On this episode I welcome Ollie Henderson. It's another expert talk episode, where Ollie and I talk about the future or the state of work. Ollie creates insights and systems for first-time founders and CEOs who want to attract clients and the best talent by sharing their ideas with the world. As a former start-up founder and CEO, he understands what it takes to grow a business while operating under pressure and time constraints. He is doing all that whilst having a family with 3 kids! In May 2020, he launched "Future Work/Life" as a newsletter to document the fast-evolving relationship between our work and personal lives. This lead to a podcast and Ollie is currently writing a book called Work/Life Freewheel. Things we discussed:
- Ran a digital advertising agency for over 10 years
- Exited in 2020 to start a new business when the pandemic hit
- Started his newsletter to figure out what to do next
- Created a system for work-life
- He got a book deal and started working on his book which will be published January 2023: Work/Life Flywheel
- Interviewed 100s and surveyed 1000s for his book, listen to the interviews on his podcast
- You can subscribe to his newsletter on his website
- He works as a fractional CEO 2 days a week
- Hybrid working
- How to get more out of people: does collaboration IRL work?
- If we improve collaboration by 20% meeting in person, does that balance the opportunity to get top talent from around the world dialling in, improving collaboration by more than 20% virtually?
- Access to specialist skills
- How IRL meeting helps with resolving conflict
- Networking as a graduate
- Selling oneself as a freelancer/interim/fractional person
- The future of work being personalised work which gives the individual more choice
- Marketplaces for freelancers
- What happens when the economy slows down
- Unbundling the workforce
- Creating virtual teams of experts
- Aggregation and re-bundling in verticals
- Idea generation - put them out there!
- Is Work Life Balance possible
- Connect with Ollie on Linkedin
Volker is a sales, strategy and leadership consultant working as an interim CRO. Find out more on his website or subscribe to his newsletter.
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