The future is here - and it’s here to stay.

The new wave of technology that is currently sweeping across the world is happening 10 times faster and at 300 times the scale of the first industrial revolution. This new wave, of course, is rapidly transforming the workplace as well.

In this episode, Anka Twum-Baah discusses various new ways of working that accelerate growth and change, and why companies need to start looking to the future today. Anka is the Senior Director within the Microsoft 365 Enterprise Marketing group. She currently leads modern workplace thought leadership discipline with a focus on the future of work

Anka shares her experiences, insights into the future, and practical strategies for embracing and inviting innovation into work. As a futurist, she believes that the future of work will provide new methods for extracting the best versions and the best talents out of all of us.

Get ready to learn how to keep up with the swift changes of the future that are impacting the culture of work today.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• How the future of work will foster more innovative space for human creativity. 
• Why business leaders are starting to embrace the notion of their employees collaborating with technology.
• How leaders can begin making employees comfortable with cultural change with technology implementation.
• Why it’s important to both communicate the vision and live it out when going through change.
• Why it’s okay to fail.

Some Questions I Ask:

• What does a day in the life of a futurist look like? (1:29)
• What is the future of work? (2:28)
• What keeps you excited every day? (5:04)
• What are your thoughts on the gig economy? (10:34)
• What film or book has made the biggest impact on you in the past year? (24:35)

Connect with Anka Twum-Baah:

LinkedIn

Resources:

Brené Brown

M365 Freelancer Toolkit