Strategic Momentum

Steve Hoffman, AKA Captain Hoff, takes us on a voyage to better understand the radical innovation and transformation that new technologies are likely to cause during many of our lifetimes. He is the CEO of Founders Space, one of the world's leading incubators and accelerators, and the author of “The Five Forces that Change Everything: How Technology is Changing Our Future.” Learn more and find the...

When we think of innovation, we tend to think about new products, new technologies. But Ken Tencer believes that human ingenuity is the spark that will ignite the future. And Ken really is a passionate student of human ingenuity. He’s currently pursuing a Doctor of Business Administration focused on human ingenuity and innovation, as well as serving as Curator of “Say Hi to the Future,” which is ‘...

I like to start each season by sharing what I’m thinking about and what you can expect in the coming weeks. And in season 9, we’ll be examining our roles in shaping the future of work. What comes next will, of course, be the confluence of many changes — shifts in who does the work, how the work is done, when we work, and where we work — but we all have a role to play in shaping those changes....

This is my December Column for Shared Services Online , titled “The Faces of the U.S. Workforce.” You can find the column at https://www.ssonetwork.com/contributor/connie-steele and you can find the research mentioned in the episode at https://www.conniewsteele.com/research

I said in the first episode of this season that I wanted to double down on inspiring stories as a reminder that we aren’t helpless or alone against the unrelenting pace of change and have the power to create positive change for ourselves and the people around us. And I'm proud to say that I think we succeeded. But in listening back to these stories again, it's become crystal clear to me that what...

Qian Julie Wang is the author of New York Times Bestseller “Beautiful Country,” a memoir that details her life as an undocumented immigrant living in poverty in the richest country in the world, and managing partner of Gottlieb & Wang LLP, a firm dedicated to advancing education, disability, and civil rights on behalf of marginalized communities. And her awe-inspiring story has clearly resonat...

Giselle Mota is a futurist and thought leader focused on enabling inclusion as it relates to product design, the future of work, and all things emerging tech, including web3 and the metaverse. Giselle is the Chief of Product Inclusion at ADP, a role that was created specifically so she could bring her background and perspective to impact the full range of ADP’s products.   As the Chief of Pro...

Karen Mangia is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author, VP of Customer & Market Insights at Salesforce, and strategist who focuses on the Future of Work, the Voice of the Customer, and nurturing a sense of Belonging within organizations.  Like so many of us during the pandemic, Karen recognized that we weren’t going back to the way things were. She sees an opportunity to change the rule...

This is my October Column for Shared Services Online , titled “Burnout, Stress, & The Need to Redefine Success.” You can find the column at https://www.ssonetwork.com/contributor/connie-steele and I’ll also be sharing audio versions of each article as bonus episodes in the podcast feed.

Kathyrn Rose is the Founder of getWise and the wiseHer Foundation. getWise is an expert advice platform that curates a range of business specialists, and small businesses and people who are seeking help can schedule time with the person whose expertise best matches their needs. It’s not free, but it’s very affordable, and Kathryn shares how this value exchange that getWise delivers benefits everyo...

Samhita Jayanti is the Founder and CEO of Ideamix, a coaching company that matches both individuals and organizations with coaches that are best suited to their needs. Sam is also a person who truly understands the uncertainty of modern life — the good and the bad — but few people have developed better tools and techniques for taking it all on. And luckily, she’s willing to share what worked with...

Precious Williams, AKA The Killer Pitch Master, is a 13-time national elevator pitch champion and four time best-selling author. She has also been featured on "Shark Tank," CNN, WSJ, Forbes Magazine, Black Enterprise Magazine, Essence Magazine, and the movie "LEAP." And her new book — "The Pitch Queen: A Woman's Journey From Poverty To Purpose & Profits" — is a memoir that shares how she rose...

