Chaos & Rocketfuel: The Future of Work Podcast

Welcome to Episode 103 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.

In the past 2 episodes with Co-Founder of Orbis Terra Media a global Content Marketing Agency, Editor-in-Chief of Tharawat Magazine, and Family Entrepreneur Ramia El Agamy, we’ve looked in depth at family-run businesses. 
We’ve discovered what a family business is and that it is the most used business model in the world. 
The advantages and disadvantages they face and the skills and talents needed to navigate a successful multigenerational business today and in the future. 

In this final session, Ramia gives us some practical examples of the good stuff happening in family businesses around the world today and she explains the different motivations family businesses use to grow and develop.

Welcome to Episode 102 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.

In this, the second outing with Co-Founder of Orbis Terra Media a global Content Marketing Agency, Editor-in-Chief of Tharawat Magazine, and Family Entrepreneur, Ramia El Agamy, we continue our deep dive into the world of the family business. 

Last time we got a good background into Ramia’s career path as well as understanding more about the dynamics of a family business. 

Today we focus more on how multi-generational family businesses will play a role in the Future of Work and specifically the advantages and disadvantages they face. 

Welcome to Episode 101 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.

For the next three episodes we are joined by Co-Founder and CEO of Orbis Terra Media, a global Content Marketing Agency,  Editor-in-Chief of Tharawat Magazine, and Family Entrepreneur, Ramia El Agamy.

Now, before you jump to the conclusion that a family-run business is a mom-and-pop shop and this podcast is not for you, hang on. Ramia is here to explain that the family business model is the most frequently used business model worldwide. 

In this first episode, we will look at exactly what a family business is and specifically the 3 biggest opportunities for women in family businesses.

Welcome to Episode 100 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.

In the past 2 episodes with author of The Unspoken Rules: Secrets to Starting Your Career Off Right, Gorick NG, we have looked at issues holding back first generation, low income workers and found through Gorick’s own experiences that his learnings are very valuable to all new entrants to the professional job market.

In this final episode we delve a little more into their demographics, and we find out how HR leaders can benefit highly from these insights to build more cohesive, high-performing teams. 

Finally, we see what’s next for Gorick NG.

Welcome to Episode 99 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.

In this second outing with author and adviser Gorick NG, we find out more about his work at BCG, Harvard, and the Future of Work Project. His book, The Unspoken Rules: Secrets to Starting Your Career Off Right is a deconstruction of what one learns at highly-resourced companies and comes from over 500 interviews. 

Gorick explains that it’s what to do, what to say, and how to navigate these unspoken rules that is the key to early success and fast-tracking your career. And it’s not just for new work entrants, leadership can also gain great insight into their workforce by understanding these rules.

Welcome to Episode 98 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.

For the next three episodes we are joined by author and adviser at Harvard College, Gorick NG. In this first part of our conversation Gorick explains the educational origin of the term First Generation, Low Income and how today it is being used more in the business context. He references some of his own lived experiences of being an outsider, and alludes to his book of unspoken rules that hide in almost all organizations.

Welcome to Episode 97 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.

In the past 2 episodes with digital product design CEO at Emerge Interactive, Jonathon Hensley, we have looked at the basics of product-building principles and the whether work should be designed in a similar way.

In this final episode, we focus a little more on the work Jonathon’s company does and how they approach a client request to design a product, and how that is intertwined with looking at the company’s work experience.

Welcome to Episode 96 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.

In this second outing with Emerge Interactive CEO, Jonathon Hensley, we look at the connection between product and work experience design. 

We start to look more practically at how technology is only a tool and it’s how we connect the human to it that is the key to success. 

Welcome to Episode 95 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.

For the next three episodes we are joined by the CEO at Emerge Interactive, a UX design agency specializing in digital product strategy and full-stack development, Jonathon Hensley. Our goal is to unpack his thoughts around digital product design and better design of the work experience. 

In this first episode we go back to the basics of what product building principles are and we find out why 84% of digital products fail to meet expectations.

Welcome to Episode 94 of The Future of Work, the podcast that looks at every aspect of work in the future, featuring industry experts and thought leaders discussing how work is changing and evolving. The Future of Work is NOW.

In the past 2 episodes with author and leadership coach Dr. Marie Gervais, we have looked into the world of spirituality in the workplace and discovered amongst other things that by thinking, speaking, and doing soul-enhancing actions we can create a happier, more productive, and more profitable business.

In this final episode we ask Marie to tell us a bit about how her multicultural upbringing has influenced the work she has done. We also look at how we can better be preparing the youth for work.