This is a tribute to a dear friend of The Nowhere Office, Charles Handy, the management writer, who died this week aged 92.

Julia Hobsbawm and Stefan Stern are joined by the FT’s Andrew Hill to discuss Handy's life and legacy, his extremely sharp predictions about work, the humanism at the heart of his thinking, and his unconventional practices like ‘empty chair’ exercises. We have included an interview with Charles Handy from the very first episode of The Nowhere Office.

In this episode's My Working Life segment, Indrani Sen, Features Editor at Fortune Magazine, tells us about journalism on 9/11 in New York, the sheer fun of her job, anxiety in legacy media, and a possible career shift. This sponsored feature is brought to you in association with Whitefox—exceptional publishers for exceptional stories. Learn more at wearewhitefox.com.

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Books mentioned in the episode:

By Charles Handy:

Also mentioned: 

• Dan Davies, The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind (Profile Books, 2024). 

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Julia Hobsbawm speaks with Peter Miscovich, Executive Managing Director and Global Future of Work Leader at JLL, to explore the past, present, and future of offices around the world. They discuss the tech transformations in workplaces, quantum computing on the horizon and the massive changes in the past 50 years of work. 

In this episode's My Working Life segment, we hear from Birgitte Stoerger of AuPairCare. With years of experience matching au pairs with families, Birgitte shares the joys of her work and the challenges faced by Au Pairs navigating a new life in the US. 

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For this My Working Life edition of the Nowhere Office, Julia Hobsbawm is joined by Iain Dale to discuss his career as a broadcaster, author, publisher, editor, lobbyist and much more.

This week’s My Working Life segment features Olivia Alexander, a SoulCycle instructor. Olivia shares how the pandemic disrupted her musical theatre career and how SoulCycle has not only "filled her cup" but also helped her navigate grief. This sponsored feature is brought to you by Whitefox—exceptional publishers for exceptional stories. Discover more at wearewhitefox.com.

The Nowhere Office is a Fully Connected Production in association with Sandstone Global Productions. Music by Julian Brezon. Learn more at workathon.io.

Also mentioned in the episode: Our Brain Bank: ourbrainbank.org.

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In this News from Nowhere, we bring you a conversation from a recent Workathon event in London: How the Media Works. Ravi Mattu, managing editor of The New York Times' DealBook, and Matthew D’Ancona, editor of The New European, joined Julia Hobsbawm to discuss the state of the media.

Stefan Stern talks to journalist Carole Cadwalladr about the Tortoise-Observer deal. Carole shares candid views on paywalled versus free journalism and what she describes as the breathtaking arrogance and contempt of The Guardian's management.

In this week’s My Working Life, Jess is disappointed in the work ethic of younger colleagues and tells us about hospitality at 30,000 feet.

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In this episode of The Nowhere Office, Julia Hobsbawm is joined by author and speaker Terence Mauri to discuss his new book The Upside of Disruption: The Path to Leading and Thriving in the Unknown.

Terence explores the risks of standing still in an age of rapid change and shares how a serious accident reshaped his career and perspective. The conversation covers warm and cold AI, future readiness, and his philosophy of reduction.

This week’s My Working Life features Declan Hogan, CFO of O’Dwyer Steel, who discusses the business of building. This sponsored feature is brought to you by Whitefox—exceptional publishers for exceptional stories. Discover more at wearewhitefox.com.

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In this episode of The Nowhere Office, Julia Hobsbawm and Stefan Stern welcome leadership coach and author Tiffany Gaskell, who has updated Sir John Whitmore’s classic Coaching for Performance for its sixth edition. Since it was first published, the book has sold over one million copies.

They explore coaching’s origins in sports, the evolution of leadership styles, the impact of the pandemic on leadership, and whether AI could disrupt traditional coaching models.

This week’s My Working Life features Tony Michael from the Village Garage. He and Julia discuss his long career as a mechanic, being a one-man band, and why he never became a pilot. 

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Music by Julian Brezon.

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In this episode of The Nowhere Office, Julia Hobsbawm and Stefan Stern dive into Google’s new AI NotebookLM, debate Big Tech’s increasingly inhuman approach to innovation, and explore the lasting influence of management guru Peter Drucker. 

This week’s My Working Life features a conversation with Bobby Healy, the founder of pioneering drone delivery service Manna, and Rory Sutherland, renowned ad-man and unlikely Tik-Tok star.

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Music by Julian Brezon.

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In an addition to the regular Nowhere Office theme-led show is now a weekly episode looking at the headlines affecting the world of work. To kick off our additional show this week Julia Hobsbawm and Stefan Stern are joined by Bloomberg's Irina Anghel to talk about the impact of Donald Trump's re-election as President of the United States on work, working life and workers.

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In this week's episode of The Nowhere Office, fresh off the UK government's budget announcement, Julia Hobsbawm and Stefan Stern welcome economist Vicky Pryce. They delve into the Economy of Work, exploring workforce inactivity and persistent challenges to productivity, with a special focus on the overlooked challenges faced by women in the workforce and the economic cost of prisons. 

In our My Working Life segment, meet an entrepreneurial couple who run a cutting-edge retreat in the Bavarian Alps—one of whom sees himself as the “Winston Wolf” of tech. This sponsored feature is brought to you in association with Whitefox, exceptional publishers for exceptional stories. Discover more at wearewhitefox.com.

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In this episode of The Nowhere Office, Julia Hobsbawm and Stefan Stern discuss hot topics in the world of work. They consider how McDonalds and restaurant tips have become political footballs in the US election and debate the appointment of Mariella Frostrup as Menopause Employment Ambassador in the UK.

Tom Redmayne of Industrious, a flex workspace giant, is in the studio to discuss the offices of today and tomorrow, our changing cityscapes and his fears about burgeoning debts in the corporate real estate market. 

Plus, in the 'My Working Life' segment, we meet Rob and hear about his hattrick of careers, in association with White Fox Publishing: https://wearewhitefox.com/.

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