The Nowhere Office

On The Nowhere Office, Julia Hobsbawm and Stefan Stern dive into the essential news from the world of work, covering the UK Government’s new employment plan, the dockworkers’ strike and union power in the US, and return-to-office mandates from the likes of Amazon CEO Andy Jassy.  Julia channels her inner Kemi Badenoch and Stefan offers sage advice from the world of management. Also joining the conversation is Sue Duke of LinkedIn who sounds the alarm about a growing shortage of skilled workers, which could stop us reaching Net Zero.  On the streets of New York, we meet Michael, a young computer science graduate delivering Amazon packages. That’s our sponsored feature My Working Life, brought to you in association with Whitefox: Exceptional publishers for exceptional stories. Find out more at www.wearewhitefox.com The Music is Amaru by Julian Brezon.  The Nowhere Office is Fully Connected Production brought to you in association with SandStone Global Productions.  https://thenowhereoffice.com/ https://www.sandstoneglobal.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Given that hybrid working is here to stay we hear from one of the leading companies providing smart video conferencing which makes everyone feel that bit more connected – Frank Weishaupt, CEO of Boston-based Owl Labs, who gives a highly informative and data-rich interview covering everything from attitudes to flexible work through to whether we’ll all be meeting in the Metaverse in the future – or not. Also in this episode we hear from the Financial Times features writer Emma Jacobs, who frequently covers work and careers, in our sponsored feature My Working Life, brought to you in association with Whitefox: Exceptional publishers for exceptional stories. Find out more at www.wearewhitefox.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus: My Working Life with Tina Fordham

This episode sees Julia Hobsbawm and Stefan Stern discuss whether a 32-hour working week with no loss of pay can work across the board and if not why not? To argue the case they are joined by Joe Ryle of 4dayweek the British campaign. Also in this episode we hear about how geopolitical strategist Tina Fordham of Fordham Global Foresight works in a new feature bringing a snapshot of working life to our audience. My Working Life is brought to you in association with Whitefox: exceptional publishers for exceptional stories: find out more at wearewhitefox.com

We begin a brand new series this spring with the wisdom and optimism of one of the great legends in HR practice, strategy, and thought leadership: Josh Bersin.

Josh is often cited as one of the leading HR and workplace industry analysts in the world. Most recently, Bersin launched the Josh Bersin Academy, the world’s first global development academy for HR and talent professionals at all levels and across all industries.

You can listen to the beginning of this interview and then head for more content and additional material to The Nowhere Office with Julia Hobsbawm on Substack.