The Emerging World Of Work: Season 1

Welcome to Season  1 of our podcast for leaders who want to ensure their business is keeping pace in a constantly changing landscape and in a strong position to grow. Our show explores a different theme related to the world of work, with insights from the world’s top thinkers on the transformative enterprise.

From Emergn, the leading expert in transformation, with a mission to improve the way people and companies work. Forever. This podcast is hosted by Alex Adamopoulos.

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Latest episode

Episode 6 The Power of Market-Creating Innovation
Efosa Ojomo - Christensen Institute
Karen Dillon - Harvard Business Review
"Market-creating innovations never look obvious but they are catalytic for companies, individuals and economies."

Efosa Ojomo and Karen Dillon, co-authors of The Prosperity Paradox, reveal the paradox at the heart of existing approaches to solving poverty, and propose a better way forward based on entrepreneurship and market-creating innovation. Read more…

Previous episodes

Episode 5 The Servant Leader
Randy Salley - Veteran IT Executive and IT Advisor & Former SVP Retail Technology, Walmart
"True leaders aren’t focused on the next promotion. They focus on their people."

Randy Salley has had the opportunity to peek inside many enterprises and see how they run their IT functions, so he’s got strong opinions about what works and what doesn’t. We asked him how IT leaders can better manage their teams to deliver the best results. Read more…

Episode 4 The Great Leveler: Higher Education & Cognitive Agility
Mary Curnock Cook - Former Chief Executive of UCAS
"Traditional universities aren’t set up to teach ‘no collar’ workers."

Is the higher education system doing a good enough job preparing our next generation of leaders for the demands of the workplace of the future – and, for that matter, the present? We ask education expert Mary Curnock-Cook, who has more than 25 years experience in the field. Read more…

Episode 3 The Right Environment for Innovation
Guillaume Alvarez - SVP EMEA, Steelcase
"Physical space shapes beliefs, trust, collaboration and creativity."

Guillaume Alvarez is fascinated by the relationship between people and the places they work. He believes leaders can create a physical environment that is conducive to creativity, as well as the personal wellbeing of their employees and the business as a whole. Read more…

Episode 2 Artificial Intelligence at Work
Felix Hovsepian - Co-author of 'The Fourth Industrial Revolution'
"AI, if used properly, will be of immense benefit to humanity."

What do leaders need to know about the future of AI, and how can they keep humans at the center of this technological revolution? Felix Hovsepian, an expert in the implications of emerging technologies on business, explains why the concept of lifelong learning is the key to human-centered AI deployment. Read more…

Episode 1 Innovation & Entreprenuership
Joseph Pistrui - IE Business School
Dimo Dimov - University of Bath
"Anyone can be an entrepreneur. Everyone should try."

Are entrepreneurs born or bred? To find out, we ask two professors of entrepreneurship and innovation, Joseph Pistrui and Dimo Dimov, who are conducting research into the way entrepreneurs think. Read more…