#115: Anna Tavis + Stela Lupushor — Authors of “Humans at Work: The Art and Practice of Creating the Hybrid Workplace,” Professors at NYU

For as long as work has existed, new technologies have been a double edged sword for the workforce, making some jobs easier to do and making others obsolete. With data collection, computer processing, automation, and generative AI being implemented daily within our workforce, this issue has never been more apparent than today.

Educators and authors Dr. Anna Tavis and Stela Lupushor are at the forefront of the fight for human capital, to make sure that technology is set to enhance the worker experience, not to replace it.

Dr. Anna Tavis is Clinical Professor and Academic Director of Human Capital Management Department at NYU School of Professional Studies, Senior Fellow with the Conference Board, and the Academic in Residence with Executive Networks. She is a former Executive Editor of People+Strategy Journal, a publication of SHRM’s Executive network and is currently an Associate Editor of Workforce Solutions Review of IHRIM.

Stela Lupushor is an Adjunct Faculty Adjunct Faculty at the NYU School of Professional Studies. She is also a Senior Fellow in Human Capital Center and the Program Director for The Conference Board Strategic Workforce Planning Council, and leads Reframe.Work Inc. where she consults on how to create inclusive workplaces through the use of technology, human-centered design, people analytics, and future-thinking. Previously Stela consulted at Fidelity Investments, TIAA, IBM, Price Waterhouse, and PwC Consulting. 

Together, the pair have combined their vast amount of experience in the HR world to write their book, Humans at Work: The Art and Practice of Creating the Hybrid Workplace where they’ve compiled all their strategies on how to develop a human centric workforce that uses technology to help improve their people, and ultimately, the way they do business.

This is another podcast you’re not going to want to miss, especially with stories about the impact of AI dominating the headlines almost everyday, so with that…let’s bring it in!