Workplace Visionaries

In this episode of Workplace Visionaries, Jane Young sits down with Mika Cross—workplace transformation strategist, federal human capital expert, US Army veteran, and sought-after voice on the future of work who's testified as an expert witness for the US Senate. Mika brings a perspective you won't hear anywhere else, shaped by her experience in the US intelligence community, the Departmen...

Return-to-office mandates increase turnover—but it's your senior employees, skilled workers, and women who are leaving at the highest rates. Mark Ma, research professor at the University of Pittsburgh, breaks down what the data actually shows about RTO mandates, brain drain, and the future of work. His research has been featured in the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Fortune, BBC, and mo...

RTO mandates are up 77%. Actual attendance? Up just 2%. So what's really working in hybrid work—and what's just expensive performance theater? Brian Elliott (former VP at Slack, Executive Leader of Future Forum, and author of "How the Future Works") joins Jane Young to cut through the noise with data, not opinions. We dig into: • Why employee monitoring destroys performance • The real cost of prox...

Tanisha Krishnan reveals the shocking disconnect between what leaders think is happening in their offices and reality - and why treating employees like customers is the key to hybrid work success. The Head of Workplace UK at BNP Paribas shares how her unique background in architecture and design thinking helps organizations solve their biggest workplace challenges through data-driven, user-centric...

Bex Moorhouse reveals the simple test that exposes toxic workplace culture - and why being called "a machine" at work is actually a red flag. The founder of Invigorate Spaces, who's transformed workplaces for Nike, Facebook, Disney, and 20th Century Fox, shares her journey from burnout to creating workplaces that actually care about humans. Discover the Sunday Night Test that reveals...

Dr. Craig Knight reveals the shocking truth about productivity measurement - and why most companies are doing it completely wrong. The organizational psychology expert shares how he's achieved 50% wellbeing improvements, 32% productivity gains, and up to 19% intelligence increases by challenging everything we think we know about workplace performance. Discover why subjective productivity measureme...