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How the Future Works
June 12, 2022
How The Future Works: Solving Healthcare’s Talent Crisis
In this episode Barry and Eleanor Matthews are joined by Melissa Morris the Founder and CEO of Lantum. They discuss the talent challenges in the healthcare industry; the huge number of vacancies at a time when the demand for specialist skills is larger than ever and growing each year.
May 23, 2022
How The Future Works: The Role of an Open Talent Centre Of Excellence with UST
Eleanor and Barry Matthews are joined by Akhil Seth the head of UST’s Open Talent Centre of Excellence (COE). They discuss the importance of a COE when starting an open talent programme, the role of the COE in establishing relationships with talent platforms and the many functions of a COE in everything from sourcing and interviewing freelance talent.
May 05, 2022
How The Future Works: Turning your passion into a business
Barry and Eleanor Matthews are joined by Underpinned CEO Albert Azis-Clauson to discuss the importance of relationships, the role of talent marketplaces, the future of work, the importance of focus and why everyone should work hard and be kind.
April 07, 2022
Industry Expert Dyan Finkhousen joins Open Assembly as CSO
In this special episode Barry and Eleanor Matthews are joined by their good friend and new colleague Dyan Finkhousen to celebrate Dyan joining the Open Assembly team as Chief Strategy.
March 10, 2022
Creating an Expert Community
In this episode Eleanor and Barry Matthews are joined by Adam Morehead from Topcoder who have built a unique community of 1.7 million of the world’s best technologists. Over the past 20 years they have placed community building at the core of their offering.
February 23, 2022
Micro Internships, Macro Opportunity
In this episode Barry and Eleanor Matthews are joined by Jeffery Moss the founder and CEO of Parker Dewey. Parker Dewey offer “micro internships” for students to showcase their skills and potential while also getting paid and providing employers with skills and the chance to get to know student talent who might go on to longer term internships or full time future roles.
February 06, 2022
How The Future Works: The Year of the Tiger
In this episode Barry and Eleanor Matthews talk about the Great Resignation, Tang Ping and how workers around the world are changing the way they think about work and approach work-life balance. They also look at the ongoing trend towards freelancing and open talent and how governments are reacting.
January 03, 2022
How The Future Worked 2021 – A review of our wonderful 2021 HTFWs guests and themes
In this bonus episode, Eleanor and Barry are joined by Tom Matthews who has reviewed and catalogued each of the 2021 podcast episodes and the trio discuss the guests, the themes, the answers to the 5 x 10 questions and have a general review of the year.
December 06, 2021
Yon Living – empowering anyone to live and work from anywhere in the world
In this episode Barry and Eleanor are joined by Tom Brooks the founder of Yon Living a brilliant concept that combines staying in great locations, designed for working and relaxing, with meeting like-minded digital workers and creating community.
November 22, 2021
How The Future Works: Leaving the Rat Race and Going it Alone
In this episode of the How the Future Works podcast Eleanor and Barry take a moment to catch their breath following a busy fews weeks after the merger of re-source with Open Assembly. Following the update they check in with Emily and Alex, two digital nomads who have chosen life of freelancing to pursue their passions.