Join Carmen for an exclusive conversation with Tony Jamous, CEO and co-founder of Oyster! In this episode, he peels back the curtain of his incredible journey—from growing up in Lebanon to building a revolutionary global employment platform. Tony shares the inspiration behind founding Oyster, rooted in his passion for making a positive impact and challenging the constraints of national borders.

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As the importance of diverse talent has continued to rise, conversations around diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) have remained top of mind for many PeopleOps leads. While much has evolved since 2020, a pivotal year when many organizations made bold commitments to DEI, who has truly followed through? Enter Daniela Herrera an award-winning DEI professional with over 17 years of global experience in talent operations, recruitment, and leadership. Dani offers valuable insights on accountability, actionable steps for implementing DEI, and why HR professionals should look to New York Comic-Con as an unexpected yet powerful example of impactful DEI. In this conversation, Dani explores the essentials of creating belonging, building psychological safety, and ensuring organizational commitments to DEI extend beyond benchmarks. Don’t miss this important conversation on what it means to embed DEI everywhere and weave it into all areas of your organization. 

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This week, Carmen chats with Cloey Callahan, Assistant Director of Development and Alumni Communications at SUNY New Paltz and former Digiday Worklife writer, to discuss what makes Gen Z tick at work. As a Gen Z-er herself, Cloey shares why this generation’s approach to jobs, loyalty, hybrid work, and even mental health is shaking things up. This episode explores the importance of making space for meaningful conversations about Gen Z’s needs, going beyond surface-level assumptions, and embracing topics that might be considered “taboo” in the workplace. From side hustles to the impact of social issues, Cloey explains how leaders can skip the stereotypes and connect meaningfully with Gen Z talent. Ready to see your youngest team members in a whole new light?

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This week, Carmen is joined by Julie Fedele, founder of the Portfolio Career Club and author of The Portfolio Careerist, a popular newsletter for professionals looking to create flexible, meaningful careers. In this episode, Jules dives into how she helps individuals learn to love their work through the development of a portfolio career. She shares her journey to discovering fractional work, a model that’s gaining traction among senior-level professionals and executives. Combining this new structure into today’s organizations, she discusses how portfolio careers impact PeopleOps teams, as we see the integration of fractional employees into the development and management of permanent teams. Together, Jules and Carmen explore what it takes to build a portfolio career, how it differs from job sharing, and why fractional roles are reshaping the workforce. Jules also offers her insights on supporting non-linear career paths, finding talented leaders ready for a change, and empowering professionals to take ownership of their careers in today’s evolving job landscape.

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Welcome back to New World of Work! In the first episode of season 6, we dive into a topic that’s been on the minds of HR and PeopleOps leaders everywhere: how can HR teams use artificial intelligence in their work? Dr. Kait Rohlfing, PhD, is a trained industrial organizational psychologist and former Sr. Leadership Trainer and Facilitator at LifeLabs Learning. Recently, she helped write a playbook on how PeopleOps leaders can leverage AI in their work. In this episode,  host Carmen Amador Barreiro and Dr.Kait discuss how to maintain people-centric policies in an increasingly AI-powered world of work, when to lean into AI, and why there is real cause for caution in deploying this artificial intelligence in the workplace.

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Welcome back New World of Work!  In this mini-series, we are focusing on the power of distributed teams to take companies at all growth stages to the next level. 

In the final episode, Katie is joined by Anamaria Dorgo and Sophie August, co-hosts of the Mapping Ties podcast and expert internal community builders. Anamaria and Sophie are both passionate about the power of internal community, and the importance of nurturing them properly- and not forcing them when they aren’t wanted. They discuss successful strategies for fostering community in distributed workforces, strategies for community builders and share examples of successful communities they’ve helped grow. 

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Welcome back New World of Work!  In this mini-series, we are focusing on the power of distributed teams to take companies at all growth stages to the next level. 

How do start-ups and entrepreneurs leverage global hiring to build teams made up of top talent? Host Katie McCauley is in discussion with Fredrik Thomassen, founder and CEO of Superside. Superside has been a distributed company since its inception, and uses a global hiring strategy to recruit the best creative talent the world has to offer.  Frederik discusses why a global hiring strategy is part of Superside’s core mission, the importance of competitive wages, and where distributed teams and global hiring are going from here. 

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In this mini-series, we are focusing on the power of distributed teams to take companies at all growth stages to the next level. 

Webflow has been a pioneer in leveraging a distributed workforce since 2013, VP of People Mike Podobnik joins Katie to discuss how Webflow has grown and expanded with its team, and the lessons learned along the way. They discuss the challenges and opportunities of a global workforce, and how to foster community across borders. 

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In this episode, Rhys and guest Lauren Razavi explore the world of living as a digital nomad. Lauren has been nomadic since 2013, and is the author of Global Natives, a book about the past, present and potential of work from anywhere. Lauren is also the VP of Communications at SafetyWing, an insurance platform for digital nomads. In this episode, Lauren and Rhys discuss what it would mean to build a country on the Internet, how companies can think about remote and flexible work, and why work from anywhere is the future.

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Rajeeb Dey calls himself an ‘accidental entrepreneur.’ After starting a venture to help give students a voice in their education when he was 17, he’s gone on to launch a national entrepreneurship competition with the government of Britain, and founded Learnerbly, a curated online learning platform that helps organizations make learning part of their culture. He and Rhys have an interesting and enlightening conversation about why continuous learning is so important in the age of AI, the importance of upskilling, and how businesses can foster learning and development. 

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