Episode 14 - Lizzie Penny - A World of Work Without Bias
Who's Next with Zara Bryson
English - February 01, 2020 18:22 - 34 minutes - 50.3 MBSociety & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Today's guest Lizzie Penny is the co-founder of the Hoxby Collective and was nominated by Helen Tupper (episode 8).
The Hoxby Collective is a global community of of more than 1,000 handpicked, talented and diverse freelancers who work remotely in 30 countries around the world providing future-proofing services plus marketing, creative, admin, innovation, PR and HR.
In this episode we discuss how Lizzie and her co-founder Alex, set-up Hoxby as a purpose-led social enterprise build around their belief in diversity driving productivity. They are determined that the world of work has to fundamentally change to embrace different work styles and so that individuals are happier in work.
References:
The Hoxby Collective - https://hoxby.com
Hoxby on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/hoxbycollective/?hl=en
Hoxby on Twitter - https://twitter.com/hoxbycollective
Books/Talks discussed:
Unfinished Business - Anne Marie Slaughter
Anne-Marie Slaughter TED talk - https://www.ted.com/talks/anne_marie_slaughter_can_we_all_have_it_all
The Multi-Hyphen Method - Emma Gannon
Backing music: by "RSPN" by Blank and Kytt courtesy of Free Music Archive http://freemusicarchive.org
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