Jobsharing And Beyond

I am delighted to introduce my guest Helen Hirsh Spence today.

After devoting 35 years to increasingly senior leadership positions in both the public and private education sectors, Helen embarked on a journey of social entrepreneurship. She saw how ageism was impacting her generation and how the upcoming demographic shift would affect Canada's social and economic fabric. As a result, she founded Top Sixty Over Sixty which was created to celebrate, educate and amplify the positive impact of older Canadians by debunking common myths about ageing and being "old".

Top Sixty Over Sixty provides thought leadership, consulting and training on age inclusion and diversity. Helen publishes articles, speaks at conferences, and organizes events to promote a reframed narrative of ageing.

How to connect with Helen:

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/helen-hirsh-spence-a029a010/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/top-sixty-over-sixty/

Website:

https://www.topsixtyoversixty.com/

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/Top60Over60

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/topsixtyoversixty/

Email:

[email protected]

What Helen and I spoke about:

3:21 How Top Sixty Over Sixty got started

8:02 Myths regarding age

Mentioned companies:

Centre for Social Innovation:

https://socialinnovation.org/

World Changing Kids:

https://worldchangingkids.ca/about-us

Encore:

https://encore.org/

Sages and Seekers:

https://sagesandseekers.org/

26:04 Purpose of work (for various generations)

31:49 Flexible Work

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How to connect with Karin Tischler, producer and podcast host of "Job Sharing and Beyond", and founder of Emily's Path Consulting (EPC):

Website: https://emilyspath.ca/

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/karin-tischler/

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/jobsharingandbeyond/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JobsharingByond

Twitter: https://twitter.com/karin_tischler

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karintischlerbc/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/emilyspathca/?viewAsMember=true

Khristine Cariño is the founder of Empower.Mom, Champion for Moms Returning to Work, community advocate and organizer, president and board member of The Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology, dentist and Ambassador for Women in STEM at Immigrant Networks.

Khristine was recently featured in Canadian Immigrant as one of four Immigrant Women of Inspiration for pushing boundaries in science and technology.

Our conversation today focuses on Khristine's work and advocacy for professionals, in particular moms who are returning back to paid work. We also talk about her work regarding women in STEM.

How to reach Khristine:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/khristinecarino/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/khristine.carino/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/KhristineCarino

What we talked about:

2:38 Founding of Empower.Mom

7:29 Transferable skills from unpaid work

9:57 Transferable skills from business to volunteering (and in reverse)

14:33 Advice for employers

18:58 More women in tech

25:52 Men in care professions

If you would like to support the podcast:

Ko-fi Account: Ko-fi.com/karintischler

How to connect with Karin Tischler, producer and podcast host of "Job Sharing and Beyond", and founder of Emily's Path Consulting (EPC):

Website: https://emilyspath.ca/

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/karin-tischler/

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/jobsharingandbeyond/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JobsharingByond

Twitter: https://twitter.com/karin_tischler

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karintischlerbc/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/emilyspathca/?viewAsMember=true

To celebrate my 100th episode on the "Job Sharing and Beyond" podcast, I am putting together special episodes that look back on the last 2 years of being a podcast host and my guests from different aspects of the future of work.

This special episode part 2 presents an overview of my guests who are dads or dad advocates.

Thank you very much to all my guests and all my listeners during the past two years! It has been a wonderful journey! And if you have enjoyed the episodes please tell someone else about it who could also benefit from hearing them!

If you would like to support the podcast:

Ko-fi Account: Ko-fi.com/karintischler

How to connect with Karin Tischler, producer and podcast host of "Job Sharing and Beyond", and founder of Emily's Path Consulting (EPC):

Website: https://emilyspath.ca/

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/karin-tischler/

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/jobsharingandbeyond/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JobsharingByond

Twitter: https://twitter.com/karin_tischler

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karintischlerbc/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/emilyspathca/?viewAsMember=true

Welcome to the 100th episode! 2 years ago I started this podcast with my first guests, Irenka Krone and Nina Prochazka from Switzerland. And with today's episode, it has come full circle as I am very appreciative to welcome my next guest from Switzerland, Vanessa Gentile.

