As the world transitions more and more into hybrid and remote-working environments, trends are taking shape, workplace cultures are shifting, and workers are demanding more autonomy, ownership, and flexibility in their jobs.

In this episode, we have invited Paul Ciappara, Director of Customer Insights & Product Strategy at Skedulo, and brand new father, to break down the key findings from Skedulo’s 2022 State of the Deskless Worker Report.

Join us as we discuss:

• The importance of increased worker flexibility and ownership of work
• How purpose-built technology impacts worker retention
• Why workers are choosing greater autonomy and flexibility over higher pay

To download the report, visit: https://www.skedulo.com/resources/blog/announcing-2022-state-of-deskless-work-report

Connect with Paul on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulciappara/

How does one of the world’s largest employers manage their workforce, while investing in their employees, innovating in their industry, and providing high quality service to their clients?

Brent Bloomberg, CTO at Sodexo North America, is here to answer just that. With 400,000 employees, Sodexo is a global food services company with expertise in retail and brands, food delivery, vouchers, and digital food ordering services. They even have a home service business that serves 100,000,000 consumers every day.

In this episode, we discuss:

• How Sodexo innovated their service offerings through the pandemic
• Sodexo’s approach to investing in and empowering their employees
• Why Sodexo is so careful when considering new technology and new methods
• How Sodexo addresses the challenge of scheduling optimization for their workforce
• The future of employee needs and how Sodexo is preparing to meet them.     

For more information about Brent and Sodexo, visit:

• Brent’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bbloomberg/
• Sodexo’s Website: https://www.sodexo.com/home.html  

For more information about Skedulo, visit https://www.skedulo.com

What are the biggest concerns for the healthcare technology workforce right now? If you’re a CIO, recruitment and retention should be top of mind.

Hear our conversation with Lee David Milligan, SVP & CIO at Asante:

• Recruitment, retention, and employee enablement
• Repurposing on-prem spaces and supporting remote workers
• How technology supports the notion of hospital at home

More information about Lee David Milligan and today’s topics:

• LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ldm007/
• Company Website: https://www.asante.org/

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Global geopolitical issues exposed fragility of supply chains and forced companies to rethink how they create, sell, and deliver their products and services.

Omar Castillo, Sr. Director of Global Operations at Thermo Fisher Scientific, is experiencing this firsthand, as he leads Thermo Fisher Scientific’s value chain.

Join us as we discuss:

• How the deskless workforce has helped Thermo Fish Scientific continually meet rising customer service expectations
• How inflation and supply chain issues have forced companies to embrace drastic changes to their processes and workforce management
• The biggest challenges to managing a deskless workforce
• Product innovation vs. resourcefulness innovation

To learn more about Omar and today’s topics:

• Linkedin Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/omarcastillo1
• Thermo Fisher Scientific: https://www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home.html

Even until late 2015, pipeline workers were riding horses up and down the lines. Today, the energy industry has gotten preemptive with drones.

Hear our conversation with Jay Fleming, Vice President Gas Operations at NV5:

• How drone technology transformed the energy industry
• Using data preemptively to save human labor
• A deep dive into solar and wind energy versus natural gas

More information about Jay and today’s topics:

• LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jay-fleming-016aba134/
• Company Website: https://www.nv5.com/

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The way to address the Great Resignation is to start with people. Among the people-focused principles that we should apply to creating a more equitable workplace are trades education, upskilling, and digitization.

Hear our conversation with the authors of Growing Fairly, Harvard Professor Stephen Goldsmith and Harvard Fellow Kate Markin Coleman:

• A high-level view of the 10 principles of growing fairly
• Two case studies of equitable growth
• Trades education, mid-skilled jobs, and the role of local action 

More information about Kate, Stephen, and today’s topics:

• Kate’s LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katemarkincoleman/
• Stephen’s LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/goldsmithstephen/
• Growing Fairly: How to Build Opportunity and Equity in Workforce Development
• Upskill Houston: https://www.upskillhouston.org/
• Roca Workforce Development - https://rocainc.org/
• IBM Badges - https://www.ibm.com/skills/badges/  

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With the rise of AR technology, people are worried about more technology replacing workers. What if AR tech could be used not to replace jobs, but to create them?

Hear our conversation with Dirck Schou, CEO & Co-founder at Taqtile:

• How Taqtile’s Augmented Reality platform is significantly reducing training and maintenance time and costs for industrial manufacturing companies  

More information about Dirck Schou and today’s topics:

• LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dirckschou/ 
• Company Website: https://taqtile.com/ 
• Other Relevant Links: https://skedulo.com 

Innovation in mobile technology improves clinical trial diversity, worker and patient experience, and data quality.

Join us as we discuss with Nikheel Kolatkar, Vice President of Scientific Operations, US Medical Affairs at Genentech:

• How COVID-19 advanced remote tech in clinical research
• The growing role of conversational AI in healthcare and its impact on healthcare workers and patients
• Why mobile tech and clinical trial diversity go hand-in-hand         

More information about Nikheel and today’s topics:

• LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nkolatkar
• Company Website: https://www.gene.com/  

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