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Cloud Industry Forum Presents TWFCloud Industry Forum presents TWF! w/ Benjamin EllisIn this episode of our weekly news and interview show, Tech Wave Forum, host and CIF CEO David Terrar will use the news and opinion section to talk about the amazing Sam Altman saga at OpenAI, with him being fired, and then reinstated within 5 day, and particularly the role that Satya Nadella played in the resolution. His interview guest will be Benjamin Ellis, CEO of SocialOptic. They'll talk about the importance of data driven decisions, data visualisation, psychology, and the impact of culture on the bottom line.
#Cloud #communications #data #decisionmaking #planning #healthcare #healthcareinnovation #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #digitaltransformation2024-01-1022 min
WorkTogether with SocialOpticWorkTogether Bonus Episode – Remotely InterestedIn this bonus episode of the SocialOptic WorkTogether Podcast, Chris Trim discusses some highlights and learning from our recent research project “Remotely Interested”. Pulling in some quotes from the launch webinar of the research report, we unearth some interesting, and sometimes surprising, findings.
The Remotely Interested research project investigates how organisations communicate with “deskless” or “frontline” workers. With the aim of better understanding how organisations engage with this hard-to-reach group, and what we can do to improve communications.
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Show guest: Benjamin Ellis
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Redefining Communications2023-10-2515 minWorkTogether with SocialOpticWorkTogether Episode X – Series 1 Rewind – Joining the Leadership DotsIn Episode X of the SocialOptic WorkTogether Podcast, Chris Trim joins Benjamin Ellis to discuss Series 1 of the podcast, remembering the guests we’ve had and the things we’ve learnt from them.
Chris is part of the team at SocialOptic, usually found behind the scenes of the podcast and managing customer operations. Chris and Benjamin explore the themes running through the series, addressing big questions like “how should we understand organisations?” and “what do we get from a good company culture?”. We touch on every episode and theme, so hold on to your headphones!
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Redefining Communications with Jenni FieldChaos to calm: Bonus episode – Remotely Interested? research S4We had to include a bonus episode for us to share with you our brand-new research into deskless workers called Remotely Interested?
Listen as Jenni shares why we did it, what we did, and what the results are telling us, so you can look at how you can shift from chaos to calm with frontline or deskless workers in your organisation.
If you are listening before the 3 October 2023, you can join our webinar where Jenni and Benjamin will be celebrating the launch of the findings. Click on the 2023 link below!
Thank you for...2023-10-0415 minWorkTogether with SocialOpticWorkTogether Episode 9 – Thrivable OrganisationsIn episode 9 of the SocialOptic WorkTogether Podcast, Jean M. Russell joins Benjamin Ellis to discuss the topic of Thrivable Organisations.
Jean is an artist, author, social technologist and innovator. She has been passionate about co-creating a more thrivable world since 2007, Co-founding Thrivable LLC. Jean unpacks the concept of Thrivability: what it means, what lead her to it and how it compares to “sustainable” and “resilient” approaches, also discussing the exciting opportunities that thrivability offers and how it can transform organisations and impact wider society.
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Host: Benjamin Ellis
Show guest: Jean M. Russell
Producer: Chris Trim
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https:/2023-09-2051 minWorkTogether with SocialOpticWorkTogether Episode 8 – Wellbeing in the workplaceIn Episode 8 of the SocialOptic WorkTogether Podcast, Zelda Franklin-Hills joins Benjamin Ellis to discuss wellbeing in the workplace.
Zelda is the Director of Organisational Development and Human Resources at Fife College. In this episode, she shares her experiences and thoughts around wellbeing in the workplace, exploring questions like 'How do we define wellbeing?' and 'What are the boundaries?'. Zelda’s experience of wellbeing strategy, developed in the crucible of responding to the effects of Covid, offers clear guidance on how organisations can tackle wellbeing to achieve objectives in a measurable way. SocialOptic have worked with Fife College for a numb...2023-08-2245 minRedefining Communications with Jenni FieldChaos to calm: Translating your external brand into your employee experience with Lucy Kemp S4 E4Everyone seems to be focusing on employee experience (EX) rather than employee engagement these days. It’s important to understand why people are job hopping and how to retain your top talent. In this episode employee experience strategist, Lucy Kemp, talks to Jenni about the employee experience and why it’s vital that you understand how important the line managers’ role is in translating your external brand into an authentic employee experience. They discuss why we need to give line managers the tools to develop their team and improve EX, as well as the importance of knowing what your people...2023-07-2616 minWorkTogether with SocialOpticWorkTogether Episode 7 – Hidden Networks and Invisible SystemsIn Episode 7 of the SocialOptic WorkTogether Podcast, Anne Marie Rattray joins Benjamin Ellis to discuss hidden networks and invisible systems.
Anne Marie is an expert in organisational systems, networks, development and continual learning. Passionate about academia and industry, her PhD title was “A Systems Approach to Empowerment in UK Manufacturing Enterprises”. With extensive experience in organisations, Anne Marie brings a refreshing perspective to the topic which is both authoritative and forthright.
Anne-Marie discusses the concept of organisations as simultaneous, dynamic, and interconnected systems. Philosophies like lean and the viable systems model, and how knowledge works in organisations.