Vanessa is half Brazilian and half Italian. She grew up in the canton Thurgau until she was 21 years old and then she moved to Zurich to pursuit her career in the Tech Industry.

Vanessa speaks 6 languages fluently and is the Head of Marketing at Salesforce in Switzerland.

Vanessa's previous role was the Director Alliance & Channel at Salesforce in Switzerland. She was responsible for the Salesforce Partners Eco-System focusing on Partners capabilities and capacity according to the market growth and need.

Vanessa focused on transmitting and emphasizing the Salesforce journey through partners to transform, accelerate & innovate as Salesforce strongest asset.

To support the growth of Women in the Tech Industry and help women come back to work after a career break, Vanessa founded "Bring women back to work" to increase gender balance in the teams within the Salesforce Partner Eco-System.

How to connect with Vanessa:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessa-gentile-74b63024/

Bring Women Back to Work website:

https://www.salesforce.com/eu/campaign/bwbw/

What we spoke about:

2:52 Multicultural background

5:13 Professional background

9:05 "You are the only version of yourself and that's your super power."

12:26 Bring Women Back to Work program

19:37 Surprising aspects of the program

21:29 Transferable skills from unpaid care work

23:35 BWBW program in 5 years

24:25 How to help women back - advice

27:07 More male role models for care work

If you would like to support the podcast:

Ko-fi Account: Ko-fi.com/karintischler

How to connect with Karin Tischler, producer and podcast host of "Job Sharing and Beyond", and founder of Emily's Path Consulting (EPC):

Website: https://emilyspath.ca/

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/karin-tischler/

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/jobsharingandbeyond/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JobsharingByond

Twitter: https://twitter.com/karin_tischler

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karintischlerbc/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/emilyspathca/?viewAsMember=true

This week I am very appreciative to have as my guest Carlotta Dal Pozzo. Carlotta is an Italian woman based in Berlin, with a passion for everything related to occupational psychology and companies' culture. Taking her first steps into innovative ways of working, she's an advocate of a reduced working week.

As more and more companies are struggling with the great resignation, I feel it is particularly important to learn from different generations about their expectations regarding the future of work.

In this episode I speak with Carlotta about her recently finished bachelor thesis in psychological science about debunking the myth of the 9-to-5 working hours. I found it very interesting to have with Carlotta another guest who has written a university thesis about various aspects of flexible work. To me it follows the trend of many surveys that offering various modes of flexible work is increasingly expected as a given to attract and retain talent.

Carlotta told me about her research regarding various European case studies and theoretical models. She also shared her personal observations regarding work in Germany and Italy.

How to connect with Carlotta:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlotta-dal-pozzo/

What we talked about:

4:05 Why did she decide on her thesis topic?

5:37 Theoretical part of her thesis

11:19 Changes due to the pandemic

14:55 Case studies of Carlotta's thesis

27:12 3 Tips regarding retention and attraction of talent

30:46 Italy and Germany work culture

If you would like to support the podcast:

Ko-fi Account: Ko-fi.com/karintischler

How to connect with Karin Tischler, producer and podcast host of "Job Sharing and Beyond", and founder of Emily's Path Consulting (EPC):

Website: https://emilyspath.ca/

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/karin-tischler/

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/jobsharingandbeyond/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JobsharingByond

Twitter: https://twitter.com/karin_tischler

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karintischlerbc/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/emilyspathca/?viewAsMember=true

Alex Soojung-Kim Pang is head of global programs for 4 Day Week Global, a nonprofit evangelizing the 4-day workweek.

His trilogy of books— SHORTER: Work Better, Smarter and Less— Here's How (Public Affairs, 2020); REST: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less (Basic Books, 2016), and THE DISTRACTION ADDICTION (Little Brown , 2013)— shows how companies and individuals can better integrate rest, creativity, and focus into digital-age lives and work.

