The Nowhere Office

One of the most vexed questions raised by The Nowhere Office is what happens to office space. Our regular hosts Julia Hobsbawm and Stefan Stern are joined by guest presenter Joanna Swash, Group CEO of Moneypenny, the live call and chat experts to probe and explore the complexity of the topic with Michael Creamer, whose property-related portfolio of roles includes being Chairman, Global Occupier Services, EMEA, Cushman & Wakefield. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode The Nowhere Officers Julia Hobsbawm and Stefan Stern have the pleasure of speaking with Frauke Von Polier, voted Europe’s Chief Human Resources Officer of the Year 2022, and Chief People Officer for German-based manufacturing company Viessman Group. She discusses in candid detail the priorities today, and the value of teams over the individual. An HR-must-listen! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In today’s episode co-hosted by Julia Hobsbawm and Stefan Stern, we bring you a special fireside chat with Roger Martin, a recipient of the No 1 Management Thinker in the World accolade from Thinkers 50, a Professor Emeritus at the Rotman School of Management at University of Toronto  and bestselling author of books such as A New Way To Think and When More is Not Better. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the first of three special dispatches from the World Economic Forum, The Nowhere Office captures the mood of leaders and movers and shakers on the future of work, including exclusive chats with McKinsey’s Chief People Officer, Katy George, and Kweilin Ellingrud, Director of the McKinsey Global Institute. And we bring you, too, contributions from celebrated organisational psychologist Adam Grant, Vimeo’s CEO Anjali Sud, Karien van Gennip, Minister of Social Affairs and Employment of The Netherlands, Christy Hoffman, General Secretary, GNI Union and Kevin Delaney of work transformation business Charter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the final of three special dispatches from the World Economic Forum, The Nowhere Office had an exclusive interview with Greg Tomb, President of Zoom, arguably the company which is most associated with the workplace revolution which has happened since Covid-19 started – a transformation which is clearly continuing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In our second day of exclusive access to The World Economic Forum’s speakers and participants discussing the future of work we have an exclusive interview with His Excellency Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of Education, UAE, as well as contributions from the world of high tech, LGBTQ Human Rights and the UN’s mission on Water. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In today’s episode we talk to media industry veteran Gideon Spanier, multi-award-winning UK editor-in-chief of Campaign, the bible of the advertising industry, and editorial director of PodPod about the business of podcasting. Julia Hobsbawm and Stefan Stern are joined by Joanna Swash, Group CEO of Moneypenny (the call and live chat experts) to put Gideon through his paces and talk to him about the changes in media and adland, and how he personally manages a team through hybrid’s hard management moments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Konrad Bergström, one of the Nordic region's most successful tech entrepreneurs. A recipient of the Swedish King’s medal for services to entrepreneurship and charity, Konrad is best known outside of Sweden for founding electric boat manufacturer X Shore (www.xshore.com) - dubbed 'the Tesla of the sea' and Zound Industries (www.zoundindustries.com) — the Swedish tech giant that produces consumer electronics for Marshall Amplification and Adidas. He now spends a lot of time on Soeder, the natural products collective. The atypical Founder talks candidly about his own work ethic and how he thinks working life is changing this century. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We close the calendar year of 2022 with a 1:1 with business leader Joanna Swash, Group CEO of leading telephone answering and live chat company Moneypenny, as well as member of the Prime Minister’s Business Council, the Forbes Business Council, a CBI Council member and a judge of EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We go back to the Global Drucker Forum in Vienna for this episode where we hear from two gurus: Rita McGrath, bestselling author, distinguished Columbia Business School professor ranked #1 by Thinkers 50 on strategy, and Gary Hamel, one of the biggest names in management consultancy in the world, whose most recent bestselling books are Humanocracy and The Future of Management. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices