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Sustainable HumanEpisode 25: Unlocking human potential through neurotech with Nikolas Williams''The issue is, you're not taking breaks, you're just switching tasks. You're trying to multitask, or you're just trying to distract yourself. But, you know, I think that that is a symptom of our modern productivity-focused world, that it has set us up for failure"Host Linda Jarnhamn talks to Nikolas Williams, head of Research at Emotiv about measuring brain health and performance through neurotechnology. Together they explore questions around e.g.:The meaning of cognitive load, stress and performanceThe power and potential of using EEG in corporate settingsEthical and legal aspects of collecting p...
2025-09-1034 min
The Hardy BrainFrom Mines to Meetings: How Linda Jarnhamn Is Redefining Brain Health at Work💥 Your brain is your most valuable asset — so why is your workplace running it into the ground? We’re losing $5 trillion a year to brain health crises — and most leaders don’t even know they’re part of the problem. In this eye-opening episode of The Hardy Brain, I sit down with Linda Jarnhamn, pioneer in brain health and founder of Flow to Thrive, to expose the real reasons teams underperform — and how forward-thinking organizations are flipping the script. Spoiler: It’s not about hustle. It’s about brain energy, interruption culture, and the invisible factors killing focus, creativity, and resilience....
2025-07-2431 min
Sustainable HumanEpisode 24: How to get older, healthier - inside the science of healthy aging with Tina Woods''If we're successful with all the longevity research, you will close the gap between years of good health and death. You'll live a great life with very minimal chronic conditions. So that's kind of like the holy grail, I think, for a lot of researchers now, reducing multimorbidity, achieving really good and long healthy life expectancy, and to die a quick death from a very good life, which sounds pretty good to me"Host Linda Jarnhamn talks to Tina Woods, Social Entrepreneur and System Architect in Healthy Longevity, about the role of the exposome and how to...
2025-06-2743 min
Sustainable HumanEpisode 23: From perk to priority: the business case for workplace wellbeing with Ömer Döne''A few years ago, wellbeing in the workplace was seen as a nice to have. Now it's become a must have. We are recognizing that the healthy workforce is not just beneficial for employees. It also reinforces their reputation, long-term resilience, overall success. In other words, it's also good for business''Host Linda Jarnhamn talks to Ömer Döne, Global Head of Workplace at Sanofi about the journey of corporate wellbeing and the role of workplace design in embedding a culture of wellbeingTogether they explore questions around e.g.:The built environment as a...
2025-05-3030 min
Sustainable HumanEpisode 22: The power and perils of purpose with Geoff McDonald''Leaders in organisations, I think, are fearful to measure the wellbeing of their people. And by the way, there are now plenty of measures out there — and they are fearful because they kind of intuitively know that the results are not gonna be good. I really do believe that organizations today have a hugely negative impact on the overall health and wellbeing of their people”Host Linda Jarnhamn holds a conversation filled with energy with Geoff McDonald, global advocate and leading voice for mental health in the workplace. From the transformative power of purpose to navigating mental well...
2025-05-0134 min
Sustainable HumanEpisode 21: Brainomics: the economic imperative behind Brain Health with Andrew Nevin & Stephen White''When you tell people that we can make people’s lives better, there’s some segments of society and decision makers where that doesn’t move the needle for them. What moves the needle for them is the economic consequences. So for us, Brainomics is a little overlay. I call it the 1% overlay on the flourishing or thriving story about better brain health and better brain performance. We can show there’s no conflict. People can flourish and your organization can do better economically''Host Linda Jarnhamn talks to Andrew Nevin and Stephen White, from the Center for Brai...
2025-04-1443 min
Sustainable HumanEpisode 20: Data, regulation & human connection: the new sustainability equation? with Tove Ahlström''Just because you're diverse doesn't mean that your workforce is well and that they perform well, right?  That's completely true, to work well together, to feel you're part of something bigger, to feel connected, to feel respected, feel trust, and to feel secure. All of this, that you talk about now, the vulnerability to be able to create, to be connected, to feel empowered and lifted by your fellow work colleagues. This is completely lost in translation''. Our host Linda Jarnhamn talks to Tove Ahlström, Sustainability Expert and EU Climate Pact Ambassador, about the rol...