Alex has been a senior consultant at Institute for the Future and Strategic Business Insights, and a visiting scholar at Microsoft Research Cambridge, Oxford University, Stanford University, and UC Berkeley.

Alex received a Ph.D. in history and sociology of science from the University of Pennsylvania.

Alex shared with me updates regarding the implementation of the 4 day week across the world. He talked with me about insights from his recent The Four-Day Week 2022 Annual Report.

Alex provided benefits of the 4 day week with regards to the great resignation and gave his view on where he sees the future of work evolving over the next years.

This podcast episode is based on our recent LinkedIn Live conversation.

In our previous conversation in episode 19 in the fall of 2020, Alex shared great insights from his book "Shorter" with me. Here is the link to that episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/alex-soojung-kim-pang-author-of-shorter-rest/id1505170119?i=1000499304366

How to connect with Alex:

LinkedIn:

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

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/askpang

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/askpang/

If you would like to support the podcast:

Ko-fi Account: Ko-fi.com/karintischler

How to connect with Karin Tischler, producer and podcast host of "Job Sharing and Beyond", and founder of Emily's Path Consulting (EPC):

Website: https://emilyspath.ca/

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/karin-tischler/

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/jobsharingandbeyond/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JobsharingByond

Twitter: https://twitter.com/karin_tischler

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karintischlerbc/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/emilyspathca/?viewAsMember=true

As I am coming up to my 100th episode on the "Job Sharing and Beyond" podcast, I have put together a celebratory episode to look back on the last 2 years of being a podcast host. I also realized that there is so much to talk about regarding my guests from different aspects of the future of work.

This special episode part 1 presents an overview of my guests who focus on job sharing. A subsequent episode will provide a highlights from guests regarding my other topics: Flexical work in general, dad advocates, support for returning professionals, older professionals, tranferable skills from unpaid care work, volunteering and more.

If you know someone that is focused on any of the topics and would be a great guest, please contact me at [email protected] to let me know.

Thank you very much to all my guests and all my listeners during the past two years! It has been a wonderful journey!

If you would like to support the podcast:

Ko-fi Account: Ko-fi.com/karintischler

How to connect with Karin Tischler, producer and podcast host of "Job Sharing and Beyond", and founder of Emily's Path Consulting (EPC):

Website: https://emilyspath.ca/

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/karin-tischler/

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/jobsharingandbeyond/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JobsharingByond

Twitter: https://twitter.com/karin_tischler

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karintischlerbc/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/emilyspathca/?viewAsMember=true

Thomas Angerstein is the Co-Head of Mission Critical Support EMEA/MEE at SAP Germany.

Thomas is married, the proud dad of a 10 ½ year old and a biker. He has a passion for problem solving, live music and movies. He learned to find pragmatic solutions while being able to improvise.

His first profession was as an agricultural machine mechanic. Before SAP Thomas covered various roles as a developer, IT manager, network administrator and consultant. He held multiple roles in SAP including consultant, software architect, project lead, product owner, escalation manager and then Senior Manager in Mission Critical Support as a co-lead and jobsharer. Additionally, he is the decentralized trainer for vocational training students and a big fan of mentoring (in both directions).

How to contact Thomas:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-angerstein-6090668/

What we spoke about:

4:43 Thomas' job shared position at SAP

6:23 Transferable skills from his previous career experience

11:30 Job sharing in a mission critical position

16:39 Intergenerational job sharing

22:21 Surprising aspects of job sharing

30:26 Job sharing - perceptions by other people

41:52 How to start job sharing in an organization

48:24 He for She initiative

51:49 Dads at SAP

58:28 Keeping up team spirit while working as a hybrid/ remote team

If you would like to support the podcast:

Ko-fi Account: Ko-fi.com/karintischler

How to connect with Karin Tischler, producer and podcast host of "Job Sharing and Beyond", and founder of Emily's Path Consulting (EPC):

Website: https://emilyspath.ca/

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/karin-tischler/

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/jobsharingandbeyond/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JobsharingByond

Twitter: https://twitter.com/karin_tischler

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karintischlerbc/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/emilyspathca/?viewAsMember=true

Katharina Miller's career started with a degree in event management. After working internationally in event management for several years Katharina held expert and leadership positions in communications, product management, various aspects of marketing and sustainability. Her work covered a large variety of industries from medical technology, service and tourism to metal and chemistry.

