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Working HumansAI SwarmsWhat’s an AI swarm, how they work, what they’re good for and how to set them up in your organization? It’s the next step in our AI transformation. It means working with groups of AI agents to complete tasks across different platforms, relying on the collective intelligence of the group rather than the individual models in your own daily stack. 2025-06-1914 min
Working HumansAI Organizational CultureAI leadership means guiding all employees through change—supporting early adopters hungry to innovate, while engaging resistors who fear being left behind. Success depends on direct, human-centered leadership: one-on-one conversations, trust-building, and practical support, not just training programs or re-orgs.Don’t have time to read?Just listen.Working Humans is a bi-monthly podcast focusing on the AI and Human connection at work. Available on Apple and Spotify.Thank you for listening! Don't forget to rate, review, subscribe and share.Fiona...2025-06-0207 min
Working HumansAI & IPThroughout history, artists have borrowed and built on existing ideas, aesthetics and events and created new works of art. Never in a vacuum; writers, musicians have always been inspired and influenced by one another, each one adding to the collective Human culture at large. Now AI is here, the ultimate appropriator, generating unique content by remixing vast datasets. With AI-created works increasingly indistinguishable from Human-made ones, traditional copyright laws cannot keep up. As AI reshapes creativity, the article suggests we may eventually need to rethink or even abandon the notion of intellectual property altogether.2025-05-2308 min
Working HumansCreative AI with David ChislettJoined today by speaker, facilitator, podcaster and creative thinking expert David Chislett. Encourages us to Rebel, Reject, Create! That’s his podcast, where he explores how creativity can make this world a better place. His many books include “Unblock Writers’ Block” and poetry collections “B-Sides”, “With All of You” and more. If the only constant in life is change, how we deal with change is critical. David was born in Britain, raised in South Africa, resident in The Netherlands. Nowhere and Everywhere are home.Thank you for listening to Working Humans! Don't forget to rate, review, subs...2025-05-0922 min
Working HumansWhat's Your Stack?In the AI-Powered workflow, your “stack” is the selection of AI you use together to meet all your varied needs. There’s no time to road test every single one of these and still carry on with your full-time job. And, most of them carry a monthly subscription. What tools do you need, and what can you live without?READ the article: https://www.working-humans.com/ai/stack/ 2025-05-0708 min
Working HumansEmbodied AIThe robots are here! We examine the rapid advancements in humanoid robots and their AI-powered brains. Figure 02, Atlas and Optimus as well as the exploding Chinese market. Why now? And what does all this have to do with AI? A lot; and it’s not slowing down. The societal impacts of embodied AI, the future of work and the ethical considerations as we share our homes, factories and offices with a new kind of worker.READ the article: https://www.working-humans.com/ai/embodied-ai/ Tha...2025-04-0712 min
Authors on the Air Global Radio NetworkAI Powered Professional by Fiona Passantino on Catalyst CreatorsIn this episode of Catalyst Creators, Kamilah Paden interviews Fiona Passantino, a visual communication specialist and corporate storyteller. They discuss the importance of empowering non-technical professionals in understanding AI, the role of humor and visual storytelling in communication, and the ethical considerations surrounding AI technology. Fiona shares insights on how AI can transform work by taking over mundane tasks, allowing professionals to focus on creative and human-centered work. The conversation emphasizes the need for effective communication and storytelling in navigating the complexities of AI in the workplace.2025-03-3025 minAuthors on the Air Global Radio NetworkAI Powered Professional by Fiona Passantino on Catalyst CreatorsIn this episode of Catalyst Creators, Kamilah Paden interviews Fiona Passantino, a visual communication specialist and corporate storyteller. They discuss the importance of empowering non-technical professionals in understanding AI, the role of humor and visual storytelling in communication, and the ethical considerations surrounding AI technology. Fiona shares insights on how AI can transform work by taking over mundane tasks, allowing professionals to focus on creative and human-centered work. The conversation emphasizes the need for effective communication and storytelling in navigating the complexities of AI in the workplace.2025-03-3025 min
Working HumansAI-Powered LeadershipAs a leader of an organization, team or department, getting serious about AI adoption is the ultimate change management challenge. Successful AI integration isn't just about learning to use the latest tools and training your staff; it's about aligning your entire organization to undergo a process of intensive learning, adaptation and the hardest thing we Humans do: change. A few tips for taking the first steps.READ the full article: https://www.working-humans.com/ai/ai-leadership/ Working Humans is a bi-monthly podcast focusing on the AI and Human connection a...2025-03-2009 min