2025-03-2334 min
Sustainable HumanEpisode 19: The role of corporate culture in equity value creation with Bart Houlahan''Ultimately our work, hopefully, is beginning to educate corporate leaders that corporate culture matters, and it matters not just because you're going to attract and retain better talent. It matters because it's going to drive performance in the equity markets. If you're measuring and optimizing the right things, it can actually drive the ultimate metric that we still care most about in the capital markets, equity value creation''Our host Linda Jarnhamn talks to Bart Houlahan, Partner at Irrational Capital about the factors behind and link between human capital and equity performance. Together they explore q...
2025-03-0136 min
Sustainable HumanEpisode 18: Unlocking a better future through investments in the Brain Economy with Shiva Dustdar''Our financial system has failed us on so many fronts. Why do we have the scale of the climate change challenge?Why do we have the health challenge that we are facing?In order to finance innovation we need to innovate the financial system. Money is not always going where it is most needed. There is a lot of hoarding mentality. There is, as you say, a lot of short-termism. The risk return metrics are built around a rather flawed economic system. Metrics used are actually outdated''.Our host Linda Jarnhamn talks to Shiva Dustdar, D...
2025-02-1635 min
Sustainable HumanEpisode 17: Linking Human Capital to Equity Value: with David van Adelsberg''So I said to Dan (Ariely), look, if people are the most important asset, do you think there’s a chance that we could measure the connection between employees and their employer? And if that connection was predictive, and this is predictive of performance, do you think we could make it investable? And by predictive and by measuring what we were talking about was the ultimate measure of performance, could it have impact on a public company’s future equity value? Its stock price.”Listen to the 17th episode of the Sustainable Human Podcast to get the full s...
2024-12-1132 min
Sustainable HumanEpisode 16: The hidden cost of capital - the investor perspective on Human Sustainability with Juan Palacios“The way that we think about this in economics is around the notion of externality. That’s one of the long-standing concepts in the discipline of economics and finance, and this is still one of the most important issues that we deal with today. Externalities relates to ''what do my actions generate for others''? This could be positive or it could be negative.''In this 16th episode of the Sustainable Human Podcast, our host Linda Jarnhamn talks to Juan Palacios, an assistant professor at Maastricht University School of Business and Economics and currently a visiting assistant Prof...
2024-11-1231 min
Sustainable HumanEpisode 4: Health: from risk to asset, the path to a more resilient, sustainable future of work''We tend to think of health as a risk, which it is, but what about thinking about health as an asset? Then it will become our duty to also understand that we have an opportunity to account for everything that provides an opportunity to a business, not just the risk''. In this fourth episode of the Sustainable Human Podcast, our host Linda Jarnhamn and Elizabeth Bachrad, Head of Programme Strategy at Business for Health in the UK go broad and deep into the topic by discussingThe need to reprioritise health as an investment...
2024-11-1232 min
Sustainable HumanEpisode 15: Sustainable human performance - lessons from sports for the business world, with Jack Groppel“A lot of people think that sport is a nice analogy. It’s really an outstanding analogy. World-class athletes have natural breaks in their schedule. Corporate athletes don’t. I mean, look at the HR data on executives taking vacations. They don’t do it. And if they do, they keep working. So there’s no downtime. And then when you do have downtime, what are you doing with that downtime?''In this 15th episode of the Sustainable Human Podcast, our host Linda Jarnhamn talks to Jack Groppel, a world-renowned expert in human performance, co-founder of the Human...
2024-10-1633 min
Sustainable HumanEpisode 14: Exploring Human Sustainability - from definition to impact: with Linda Jarnhamn & Patricia Erhardt-Lewis''From an ESG perspective, we're looking at the environment, we're looking at social aspects, and we've got increased level of reporting requirements and regulations that have come in. But we've sort of forgotten about the most critical part that sits at the core of every organisation - that's the human being''.In this 14th episode of the Sustainable Human Podcast, the host Linda Jarnhamn is interviewed by Patricia Erhardt-Lewis a seasoned executive coach and organisational development professional. Together they will explore questions around:The importance of the Human elements in ESGÂ The definition and interpretation of H...
2024-09-3045 min
Sustainable HumanEpisode 13: The hidden costs of bullying - a neuroscientific perspective with Soraya Shaw''What may hurt somebody, or what somebody may find unacceptable, might not even bother me. We’re all very subjective in that way. But I think coming from a neuroscience point of view, it's the damage that we know that it (bullying) does to the brain. However it manifests itself, however people experience it and whether they call it out or they don’t, there is really serious damage that’s actually going. It’s not like you hurt your leg and you can see that it’s sore. When our brain is damaged, nobody else really sees it.''
