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What's Your Work Fit?What Does Workplace Leasing Look Like in 2026?On What’s Your Work Fit? we pose this question: What Does Workplace Leasing Look Like in 2026?
Answering that question and others is our returning guest, Phil Mobley.
Phil is the National Director for Office Analytics at CoStar Group, the leading provider of commercial real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces.
Joining in on the discussion are What’s Your Work Fit? Executive Producer and Host Dan Smolen and Co-Hosts: LiquidSpace CEO Mark Gilbreath and MorteVita Managing Principal Fran Saele.
We also discover Phil’s answer to the question, “What’s Yo...
2025-12-2655 minWhat's Your Work Fit?How Can Community Support the Modern Workplace?On What’s Your Work Fit? we pose this question: How Can Community Support the Modern Workplace?
Answering that question and others is our guest, Nirit Cohen.
Nirit is a future of work strategist, Forbes contributor, international keynote speaker, bestselling author, Intel veteran, and host of The Future of Less Work Podcast. She is also a member of The Future of Work Alliance.
Joining in on the discussion are What’s Your Work Fit? Executive Producer and Host Dan Smolen and Co-Hosts: LiquidSpace CEO Mark Gilbreath and MorteVita Managing Principal Fran Saele...
2025-12-1956 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Can Good Systems Stave Off the Infinite Workday?On What’s Your Work Fit? we pose this question: Can Good Systems Stave Off the Infinite Workday?
Answering that question and others is our guest, Darren Murph.
Named an “oracle of remote work” by CNBC and featured in The Forbes Future of Work 50, Darren is a recognized visionary in organizational design. He leads at the intersection of people operations, marketing, and strategic communication.
Joining in on the discussion are What’s Your Work Fit? Executive Producer and Host Dan Smolen and Co-Hosts: LiquidSpace CEO Mark Gilbreath and MorteVita Managing Principal Fran Sael...
2025-12-1256 minWhat's Your Work Fit?How Can Network Mapping Supercharge a Workplace?On What’s Your Work Fit? we pose this question: How Can Network Mapping Supercharge a Workplace?
Answering that question and others is our guest, Andreas Hoffbauer PhD.
As Founder and Director of Atelier Kultur, Andreas helps workforces make faster and more effective decisions through intentional connections at scale.
Joining in on the discussion are What’s Your Work Fit? Executive Producer and Host Dan Smolen and Co-Host and MorteVita Managing Principal Fran Saele.
We also discover Andreas’ answer to the question, “What’s Your Work Fit?” His answer will resonate...
2025-12-0555 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Why Are We Still Talking About RTO Mandates?On What’s Your Work Fit? we pose this question: Why Are We Still Talking About RTO Mandates?
Answering that question and others is our returning guest, Nick Bloom.
Nick is a Professor of Economics at Stanford University. And as the co-founder of WFH Research he is world recognized for insight on remote and flexible work.
We also revisit Nick’s earlier answer to the question, “What’s Your Work Fit?” His answer will resonate with many listeners.
Joining in on the discussion are What’s Your Work Fit? Executive Producer and Host Dan...
2025-11-1453 min
The Elephant in the OrgDan Smolen on WorkFit: Finding Joy in How We Work and LiveSend us a textWhat if “success” wasn’t someone else’s checklist—but a life that actually fits?In this uplifting, reflective conversation, Dan Smolen—Executive Producer & Host of What’s Your Work Fit? and fellow member of the Future of Work Alliance—joins Danny, Marion, and Cacha to explore how purpose, passion, and fit overlap (and don’t), why agency over your day matters, and how “soft eyes and soft ears” help us hear what truly lights us up.📄 Full Show NotesWe cover:What WorkFit really mean...
2025-11-0557 minWhat's Your Work Fit?How Does Startup Culture Inform the Modern Workplace?On What’s Your Work Fit? we pose this question: How Does Startup Culture Inform the Modern Workplace?
Answering that question and others is our guest, Ginger Dhaliwal.
As an Angel Investor, Ginger actively supports early-stage startups, especially those led by women and focused on AI, the future of work, and global impact.
We also discover Ginger’s answer to the question, “What’s Your Work Fit?” Her answer will resonate with many listeners.
Joining the conversation on this What’s Your Work Fit? episode are Host and Executive Producer Dan...
2025-10-3158 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Is Employee Experience the New Workplace Amenity?On What’s Your Work Fit? we pose this question: Is Employee Experience the New Workplace Amenity?
Answering that question and others is our guest, Corina Ocanto.
Corina is the Vice President of Workplace Strategy at Stream Realty Partners. As a design strategist, consultant, and researcher Corina helps companies to create impactful experiences which connect customers, employees and communities through purposeful physical and digital design.
We also discover Corina’s answer to the question, “What’s Your Work Fit?” Her answer will resonate with many listeners.
Joining the conversation on this Wh...
2025-10-2452 minWhat's Your Work Fit?How is AI Changing Human-Centered Work?On What’s Your Work Fit we posed this question: How is AI Changing Human-Centered Work?
Answering that question and others is our returning guest, Ram Srinivasan.
Ram is the Global AI Strategy & Adoption Leader at JLL where he spearheads initiatives to leverage cutting-edge AI technologies while ensuring their responsible and ethical implementation.
He is also the author of The Conscious Machine: From Artificial to Enlightened Intelligence and the newly published AI-themed mystery thriller, LANK-8.
Joining the live show are executive producer and host Dan Smolen and our co-hosts MorteVita Managing Pr...
2025-09-121h 02What's Your Work Fit?How Do I Establish a Neuroinclusive Workplace?On What’s Your Work Fit we posed this question: How Do I Establish a Neuroinclusive Workplace?
Answering that question and others is our guest, Kelly Colón.
As the founder of Eledex Consulting & Coaching, Kelly empowers neurodivergent individuals to thrive while helping organizations to foster authentic inclusion. She is also an adjunct professor at Endicott College‘s Gerrish School of Business.
Joining the live show are executive producer and host Dan Smolen and our co-host MorteVita Managing Principal Fran Saele.
We also gain Kelly’s answer to the question...
2025-05-3055 minWhat's Your Work Fit?What Are Workplace Tenants Looking For?On What’s Your Work Fit we posed this question: What Are Workplace Tenants Looking For?
Answering that question and others is our guest, Gabe Marans.
Gabe is the Vice Chairman of Commercial Real Estate leader Savills. He’s also the host of 60 Seconds With Gabe, a compelling video series that addresses key issues around commercial real estate and workplace utilization.
Joining in on the discussion are What’s Your Work Fit? Executive Producer and Host Dan Smolen and our co-hosts: LiquidSpace CEO Mark Gilbreath and MorteVita Managing Principal Fran Saele.
Du...
2025-03-2150 minWhat's Your Work Fit?How Can I Achieve Inclusive Workplace Design?On What’s Your Work Fit we posed this question: How Can I Achieve Inclusive Workplace Design?
