The Edge of Work

Jen Fisher is the Head of Human Sustainability at Deloitte, a Best-Selling Author and TEDx Speaker. As one of the leading experts on well-being, Jen has spent the most recent part of her career helping leaders think differently about how they can improve the performance of their people through investing in the well-being and relationships of their people. During our conversation, Jen shared her pe...

Vincent Stanley is the Director of Philosophy at Patagonia, and the Co-Author of the book, The Future of The Responsible Company.  In order to create a better world of work, it’s clear that organizations, and leaders specifically have a role to play in creating cultures and environments that drive performance and empower people. Patagonia has long been viewed as a leader of companies who are tryin...

The Edge of Work has been exploring the role of the manager as well as the emphasis on manager development throughout its three seasons.  During this episode, Al breaks down the role of the people manager in today’s world of work. During this episode, Al will cover: Why the manager is back in the spotlight The challenges that managers face in today’s workplace How to Reimagine The Role of the Mana...

David Landman is the Former Managing Director of Talent Development at Goldman Sachs, and the Head of Community for PeopleTech Enterprise. With experience leading talent development at Goldman Sachs for over two decades, David has first-hand experience in developing an enterprise talent strategy that aligns technology, people, and organizational systems that unleash the potential and performance o...

Michelle Braden is the VP of Global Talent Development at WEX Inc, a global payments processing platform. As a talent development leader, Michelle has held a number of talent development leader roles and has a keen understanding of how talent development can facilitate business outcomes and performance.  Here are three key themes from this episode: How the workplace is changing, and the opportunit...

Kevin Yates is a Speaker, Consultant, and Expert on measuring the impact of training and learning inside organizations.  During our conversation, we spoke to Kevin about the role of training and learning in a changing world of work, the challenges and opportunities with measuring the impact of training and learning, and Kevin’s own perspective on how companies can better measure the impact of trai...

Lou Tedrick is the VP of Global Learning and Development at Verizon. With a remit of overseeing learning that helps employees grow and deliver on business outcomes for 115,000 employees,  Lou and her team are constantly thinking ahead about how learning can support hundreds of thousands of employees across diverse businesses to be more productive, effective and engaged in their work. During our co...

In early October, I had the chance to attend Linkedin’s Talent Connect Summit in New York City. During this 2 day event, I had the chance to chat, learn and connect with 1500 talent and HR leaders from across the globe, and to hear from speakers including The Reverend Honorable Dame Jacinda Ardern (Former PM of New Zealand) Spike Lee, to Donna Morris (Chief People Officer, Wal-Mart) and Sherry Cas...

Susan Lamotte is the CEO of exaqueo, an employer branding consultancy. With extensive experience in helping companies develop strategies that attract and retain talent, Susan has extensive experience and insight into the state of the workplace, what has changed, and the critical dynamics and relationships that exist between employees and organizations. During our conversation, Susan spoke about th...

Melissa Swift is the US Transformation Leader at Mercer, and the Author of the book Work Here Now: Think Like a Human and Build a Powerhouse Workplace.  With expertise in leading human capital transformation across multiple industries, Melissa has a keen eye into what is and isn’t working about work, and in her book, offers a look into the ways in some of the broken and challenging components of t...

Mita Mallick is the Head of Inclusion, Equity, and Impact at Carta, and the Author of Reimagine Inclusion: Debunking 13 Myths to Transform Your Workplace. As a child, Mita grew up not seeing or hearing stories of people who looked or talked like her, and now, as a former brand management executive turned DEI leader, Podcast Host and author, Mita spends her time using her voice to amplify voices an...

Erica Keswin is a consultant, podcast host, and author of the newly released book, T he Retention Revolution: 7 Surprising (and Very Human!) Ways to Keep Employees Connected to Your Company. As a longtime HR leader, consultant and researcher on workplace trends, Erica has been observing the changes in employee expectations out of work and the workplace, as well as identifying opportunities to trul...

