abrupt future. navigating the digital, distributed & disruptive workplace

A conversation with Matthew Kopko,  Vice President of Public policy at DailyPay

• What is On-Demand Pay ? What problems is it solving?
• Will that  make the bi-weekly payroll cycle a relic of the past?
• What is the impact of on-demand pay for workers? For employers? Any other stakeholders?
• Did the pandemic changed attitude toward pay or payroll? What have you seen evolving differently in the last 2 years?
• What do you see as the future of payroll practices or technology?

Matthew Kopko: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattkopko/ 

DailyPay: https://www.dailypay.com/

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A conversation with Roland Deiser, Executive Chairman at Center for the Future of Organization, Drucker School of Management (https://futureorg.org/)

• what is an ecosystem
• the impact of ecosystems on organisations
• the challenges of ecosystems; leadership, agility, talent and operating systems
• Industry dynamics
• Technology and ecosytems

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Stephen de Groot is President & Co-Founder of Brivia and a leadership expert. 

• The Great Resignation -  challenges and opportunities
• The biggest killers of morale and the burnout epidemics
• Getting better at tackling change 
• Advice for people who start a leadership role and for remote leadership

Brivia consulting: https://briviaconsulting.com/

Stephen de Groot https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-de-groot-b3577852/

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In April 2020, I started this podcast to think through the different workforce, HR and organisational impacts of the global shift to remote work.  

The idea of remote working wasn’t new to me, but this was different though—a new global experiment. Now everyone was working remotely, regardless of role or work preference, and that brings a lot of questions, especially if we are to have more of these alternative work arrangements in the future. I decided to have conversations with a variety of experts—HR, management consultants, academics, leaders, CEOs, start-up founders, remote work experts and an ex-military. Of all these conversations, a few key points stand out. This episode is a summary. Read the article here:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/10-things-i-learned-future-work-happened-faster-than-benoit/. 

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Dustin W. Seale is a partner in Heidrick & Struggles’ London office and managing partner of Heidrick Consulting in Europe. He focuses on CEO and board advisory, specifically on improving leadership and talent, and transforming organizations through culture

https://www.heidrick.com/en/people/s/dustin_seale

Topic covered: 

4 different scenarios for what post-COVID work would look like

What leaders need to do differently - and what  the C-suite needs to do differently

Why leadership impact on sustainability and inclusion is not inspiring 

Advice for organisations navigating the change to hybrid work 

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A conversation with Priya Radia, D&I Management Consultant at Included

How was Included created?
What is “Inclusion 3.0”
Do we still need to convince leaders that inclusion and diversity are worth achieving, or are we past the “business case for D&I”?
How do clients start to improve the diversity of the workforce and the inclusiveness of their culture. Are there specific levers, “low-hanging fruits” that leaders can look for?
How do you measure the diversity and inclusiveness of the workforce?
Is D&I changing with the rise of remote and hybrid work? If yes, how?
How do you see D&I practices evolving?

https://www.linkedin.com/in/priyaradia/

https://www.included.com/

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In this episode, Benoit Hardy-Vallee talks with Emma Leonis, Executive Director of HR Transformation at LACE Partners. She leads LACE’s thought leadership into the future of HR service delivery and operating models, with recent reports including ‘The Future of HR Shared Services: Becoming People Experience and Solutions Experts’ and ‘HR on the Offensive’.

Topics: 

• The evolution of HR shared service centers - new roles, new skills
• HRBP vs Shared Services
• How to transform Shared Services
• Onboarding as a use case of coordinating all stakeholders around employee experience
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Links: 

• LACE partners site
• Emma on LinkedIn
• The report: The Future of HR Shared Services: Becoming People Experience and Solutions Experts

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In this episode, Benoit Hardy-Vallee talks to Liz Kislik. She is a management consultant, executive coach, author, and an expert in leadership, management, culture and so much more.

• Approaching conflict meaningfully and dealing with conflict avoidance.
• The dynamic of conflict and conflict resolution in a remote environment.
• Advice on returning to the office.
• Compassion and surveillance.

“The fact that a team has no public disagreement does not mean that they are in good shape and happy and everything is perfect. It’s much more likely to mean that good ideas are being withheld and that there is some discomfort ranging from anxiety to full-on resentment present in the team that’s not being expressed as the leader.” - Liz Kislik

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In this episode, Benoit Hardy-Vallee talks with Nalin Rajaure, Director at OrgVantage.

• What is an HR operating model
• The evolution of HR operating models and  org design
• How enterprise should rethink their structure when they digitize their business model. 
• The Zero-based approach to operating model
• Agility in designing models
• The impact of remote/hybrid work on operating models
• How to help employees adapt to the ways of working

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In this episode, Benoit Hardy-Vallee talks to Iwo Szapar – Remote work Advocate and CEO at Remote-how.

Topics covered

- The story of Remote-How
- How  Remote-How helped its client during the pandemic
- What Iwo learned by surveying Remote Managers
- What is a "head of remote" and why companies need it
- What is the "next new normal"

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