Answering that question and others is our guest, Ryan Anderson.
Ryan is the VP Global Research and Planning at interior design leader MillerKnoll. He is also the host of the popular About Place Podcast.
Joining the conversation on the What’s Your Work Fit in the Workplace? Series are our executive producer and host Dan Smolen and co-hosts LiquidSpace founder and CEO Mark Gilbreath and Managing Principal of Mortevita Francis Saele.
During this information packed...
2024-10-2553 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Will 2025 Be the Year of the Entrepreneur?On What’s Your Work Fit we posed this question: Will 2025 Be the Year of the Entrepreneur?
Answering that question and others is our guest, Steve King.
As Founder and Principal of Emergent Research, Steve identifies, analyzes, and forecasts the trends and shifts impacting the future of work, most notably around entrepreneurship, the gig economy and contract (1099) work, and the impact of AI.
Joining the conversation on the What’s Your Work Fit in the Workplace? Series are our executive producer and host Dan Smolen and co-hosts LiquidSpace founder and CEO Mark Gilbreath and Ma...
2024-10-1851 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Is the Future of Workplace a Community?On What’s Your Work Fit we posed this question: Is the Future of Workplace a Community?
Answering that question and others is our guest, Gary A. Bolles.
Gary is the author of the book, The Next Rules of Work; chair for Future of Work at Singularity University; globally recognized speaker on work and workplace issues; and co-founder of Next CoLabs and eParachute.com.
Joining the conversation on the What’s Your Work Fit in the Workplace? Series are our executive producer and host Dan Smolen and co-hosts LiquidSpace founder and CEO M...
2024-10-1154 min
Transforming Work with Sophie WadeDan Smolen - The Sea Change for Talent and Recruiters—Evolving ExpectationsDan Smolen is the host and executive producer of the "What's Your Work Fit?" podcast and a veteran executive recruiter. He explores how talent dynamics are evolving in the modern workplace as recruiters shift to focus on candidates' ability to adapt, learn continuously, and work collaboratively. Dan shares his insights on early talent's new definitions of success, their emphasis on work/life balance, and preferences for flexible working. Dan describes how these changes are reshaping recruitment strategies and the critical role of empathy in modern hiring practices.Top of FormBottom of Form TAKEAWAYS
2024-08-3054 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Who Owns What I Create Using AI?On What’s Your Work Fit we posed this question: Who Owns What I Create Using AI?
Answering that question and others is our guest, Chris Moeller.
Chris is the Founder of Orion Growth. He is a connector, leader, organizational structure changer, and entrepreneur who is deeply versed in commercial real estate assets, development, and digital workspace innovation. He is also the Founder of The Edge Report-From Bricks to Clicks.
Our question this week was posed by executive producer and show host Dan Smolen and co-hosts Mark Gilbreath of LiquidSpace and fu...
2024-06-2154 minWhat's Your Work Fit?What Will Knowledge Work Look Like in 2030?On What’s Your Work Fit we posed this question: What Will Knowledge Work Look Like in 2030?
Answering that question and others is our guest, Ram Srinivasan.
Ram is a Future of Work Advisory Leader at JLL where he facilitates intentional workplace experiences for leading global organizations. He is also on the leading edge of AI and how it will revolutionize the knowledge work that many career professionals do and hope to do.
And, Ram is author of the new AI-influenced and informed book, The Conscious Machine.
Our question th...
2024-06-1457 minWhat's Your Work Fit?How Can We Get Gen Z Back to the Office?On What’s Your Work Fit we posed this question: How Can We Get Gen Z Back to the Office?
Answering that question and others is our guest, Sophie Wade.
Sophie is a globally recognized and respected work futurist, an expert on Gen Z and workplace, author of several books, founder of the Flexcel Network, LLC, and the executive producer and host of the Transforming Work Podcast.
Our question this week was posed by executive producer and show host Dan Smolen and co-hosts Mark Gilbreath of LiquidSpace and future of work an...
2024-05-2453 minWhat's Your Work Fit?How Can Workplace Design Boost Employee Experience?On What’s Your Work Fit we posed this question: How Can Workplace Design Boost Employee Experience?
Answering that question and others is our guest, Ryan Anderson.
Ryan is the VP Global Research and Insights for MillerKnoll, a globally recognized and admired collective of furniture brands that is at the forefront of intentional design for home and workplace.
Our question this week was posed by executive producer and show host Dan Smolen and co-hosts Mark Gilbreath of LiquidSpace and future of work and workplace thought-leader Francis Saele: How Can Workplace Design Boost Employee Ex...
2024-05-1057 minWhat's Your Work Fit?How Will the 4th Industrial Revolution Change Work?On What’s Your Work Fit we posed this question: How Will the 4th Industrial Revolution Change Work?
Answering that question and others is our guest, Corinne Murray.
The Founder and Principal of Agate, Corinne is a workplace strategist and organizational transformation expert who helps companies to adapt and evolve in ever-changing business environments.
She is also a noted expert on Employee Engagement or EX. And she made her first appearance on What’s Your Work Fit? in 2023 to discuss how employee engagement supports thriving companies and organizations.
Our question this week...
2024-04-1956 min
Pillar Talk: Building Sales Leadership with Rick SmolenThe Growth Framework that drove a successful IPO with Dan HeadWelcome to another episode of Pillar Talk with Rick Smolen, where we dive deep into the realms of sales leadership and uncover the strategies that define success. This episode features Dan Head, the accomplished CEO of Phrasee, sharing his insights that guided from from a seasoned sales leader to CRO, and now CEO.About Our Guest:Dan Head has an impressive career trajectory, evolving from senior sales roles at giants like Salesforce and Infor to leading AppBoy through its transformation into Braze and its subsequent IPO triumph. Key Discussion P...
2024-03-0848 minWhat's Your Work Fit?What are the New Economics of Workplace?On What’s Your Work Fit we pose this viewer question: What are the New Economics of Workplace?
Answering that question and others is our guest Stanford University Professor of Economics Nick Bloom.
In his teaching and research Nick captures the ever-evolving nature of workplace and describes knowledge workers’ growing embrace of remote and hybrid venues.
This week’s lead question was posed by Dan and our Co-Hosts for the What’s Your Work Fit in the Workplace? Series Mark Gilbreath and Francis Saele.
During this information packed episode, we also...
2023-11-1052 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Why are We Gathering for Work, Anyway?On What’s Your Work Fit we pose this viewer question: Why are We Gathering for Work, Anyway?
Answering that question and others is our guest, Terry Wiener.
Terry is a Workplace and Team-Effectiveness Thought Leader and Dropbox’s Former Head of Virtual First.
This week’s lead question was posed by Dan and our Co-Hosts for the What’s Your Work Fit in the Workplace? Series Mark Gilbreath and Francis Saele.
During this information packed episode, we discover Terry’s answer to the question “what’s your work fit?’ Her pers...
