Latest Hybridwork Podcast Episodes
Khan Academy founder Sal Khan on the Future of Learning
WorkLab - June 05, 2024 01:50 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsImagine a world where we each have our own personal tutor who knows exactly when we need more challenge, support, or motivation. Sal Khan believes AI can be that tutor. He’s the founder of the online education nonprofit Khan Academy and the author of several books on education technology, and he...
Charles Lamanna on AI’s Next Big Role
WorkLab - May 22, 2024 01:50 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsCharles Lamanna is the Corporate Vice President of Business Apps and Platforms at Microsoft. In this episode, he explores how newly announced Microsoft Copilot capabilities help business leaders do more than boost their personal productivity using AI. They can reinvent their teams and even their...
How AI Can Reveal the Neural Secrets Behind Great Leadership
WorkLab - May 08, 2024 01:45 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsMichael Platt literally wrote the book on the neuroscience of leadership, and he’s on this episode of the WorkLab podcast to explain how AI is transforming our understanding of the brain, as well as the way we work. Platt is the Director of the Wharton Neuroscience Initiative and a Professor of ...
Inside Accenture’s AI Journey with CEO Julie Sweet
WorkLab - April 24, 2024 01:45 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsHow is Accenture, the professional services company with more than 730,000 employees across the world, transforming its enterprise using AI? And how is it recommending its clients do the same? In this episode, we go behind the scenes with CEO Julie Sweet to learn how. She also shares why the fir...
What All Leaders Can Learn from How AI is Revolutionizing Medicine
WorkLab - April 10, 2024 01:45 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsPeter Lee, President of Microsoft Research, explains how AI is transforming every aspect of the medical industry, from research to diagnosis to how doctors communicate information. He also helps listeners grasp how what he’s seeing in medicine is happening across all industries: ultimately creat...
Are Managers the Key to Unlocking AI’s True Potential?
WorkLab - March 27, 2024 13:50 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsDo you think AI will reduce the need for managers? Think again. As work becomes more efficient, the need for empathetic human oversight will increase, says Bryan Hancock, global leader of McKinsey’s talent management practice. He explains why managers will play a critical role in building AI-pow...
How Do You Solve a Problem That’s Never Been Solved Before?
WorkLab - March 13, 2024 01:50 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsThe best leaders have a framework for stepping confidently into the unknown. This includes creating an AI-powered organization, a challenge that has many up at bat. In this episode, Dr. Britt Aylor, Director of Leadership Development at Microsoft, gives us a crash course in the adaptive leadersh...
Charles Duhigg on How to Build New Habits for the AI Era
WorkLab - February 28, 2024 02:45 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsCharles Duhigg is a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter, author, and productivity expert. He joins us on the WorkLab podcast to share insights on how to form good habits for the AI era, along with the secrets behind “supercommunicators” who have next-level conversation skills. His key insight: the a...
How to Become an AI-Powered Organization
WorkLab - February 21, 2024 02:30 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsThe year 2024 will be remembered as the moment when AI-powered organizations shifted into overdrive. How should leaders reinvent their processes for this new era? What’s the best way for organizations to use the time that AI saves their teams? Join host Molly Wood for the new season of the WorkL...
Nir Eyal on how to defeat distraction in an always-on world
WorkLab - January 03, 2024 02:50 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsNir Eyal is an entrepreneur and author of the bestselling book Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products. He’s harnessed that expertise to develop simple guidelines on how we can tune out distractions. In this episode of WorkLab, he shares his insights on how to maintain focus. Eyal is the las...
Will AI Make Work More Human?
WorkLab - December 13, 2023 03:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsErica Keswin, a business strategist who’s worked with the world’s most influential brands, defines what a human workplace is, and how leaders can achieve it in the age of generative AI. She also talks about her newest book, The Retention Revolution. Keswin is the latest guest on Microsoft’s Work...
Eric Horvitz on the Possibilities of Generative AI for Human Thriving
WorkLab - November 29, 2023 02:45 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsEric Horvitz, Chief Scientific Officer at Microsoft, explains how generative AI has the power to supercharge human potential and why business leaders should see it as the world’s best “ideas processor.” Horvitz is the latest guest on Microsoft’s WorkLab podcast, in which host Molly Wood explores...
Eric Horvitz on How Generative AI Can Help Us All Lead Better Live
WorkLab - November 29, 2023 02:45 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsEric Horvitz, Chief Scientific Officer at Microsoft, explains how generative AI has the power to supercharge human potential and why business leaders should see it as the world’s best “ideas processor.” Horvitz is the latest guest on Microsoft’s WorkLab podcast, in which host Molly Wood explores...
How Copilot Is Transforming One Global Creative Agency
WorkLab - November 15, 2023 03:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsDentsu Creative, one of the world’s largest global creative agencies, is a part of the Microsoft Copilot Early Access Program. Global Head of Technology James Thomas shares how integrating Copilot is transforming workflows and enhancing creativity for his teams. Thomas is the latest guest on M...
LinkedIn VP Aneesh Raman on Why Adaptability is the Skill of the Moment
WorkLab - November 01, 2023 02:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsAneesh Raman, a vice president at LinkedIn, explains how generative AI is changing work and expanding opportunities for people without standard career paths and educational backgrounds. Raman is the fourth guest for season 5 of Microsoft’s WorkLab podcast, in which host Molly Wood has conversati...