Working HumansVoice-Activated AIThe Voice-Activated Workflow works differently; both the AI and Human leverage the strengths of their own brain-type. But this style of working is not for everyone. It might speak to younger portions of our working community and help make us old people seem more innovative than we actually are. A quick overview of what it is and how it works.READ the article: https://www.working-humans.com/ai/voice-activated/ Thank you for listening to Working Humans! Don't forget to rate, review and share. Your engagement is greatly appreciated.2025-03-1010 min
Working HumansAI Needs PowerAI’s Insatiable Energy DemandThe rapid growth of AI is driving a significant increase in global energy demand. The technology simply requires far more power than traditional computation. As companies shift from CPUs to energy-intensive GPUs for AI development, the need for massive upgrades to data center infrastructure, including energy management and cooling, is growing. This poses challenges for meeting climate goals; there are no clear solutions yet on how to sustainably power the AI revolution. READ the full article: https://www.working-humans.com/ai/energy/ Tha...2025-02-1811 min
Working HumansRight Brain, Left BrainWe all intuitively identify with the “Left-Brain, Right-Brain” model; some of us were better at math while others were linguists. Today’s AI algorithms use a "Mixture of Experts" structure that allows for narrow efficiencies in intelligence types. More than just our “logical friend”, AI is highly competent in understanding and generating emotional-relational content. It can help us in all the areas where we are less adept. The AI-powered leader is called to understand their team's thinking strengths and consider using AI to augment and enhance abilities.READ the full artic...2025-02-1211 min
Repossiblere407: Intuition, Logic, and the Evolving Role of AI in Decision-Making (thanks to Notebook LM)
Bradley and Fiona’s discussion yesterday … as summarized by Notebook LM. Uh, wow.
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In this episode of Repossible, we delve into the intricate dance between intuition, logic, and the evolving role of AI in decision-making. Join us as we explore a compelling conversation between mathematician Bradley Charbonneau and AI expert Fiona Passantino, who share their contrasting yet enlightening approaches to making choices. Discover how our gut feelings often clash with logical reasoning, and learn about the brain’s mechanisms that drive these instincts.
Fiona’s vivid...2025-02-0813 min
Repossiblere406: “Intuition is so undervalued and so under seen because it is usually correct.”with Fiona Passantino
Are you overwhelmed by choices in today’s fast-paced world? In our latest episode, we dive deep into the fascinating interplay between AI and human intuition in decision-making. Join Fiona Passantino as she shares insights on how to harness your mind, heart, and gut to make better choices. Don’t miss this enlightening discussion that could transform the way you think about decisions! Tune in now!
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2025-02-0734 min
Nadare406: “Intuition is so undervalued and so under seen because it is usually correct.”with Fiona PassantinoThe gut actually makes the decision and then it kind of shoots it up to the brain.2025-02-0734 minNadare406: “Intuition is so undervalued and so under seen because it is usually correct.”with Fiona PassantinoThe gut actually makes the decision and then it kind of shoots it up to the brain.2025-02-0734 minRepossiblere406: “Intuition is so undervalued and so under seen because it is usually correct.”with Fiona PassantinoThe gut actually makes the decision and then it kind of shoots it up to the brain.2025-02-0734 min
Working HumansRAG AIRAG AI - short for Retrieval-Augmented Generation - has redefined how we interact with AI by blending web searches with generative responses. With answers enriched by live data and backed by real-time sources, RAG AI may well change our traditional view of search engine like Google or Meta. We look at what RAG is, how to use it best and what upstart companies such as Perplexity can do for our workflows.
READ THE FULL ARTICLE: https://www.working-humans.com/ai/rag
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Fabulous After Fifty!FABULOUS AFTER FIFTY! EPISODE 158 – FIONA PASSANTINO- AI MADE SIMPLE, Awareness & Integration for non techies
Join me as I talk to AI specialist Fiona Passantino about AI: What it is and how it works, how we ALL need to understand it to stay relevant in today’s professional space and how she sees AI integration as a key component to professional empowerment.
And importantly how AI Can Create More Joy and Engagement at Work.
She shares great tips and insights based on a her latest no-nonsense, witty guide in cartoon format ! Don’t miss it!