2023-11-0349 min
What's Your Work Fit?What’s Your Work Fit PremieresFuture of Work thought-leader Dan Smolen’s What’s Your Work Fit premieres in October 2022.
Finally, what it means to work is informed by your own personal needs and desires and not someone else’s directives.
How we work, who we work for, when we work, why we work, and the workplace where it all happens has turned upside down and inside out. And, I say that now is the time to own the work that you do and hope to do.
What’s Your Work Fit? is the first-of-its-kind interactive engagemen...
2022-09-1610 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Hitting the Pause ButtonDan Smolen is hitting the pause button on The Dan Smolen Podcast.
When the podcast returns in Fall 2022, it will provide a more impactful interactive experience for career professionals.
From the episode:
“Given the success that the podcast has enjoyed during the past four years, I recognize that there is so much more for me to do, to further these discussions and make learning from them truly actionable.
I will strive to give career professionals—talent and hiring managers—the insight that they need to make sound decisions about their career develop...
2022-06-1002 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Starting a First Job of ManyDan Smolen recalls how starting a first job of many benefitted his professional career and informed a profound journey in the future of work:
As the last of the graduation ceremonies conclude, America’s latest crop of entry-level workers is stressed out about connecting with work and career.
I remember the experience well. And what I recall most was how I wanted my first assignment out of college to align me perfectly with my career goals of reaching the senior advertising agency management ranks.
It was a fool’s errand.
The Spri...
2022-06-0308 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Should Careers Require a College Degree?Dan Smolen asks: should careers require a college degree?
As the graduating class of 2022 enters the workplace, many of its members will carry forward substantial student loan debt.
And the son of one friend of mine amassed $250,000 in debt to earn his Bachelor’s degree.
That is a nightmare scenario.
So how did we get to a nightmarish place where the college degree no longer ensures the American Dream?
Truth be told, we got here, because of the Vietnam War.
In this episode, Dan:
Recalls how Am...
2022-05-2708 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Inciting a Workplace RevolutionDan Smolen discusses inciting a workplace revolution with guest Vinny Tafuro.
Vinny is the Founder of the Institute for Economic Evolution. He is also the author of two books, including Unlocking the Labor Cage.
For those who study the future of work, this much is clear: we are in the midst of a workplace revolution. And career professionals are inciting it.
After the past 40 years, during which shareholder value reigned supreme, stakeholder value is at last resonating in boardrooms. And people who work are taking their seats at the stakeholder table.
...
2022-05-2037 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Mastering Time for Future WorkDan Smolen explores mastering time for future work with guest Kris Ward.
Kris is the host of the Win the Hour, Win the Day Podcast. She counsels entrepreneurs on how to manage their time resources so that they become successful in work, but also in life.
Time mastery is critical for success in the future of work.
And to that end, Kris and Dan cover a lot of ground around time mastery including:
The unique value proposition for Win the Hour, Win the Day. Starts at 4:13
How the notion of working a l...
2022-05-1327 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Fostering Benefit for Future WorkDan Smolen meets up with Randye Spina, to discuss fostering benefit for future work.
Randye is the founder of Marketing on a Mission, LLC. And she is a self-described “business as a force for good champion.”
Her consultancy enables B-Corps and other entities to drive positive, purpose-driven brand attributes.
Now, more than ever, career professionals want to work for companies that stand for noble purpose.
Interestingly, as Randye points out, the first driver for benefit corporations is to empower their hired talent.
In a wide ranging interview, Randye:
Defi...
2022-05-0636 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Are Bosses Crushing Worker Dignity?Dan Smolen asks the question: are bosses crushing worker dignity?
Answering this question, and many others, is Dr. Betty Johnson. She is the founder of Bridging the Difference LLC; it helps company leaders embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) to ensure worker dignity.
As the Covid pandemic ebbs, and more of their talent work remotely, managers are using Zoom sessions in ways that they may believe are effective, but actually rid their people of dignity.
Requiring people to be “on camera” throughout long, heavily attended Zoom sessions, whether or not they participate in disc...
2022-04-2949 minWhat's Your Work Fit?A Dominatrix’s Guide to Future WorkDan Smolen establishes a Dominatrix’s Guide to Future Work with executive coach Dana Pharant.
Dana is a former dominatrix who now uses her skill to help entrepreneurs and career professionals. They learn to overcome past traumas to live and work joyfully.
What is more, Dana’s clients apply skill to escape from ingrained behaviors that bottle up their emotions. And when they do that, they can achieve “10X” success.
In a provocative and wide-ranging discussion, Dana:
Lays out the unique value proposition she provides her clients. Starts at 4:17
Defines what a dominatr...
2022-04-2236 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Make Work From Anywhere WorkDan Smolen explores how to make work from anywhere work with guest John Lee.
He is the co-founder of Work From Anywhere, a resource that helps people across-the-globe to overcome international barriers-to-entry. When that happens, career professionals may live and work in the place of their dreams.
John and his family are experienced digital nomads. And recently, they seized the opportunity to relocate from Ireland to Portugal. Their new community offers lower taxes, great schools, and wonderful quality-of-life.
In a wide ranging discussion, John:
Describes the value proposition for his brand, Work F...
2022-04-1528 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Building Workplace Leadership CultureDan Smolen digs into the WHY of building workplace leadership culture with guest Bret Packard.
Over a 30-year corporate career, Bret “crushed it” at managing large global teams tasked with scaling profits and market dominance. And, he was rewarded well for his hard work.
But Bret discovered early on that he wasn’t the leader of people that he wanted or needed to be.
Inspired by the corporate manager to whom he reported, Bret embarked on a journey to connect well with the people on his teams. And when he emerged as an effect...
2022-04-0841 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Supporting Men in Future WorkDan Smolen interviews Lucas Krump on supporting men in future work.
Lucas is the CEO and Co-Founder of EVRYMAN, a platform of resources, groups, retreats, and more. It empowers men to lead fuller and more connected lives.
Men struggle with their relationship to work as much as they do in expressing their emotions. What’s more, men quite often craft identities–their personal narratives–around work and career.
Now, emerging from a two-year pandemic, many men grapple with workplace disruption and figuring our their purpose.
In a wide ranging discussion, Lucas:
De...
2022-04-0141 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Personal Storytelling Builds Brilliant CareersDan Smolen interviews Debra Olshan Cooper to discover how personal storytelling builds brilliant careers.
Debra is the founder and principal of Your Career Design Lab. She empowers people new to the workplace and not, to find and do the work of their dreams.
What is more, by leveraging mindfulness and neurolinguistic programming (NLP) techniques, Debra poses questions which get to the heart of her clients’ career journeys:
“What were you doing when you were truly happy, when you felt joy, when you felt passion? Let’s go back to that space!”
In a wid...
2022-03-2548 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Future of Work is Generation ZDan Smolen interviews author Hana Ben-Shabat. She illustrates how the future of work is Generation Z.
Hana is the author of Gen Z 360: Preparing for the Inevitable Change in Culture, Work, and Commerce. And, to tell the generation’s story, she gleaned considerable insight from a large sampling of the cohort.