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Host: Benja...2023-07-2050 minRedefining Communications with Jenni FieldChaos to calm: Using data to make decisions with Benjamin Ellis S4 E3In this episode, Jenni talks to Benjamin Ellis from SocialOptic, one of our collective partners. He talks through how collecting the right type of data about your organisation and employees will help you to plug-in and find the answers you need. It’s all about measuring to take action.
Benjamin shares some great tips to help reduce the chaos and move towards calm through gathering and understanding the right data.
Benjamin has worked with us on our research projects around line managers and deskless workers. Our Remotely Interested 2023 research report is due out in September 2023 an...2023-07-1913 minWorkTogether with SocialOpticWorkTogether Episode 6 – Culture, strategy and changeIn episode 6 of the SocialOptic WorkTogether Podcast, Alison Minns joins Benjamin Ellis to discuss organisational culture, strategy and change.
Alison has worked as a culture specialist for over 10 years, most recently holding the position of global lead for culture at HSBC. Her experience also covers culture across a variety of sectors and industries as well as time spent focusing on strategy in large organisations. Alison discusses the role of culture in business - who owns it, the role leaders have in shaping it, and the challenges of measuring and transforming culture. She also shares her insights on the future of cultu...2023-06-211h 01WorkTogether with SocialOpticWorkTogether Episode 4 – Creative Thinking in BusinessIn Episode 5 of the SocialOptic WorkTogether Podcast, Simon Bird joins Benjamin Ellis to discuss creative thinking in business.
Simon is Director of the Innovation & Creativity Lab Ltd. Founded to address missed opportunities in business attitudes towards creativity and unlock hidden potential within organisations. Simon comes from a background in branding and marketing strategy with top-level organisations including Carlsberg and Temper Sealy. These experiences gave a firm grounding in organisation structure, planning and leadership, as well as a perfect vantage point to see the value of creativity and opportunities missed when creativity in business is overlooked. Simon shares advice on introducing cr...2023-05-1846 minWorkTogether with SocialOpticSocial Value, leadership, and decision makingIn Episode 4 of WorkTogether, Cris Sachikonye joins Benjamin Ellis to discuss Social Value, leadership, and decision making.
Social value has increasingly become a topic of public interest, particularly after the introduction of the Public Services (Social Value) Act in 2012, and its growing impact on government procurement policy. As the Chief Executive of Social Value UK, Cris advocates for engagement with social value principles as part of a growing social value movement. He urges individuals and organizations to consider the value they create and destroy, and to use measurement as a tool for informed decision-making. Drawing on his extensive experience in l...2023-04-2047 minWorkTogether with SocialOpticCompany culture, people experience and remote workingIn Episode 3 of the SocialOptic WorkTogether Podcast, Matt Partovi joins Benjamin Ellis to discuss company culture, people experience and remote working. All critical business elements that have seen more of a focus in recent years. Matt is Head of Remote at Distributed, and the founder of Culturevist, and he has made these elements his mission in a career spanning social media start-up, to optimising remote work and distributed working in global organisations. Matt shares his experiences and how they lead to his passion for company culture, and we explore some of the struggles companies face with remote working and outline the k...2023-03-2136 minWorkTogether with SocialOpticCulturalising TechnologyIn Episode 2 of the SocialOptic WorkTogether Podcast, Richard Maybury joins Benjamin Ellis for an insightful discussion about "hybrid" work and flexible working. Are they really new concepts? The sudden shift to hybrid work a few years ago has created new challenges for managing employees in a remote setting, and a need for organizations to adapt to the new reality. Richard, Managing Director of "Attitude Solutions" and a seasoned expert in the corporate world, guides us through the issues and offers for valuable insights into the common patterns and mistakes that hinder workplace culture, as well as key approaches to improve...2023-02-1757 minWorkTogether with SocialOpticAccessibility in the Digital WorldIn this, the first episode of our WorkTogether podcast, we are looking at the topic of accessibility: What it is, how it impacts people and what can be done to improve things in the digital world for any with accessibility needs.
Benjamin Ellis is joined by Steve Green, Managing Director of “test partners”. With many years of accessibility and technology experience Steve brings his unique perspective to the topic, enlightening us on the history of accessibility, diving into the detail of why modern tech can make things challenging for accessibility and revealing some of the common mistakes, and how they can...2023-01-1852 min
The Internal Comms PodcastEpisode 39 – Evidence-based ICRecent research shows measurement is particularly challenging for many internal comms professionals. Katie’s guest on this episode of The Internal Comms Podcast is Benjamin Ellis – a data cruncher – who is on a mission to change that.
A self-confessed tech geek, Benjamin realised that the problem with technology is often the end user, or in IC terms – people – prompting him to study psychology.
Having worked at the cutting edge of technology and communication for more than three decades, his expertise lies in networks, Big Data, Machine Learning, data governance, privacy and security – among other things.
He is now the CEO of SocialOpt...2020-11-251h 26
ICologyAre employees even "remotely" interested in employee communications?In this episode of ICology, I talk with Jenni Field, Director at Redefining Communications, and Benjamin Ellis, CEO of SocialOptic, about 2019 research they conducted into remote workers and internal communication. The two of them combined their superpowers to unearth some new data on what employees are interested in and who they are interested in hearing it from. If you'd like to read the full report, download it at http://remotelyinterested.work/.2019-08-0100 min