Harvard Business School’s Christina Wallace on How AI Can Help Us Rebalance Our Lives
WorkLab - October 18, 2023 02:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsChristina Wallace is a Harvard Business School instructor, serial entrepreneur, and author of the book The Portfolio Life. In this episode of WorkLab, Wallace discusses how leaders and individuals need to rethink careers and personal growth in AI-powered work. She is the third guest for season 5...
Microsoft Deputy CTO Sam Schillace on How AI Will Shift Our Productivity Paradigm
WorkLab - October 04, 2023 02:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsSam Schillace’s breakthroughs in collaboration technology and engineering leadership have helped transform the way we work. In this episode, the Microsoft CVP and Deputy CTO discusses his experiences with AI tools, and their potential to shift our productivity paradigm. Schillace is the second g...
Futurist Amy Webb Shares the Most Plausible Outcomes for AI and Work
WorkLab - September 20, 2023 02:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsNo one can predict the future, but quantitative futurist Amy Webb is doing her best. In this episode of WorkLab, Webb shares the most plausible outcomes for what the future looks like with AI and what business leaders can do today to make sure their organizations are set up for success. Webb is ...
WorkLab Season 5 Will Explore How to Tap the Full Potential of AI
WorkLab - September 13, 2023 02:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsThe AI era of work isn’t coming—it’s here. How can you stay ahead of the curve and make sure your employees and your organization are using AI to its fullest potential? Listen to the WorkLab podcast. This trailer introduces season 5, in which new host Molly Wood has conversations with executives...
Wharton Professor Ethan Mollick on the Urgency of Getting in Front of AI
WorkLab - June 28, 2023 01:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsEthan Mollick teaches innovation and entrepreneurship at The Wharton School and writes the popular AI Substack One Useful Thing. In this episode of WorkLab, Mollick explains why business leaders should be using AI now and what it means for the future of work and education. Mollick is the final g...
Why You’re Overwhelmed at Work
WorkLab - June 14, 2023 01:30 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsCan AI fix work? Microsoft Corporate Vice President Jared Spataro and Colette Stallbaumer, general manager of Microsoft 365 and the Future of Work, discuss the latest Work Trend Index report and share their experiences using Microsoft 365 Copilot to transform work. This is Season 4 episode 7 of ...
Microsoft Chief Accessibility Officer Jenny Lay-Flurrie On Why Inclusivity Benefits Everyone
WorkLab - May 31, 2023 01:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsIn this episode of WorkLab, Jenny Lay-Flurrie shares why inclusion for people with disabilities—from the workplace to a product to a company’s culture—benefits everyone. Lay-Flurrie is the sixth guest for season 4 of the WorkLab podcast, in which hosts Elise Hu and Mary Melton have conversations...
Microsoft Chief Accessibility Officer Jenny Lay-Flurrie On Why Inclusivity Benefits Everyone
WorkLab - May 31, 2023 01:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsIn this episode of WorkLab, Jenny Lay-Flurrie shares why inclusion for people with disabilities—from the workplace to a product to a company’s culture—benefits everyone. Lay-Flurrie is the sixth guest for season 4 of the WorkLab podcast, in which hosts Elise Hu and Mary Melton have conversations...
‘The Happiness Project’ Author Gretchen Rubin on Wellbeing at Work
WorkLab - May 17, 2023 02:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsGretchen Rubin is an expert on happiness and the author of the New York Times bestselling book The Happiness Project. In this episode of WorkLab, Rubin shares what she’s learned from more than a decade of studying wellbeing—and how her findings can apply to our working lives. WorkLab The ...
‘The Happiness Project’ Author Gretchen Rubin on Wellbeing at Work
WorkLab - May 17, 2023 02:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsGretchen Rubin is an expert on happiness and the author of the New York Times bestselling book The Happiness Project. In this episode of WorkLab, Rubin shares what she’s learned from more than a decade of studying wellbeing—and how her findings can apply to our working lives. WorkLab The ...
How AI Will Change the Way You Work
WorkLab - May 03, 2023 01:30 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsNew innovations in AI sound exciting, but how will they actually change the way we work? Marcus Wohlsen is here to share some insights. Wohlsen is a journalist, author, and the head of editorial at the storytelling firm Godfrey Dadich Partners, and he has a special expertise on the past and futu...
How AI Will Change the Way You Work
WorkLab - May 03, 2023 01:30 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsNew innovations in AI sound exciting, but how will they actually change the way we work? Marcus Wohlsen is here to share some insights. Wohlsen is a journalist, author, and the head of editorial at the storytelling firm Godfrey Dadich Partners, and he has a special expertise on the past and futu...
John Maeda on How Leaders Will Use AI to Unleash Creativity
WorkLab - April 19, 2023 01:30 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsJohn Maeda is the Vice President of Design and Artificial Intelligence at Microsoft. In his richly varied career, he’s also been an artist, a professor, an author, a college president, and a business executive. His digital artwork, books, lectures, research, and teaching have explored how digita...
How Leaders Will Use AI to Unleash Creativity
WorkLab - April 19, 2023 01:30 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsJohn Maeda is the Vice President of Design and Artificial Intelligence at Microsoft. In his richly varied career, he’s also been an artist, a professor, an author, a college president, and a business executive. His digital artwork, books, lectures, research, and teaching have explored how digita...
Regain Control of Your Focus and Attention with Researcher Gloria Mark
WorkLab - April 05, 2023 02:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsOur attention spans are getting shorter—much shorter—and Gloria Mark has the data to back it up. When she began researching the topic in 2004, people spent an average of 2 ½ minutes on any given screen before switching to another. In today’s era of multitasking, we’re down to a mere 47 seconds. ...