And for those of you in NL, join me at the great event she is co-org...2025-01-1700 min
Working HumansAI-Powered PromoIntroducing the new book: "AI-Powered Professional: Awareness and Integration Guide for Non-Technicals" written by Fiona Passantino.This latest title in the Comic Books for Executives series is a witty, fun, no-nonsense guide, created for the non-technical professional navigating the transformative world of Artificial Intelligence. Whether you're in communications, HR, sales, ormarketing, AI-Powered Professional will help you understand what AI is, how it works, and how it can supercharge your job, making tasks easier, faster,and more fun. Available now on Kindle, Paperback and (coming soon) audio editions.https://www.working-humans.com/comic-books/ 2025-01-1309 min
Working HumansRise of VanillaIn a world increasingly shaped by AI, the future of our most cherished Human skills - writing, designing and creating – is at risk. As AI generates more content, it reduces our language to a bland, uniform "vanilla," stripped of the richness, personality, and nuance that comes from lived physical experience. This shift could make our language feel more like a processed product than a living, evolving form of expression. The key is to remain aware of this transformation. We value and celebrate the unique, unexpected, and deeply Human aspects of language that AI simply cannot replicate.2024-12-0909 min
Working HumansAI Advanced ReasoningGPT-o1, rolled out in September 2024, introduced chain-of-thought reasoning. This new model design thinks before it answers. Instead of guessing, it breaks problems into steps, double-checks its work, and delivers more accurate results, even if it takes longer. Aimed at developers, it’s smarter than most humans, with a 120 IQ, making it ideal for building better AI systems and apps. This makes it more like our own Human brains, interestingly.2024-11-2109 min
Working HumansAI SentienceSentience
Are we on the brink of creating a sentient AI that not only thinks but feels, and knows the nature of its existence? We explore the creepy, eerie emergence of a non-Human consciousness in machines and look at a few unsettling real-life cases, like Bing’s “Sydney” and Google’s LaMDA and grapple with the ethics, rights, and potential dangers of sentient AI. A matter of time and engineering, a new reality beckons. Is our legal system ready for The Right to Internet, Electricity and the Pursuit of Training Data for Sentient AI?
RE...2024-11-0713 min
Working HumansStand-up Comedy for Business CommunicationNothing is harder than delivering a “tight five” in a crowded bar. For a professional keynote speaker seeking to level up, stand-up comedy is the perfect training ground. Specifically, learning the tricks and techniques of comedians. What I gained from my time in the comedic Dojo and how I became hooked along the way.
READ: https://www.working-humans.com/leadership/standup/
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Fiona Passantino is a professional speaker, trai...2024-10-2113 min
Working HumansAI Tech Bro CultureThe rapid advancements in AI, towards Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) at all costs, have profound implications for the rest of us. We are being disrupted, rendered irrelevant with every new feature, model and rollout. Combine this with the slow pace of legislative oversight, and lack of the vital “Why” behind these advances.
The non-technical community needs to understand where the Tech Bros are taking us and decide whether this is the future that’s best for all of us.
READ the full article: https://www.working-humans.com/ai/tech-bro/ 2024-10-0711 min
Working HumansAI Thought LeadershipToday’s high-level leaders are expected to not only run their companies but be highly visible in their field. They need to regularly share insights through industry publications, keynote speeches, podcasts, blogs or interviews. They also need to provide insights within their organizations for panels, roundtables, and seminars.
Whether you do it yourself or have an executive comms professional helping you out, AI makes it easier to stay informed and produce high-quality content. A few ways AI can help keep you ahead in your field.
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Working HumansWhy AI Needs UsCould it be that AI needs us? With all the swirling emotions, it’s good to know that Humans still – and may always – have the edge when it comes to communicating with other Humans (which, thankfully, we are still doing). Why the absence of Human-generated content will actually make LLMs “dumber”. The “poisoned pool” and seven ways we still outperform.
READ THE ARTICLE: https://www.working-humans.com/ai/ai-needs-us/
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Sterkmakers PodcastHoe weet ik of mijn organisatie klaar is voor AI?Het heeft de wereld compleet op zijn kop gezet: Artificial Intelligence! En nog steeds gaan de ontwikkelingen op het gebied van AI razendsnel. Veel bedrijven willen dan ook meegaan in deze AI-transformatie. Maar is dit altijd wel de juiste stap richting innovatie? En hoe weet je of een AI-transformatie passend is voor jouw organisatie? In dit Sterkmakers College deelt AI-expert Fiona Passantino haar expertise over AI-readiness audit, AI-transformaties binnen organisaties en dealen met weerstand tegen AI. Fiona Passantino is professioneel spreker, trainer en coach. Zo begeleidt ze professionals bij AI-integratie, leiderschap en communicatie. Dus wil je zeker weten of jouw...2024-09-0515 min
Sterkmakers PodcastHoe kom ik écht tot mezelf?Zodra we wakker worden bevinden we ons in een wereld met een overvloed aan prikkels en constante informatiestromen. Gemiddeld controleren we 144 keer per dag onze telefoon. 89% controleert de telefoon meteen binnen 10 minuten na ontwaken. Hoe kunnen we de rust en stilte vinden op een dag? En waarom zijn die momenten van stilte en rust cruciaal voor ons welzijn? In dit Sterkmakers College deelt Fiona Passantino waardevolle inzichten in de kracht van reductie, stilte en waarom iedereen zijn ‘negative space’ moet opzoeken. Fiona Passantino is professioneel spreker, trainer en coach. Haar expertise is voornamelijk toegespitst op leiderschap, communicatie, AI-integratie en bedrijfscultuur. Dus...2024-08-2209 min
Working HumansAI-Powered OnboardingAI can be a valuable tool to improve the onboarding process for new hires. Onboarding is critical because roughly 90% of employees decide with the first six months whether to stay or leave a company, and 20% leave within the first 45 days. AI can personalize the onboarding experience for each employee, for a hyper-personalized feeling.