This much is evident: Gen Z is changing every aspect of life and work. And, the oldest among them, people in their early 20s, are positively shaping the future of work and the workplace.
In a wide ranging discussion, Hana:
Describes he...
2022-03-1846 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Future Work RecruitmentDan Smolen explores future work recruitment with Russell White.
Russell is a veteran executive recruiter who is based in London.
For years, he supported candidate development for top brands in digital marketing, insights, and social media.
But, in the wake of the pandemic, Russell remade and rebranded his firm as Future Work.
Now, along with core executive search services offered, Future Work partners with Pimento to help enterprising talent join a community of professionals. As Future Work members, people acquire skill and knowledge that they need to find and do meaningful...
2022-03-1143 minWhat's Your Work Fit?A Human and Adaptive WorkplaceDan Smolen explores the emergence of a human and adaptive workplace with Rodney Evans.
Rodney is the host and executive producer of the Brave New Work Podcast. What is more, she leads The Ready which helps companies become more human and adaptive.
Out of the pandemic, we begin to recognize a future of work that is less about co-locations and siloes and more about recognizing and leading talent. And of the shift, Rodney says:
“At [their] core level, human beings want to contribute, they want meaning in their work, and they [are able] to...
2022-03-0436 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Will Women Lead Future Work?Dan Smolen asks internationally recognized Corporate Diva Dipika Trehan: will women lead future work?
A self-described “philanthrepreneur,” Dipika promotes the health, wellness, and professional success of women across the globe.
Her brands, the H.O.W. Forum and Corporate Diva, work across many verticals of holistic employee well-being and female empowerment. As Dipika explains:
“Women are looking for two things which they don’t deservingly receive: one is dignity of labor and the other is respect.”
In a wide-ranging discussion, Dipika:
Describes her personal and professional background, the H.O.W. [Health...
2022-02-2542 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Mastering the Digital WorkplaceDan Smolen discusses mastering the digital workplace with podcaster Neil Miller.
He helps careerists to make sense of digital workplace innovations, to be truly intentional in the future of work.
Neil calls himself a “thought stealer.” Actually, he is a best-practices synthesizer. Neil helps people and companies to succeed in the digital workplace.
What is more, his journey through life and career is unusual. With a college degree in religious studies, Neil moved to India. There, he supported top clients with content development. His dazzling experiences living and working there shaped his thought-leadership.
2022-02-1833 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Workplace Trends for 2022Dan Smolen discusses workplace trends for 2022 with Kettle’s Dan Rosenzweig.
Most notably, Dan explains two trends this year with the biggest workplace impact: the clubhouse as the office and pop-up venues for work.
On one hand, clubhouses enable professional talent to gather safely and with engagement. On the other, pop-up venues allow companies to reassemble team members in laboratory-like settings. Pop-ups help people re-learn people skills and test out new leadership models.
In a wide ranging interview, Dan:
Describes the clubhouse as the office model. Starts at 4:48
Summarizes insight gathered from Ke...
2022-02-1143 minWhat's Your Work Fit?The Fourth Act CareerDan Smolen and podcast guest Achim Nowak delve into the Fourth Act Career.
In his first career act, Achim was a successful New York City-based theatrical director who, as a workaholic, sought perfection.
But a vision of a white house on a tropical island soon captivated his dreams.
Achim’s dreamy vision turned into reality. He found that white house on the tropical island of Tobago and moved in. As a result, he left the stage and his life in New York City. While on Tobago, Achim became an accomplished windsurfer.
Bu...
2022-02-0434 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Employee Experience and Future WorkDan Smolen discusses employee experience and future work with Professor Diane Gayeski.
Professor Gayeski teaches Strategic Communications at Ithaca College’s Park School of Communications. What is more, she is a noted thought-leader in employee experience or EX.
In the future of work, EX is a linchpin for people to find and do meaningful work.
In a wide ranging podcast interview, Professor Gayeski:
Defines employee experience or EX. Starts at 4:07
Discusses management by objectives (MBO) and the pivot to more talent-driven success outcomes. Starts at 6:49
Contrasts tangible and intangible assets and their im...
2022-01-2838 minWhat's Your Work Fit?A Startup Parent’s Workplace Culture FixDan Smolen discusses a startup parent’s workplace culture fix with entrepreneur and podcaster Sarah K. Peck.
Sarah is the CEO and founder of Start Up Parent and host of the popular Start Up Parent Podcast.
As a former start up executive, and the mom of two young children, Sarah is leading the charge to improve start-up business environments. To that end, she wants start-up enterprises to become as innovative in workplace culture as they are in technological advancement. Sarah truly is impacting the future of work for noble purpose.
In a wide ran...
2022-01-2150 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Myers Briggs and the Great ResignationDan Smolen discusses Myers Briggs and the Great Resignation with expert Edythe Richards.
As 2022 begins, an estimated 20 million American workers opted for the Great Resignation. With such an unprecedented exit of active workforce members, we wondered about the correlation between Myers Briggs Type Indicators and the Great Resignation.
To help guide us through this critical discussion, we bring back Edythe Richards. Edythe is a world-renowned Myers Briggs expert who helps people discover their Myers Briggs Type. With such insight, people benefit greatly in their lives and careers.
In this episode, Edythe:
Provides...
2022-01-1445 minWhat's Your Work Fit?SWOT to Focus on Career SuccessDan Smolen says people should use SWOT to focus on career success.
That’s right. The time-honored business management tool, the SWOT analysis, can help careerists to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
Getting to blissful work and experiences takes great planning and imagination. And this time-honored business tool can focus our minds on finding and doing meaningful work.
SWOT helps entrepreneurs focus for career success. That is, because, it prepares brands, businesses and themselves for abundant scale. And there is no doubt that SWOT can also help us supercharge our careers.
2022-01-0708 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Good Health and Future WorkDan Smolen believes that good health and future work will be informed by pandemic responses.
As 2021 draws to a close, the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus has spread like wildfire. And clear to many people now is this: because about a one-third of the nation remains unvaccinated, we will, for the foreseeable future, encounter more Covid variant outbreaks.
Good health and future work are inextricably linked. And that is, because, future variants will impact how and where we work.
We all want good health. And it is among our new year’s wi...
2021-12-3107 minWhat's Your Work Fit?One Tired, Burned Out WorkforceDan Smolen reflects on the Holiday Season and one tired, burned out workforce.
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! Have you arrived at the holiday rested or refreshed? Or are you a burned out mess?
According to a recent post on FortuneDaily:
“The physical and emotional exhaustion that turns into workplace burnout doesn’t happen overnight. It’s the result of hundreds of microstressors on the job that ultimately lead to employees hitting the wall, mentally checking out, or even quitting their jobs entirely.”
As the Great Resignation extends, millions of people e...
2021-12-2406 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Remote Work Can WorkDan Smolen discovers from Gitlab’s Darren Murph how remote work can work.