Eric Girard is the CEO of Girard Training Solutions, and a management development expert, and the author of Lead Like a Pro, The Essential Guide For New Managers. During our conversation, Eric spoke about the transition and changes people managers must navigate when moving from individual contributor to people manager, as well as some of the common pitfalls new managers make, and some critical ski...

Dart Lindsley is the Host of The Work For Humans Podcast, and a People and HR Leader who has spent time at tech companies including Cisco and Google. Through hosting the Work For Humans podcast, he has further shaped an innovative philosophy which can reinvent how we think about work. Instead of treating workers as "inputs to production" Dart believes that we should be treating employees...

Brian Elliott is a Co-Founder of Future Forum, Co-Author of How The Future Works , and a former VP at Slack.  One of the leaders in both researching the future of work and enabling new ways of working, Brian has advised numerous leaders on how to experiment and think differently in order to innovate and lead in this new world of work. During our conversation, Brian spoke about some of his observat...

Dr. Gabriella Rosen Kellerman is the Chief Innovation Officer for BetterUp Labs, as well as the Co-Author of the book Tomorrowmind: Thriving at Work, Now and In an Uncertain Future. As a psychologist, Gabriella has studied the workplace and works each day in her role to help envision and create a better world of work. During our conversation Gabriella spoke about the history of work back from the...

Kelly Monahan is the Managing Director at Upwork, and leads their Future of Work research efforts. Having conducted and led future of work research efforts at leading organizations, Kelly has been studying the workplace and how it’s changed and evolved over the years, and is currently leading efforts at Upwork to identify Workplace innovators who are truly thinking and working about the workplace...

Today’s episode is about the opportunity and importance of designing mentoring programs for employees in today’s changing world of work. Joining me is Emily Goligoski is the SVP of Research at Charter.  Drawing on research that Emily and her team at Charter led to evaluate mentoring in the hybrid workplace, Emily shared some of their key findings from the report, including how mentoring is impacte...

Adam Hickman is the Vice President of Learning and Org Development at Partners Federal Credit Union, a Walt Disney Company. In addition to this role, Adam is an author and professor and writes and speaks regularly on topics related to management and leadership. During our conversation, Adam dove into some of the changes in the workplace and the implications of those changes (ex: technology) for wh...

Note: This is a recording from a LinkedIn Live. Dan Nieves works in Global Executive Engagement at Reality Labs at Meta. Over the course of his career, Dan has worked at the intersection of emerging technology, people and the future of work. During this conversation, Dan spoke about how technologies including AR/VR (Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality) are reimagining how we think about work, and sh...

Angela Cheng-Cimini is the Chief Human Resources Officers at Harvard Business Publishing.  As a seasoned HR Leader, Angela is passionate about creating employee experiences that unleash the purpose and potential of each employee.  And critical to that individual employee experience is the role of the manager.   During our conversation, Angela shared her definition of why in today's evolving w...

Muriel Wilkins is an Executive Coach, Managing Partner at a Leadership and Coaching Firm, and the Host of the HBR Podcast Coaching Real Leaders . After graduating from Harvard Business School and pursuing a career to become a CMO, Muriel realized she had other aspirations, and through the guidance of an Executive Coach, decided to become an Executive Coach herself. Now, she runs a successful Execu...

Note: This is a recording of a LinkedIn Live. Stephen Bailey is the CEO and Co-Founder of ExecOnline, a leadership development platform that works to make leadership development accessible to more leaders. In this conversation, Stephen spoke about some of the trends and insights he’s seeing from the companies he speaks to about leadership development, as well as from the insights he and his team a...

Christine Cruzvergara is the Chief Strategy & Education Officer at Handshake, a technology platform that connects early career talent with jobs and internships at 650,000+ employers.  In her role, Christine spends time connecting, advising and listening to employers, students, and Career Development offices on college campuses and has a keen sense of the labor market for early career professio...

Emily Field is a Partner at McKinsey & Company, and a Co-Author of the book: Power to The Middle: Why Managers Hold the Keys to the Future of Work .  As a Partner in McKinsey’s Talent and Organization Practice, Emily works with companies to implement best in class talent management strategies, and as a Co-Author of this book, has spent a great deal of time researching the state of the manager...