2024-09-1333 min
Sustainable HumanEpisode 12: Human-centered sustainability & the quest for progress with Julion Gallagher Ruwette''Are we making enough progress when it comes to the social elements of sustainability? I don't think we are because we're overly stressed, we're burnt out, we're anxious, we don't spend enough time in nature, with our families, with ourselves really. And from an economic point of view, I also think we're far from where we'd like to be. I think we only get greedier''In this 12th episode of the Sustainable Human Podcast, our host Linda Jarnhamn talks to Julion Gallagher, sustainability professional currently pursuing a Doctorate in the fields of behavioural economics and...
2024-08-2933 min
Sustainable HumanEpisode 11: Human Sustainability - the investor’s perspective with Minjia Yang''From an investor's perspective, it's hard to identify intangible benefits from the financial statements. So, when we talk about human sustainability, we need to be clear, because investors pay more attention to actual numbers than whatever term we put those numbers under. The key challenge for evaluation is that we sometimes have to rely on economic theories to turn intangible benefits (such as a more productive human brain, or overall satisfaction of employees), into a dollar amount so that investor communities can easily understand''.In this 11th episode of the Sustainable Human Podcast, our host Linda Jarnhamn...
2024-06-3035 min
Sustainable HumanEpisode 10: The business case for clean air and it's impact on cognitive performance with Mazen Jamal''Air quality is periodically horrible. Periodically, when needed to be good, it's horrible. When the office is empty, it's pretty good. When you put people in a meeting room, close the door and ask them to start thinking about problems and investments, that's when air quality starts getting really bad. That's when it starts affecting their cognitive skills. So, the air quality, when it needs to be good, it's bad''In this tenth episode of the Sustainable Human Podcast, our host Linda Jarnhamn talks to Mazen Jamal, an expert on indoor and outdoor air quality f...
2024-06-1236 min
Sustainable HumanEpisode 9: How climate change affects our brain health and cognition with Burcin Ikiz''You need to realize that if you're 40 years old and if you want to live to be 80, thinking, you know, I'll eat healthy when I turn 60, 70, let me live my life now. It doesn't work like that. One of the biggest risk factors for developing dementia later in life is how you lived your life in your midlife. So we have to realize that actually we have to make those changes right now.''In this ninth episode of the Sustainable Human Podcast, our host Linda Jarnhamn talks to Burcin Ikiz,  a neuroscientist who focuses on...
2024-05-3034 min
Sustainable HumanEpisode 8: How work environments can unpack the success formula for Human Sustainability with Rachel Hodgdon''Businesses that take a people first approach, do better when it comes to attracting and retaining talent. They perform better financially. They're more resilient. They bounce back faster. Their people are healthier... So I think many executives that I speak to intuitively understand this, but I also think that they are completely disoriented. That's almost generous to say that. I think that they are mystified by how to measure their performance when it comes to social sustainability''.In this eighth episode of the Sustainable Human Podcast, our host Linda Jarnhamn talks to Rachel Hodgdon, from...
2024-05-1433 min
Sustainable HumanEpisode 7: Elevating Brain Capital as a Business Imperative with Harris Eyre''As a leader, you have the ability to write your company's brain story for the first time. That's your job as a leader. You need to have a compelling vision that makes sense to as many of your employees as possible. So write your brain story for your company. Talk about mental health, talk about neurodiversity, talk about dementia issues, to boosting creativity... and develop a framework - because you can do that now''.To find out how, listen to this seventh episode of the Sustainable Human Podcast, where our host Linda Jarnhamn talks to Harris Eyre
2024-04-3035 min
Sustainable HumanEpisode 6: Brain Health: The case for a new balance sheet paradigm by Kelly O'Brien''I do think that right now, the way that the balance sheet works, humans are seen as an expense and not an asset, technically. Until that changes, and there is a movement to change that, that's what it will be seen as: an investment in a human is an expense, not an asset. There's got to be a mind shift''In this sixth episode of the Sustainable Human Podcast, our host Linda Jarnhamn and Kelly O'Brien, Lead for The Business Collaborative for Brain Health and Vice President of Prevention at USAgainstAlzheimer's, go wide and deep...