As GitLab’s Director of Remote Work, Darren is “the voice in the room” that evangelizes the trailblazing company’s distributed workforce operating model.
What is more, Darren authored The GitLab Remote Work Playbook, which thousands of people around the globe have downloaded.
As 2021 concludes, positive forces of workplace change mean that people can live and work wherever they please.
And as such, Gitlab supports happier professionals who enjoy doing work that is part of the day and not the da...
2021-12-1739 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Finding Success in Indepdendent WorkDan Smolen interviews Overflow PBC co-founder and CEO Laura Marella on finding success in independent work.
Laura co-founded Overflow PBC to help solo-entrepreneur marketing and strategy professionals succeed.
In 2021, the rise of independent benefitted people who compete for business with large firms and agencies.
As a business accelerator and professional community, Overflow PBC provides independent professionals with specialized tools and resources that they need to compete effectively with big enterprises. What is more, Overflow connects “indies” to a large and growing ecosystem of likeminded people.
Laura describes the brand’s unique value p...
2021-12-1032 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Will Artificial Intelligence Improve Future Work?Dan Smolen asks Plutoshift’s Prateek Joshi: will artificial intelligence improve future work?
Prateek is the founder and CEO of Plutoshift, a company that uses artificial intelligence or A.I. to make the world a better place.
This we know: artificial intelligence frightens people who fear that robots will take their jobs and paychecks.
And, truth be told, A.I. will soon replace millions of low-skill jobs; it manages many tasks faster and better than people.
But A.I. has no heart; only people can do jobs that require human touch an...
2021-12-0334 minWhat's Your Work Fit?An Immigrant’s Future Work StoryDan Smolen discovers Raj Subrameyer’s immigrant’s future work story.
Raj arrived in the United States for graduate study. He was an introverted Southern Indian student who pursued the lofty career goals that others expected him to follow.
Astonishingly, he applied for over 1,200 jobs and got but a handful of interviews. That’s when he decided to focus on his own happiness; he began a process of discovery which got him unstuck to start his own business.
Now, through his brand ChaiLatte Consulting, Raj helps tech careerists get unstuck for the future of wor...
2021-11-2645 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Get Philosophical for Work SuccessDan Smolen interviews Cristina DiGiacomo who wants people to get philosophical for work success.
An author, podcaster, and practical philosopher, Cristina draws on ancient insight to help people solve contemporary problems. And as the founder of MorAlchemy, she guides people with practical philosophy to lead happier, more purposed lives doing meaningful work.
Skeptics may not recognize the value to get philosophical for work success. But, for every stressor, difficult workplace relationship, and vexing business problem Cristina says:
“There’s a philosophy for that.”
In this episode, Cristina describes:
Her work through...
2021-11-1928 minWhat's Your Work Fit?What Drives Us to Work?Dan Smolen interviews author Daniel Pink to discuss what drives us to work. Dan is The New York Times’ best-selling author of several books, including DRIVE: The Surprising Truth of What Motivates Us.
In good economies and bad, what drives us to work remains unchanged.
During the pandemic, millions in the American workforce adjusted to remote work. And a large share of them became part of The Great Resignation. Yet often, motivations drive us to work towards positive purpose and meaning.
In this episode, we discuss how:
Autonomy, mastery, and purpose motivations tak...
2021-11-1233 minWhat's Your Work Fit?A Culture of Workplace EmpathyDan Smolen uncovers a culture of workplace empathy with podcast guest Hannah Jew.
Hannah Jew (last name pronounced “Joe”) is an empathy building brand strategist for Scotts Miracle-Gro, the nation’s leading lawn and garden care company.
A culture of workplace empathy is central to how Hannah does her job; it helps drive value for consumers who rely on her company’s products to grow flowering plants and food from seed.
Hannah accepted employment at Scotts Miracle-Gro while pregnant with her second child. And her hiring manager there made Hannah’s onboarding a rewarding...
2021-11-0522 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Video Storytelling Drives Career SuccessDan Smolen meets with Nina Froriep to discuss how video storytelling drives career success.
Nina is a veteran video marketer and principal of Clock Wise Productions. She helps people across the globe to promote themselves and their brands effectively on social media.
We have all experienced massive disruption caused by the pandemic. And 18 months of remote work placed us in Zoom Rooms where video became our chief engagement tool.
Likely is the case that we all don’t use video well. And that is why Nina supports video storytelling that drives career success.
2021-10-2940 minWhat's Your Work Fit?The Great Resignation Turned Great EmpowermentDan Smolen meets with marketing expert Amanda Blair Davis who experienced The Great Resignation turned Great Empowerment.
Amanda built a successful career as a corporate marketing executive. During the pandemic, she thrived working remotely. But, in 2021, when her company called people back to the office, she resigned.
Undaunted, she built a life and new career as an entrepreneur. Amanda founded Hudson Davis Communications, a marketing agency to serve the needs of many clients, including her former employer:
“What happened was that I opened up a whole new set of work for myself.”
No...
2021-10-2235 minWhat's Your Work Fit?The Case for Intercultural CreativityDan Smolen interviews Genein Letford to discuss the case for intercultural creativity at work.
Genein Letford is a public speaker, podcaster, and thought-leader in intercultural creativity. She works with hiring managers to help them create thriving workplaces.
When people at work collaborate, they often pair up with others who are most like them. The old expression “birds of a feather flock together” aptly describes the preferences that we have in others.
However, the workplace benefits most when we seek out people that are least like us. To that end, Genein states the case for...
2021-10-1541 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Blah, Blah, Blah Hurts the WorkplaceDan Smolen interviews Dr. Dan Hill, who believes that “blah, blah, blah” hurts the workplace and career professionals.
And in Blah, Blah, Blah: A Snarky Guide to Office Lingo, Dr. Hill and co-author Dr. Howard Moskowitz crowd-sourced over 600 examples of workplace jargon that are typically dismissive, patriarchal, and toxic.
One cannot discuss The Great Resignation now happening in thousands of companies without first considering the impact of workplace jargon. So many people, threatened or ostracized by office lingo, are leaving their companies in droves for other firms, or to become independent contractors.
The vast...
2021-10-0839 minWhat's Your Work Fit?The Power of Hybrid Professional IdentitiesDan Smolen unpacks the Power of Hybrid Professional Identities with Sarabeth Berk, Ph.D.
Dr. Berk is a self-described Chief Creative Disruptor. She believes that hybrid professional identities help people in the workplace to project their unique value to hiring managers.
When asked: “what do you do for a living?,” most people respond with their current job title. Or they launch into a non-succinct elevator pitch.
However, Dr. Berk believes that that denies people opportunities to express their unique skill, experience, and relevance in a rapidly changing workplace. What is more, it robs hirin...
2021-10-0134 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Pivot From College to CareerDan Smolen interviews Andrea Koppel, who is helping people pivot from college to career.