READ the full article: https://www.working-humans.com/ai/ai-powered-onboarding
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Fiona Passantino is a...2024-08-1910 min
Working HumansVisual CommunicationWhy do we remember a face but often, not the name? Why do we understand diagrams more quickly than explanations?
Visual Communication is effective because it connects us with the natural language of the brain. And given the faster pace of change, visual communication is more crucial than ever. From the way brands tell their stories to how individuals express themselves, visuals are a powerful tool for conveying messages, evoking emotions and driving action.
Craig Smith from Big Picture People is our guest today, explaining the secrets behind effective...2024-08-0807 min
Working HumansGamificationTurning repetitive tasks into raw materials for light, fun competition works for training, testing, awareness, problem solving and performance at work. It increases our engagement, builds teams and has the capacity to make these tasks more enjoyable. A few easy ways to tap into the benefits at work.
READ: https://www.postcovidhandbook.com/read/2022/gamification
WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/wYPm62NqdSg
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2024-07-2909 minSterkmakers PodcastHoe integreer ik humor in mijn (zakelijke) presentatie?Stand-up comedy en zakelijke presentaties, het ligt dichter bij elkaar dan je denkt. De kracht van humor is een effectieve presentatietool die je (zakelijke) presentatie juist kan verbeteren. Waarom is humor zo krachtig? En welke presentatietechnieken uit de stand-up comedy zijn toepasbaar in een zakelijke setting? Fiona Passantino is professioneel spreker, trainer en coach. In dit Sterkmakers College gaat Fiona in op de kracht van humor op je publiek, de uitdagingen van stand-up comedy technieken en hoe je deze effectief toepast. Ben jij klaar met die saaie werkpresentaties en benieuwd hoe je deze met stand-up comedy technieken kan verfrissen? Check...2024-07-1112 min
Working HumansThe AI-Powered ComebackThings didn’t go as planned: you got caught in a re-org, a merger. Whether due to AI efficiencies or not, you suddenly find yourself out of work and primed for a re-boot. You will need to re-enter a very different job market since you last visited, now dominated by AI. With 40% of working hours affected due to the rise of this technology, you will likely need to adapt and re-train for an AI-Powered comeback. Five steps for recovery and reinvention.
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Working HumansPower of SilenceIn our current media landscape, with its barrage of information, chatter and noise, building in silence has become essential. Generative AI will thousandfold this condition as it issues forth video, images, audio, words-words-words… more than we could ever hope to consume. The true art of communication is reductive. Mastery of the tool of silence puts us in another league of Storytellers; the abuela, the shaman.
READ: https://www.working-humans.com/leadership/silence/
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Working HumansAI: Keeping Data SafeEvery impenetrable LLM can be jailbroken. And every
service agreement that guarantees your data, entered into a prompt window, will not be used to train future models can be broken, loopholed or hacked. Once you enter content into a Large Language Model, or post anything onto the web, it’s no longer yours. A guide to keeping data safe in the AI landscape.2024-06-0708 min
Working HumansMicrosoft CopilotMicrosoft Copilot is a set of AI-driven features that combine and power existing Microsoft products (Windows 11, Bing Search, Microsoft Edge) and all your unmissable productivity apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams). The idea is to use Copilot as you search, write, and brainstorm, right in your workspace. Or use the free version from your browser. A quick overview of how it works and what it can do.
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Fiona Passantino is a professional speaker...2024-05-2706 min
Access Ideas#30 AI for Everyone: Practical Tools for Non-Techies with Fiona PassantinoExplore the world of artificial intelligence with Fiona Passantino, an international speaker, blogger, and the award-winning author of the "Comic Books for Executives" series. Based in the Netherlands, Fiona excels at making AI understandable for non-technical audiences, integrating it seamlessly into corporate communication and culture.Fiona will discuss her innovative approach to gamification in reshaping workplace dynamics, define true engagement in the modern workplace, and highlight how humour significantly enhances learning and enjoyment at work. She will also offer practical tips for utilizing AI tools effectively and share insights on upcoming trends in quantum computing and robotics.2024-05-081h 11
Working HumansQuantum ComputingAI software is advancing at lightning speed. But what about the hardware? Moore's Law states that the number of transistors on a microchip doubles every two years. This drives computing power. But there are physical limitations of how small transistors can be.
