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“When you jailbreak a degree, what we actually are saying is, all skills and experiences you have throughout your career should be recognized irrespective of the method you learn from.” Debbie talks with Deeps Ramanathan, CMO at Degreed, about how to interview the best talent for your company and the big misses most organizations don’t realize they are making.

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Quote: “Every business is different, but what is universally true is that the way to leverage and deal with the situation and this evolution is through your people. Whether it’s in your team or your department or your business as a whole.”

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“I do think that you need to be well planned, because I think if you are not well planned, not only for what you need to handover but for what can potentially happen when you’re not around, it might turn out as well as it did.” Debbie talks with San-Marie Barnard, Executive Search Creative, about how she planned for and took an extensive sabbatical last year and why it was so important for her professional and personal development.

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“AI is the worst it'll ever get right now.” Debbie talks with Denis Nikolaev about ed tech investments in the aftermath of the pandemic and what roles AI can responsibly play in your organization.

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“People who are doing an accelerated boot camp of sorts or training program, have at least some basic fundamentals around how to learn, the level of discipline that it takes of analytical thinking, or just the basic skills one needs to actually complete anything else.

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“We have a principle called 180/100 rule, and what we say with this is that the pay remains the same but we aim to reduce work time by 80%.”

“Some of the most successful models are when you have a fully flexible model that allows your people to reduce work time in a meaningful way but in a way that suits them.”

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“The best way to change your circumstance is through learning.”

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“I think that the two main challenges to teaching is that students have more needs than they’ve ever had before and on average the student has to go it alone.” Debbie talks with Jake Bryant about the massive shifts experienced by both teachers and students through the pandemic and how teachers are learning new ways to lead in the classroom. This episode gives insight and ideas into how we can make education better for all and adjust to a new way of working and learning in schools.

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“A CEO’s job is tough and often lonely and that’s the benefit of having a smart board of directors or a safe space outside of that network.”

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“Invest in the one on one.” Debbie talks with Alisa Cohn about advice for executives who may be feeling the squeeze of a pending recession. This episode shares wisdom from decades of experience around the globe of what works in leadership regardless of what’s happening economically.

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“How to access intuition [becomes] the skill required for the future.” Debbie talks with John Sanei about the mindset tools required for leaders who are building the future of work. This episode shares how to be okay with uncertainty about the future and how to thrive anyway.

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“What does it mean for people if their jobs are threatened by a sense of automation sort of encroaching on the tasks that make up their job?” Debbie talks with Kate O’Neill about the automation of work and how to adapt. This episode shares insightful ways to think about where automation is useful and where it isn’t.

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"Instead of bouncing back - that's a myth - we're going to talk about bouncing forward."Debbie talks with Dr. Taryn Marie Stejskal about how to build effective, long-lasting resilience at work and in your life. This episode teaches the key strategies that will get you through the hardest challenges post-pandemic .

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"Use stories around what does it look like rather than just, 'Oh we need a policy around something' -- that's not really going to change something." Debbie talks with Jeff Melnyk about the new world of building strong, effective work cultures remotely. This episode provides insight into how to make good ideas actually work in the workplace and what not to do.

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“If you do it well, you can actually be more inclusive and more enabled at a team level because everybody’s skill sets are being leveraged.” Debbie talks with Stephen Bailey about the essential skill of adapting quickly as the workforce changes rapidly. This episode shares how to adapt, what to adapt, and how to keep ahead of the curves.

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“Once you start raising awareness about unconscious bias it will no longer be unconscious.” Debbie talks with Advaita Naidoo about how to make workplaces supportive of working moms and parents. This episode shares personal stories from Debbie and Advaita about how they have created the best possible options as working moms themselves.

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"We've relaxed in lots of ways and the whole thing is like it's in the spin cycle and we're waiting to see how it comes out." Debbie talks with Dorothy Dalton about the changing social norms at work and how to properly address them, respect your teammates, and evolve with where things are heading. This episode shares perspective on what is changing, what isn't, and how to make the best decisions in your organization around work norms.

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“It isn’t bragging if you’ve done it." Debbie talks with Henna Pryor about the essential skills for negotiating better compensation at work.  This episode teaches you how to effectively collaborate with your boss to get the compensation you deserve and set you up for long term career success.

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"It's not that talent and hard work aren't necessary -- of course they are. But they're not enough." Debbie talks with Niven Postma about why office politics actually do matter.  This episode reveals you how to take your career to the next level of success by mastering the art of work politics.

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