In our latest episode, Katharina Hahn, New Work Advisor at Blackboat, tells us how the company works, that advices other companies how to work.

Katharina takes us on a journey into her daily New Work routine and explains why strict rules are crucial to work autonomously, in the most flexible manner and ultimate freedom.

We will learn

- how they try to free companies from 90s IT & mindsets when it comes to working processes

- why new work is more than introducing a kicker table or rolling out some cloud tools

- how to stay focussed in a nutshell

- about the rise and fall of open offices and shared desk concepts

and about the ups and downs of New Work.

“The magic happens in the human connection”

“How can we remove the stomach pain when looking for a job?”

“How can we put a smile on people’s faces while looking new career opportunities?”

Matthes, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Truffls, tells us how their job app helps matching superb talent with perfect jobs.

We talk about the importance of human interactions and how they want to speed up the application process to get to that point as fast as possible.

What can we learn from casual dating when looking for a job?

Do we observe the same patterns of male and female when swiping left and right for a job?

What happens if companies only see the skills and expertise of an applicant, but neither their gender nor their photo?

Matthes tells us about the algorithm they’ve built to find jobs and companies you’ve might never heard of and how they’re attracting specifically passive job seekers.

In our latest episode with Paul Berg, Co-Founder of GoodJobs, we talk about their mission to connect people with purpose and how their platform wants to inspire people to find more meaning in their daily work.

Paul tells us about his journey, how he was unhappy in his job, because he was missing a purpose and created his own job with a purpose by providing meaningful jobs for other people.

We discuss what defines a “good job” and “good companies”, why not all other jobs are “bad” jobs and why individual connections at work are important.

Learn more about new work environments and how basic income can help people to do things they would really like to do. Enjoy!

In this episode, I talked to and learned a lot from Luis José Borges, Innovation Manager at Zalando. Luis explains how mentorship helped him to shape his career and how he became a mentor himself to support startups in Africa.

We will talk about why it’s not about luck in life, but about being prepared, why for him there is no line between work & life and why it’s important to constantly learn in all directions.

Luis describes 5 dimensions which are crucial for companies to drive innovation and how he organizes your life to fulfill his goals. This episode is packed with knowledge and inspiration: Lean back and enjoy the ride.

“It’s not about what you do, but why you do it”

Links:

Tom Kelley, Jonathan || The Ten Faces of Innovation: IDEO's Strategies for Beating the Devil's Advocate and Driving Creativity Throughout Your Organization.

https://amzn.to/2CjuOIt

Walter Isaacson || The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution

https://amzn.to/2Q9T2Ia

Peter Thiel and Blake Masters || Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

https://amzn.to/2Q5wxnC

Simon Sinek || Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action

https://amzn.to/2Q2s7hj

Luis at Medium https://medium.com/@borgesluisj

Luis at LinkedIN https://www.linkedin.com/in/luisjborges/

50 Ways To Get A Job.

Interview with Dev Aujla, author of the book "50 Ways to Get a Job: An unconventional guide to finding work in your terms" and the online tool 50waystogetajob.com.

In this episode, Dev tells us how he wants to help people to find jobs that make money, do good and give that sense of purpose.

In our conversation, we will talk about why we need new ways to approach job search, which ones Dev’s book and tool have to offer and about people’s expectations and the “TED talk syndrome” while looking for a job.

Dev will explain us why finding work that matters is more important than optimizing our life for extra time and flexibility of our working environments.

Links:

Online Tool 50 Ways To Get a Job: https://50waystogetajob.com/ (EN)// http://50wegezumjob.de/ (DE)

Book (Amazon): https://amzn.to/2LufyHZ

About Dev Aujla: https://www.devaujla.com/