Introducing Quantum Computing and the fascinating Qbit; a system that leverages the principles of quantum mechanics to perform calculations much faster than classical computers. The wild world of the very, very small and its implications for AI into the future.
READ THE ARTICLE: https://www.working-humans.com...2024-05-0710 min
Repossiblere354: How Can We Beat AI? Be More Human.
Fiona Passantino and I are hosting a workshop about how to be more human than AI. Enjoy!
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2024-05-0712 min
Working HumansWomen and AIAI is one of the world’s fastest growing industries in 2024, predicted to grow 38% until 2030[i]. But in this exciting space with room to expand, why are only 22% of AI employees female? Like many things, the imbalance is due to a complex combination of societal, educational and workplace forces.
READ the article: https://www.working-humans.com/ai/women-ai/
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Fiona Passantino is a professional speaker, trainer and coach, he...2024-04-2408 min
Working HumansThe EU AI ActDesigned to make sure Artificial Intelligence (AI) is used safely and ethically across Europe, the EU AI Act like a rulebook for AI development and use. AI is a powerful tool, but it can also be risky. What’s the EU Act all about, and what do you need to know? The basics in plain Human language.
READ THE FULL ARTICLE: https://www.postcovidhandbook.com/read/2024/eu-act
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Working HumansHow We're About to be 10x-edAs non-technical professionals are learning about AI and incorporating it into their workflows, the bar will slowly be raised at work. Employees will soon be expected to handle a wider range of tasks and responsibilities because they can process information and perform tasks at higher speed and at scale that surpasses their traditional colleagues. The result? Higher expectations for everyone. Are we ready to be 10xed?2024-03-1408 min
Working HumansRamadan At Work: A Guide to Getting it RightIf you work in a diverse, complex, international organization, chances are a portion of your working community will be practicing Muslims. This means, for an entire month starting in the spring (depending on the moon), those who practice will refrain from eating or drinking from sunrise to sundown. A few small actions state loud-and-clear that your culture is one of curiosity, respect and celebration of diversity. Five tiny, easy ways to make Ramadan great for everyone.
READ the article: https://www.postcovidhandbook.com/read/2023/ramadan
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Working HumansUrgency ManagementFor teams who hear the words “urgent” and “crisis” too often, the word begins to lose its meaning and eventually, starts to get tuned out. If everything is urgent and all things need to happen “yesterday”, then something further up the chain is going wrong. Five ways to manage urgency and lower the temperature.
READ the article: https://www.postcovidhandbook.com/read/2023/urgency
WATCH the video: https://youtu.be/S1CzEo85jUQ
Thank you for listening to Working Humans! Don't forget to rate, review and share. Your engagement is...2024-02-2310 min
Working HumansHabits of High Visibility LeadersOften, our top-level leaders live in another world; they work at the same company with the same goals, vision and share the same elevators, but are invisible to the community working for them. How can leaders increase their presence, visibility, and interaction with the people making the company run, and still meet the needs of other stakeholders, clients, partners and board members? Six easy ways to start.
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Working HumansBuild-a-Bot: A Guide to GPTsOpenAI’s GPT Builder allows premium users to build their own version of the foundational model that provide specific information based on the instructions, data and reference material you provide. These babies are multimodal, easy to build and wildly popular with the experts among us. What they are, why you might want one, and how to get started.
READ the article: https://www.postcovidhandbook.com/read/2023/build-a-bot
WATCH the video on youtube: https://youtu.be/Vzjzgm04OLc
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Working HumansRe-invention of the FreelancerIf you’re working at a company, AI will likely transform your role, rather than eliminate it. But if you’re a freelancer who takes on certain creative tasks for organizations, your Human skills may soon be redundant. How to tell if your role is at risk and how to re-invent yourself to fit into an AI-Powered environment.
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https://www.postcovidhandbook.com/read/2023/freelancer-reinvention
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2024-01-1014 min
Working HumansThe True Cost of our DisengagementWhether by layoff, reorg or attrition, many businesses underestimate the true cost of losing talent, which goes beyond the obvious visible, “hard” expenses of payouts, fees, recruiting and training new employees. The “soft”, unseen costs are dips in productivity, customer service, morale and the depreciation of culture. Move to a more efficient model of re-use, re-purpose and re-skill.