This is my September Column for Shared Services Online , titled “Quiet Quitting & Quiet Firing: Don’t Forget We’re Talking About People.” You can find the column at https://www.ssonetwork.com/contributor/connie-steele and I’ll also be sharing audio versions of each article as bonus episodes in the podcast feed. Shared Services Online: https://www.ssonetwork.com/contributor/connie-steele

I wish I had been able to read “Getting Along: How to Work with Anyone (Even Difficult People)” when I was entering the workforce. Releasing on September 13, 2022, “Getting Along” is a research-based, practical guide for how to handle difficult people at work. Not always feeling equipped to best deal with the kind of people described in this book — and keeping my sanity — was one of the major driv...

The theme of this past year, both on and off this show, has been adapting to radical change and bridging the gaps to create forward progress. In our lives, in our jobs, in the economy... it’s honestly been pretty unrelenting. And, as a result, I think a lot of us are feeling less happy and more than a little stuck. A lot of people are talking about the future of work and they talk about remote wor...

This is my July Column for Shared Services Online , titled “Managing for the Future of Work: Human-Centered Management & The Employee Experience.” You can find the column at https://www.ssonetwork.com/contributor/connie-steele and I’ll also be sharing audio versions of each article as bonus episodes in the podcast feed. Shared Services Online: https://www.ssonetwork.com/contributor/connie-stee...

I just started a column over at Shared Services Online titled “The Future is Human: Understanding & Shaping the Future of Work.” You can find the column at https://www.ssonetwork.com/contributor/connie-steele and I’ll also be sharing audio versions of each article as bonus episodes in the podcast feed. Shared Services Online: https://www.ssonetwork.com/contributor/connie-steele

We like to think every season of Strategic Momentum has a story. We don’t necessarily plan the narrative, but one of the best parts of making the season is watching the story unfold as our guests touch on similar themes and concepts. So we end every season with one of these compilation episodes to highlight the way our experts’ insights, tactics, and strategies compliment each other — and to save...

The world of work has fundamentally changed from one that is siloed, sequential, rigid, and conformist to one that's much more fluid, collaborative, multimodal, and individual. People are truly recognizing the importance of being able to bring their whole self to work — and, for the first time for many of us, feeling like they should be empowered to bring their whole self to work. And today, we’re...

Tiffany Pham is the Founder & CEO of Mogul, the largest platform for diverse talent worldwide. Mogul has impacted over 430,000,000 people across 195 countries and 30,470 cities, and it all started with a desire to create a place where women and minority talent could come together to find opportunities, information, and resources to help their career journeys. In addition to being a successful...

Nir Eyal’s latest book (“ Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life ”) is an indispensable resource in our uncertain world. Nir goes beyond just providing good time management tips — although he has quite a few of those — by helping us get to the root of why we get distracted in the first place so that we can actively shift from being distractible to being indistractable....

Hooman Radfar is the co-founder and CEO of Collective, the world’s first online, back-office platform designed to support businesses-of-one. He’s a passionate and purpose-driven leader, and the confidence he has in his purpose is admirable. And I am thrilled to share his journey with all of you today because I think it really speaks to one of my favorite things — the transformative power of learni...

I am obsessed with studying what people truly want out of work. As people, not employees. I want to understand the “business of work” — the who, what, when, where, and why that makes people and the companies they work for thrive or fail. What holds people back? What gets people stuck? And what does it take to create positive momentum? Making this podcast is part of that. Writing “Building the Busi...

Jenny Blake is an author and podcaster who helps entrepreneurs move from friction to flow through smarter systems, powered by Delightfully Tiny Teams. Her third book, “Free Time,” launches March 22 — and it’s just in time for me! It's easy to get caught up in just getting things done without really stopping to think how it could get done faster or better, or if you're really the right person to be...

Kim Scott is all about creating workplace environments where everyone can really be their best selves and reach their growth potential, and her latest book “Just Work” offers a valuable framework and set of tools to help address many of the workplace injustices that too many of us have endured over the years.  The book is timely because it reflects how the traditional norms are fundamentally...