Andrea is a former CNN correspondent, PR and nonprofit sector corporate executive. She draws on those amazing professional experiences to empower 1 million students to turn their degrees into careers they will love.
Each week, she hosts and executive produces the Time4Coffee Podcast which features the stories and unique experiences of top career professionals. Her guests have all pivoted from college to great and rewarding career experiences.
Additionally, Andrea leads the College2Career Academy which offers clients one-on-one consultative su...
2021-09-1748 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Get Unstuck for the Future of WorkDan Smolen meets a tech career strategist who helps people get unstuck for the future of work.
Raj Subrameyer arrived in the US for graduate study. He was an introverted South Indian student who pursued the lofty career goals that others expected him to follow.
Raj says he applied for over 1,200 jobs and got but a handful of interviews. That’s when he decided to focus on his own happiness; he began a process of discovery which got him unstuck to start his own business.
Now, through his brand ChaiLatte Consulting, Raj helps te...
2021-09-1045 minWhat's Your Work Fit?The Pandemic and the WorkplaceDan Smolen meets with Rob Citronberg MD to discuss the pandemic and the workplace.
Dr. Citronberg is Advocate Aurora Health Care’s Executive Director of Infectious Disease and Prevention.
What is more, he leads his healthcare system’s Covid-19 response and addresses the needs of hospitalized Covid patients. Beyond his hospital responsibilities, Dr. Citronberg also counsels members of the business community on their return to the workplace.
In this podcast episode, Dr. Citronberg:
Explains the scope of his work. Starts at 4:20
Describes how the Delta Variant differs from the novel (original) Covid-19 viru...
2021-09-0329 minWhat's Your Work Fit?CTE is Key for Future WorkDan Smolen believes that Career and Technical Education or CTE is key for future work.
As students across the U.S. return to the classroom, more school systems are delivering STEAM instruction and career and technical education or CTE.
STEAM and CTE are key for future work. Provided together, they help students to gain access to well-paying jobs that don’t require a 4-year college degree.
This is indeed a positive development. But getting public school educators to engage students with the future of work has never been easy.
Even pre-pandemic, CT...
2021-08-2709 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Turn Crisis Into Career OpportunityDan Smolen believes that times like these are perfect to turn crisis into career opportunity.
It takes a steeled spine to log onto the New York Times‘ website and read so much grim news.
However, it is in times of deep crisis that people can connect with the dream of doing meaningful work.
Right now, we can turn crisis into career opportunity.
Throughout Dan’s life, he has known people who set course on meaningful careers born out of crisis:
Rob Glassman and Dan attended overnight summer camp, together. And...
2021-08-2009 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Code Red for Humanity’s Future WorkDan Smolen discusses how the Code Red for Humanity’s future work will deal with existential crisis.
The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concludes that humans have changed Earth in ways both dire and irreversible. The IPCC calls this a “code red for humanity.”
Without intervention, during the next 20 years, human activity will cause Earth to get 1.5 degrees Celsius hotter. In the United States, that means a 2.7 degree Fahrenheit increase in the average temperature.
We know that if we do nothing to mitigate climate change, heavily populated parts of the Eastern Seaboard...
2021-08-1309 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Simone Biles’ Future Work MasterclassPodcaster Dan Smolen is in awe of Gymnast Simone Biles‘ future of work masterclass.
By far, the biggest story to emerge from the Tokyo Olympic Games has been mindfulness of elite athletes. And American Gymnast Simone Biles is the face of mindfulness at these games.
Biles exited team competition when her mind and body fell out of sync. Apparently, there is a name for such disconnection: the twisties.
What is more, Biles confirmed her Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) diagnosis. And neither the Japanese government nor the International Olympic Committee allowed her to ta...
2021-08-0608 min
My Fourth Act PodcastEp. 23 | Dan Smolen | The Beauty of a Side HustleDan Smolen, 60, is a self-described Future of Work sherpa who advocates for people doing meaningful work. Dan’s wonderfully eclectic past includes on-air radio reporting in college, stints working for advertising and marketing agencies and founding his own Executive Recruitment Agency, The Green Suits.Dan left headhunting in 2018 to launch The Dan Smolen Experience and his Dan Smolen Podcast where he celebrates work that is profound, protects the planet, empowers people and is fun to do. Dan is very much living his own expansive FOURTH ACT.Why we can dream at any age. How side hustles have t...
2021-08-0538 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Future Work in Local Food ProductionPodcaster Dan Smolen sees future work in local food production.
We have a serious food problem. And, according to the International Monetary Fund, the price of food has jumped 47 percent in the past year.
Our once reliable agricultural model scaled a food pipeline driven on abundant water, millions of acres of rich farmland, a huge supply chain, and cheap labor. However, the pandemic and climate change destroyed that model.
Most of the food that we eat travels long distances to reach our tables. During the long journey, our food loses nutritional value. Instead...
2021-07-2339 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Healing an Emotionally Distressed WorkforceFuture of work podcaster Dan Smolen says that the time has come for healing an emotionally distressed workforce.
Gallup’s latest workforce study is out, and it indicates that workers across the globe are suffering.
And Jim Clifton, the Chairman and CEO of Gallup, minces no words:
“What if the next global crisis is a mental health pandemic?
It is here now.”
Gallup concludes that the global workforce is enduring a second pandemic.
People who work suffer mental and emotional distress at alarming rates:
Nearly half of Nor...
2021-07-1637 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Do Our Best Days Lie Ahead?Future of work podcaster Dan Smolen asks: do our best days lie ahead?
Lately, some workplace observers have taken me to task for the tagline of this podcast: our best days lie ahead.
With pandemic restrictions eased, we are in the midst of the biggest workforce and workplace disruption in over 100 years. Now, a career professional must come to an understanding of “new normal,” whether they office at home, remotely from another venue, at a traditional co-location, or at a hybrid combination of places.
Hiring managers from Fortune 100 CEOs to small business operators must...
2021-07-0927 minWhat's Your Work Fit?The Future of Work SherpaIn this episode, Dan discusses becoming the future of work sherpa:
Months ago, I challenged myself to come up with a succinct value statement to explain the scope of my work. I also sought to differentiate myself from other experts in future of work.
And that is how I arrived at the notion that I am the future of work sherpa whose mission it is to help people connect with work that is profound, protects the planet, empowers people and communities, and is fun to do—meaningful work.
Although I have never mountain-climbed, I...
2021-07-0232 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Project Leadership Drives Future WorkFor many in the active workforce, project leadership drives future work.
As dramatic shifts in work behavior unfolded during the pandemic, one key insight popped out as truly meaningful.
Project leadership drives future work.
To help us explore the growing importance of project leadership, we turn to Rich Maltzman for guidance. He is a master lecturer of project management at Boston University’s Metropolitan College.
Rich is also one of the world’s leading authorities on project management, and, the co-author of two “green” project management books that help people and companie...
2021-06-1842 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Act on Future Work OpportunitiesWhen we act on future work opportunities, we help make our career dreams come true.