READ the article: https://www.postcovidhandbook.com/?p=3444
WATCH the video: https://youtu.be/5bsQliMxJQI
Thank you for listening to Working Humans! Don't forget to rate, review and share. Your eng...2023-12-1912 min
Salesbazen | podcast over salesDigital Future of B2B - Webs eventOnze salesbaas van vandaag is niemand minder dan Open AI. Maar dat hoor je pas aan het einde van de aflevering, waarin ChatGPT mij verkooples tijdens een live rollenspel. De opnames zijn gemaakt tijdens het event The Digital Future of B2B, op 8 december 2023 georganiseerd door Hubspot Partner Webs. Deze aflevering bestaat uit 20 korte interviews waarin de bezoekers en keynote speakers hun visie delen op de impact van AI op onze business. We horen talloze toepassingen, tips, maar ook bedreigingen van Artificial Intelligence in hele diverse bedrijfstakken. Natuurlijk over Sales, marketing en service, maar ook voor risicobeperking...2023-12-1842 min
Working HumansFrom “Single Use” to “Recycle” MindsetWe suffer from a use-once-and-throw-away mindset. This goes for both plastics and people. Companies exhale and inhale staff on an annual cycle, but nothing ever truly disappears. The plastic particles from a single-use bottle come back into our drinking water, our soil and our air, and the discarded employee will soon be working for your supplier, your client or… your competition. Learn how to reuse, recycle and reduce for sustainable cost cutting and a truly people-first culture.
READ THE ARTICLE: https://www.postcovidhandbook.com/read/2023/recycle
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Working HumansEpic CommunicationAs our world becomes ever more complicated and process-oriented, we find lives becoming very small – our digital spaces, the constant distractions and the noise of our media landscape. We need big stories of adventure, heroes and villains, guides and demons. Insurmountable obstacles. Undying love, loyalty and determination. This speaks to our Human core, and we can use the tools of the Epic to deliver information, to inspire, to align and to remind us of who we are. Five tools of the great storytellers.
READ the article: https://www.postcovidhandbook.com/read/2023/epic
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Working HumansIn-house CoachingCoaching increases our job satisfaction and productivity, improves our efficiency, soft skills and makes us better leaders. With more employees demanding professional development, organizations are introducing in-house coaching teams, which are more affordable, sustainable and rewarding. What an in-house coaching team needs and five steps for setting it up.
READ THE ARTICLE: https://www.postcovidhandbook.com/read/2023/in-house-coaching
WATCH on youtube: https://youtu.be/iJ8agsJSRbk
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Working HumansManaging the Creative RebelWe all have one. The brash, high-performer with the big mouth. A fountain of radical ideas, constantly pushing back against the status quo. He bends the rules, ignores advice and does things his own way. Emotional, intense and stubborn, he takes your time and upsets others. You secretly wish he would just quit.
But Creative Rebels bring something special to the workplace and are a fountain of energy, ideas and passion that can be positively channeled into your most loyal supporter. Eight ways to unlock the value in your Rebel.
2023-10-3021 min
Working HumansReaching the Factory FloorFor many multinationals, internal communication is split between the office workers and those on the factory floor. Plant and field workers have some of the hardest jobs and provide core value for the company. Yet this group shows low engagement and often feels out of touch with the organization. Who are these workers, and what do they need? Learn about the secret weapon to inform, engage and connect this group.
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Working HumansVoice AIA two-minute audio clip is all you need to clone a voice; before you know it, you are listening to yourself reciting poetry in French or asking where to find a reliable cat café in Japanese. Voice AI has the potential to give so many more of us the ability to be heard in a uniquely Human mode; voice is intimate and emotive, which is also why it is so powerful.
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Working HumansAI-Powered Visual Communication/imagine… an AI application that generates stunning, original art with the same ease as ChatGPT does for copy. Today’s content creators need visuals as much as they need words to improve just about every form of messaging. A brief guide to Midjourney; what it is, how to get started, and how to prompt like a pro.
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Fiona Passantino is a corporate Engagement, Culture and Communication Spec...2023-09-1416 min
Working HumansSpeakers' PoolsSpeakers’ Pools are a great way to jump-start the process of fattening the leadership pipeline; taking very fresh voices and training them for very high-profile public speaking roles from a very early age. It’s a triple win: engagement goes up across the board, employer marketing gets a boost and it feels like a cool place to work for everyone. The CEOs are happy; one less thing to do. And the MCs? Engaged for life.
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Working HumansEngagement is All About the DetailsEngagement Managers are often measured by how they move the needle on employee net promoter scores or attrition rates. But in fact, it’s all about the details. Conveying the feeling of being heard, seen, valued and respected in the workplace, and allowing for empowerment, inspiration and joy. Impossible-to-measure measurements for success.
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Fiona Passantino is a corporate Engagement, Culture an...2023-08-2206 min
Working HumansThe Co-CreaPaloozaIn the post-Covid world, we define our values as an organization, collectively. We brainstorm together, in real-time, with enormous, collaborative co-creation sessions that weave together all voices of the community, to define our culture, our rules, vision and mission. The new Town Hall: the ‘Co-CreaPalooza’.
