abrupt future. navigating the digital, distributed & disruptive workplace

In this episode, Benoit Hardy-Vallee talks to Ira S Wolfe - President at Poised for the Future Company, Founder of Success Performance Solutions, and a popular presenter at SHRM and business conferences. He has authored 6 books, including the latest “Recruiting in the age of googlisation.” - see https://www.irawolfe.com/recruiting-googlization/

AQ Webinar: https://irawolfe.webinarninja.com/live-webinars/741915/register

Recruiting in the Age of Googlization Book: https://www.successperformancesolutions.com/recruiting-googlization-book-sales-page/

Recruitment Marketing webinar: https://irawolfe.webinarninja.com/automated-webinars/15646/register

Googlization Nation: https://googlizationnation.com

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• The kind of task or activities that tend to be automated
• Where should leaders start
•  "Authenticious" Automation
• How people react to automation
• How  to handle concerns about automation
• How automation technology will evolve

· Richard Schnitzel: Website

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On military leadership, resilience and thinking, an interview with Richard Lawrence, 04/12,2021

While serving in the military, Richard was posted in Northern Island, Iran, and Afghanistan. Post leaving the Army, he sought ways to bring his experience and knowledge to the business. He married his military experience and business knowledge into one and launched CounterStrike. The company is responsible for handling all aspects of corporate problem-solving, planning, and resilience training.

• what  business can learn from the military
• the biggest misconception about the military
• how can military techniques help improve resilience
• How to apply Wargaming in the workplace
• What leaders can do to help their staff be more resilient

Resources Mentioned:

https://www.counterstrikeuk.com/ 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Awakening-Warrior-Richard-Charles-Lawrence/dp/1984179527/

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James Kelley is the CEO & Co-Founder of qChange, a real-time end-to-end Leader Experience Solution that prompts, measures, grows, and predicts leader success in Microsoft Teams. In August 2020, the first product - Leader Experience (LX) was launched in Microsoft Teams. LX is a low-touch high-impact solution that improves leadership development with real-time prompts, measurement, feedback, and growth. qChange partners with employee experience, coaching, and assessment organizations that have relationships with large global organizations.

Topics Covered:

• What was the driver behind launching qChange?
• James discusses the power of creating an engaging meeting culture by asking the right questions.
• Are you having a one-way conversation or  a two-way dialogue?
• James points out how psychological factors are affecting an organization’s growth?
• What is a top-down approach in a meeting?
• Do we spend a lot of time in the same agenda-based meetings?
• Is it an absolute necessity to attend  meetings?
• Are the employees adding value in  discussions, asking questions or bringing some impact to the table?
• James discusses how qChange is aimed to help leaders show up better in meetings?
• How to drive more inclusions in meetings?

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Jordan Boesch is the CEO and Founder of 7shifts, a labor-management platform used by about 16,000 restaurants across North America. 7shifts allows restaurants to control labor, manage staff, manage compliance issues, and keep staff engagement high by providing a mobile app to the employees. Starting out as a side hustle, eventually, 7shifts made enough money for Jordan to quit his software engineering career and focus on changing the restaurant industry!

Topics Covered:

● How did Jordan come to start 7shifts?

● What is the experience for the managers and employees?

● How does 7shifts changing the employee experience?

● What does the future look like for restaurant workers and those outside the food industry?

● Jordan discusses employees’ desire to learn and advance their skills.

● What else would Jordan like to change in the restaurant industry and how does technology impact that?

● Jordan discusses the opportunities in front of 7shifts.

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Mark A. Herschberg is the author of The Career Toolkit, Essential Skills for Success That No One Taught You. From tracking criminals and terrorists on the dark web to creating marketplaces and new authentication systems, Mark has spent his career launching and developing new ventures at startups and Fortune 500s and in academia. He helped to start the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program, dubbed MIT’s “career success accelerator,” where he teaches annually. At MIT, he received a B.S. in physics, a B.S. in electrical engineering & computer science, and a M.Eng. in electrical engineering & computer science, focusing on cryptography. At Harvard Business School, Mark helped create a platform used to teach finance at prominent business schools. He also works with many non-profits, including Techie Youth and Plant A Million Corals. He was one of the top-ranked ballroom dancers in the country and now lives in New York City, where he is known for his social gatherings, including his annual Halloween party, as well as his diverse cufflink collection.

Leadership, networking, negotiation, teamwork, effective communication–all skills we’re told are essential for success, but skills rarely ever taught. Mark and Benoit discuss how these

Topics convered: 

• what is missing from secondary education
• Why we all need a career plan
• What  "learning beyond your role" means
• How being an interviewer helps become a better interviewee
• Influential vs. positional leadership
• Mental models 
• How should people build their network
• How systems are designed to incentivize unethical behavior

Link: https://www.thecareertoolkitbook.com/ 

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A conversation with Jeff Wald, Founder of Work Market (now an ADP company). Jeff has founded several other technology companies including Spinback (eventually sold to Salesforce). He is an active angel investor and startup advisor, as well as serving on numerous public and private Boards of Directors. Jeff is the author of  The End of Jobs: The Rise of On-Demand Workers and Agile Corporations.

• Lessons from past industrial revolutions
• The real size and impact of the on-demand labor market transformation
• Robotics and Automation
• The challenges of upskilling 
• The $10M  "Future of Work Prize"

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A conversation with Graham Thornton, CEO of Change State and Podcast host at the Changing State of Talent Acquisition. 

• The evolution of Talent Acquisition - where were we 10 years ago? What was it like to apply for a job, what kind of technology were TA leaders using?
• How do employers today stand out to attract top talent?
• The importance of marketing and relationship management in TA
• Common mistakes that organizations make in trying to evolve their TA process?
• Candidate nurturing and the future of TA technology

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• A conversation with 2  of the authors of a new research report on how labour market could evolve by 2030.
• Context and drivers behind the “Ahead by a Decade” research (https://brookfieldinstitute.ca/ahead-by-a-century-employment-in-2030/)
• Occupations that are forecast to change
• Which skills are  foundational for the workforce of the future 

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• In May, the Urban Analytics institute released a research report on “Telework during COVID-19 lockdown in Canada” that analyzes the prevalence of work from home (telework) and its impact on transportation and real estate in urban context
  
• The magnitude of telework during COVID-19 lockdown
  
• Why was telework not more common beforehand, even if technology made it possible
  
• Impact on traffic, traffic congestion, housing affordability and commercial real estate
  

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