As a mother of three, sustainability is not only a business buzzword for her but also a way of life. Her interest in social advocacy topics led to the idea of a jobsharing matching platform in March 2020, www.jobtwins.work with the goal of enabling part-time careers and establishing jobsharing as the perfect solution.

Sigrid Uray-Esterer is a mom of two. After her business administration degree she was a hotel merchant apprentice and gained international experience during many years in the gastronomy industry. For the past 13 years she has worked in various functions in the FMCG industry in Vienna, Austria.

Sigrid started her blog "Mamawahrheiten" (truths from moms) for working mothers in early 2020, focusing especially on part-time careers. She also hosted the podcast "Der große Teilzeitkarrieretalk" (the great part time career talk) for a year. Since the middle of 2021 she has been the co-founder of the jobsharing platform JobTwins together with Katharina working on building and expanding the platform. Sigrid sees herself as a life-long learner and enjoys networking.

What we talked about:

5:43 JobTwins & their professional backgrounds

15:49 Partner Up, Level Up

18:53 Business benefits from job sharing

23:22 Men & job sharing

27:40 Men role models

32:57 Austrian best practice job sharing

36:20 Transferable skills

47:25 Hesitancy about job sharing

How to connect with Katharina & Sigrid:

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/katharina-miller-4ab639164/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sigrid-uray/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/jobtwins/

Website: https://www.jobtwins.work/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jobtwins/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jobtwins.work

"Eierlegende Wollmilchsau" = egg-laying woolly milk sheep

https://www.dw.com/en/eierlegende-wollmilchsau/a-6616972

Sheela Subramanian is a Vice President of the Future Forum, where she leads go-to-market, content, and programming initiatives. Prior to this role, Sheela spent four years at Slack in a few leadership roles, including as the Head of Global Enterprise Marketing, where she drove the team's shift to a BtoB organization.

She also led the Product Marketing team, building elements from the ground-up and launching Slack in the enterprise segment and five new countries.

Before Slack, Sheela was the Vice President of International Business Development and Operations at Jana Mobile, where she led the company's entry and growth in eleven markets.

Prior to Jana, Sheela spent five years at Google, where she drove marketing and strategy for a range of products.

Most notably, she co-founded the Global Market Development team, where she led global and multicultural go-to-market efforts for the company.

Sheela received a BA from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She is the proud mom of two magical daughters.

How to find Sheela on social media:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheelasubramanian/

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/sheelars

Future Forum website:

https://futureforum.com/

Slack

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/tiny-spec-inc/

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/SlackHQ

What we spoke about:

3:21 Future Forum

4:06 Flexible location vs. hours

6:49 Great resignation = great rethink

10:35 Why is part-time career/ job sharing still not common in the US?

15:01 Examples of flexible work leadership

18:28 Proximity bias

21:10 Returning professionals

24:11 Culture of trust

26:22 Future of the office

28:40 Young professionals

29:48 Future of Work in 5-10 years

If you would like to support the podcast:

Ko-fi Account: Ko-fi.com/karintischler

How to connect with Karin Tischler, producer and podcast host of "Job Sharing and Beyond", and founder of Emily's Path Consulting (EPC):

Website: https://emilyspath.ca/

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/karin-tischler/

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/jobsharingandbeyond/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JobsharingByond

Twitter: https://twitter.com/karin_tischler

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karintischlerbc/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/emilyspathca/?viewAsMember=true