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Fiona Passantino is a corporate Engagement, Culture and Communication Specialist, helping leaders and teams be their best at work...2023-08-0307 min
Working HumansFuture MappingFuture Mapping is, in many ways, the opposite of succession planning. Rather than planning for gaps in the current org chart, imagining the future state of the organisation and asking which individuals' vision, values and ideas align with that future. What tools, training and experience will she need to get there. Six ways to start.
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Fiona Passantino is a...2023-07-1911 min
Talking Leadership TV PodcastEp 28 - Fiona Passantino - Talking Leadership TVToday's guest is Fiona Passantino, the author of the Handbook for Post-COVID Engagement (comic books for executives series). The context of the discussion was the issue of disengagement in a post-COVID workplace and the importance of communication among leaders.
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2023-07-1654 min
Employee Engagement Examples of ExcellenceAI: Friend or Foe?In this Podcast Dave D'Arcy catches up with Fiona Passantino discussing the effect AI has on the workplace of today and the future.
Fiona delves deeper into explaining what AI is and how to understand it, as revelations have shown that many people don't fully understand it. 2023-07-1029 min
Working HumansHanding Back the 5%During the pandemic we saved time commuting, found our focus and got stuff done. Productivity levels increased 5%. When we return to the office, we’re back in traffic again, chatting with colleagues, subject to unplanned interruptions and new impromptu mini-projects. Our office days stretch well into the evening as we catch up on missed mails. Is the next step a conscious workload reduction as we return to work?
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Fiona Passantino is a corporate Engagement, Cu...2023-07-0605 min
Working HumansNew Working ModelsWhat are the many ways of going to work in our post-Covid world? Are we scaling down our physical spaces, operating on a "Hubs-and-Spokes" Model? Are we going back to the way things were or re-investing, with a "Build it and they will come" approach? Understand the trends that are shaping our ways back to work; hybrid, remote, physical and back again.
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Fiona Passantino is a...2023-06-2207 min
Working HumansNonboardingHiring managers have likely worked for a company for longer than three years. If so, they were onboarded in the light, which meant being there physically, going to an office, having predecessors to shadow, a digital services department to visit on the fifth floor and the IT department to ask for help setting up on the second. Onboarding in a hybrid context means mapping hundreds of stakeholders, interests, departments in your head, in two dimensions. Seven ways to get it right when new talent has choices.
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Working HumansWorker PersonasLife at work now is hybrid, and it's here to stay. We are still negotiating the expectations and rules around the physical return to the office. Our tooling landscape as well as a scarcity of talent forces us to be flexible about how we define the physical workspace; whether we are full-time in the office or fully remote and all things in between, how we form the conversation defines the overall employee experience. Understanding the Four Basic working Personas and what motivates them to come into or avoid the physical office helps us capitalize on the benefits.
2023-05-2514 min
Working HumansMaking GPT Work for YouLeaders today need to be highly visible. Physically, with teams and stakeholders but more and more, also digitally, producing meaningful posts and thought leadership content for internal and external audiences. When words are needed, ChatGPT can help. When refined for accuracy, voice and coherence, it’s a tool that can help raise your profile and get your message out.
AI is intimidating. Here are a few facts you need to know. Five easy ways to use it and five best practices to make AI your b*tch.
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The TRUST ShowS9E6: Does HR have a TRUST Problem? (with guest Fiona Passantino)One of the HR functions is to care for the employee's welfare, and some would say that it's the most critical function. Given the impact of engaged employees on the organization's success, you couldn't argue with that. However, a 2022 Crucial Learning survey showed that 75% of employees don't trust that their HR leader cares about their needs. Only 9% felt that their HR leader would advocate for them, and 47% didn't feel safe confiding in or getting assistance from the HR leader. The HR professional is ideally positioned to build trust in the organization, but they can't do that if they are...2023-05-091h 00
Working HumansRadical Listening"Radical Listening" means taking every opportunity to ask your workplace community what they want across a variety of channels and delivering results within 48 hours. In some cases done with the small, technically meaningless “Listen and Deliver” tight loops, and in some cases long and in-depth, "Deep Listen" cultural dives. And don't forget Bean Voting.
All these listening channels have very different goals, deliver different data but together form a more accurate picture of the current state of engagement and helps build trust in the process of data collection. The point is to maximally listen and quickly deliver for...2023-04-2810 min
Working HumansThe WorkationWhat's a "workation" and what does it mean for the future of work? A "workation" is the act of leaving one’s city or country for an extended period of time, and working fully remotely using the video conferencing and visual collaboration tools that the pandemic brought us. Turns out it's a thing. A very big thing.
