dan Rosenzweig appears on the podcast, to describe how novel venues reimagine the workplace. There are many players in co-working. But among them, KettleSpace turned a glaring problem, underutilized spaces such as hotel lobbies and restaurants, into dazzling places to work. As co-founder of KettleSpace, Dan wants to give people who work: “[the opportunity] to choose … Continue reading Novel Venues Reimagine the Workplace →

As we leave 2020 behind, we ask: can grief influence career choices? Meet New York Times best-selling author Hope Edelman. Through a series of books starting with Motherless Daughters, Hope helps people turn grief into a healing and meaningful experience. Now, her latest book, The AfterGrief, gets grieving people to a place a positivity and purpose: … Continue reading Can Grief Influence Career Choices? →