Paired with dreams, exploration, and strategy, action helps us to achieve career success. These four components weave together like DNA, in countless combinations, to create a pathway for people to seek and do meaningful work.
In this episode, Dan Smolen recalls how his early career ambition benefitted from a big relocation:
“My first big career break also fulfilled the desire that my wife and I had to move to an interesting but far away part of the country. We...
2021-05-2817 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Strategize for Future Work SuccessStrategize for your future work success to find and do the work of your dreams.
Paired with dreams, exploration, and action, strategy helps us to achieve career success. These four components weave together like DNA, in countless combinations, to create a pathway for people to seek and do meaningful work.
In this episode, Dan Smolen recalls an experience from his junior year of college. Back then, he engaged with Associate Professor of Advertising Howard Cogan. Howard was also a successful advertising executive who wrote, voiced, and produced radio commercials. As Dan’s mentor, Howard encouraged Da...
2021-05-2125 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Explore Future Work OpportunitiesExplore future work opportunities to live your dreams of doing meaningful work.
Paired with dreams, strategy, and action, exploration helps us to achieve career success. These four components weave together like DNA, in countless combinations, to create a pathway for people to seek and do meaningful work.
In this episode, Dan recalls the impact of Seventh Grade Career Day on his lifetime of work. And his guest, Professor Anne Holton of George Mason University, provides thought-leadership on how early career education can become truly meaningful. Interview starts at 12:23
Dan describes the positive impact o...
2021-05-1428 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Dreams Inspire Our Future WorkWe discuss how dreams inspire our future work.
Dreams are part of the components that help us to seek and do meaningful work and careers.
Paired with exploration, strategy, and action, dreams help us achieve career success. These four components weave together like DNA, in countless combinations, to create a pathway for people to seek and do meaningful work.
In this episode, Dan relives his early career dreams. And his guest, Dr. Charles Glassman, recalls how well-meaning people in his teenage years tried talking him out of a medical career. Through sheer determination...
2021-05-0714 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Future of Work to Become PresentWe revisit some amazing interviews with workplace futurists who helped the future of work to become present.
Astronishingly, 2020 ushered in massive changes in how and where we work.
Helping to us navigate the changes are these featured guests from The Dan Smolen Podcast:
Anne Driscoll and Chris Schultz: Launch Pad is their co-working community of first believers.
Anne and Chris, the married co-founders of Launch Pad., celebrate co-working by fostering a community of first believers. Starts at 2:04
Nellie Hayat: she leads workplace transformation at VergeSense.
Nellie, the...
2021-04-0231 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Novel Venues Reimagine the WorkplaceDan Rosenzweig appears on the podcast, to describe how novel venues reimagine the workplace.
There are many players in co-working. But among them, KettleSpace turned a glaring problem, underutilized spaces such as hotel lobbies and restaurants, into dazzling places to work.
As co-founder of KettleSpace, Dan wants to give people who work:
“[the opportunity] to choose their WHERE, so that they can achieve and focus on their WHYs.”
Currently in the United States, over one billion square feet of commercial space lies vacant, because the pandemic has pivoted millions of workforce profe...
2021-02-1931 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Discover Your Personality TypeWhen you discover your personality type, you can benefit in the future of work doing meaningful work.
Globally recognized Myers-Briggs expert Edythe Richards returns to podcast. By administering Myers-Briggs assessments, she helps people enjoy better life and work experiences.
In this episode, Edythe takes us through the utility and benefits of a Myers-Briggs assessment by reviewing Dan Smolen’s personality type results. To that end, knowing your Myers-Briggs type can help you engage better with others, and, find and do meaningful work.
In key interview segments, Edythe:
Summarizes the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator an...
2020-12-1139 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Two Headhunters Discuss RecruitingIn this episode, two headhunters discuss recruiting.
During 1998, Victoria James and Dan Smolen both entered the executive recruiting field. After 20 years, Dan moved on to future of work thought-leadership and podcasting, However, Victoria still enjoys a great run in placing executive-level candidates.
Victoria is the founder and president of Victoria James Executive Search.
Her company is a nationally recognized recruitment firm that places top marketing and sales executives across the U.S. Victoria relies on finely tuned consultative sales skill to draw top candidates into great executive roles.
In this episode, V...
2020-11-2737 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Create Hybrid Workplace PresenceWorkforce expert Adrienne Shoch joins the podcast to encourage us to create hybrid workplace presence.
“[We are] constantly helping people get comfortable with certainty. It likes the same thing. It likes routines and all kinds of things. And, we don’t live like that, anymore.”
Adrienne Shoch of five to one in Washington, D.C. is a brilliant thought-leader in workforce and the future of work.
A frequent guest, she returns to The Dan Smolen Podcast to help us make the hybrid workplace model, that splits time between home and traditional office settings, more m...
2020-10-3040 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Future of Work in Hybrid WorkWorkforce thought-leader Dan Smolen believes that the future of work is in hybrid work.
This week, we dig into fresh workforce market research sponsored by Owl Labs and Global Workplace Analytics. Their study provides a snapshot of a post-COVID workforce that splits its time between home and office.
“Now, as millions of people return to the office, they recognize that the office-only workplace has become a relic of the past. With more offices resuming operation, four out of every five [of their full-time workers] will pivot to hybrid work.”
Survey findings:
70 percent of f...
2020-10-1608 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Pivot for a Future of Work PodcastUnder any circumstance, a pivot for a future of work podcast is jarring. But for Dan Smolen, making a sudden pivot for his podcast, to a new identity, was absolutely necessary.
“Now, everything seemed fine until early September 2020 when we discovered that something was amiss. The Tightrope Podcast had inexplicably disappeared from the web and social media.
What happened?”
The sudden pivot for a future of work podcast is now complete. Today, we debut The Dan Smolen Podcast.
Some back-story:
One week ago today, on October 2, 2020, we discovered that well...
2020-10-0908 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Learning Pods and the Future of WorkDr. Dan Hill is employing learning pods, working groups of six people, to help organizations deliver content, develop critical skills, facilitate teamwork, and foster leadership. We believe that Dr. Hill’s learning pods will positively influence the future of work.
“So, I was already leaning towards this idea of six people. A [work team] should be no larger than can be fed with two large pizzas.”
The term learning pods trends high in social media, because many parents across the country are using them to teach and supplement learning for their children who are homebound becaus...
2020-09-1834 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Never Normal is the Future of WorkIs Never Normal the future of work? Author and business futurist Greg Verdino believes that the answer is YES.
“Leaders need to become more comfortable with how to manage [people] remotely, and, I think, [have always had] this problem in that they hire adults and treat them like children.”
– Author and Business Futurist Greg Verdino
In his new book Never Normal: Uncommon Ideas for Leaders Who Don’t Settle for the Status Quo, Greg Verdino describes how the answer to constant disruption at work is not technology but rather agile and resilient people.
Th...