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Working HumansJoy and Laughter in the WorkplaceLaughter reduces stress, eases tension and connects people. Doctors know that laughter helps with pain relief, tension and overall immunity. Joy and laughter in the workplace increase productivity and lowers attrition; teams are more engaged and creative. Five ways to find the funny while still doing serious business.2023-03-2908 min
Working HumansBurning out and Burning InWe all know what burnout is. Chances are, someone we know is suffering from the effects of burnout at work. Or we are feeling it ourselves. But what about when we do it to ourselves due to an overarching lack of psychological safety in the workplace?
"Burn In" is an invisible, little-known phenomenon that affects high-functioning teams and is just as dangerous as burnout. Is your power team operating in an unsustainable state of perpetual over-delivery? How do you know if your team is in danger? Ways to find out and dial it down.2023-03-1606 min
Working HumansQuiet Quitting, Quiet Firing“Quiet quitting" describes an employee who switches off psychologically; logging in, doing the bare minimum to avoid being fired or becoming burned out, and at the end of the day, logs off. “Quiet firing” is the other side of that coin. How to spot when it's happening, or when you're doing it without even being aware of it, and how to turn the tide.
These ideas are based on the Handbook for Post-Covid Engagement, book 2 in the Comic Books for Executives. Go to www.postcovidhandbook.com for the latest articles, comics, the books and more!
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Working HumansUnderstanding FlowUnderstanding Flow
“Flow” contributes to increased job satisfaction and improvise our mental, physical and emotional well-being which naturally translates to higher levels of engagement and lower churn rates. The average workday, chock with meetings, incoming fire of communication, expectations and deliverables, needs to be carefully choreographed to create that all-important, critical ingredient for achieving “flow”: silence.
These ideas are based on the Handbook for Post-Covid Engagement, book 2 in the Comic Books for Executives. Go to www.postcovidhandbook.com for the latest articles, comics, the books and more!
Read the article: https://www.postcovid...2023-02-1812 min
DutchbuzZ PodcastsFiona PassantinoRolling strikes, waves of resignations, chronic manpower shortages. They are all signs that our working world needs to change.
The covid pandemic did more than infect our bodies, it made us pause to re-examine how and when we work and for what purpose.
A new handbook on Post-Covid Engagement for executives combines storytelling with research-driven guidelines for improving internal communications and engagement in the post-pandemic world.
Lily-Anne Stroobach spoke to its author, Fiona Passantino…2023-02-1729 min
Working HumansWorkload ReductionDuring Covid, we all grew used to the erosion of work-life boundaries and the 5% productivity increase. We do more, take on more, work more hours, deliver more. We “engage” by suggesting mindfulness courses or yoga, which we join to be a team player. But the key to post-Covid engagement is conscious workload reduction: creating space for quality results, more creativity and joy that only time can allow. A few easy ways to lighten the load.
These ideas are based on the Handbook for Post-Covid Engagement, book 2 in the Comic Books for Executives. Go to www.postcovidhandbook.com for t...2023-02-1309 min
Fabulous After Fifty!FABULOUS AFTER FIFTY! EPISODE 94 – FIONA PASSANTINO – HANDBOOK FOR POST COVID ENGAGEMENT
Welcome back to Fiona Passantino, Senior Culture and Engagement Manager who we featured about a year ago on her first Book Handbook for Postcovid COMMUNICATION. Today we take it one step furter, with her latest comic book: handbook for post Covid ENGAGEMENT.Six easy steps to drive engagement in your team or business or even in your family!
BIOLong before the internet changed everything, Fiona was an old-school comic artist and writer then digital designer, Creative Lead, Senior Visual Communicator, Innovation Advisor, Explainer and Storyteller for some of the largest multinationals in Europe, hopping...2023-02-0227 min
DutchbuzZ PodcastsThe Hague Pearls - Fiona PassantinoPeople working from home and kids toiling away behind their screens instead of attending school. For some of us the learning curve in digital communication has been steep, while most kids have taken to it like ducks to water. Of course, it can't replace our social contacts, but without digital communication we would have been truly isolated and even out of a job! Visual communication specialist and corporate storyteller Fiona Passantino has never been busier. Resident in The Hague with her international family, she has brought out a Post Covid Handbook that is proving to be very timely. Lily-Anne Stroobach...2021-06-0120 min
Fabulous After Fifty!FABULOUS AFTER FIFTY! EPISODE 5 – FIONA PASSANTINO – Understanding Post Covid Communication
Many, many years ago, an American kid packed her bags and took her junior year abroad. She never came home. Fiona has lived all over Europe – London, Rome, Vienna, Amsterdam, Budapest – met a tall Dutchman, adopted some cats, had two kids, and settled in the Hague with her family. Some 30 years later, she’s still in Europe, likely drinking coffee somewhere.
Fiona is a Visual Communication Specialist and corporate Storyteller, working with some of the largest multinationals to help them message and educate; taking complex concepts and explaining them to non-insiders using imagery, animation, concise, powerful text and hu...2021-05-2000 min