2024-04-1536 min
Sustainable HumanEpisode 5: Inclusive innovation: The impact of diversity on sustainable workplaces with Tina Lindh"There is a huge gap in knowledge. If you work as an HR Director or a Sustainability Director, you need to know what it is. You need to understand Social Sustainability. And not only understand. I have never met a Sustainability Director that doesn't care about the planet. But I have met a lot of people working in important roles in companies that actually don't understand, or care about humans. Many don't know what we need to feel good, to be well. We're lacking a lot of knowledge about humans..."In this fifth episode of the Sustainable...
2024-03-2835 min
Sustainable HumanEpisode 3: Sustainable high performance: the role of HRV in predicting employee risk and potential by Justin Buckthorp''Are we capturing the correct metrics? Are we even capturing metrics that matter? How are we leveraging those metrics? How are we interpreting those metrics and are we having honest conversations around what those metrics might show - even though it can be awkward and tough? And then how do we use that to make a difference? Both for the employees and for the organisation''?In this third episode of the Sustainable Human Podcast, our host Linda Jarnhamn and Justin Buckthorp from 360 Health & Performance dig deep into the topic of autonomic balance and HRV as a measure...
2024-02-2735 min
Sustainable HumanEpisode 2: Metrics of Value: navigating Human Capital in the ESG era with Kathleen McGrail''We need to be really clear about how an organisation measures human capital and assesses the capabilities overall. As investors become more and more demanding about seeing a more comprehensive overview of ESG, organisations will need to look across HR, ESG, finance and investor relations to take a more integrated approach''. In this second episode of the Sustainable Human Podcast, our host Linda Jarnhamn and Kathleen McGrail, the Managing Director of WSP’s Advisory Services in the Middle East take a broad view, reflect on implications for markets with less regulation and explore topics and questions such as...
2024-02-0130 min
Sustainable HumanEpisode 1: The human side of ESG, a broad perspective by Dr Tauni Lanier''Human sustainability takes on a lot of different layers… it’s about making sure that the human element of us has a positive impact on the world, that what we do, doesn’t take away from future generations'' In this first episode of the Sustainable Human Podcast, our host Linda Jarnhamn and Tauni Lanier, Director of the BDO ESG Hub in the UK take a broad view of the topic of human sustainability and start exploring the Human Side of ESG covering topics such as  - What's the difference between Human vs Social Capital?- Where are...
2024-01-2636 min
World of Wisdom206. Linda Jarnhamn - brains, efficiency, productivity and what it takes to take the first stepLinda Jarnhamn (LinkedIn) founder of Flow2thrive came on the podcast and we spoke about productivity, brains and culture change. Linda's perspective on how we can leverage data to invite people to begin their journeys and how wearable's are wonderful tools to remember what it feels like to 'feel good'. We also speak about collective interoception and why most workplaces aren't productive - even though people are working very hard. Enjoy! Host: Amit Paul
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2024-01-201h 06
Sustainable HumanIntroduction to the Sustainable Human PodcastA first, short introductory episode of the "Sustainable Human Podcast". A podcast dedicated to the H in the S in ESG. A podcast for leaders who are committed to changing the way organisations approach, measure and report on human sustainability, within and outside of ESG regulations and standards. Hosted by Linda Jarnhamn, founder of flow2thrive, this episode provides an introduction to the podcast and upcoming episodes.Powered by flow²thrive
2024-01-0203 min
Hire & Fire - en arbetsrättspodd från RoschierAvsnitt 47: Neurodiversitet i arbetslivetAtt diversifierade arbetsteam leder till ökad lönsamhet är ingen nyhet men diskussionen om hur arbetsgivare bäst kan ta tillvara en neurodiversifierad arbetsstyrka är bara i sin linda. I detta avsnitt diskuterar Jenny Welander Wadström och Linda Jarnhamn från flow2thrive de utmaningar och möjligheter som arbetsgivare bör känna till för att stå bättre rustade för framtiden när det gäller neurodiversitet – något som ofta uppfattas som en känslig fråga att driva inom organisationen, inte minst på grund av den lagstiftning som finns gällande diskriminering och personuppgiftshante
2023-07-0631 min
Unapologetically KK028 - Motivated or Stressed at Work?Stress, Anxiety, Depression. These words are too common in today's work environments. What is it that causes us stress at work? Who in the organization is responsible for ensuring employees are productive and motivated? Why do we stay in jobs that we hate and are we suffering from work FOMO? If you have these questions then you need to listen to Founder and MD of flow2thrive Linda Jarnhamn talk to us about how we as individuals are responsible for our own health and motivation. Tune in.
2019-02-2239 min