2020-08-1426 minWhat's Your Work Fit?The Drive for Meaningful WorkNew York Times best-selling author Daniel Pink writes that autonomy, mastery, and purpose drive our pursuit of meaningful work.
About this episode:
“[The idea] that if you simply dangle money in front of people and they will perform better is a fundamentally erroneous proposition.”
– Daniel Pink
Daniel Pink inspires our future of work and meaningful work thought-leadership.
The author of DRIVE: The Surprising Truth of What Motivates Us demonstrates how autonomy, mastery, and purpose lead people to pursue meaningful work and careers.
In good economies and bad, what dr...
2020-08-0731 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Guiding the Resilient EntrepreneurTypical entrepreneurs focus on winning funding rounds and scaling revenue. However, one woman is now guiding the Resilient Entrepreneur to make the world a better place.
About this episode:
“[You] can have a business plan on paper, but then the first day that you start your business, everything changes. So, the skills of how:
flexible are you?
do you adapt?
you take things as not going your way?
are learning opportunities.”
– Regina Bernal, Entrepreneurship Manager for the University of San Diego
In this episode, we meet Regina Bernal. Regina is the...
2020-07-3128 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Can Work Make You Healthy?Can work make you healthy? It’s a provocative question with an interesting answer.
“I truly believe that work as a medium is the purest way, and perhaps the only way, to think about actually discovering health.”
– Denise Brouder, Founder of SWAYworkplace
As an executive in the financial services sector, Denise Brouder discovered that work can be unhealthful.
The demands of a high stress career, and the needs of her young and growing family, made Denise realize that people often suffer ill health from the work that they do.
Inspired...
2020-07-2431 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Summer CampSummer Camp: Where Fun and Friendship Lead to Meaningful Lives and Careers
About this episode:
“We see a lot of people do well in their [adult] careers who, coincidentally, did well in their careers at camp. I have no data, other than the anecdotal experiences of the time [we spent] there. But you see people who rose to leadership positions in camp and were viewed as successful staff members that have had successful careers in whatever they were doing after camp.”
-Stuart Katz, Founder and President of Elm City Communications
The Memo...
2020-05-2933 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Read People with Facial CodingRead people with facial coding. You can use it on Zoom.
About this episode:
“Even a person born blind emotes the same way as you or I. [It is hard-wired into the brain] and the face is the only place on the body where the muscles attach right to the skin.”
– Dan Hill, Ph.D.
It is hard enough to be face-to-face with another person, to read their facial expressions and determine what they are truly thinking and feeling.
And, you have likely discovered how much harder that process become...
2020-05-0830 min
The Storytellers NetworkUsing Story Everywhere with Dan Smolen (#122)Dan Smolen has enjoyed a truly meaningful career journey and he wants to take you along the path to finding your own. He is a nationally recognized author, podcaster, serial entrepreneur, workforce thought-leader, and heartfelt advocate for people who dream big dreams of doing meaningful work.Dan talks about the universal themes that drive storytelling, how to find meaningful work and more in this episode.“At the end of the day people question whether or not they feel loved. That’s a universal theme. Fear, hope, hopefulness… these are all universal themes.” - Dan Smolen.If...
2020-04-1356 min
Business Growth Accelerator11 | Hiring process expert reveals 5 critical components for long term hiring success with Dan SmolenHiring the right people is one of the most critical factors in the success of any organization. Dan Smolen has been a recruiter (head hunter) for 20 years. In the past 2 years, he has been focusing on helping people do more meaningful work. In other words serving the (people seeking work, rather than the employers.A detailed article summarizing this interview and adds additional information from other sources, and also includes all the show notes can be found here.Dan's long and unique experience makes him an expert in the hiring process. Meaning, he k...
2020-03-3033 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Clean Energy Jobs in 2020Will there be clean energy jobs in 2020?
About this episode:
It may come as quite a surprise to some that, in 2020, one of the fastest growing sectors in the American workforce happens to be the clean energy space: think solar, wind, geothermal, energy storage (batteries), hybrid and electric vehicles, and, energy efficiency as some of the big drivers in the scale-up.
Currently, 3.3 million American workers are actively employed in meaningful work doing clean energy jobs.
To learn more about this exciting development, we spoke with Bob Keefe. He is the Executive Di...
2020-02-2841 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Two Headhunters on Executive RecruitingTwo headhunters on executive recruiting, and the rewarding experience of helping people connect with work and career.
About this episode with two headhunters on executive recruiting:
Listeners of this podcast know that Dan Smolen successfully managed a 20-year run in executive recruiting—a career act that happened because of our guest, Victoria James. She is the founder and president of Victoria James Executive Search, a nationally recognized and respected recruitment firm that places top executives in the digital marketing services space.
Before she became a headhunter, Victoria enjoyed a successful sales and management ca...
2020-02-0748 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Emotional Intelligence Part 1Emotional Intelligence Part 1: How EQ Helps People to Succeed in Meaningful Work
About this episode:
“Every reveal, so to speak, is unique and everybody’s results are unique. So, before [they even get their] results back, I think it is really important to provide an understanding of what Emotional Intelligence is.”
-Emotional Intelligence Expert Edythe Richards
Most everyone knows what IQ means—it’s the intelligence quotient, a score derived from several standardized tests to measure a person’s intelligence. An average IQ score might be around 100, whereas the score of a genius-leve...
2019-10-1837 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Overcoming Brain DrainDr. Charles Glassman explains overcoming Brain Drain and other obstacles to leading a meaningful life.
“It’s so convincing, the physiological feeling that we have when we’re anxious: our stomachs feel tight, we might have to go to the bathroom, we might feel jittery, we might have brain fog, we might not feel on top of our game or strong. And those are very convincing feelings to tell us we have to fight or flee.”
– Charles Glassman, MD
In this episode of The Tightrope with Dan Smolen podcast, guest Charles Glassman, MD returns to...
2018-11-0930 minWhat's Your Work Fit?Beautiful DreamsBeautiful Dreams: What did you want to be when you grew up? What were your dreams of doing meaningful work?
In this special episode of the podcast, we ask these questions which are so central to our personal narratives, but also to our pursuit of happiness.
You will discover the beautiful dreams of some of our season’s guests, like: Charles Glassman who knew early on that he wanted to be a doctor; Richard Ezike who saw himself building beautiful buildings and great cities; Edythe Richards who wanted to perform before a live audience, and; Mic...
2018-10-0503 min
City RisingGreen Careers: Finding jobs, Keeping employees & Future workforce with Dan SmolenOn this Episode of City Rising, we take an in-depth look into the green job landscape, the future of work and the climate action workforce. Special guest based in Washington DC, Dan Smolen is an author, podcaster, and a passionate advocate for members of the workforce who want to make their dreams of doing meaningful work come true.
Tune into this episode to learn:
Overall job trends in the climate and green workforce
Recruitment styles: Transactional vs relational models
How to increase job retention
Ways to find motivated candidates
The #1 tip that can get you that...
2018-10-0329 min