The Edge of Work
The Edge of Work provides new insights and ideas to help leaders navigate the changing world of work. In each episode, we’ll talk to leaders, practitioners, and innovators to explore new ideas for attracting and developing talent, leadership, and workplace culture, all to help you lead and succeed in a changing world of work.
Episodes
148 episodes
The Future of Work and HR: AI, Skills, and Leadership with Betsy Summers
Betsy Summers is a Principal Research Analyst at Forrester Research, covering HR and the future of work. In this episode, Betsy joins host Al Dea to explore the rapidly evolving workplace landscape, from AI’s impact on jobs to the shifting role...
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Wild Courage: How to Thrive and Your Career and Lead with Jenny Wood
Jenny Wood is a former Google Executive and the author of Wild Courage: Go After What You Want and Get It. In this episode, Jenny shares her inspiring journey of launching the groundbreaking "Own Your Career" initiative at Google, a mo...
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Live From Transform: Conversations Across the HR Ecosystem (Part 1)
This week, we are live in Las Vegas with 4,000 other professionals across the HR and people ecosystem at the Transform Conference. In this episode, we share two of our interviews with leaders across the HR Ecosystem to find out what’s on their ...
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Work in Progress: Artificial Intelligence and Leadership Development
In this special episode of The Edge of Work, host Al Dea launches a new segment called Work in Progress. In this episode, he is joined by returning guests Shonna Waters and Angela Cheng-Cimini to explore the intersection of AI...
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How Great Teams Work with David Burkus
David Burkus is a Leadership and Teamwork expert, keynote speaker, and author of Best Team Ever. During this conversation, David shares key insights from his book Best Team Ever on what makes teams thrive in today's workplace....
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Leadership and The AI Mindset with Conor Grennan
Conor Grennan is the Dean of Students at NYU Stern and the Co-Founder and CEO of AI Mindset, an AI consulting firm. In this episode, Conor shares his insights on how artificial intelligence is reshaping the workplace, leadership, and talent dev...
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Couples That Work: A Conversation with Jennifer Petriglieri
Jennifer Petriglieri is the associate professor at INSEAD and author of Couples That Work: How Dual-Career Couples Can Thrive in Love and Work. During this conversation, she joins The Edge of Work to discuss the challenges and...
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How to Lead From Anywhere
In this episode of The Edge of Work podcast, host Al Dea explores the concept of 'lead from anywhere'. Al shares insights from a virtual keynote, emphasizing that leadership isn't only a formal title but an action that everyone can practice.&nb...
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Grow My Way: Empowering Careers and Embracing AI at Thomson Reuters
Chris Louie is the Head of Talent Development at Thomson Reuters, where he leads initiatives in talent acquisition, learning and development, and diversity and inclusion. During the conversation, Chris shares his journey from financ...
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Best Hits: The People Growth Equation: Aligning Employees, Managers, and Organizations Around Career Development
Note: This is a replay of a top performing episode from 2024In today's workplace, career development is critical for attracting, engaging, and retaining talent. Employees expect a job with opportunities for growth and advanceme...
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Best Hits: AI, Learning & Development, and the Workplace with Christopher Lind
Note: This is a replay of a top performing episode from 2024Christopher Lind, is a Chief Learning Officer, and the writer of the Future-Focused Newsletter and host of the Future-Focused Podcast. A longtime leader in the learning...
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Best Hits: Evolving and Empowering Managers For a Changing World of Work with Adam Hickman
Note: This is a replay of a top performing episode from 2024Adam Hickman is the Vice President of Learning and Org Development at Partners Federal Credit Union, a Walt Disney Company. In addition to this role, Adam is an author ...
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5 Work Insights for Leaders in 2025
In this solo episode, host Al Dea explores five key themes shaping the workplace in 2025. From the power of "People Smarts" and enhancing social capital to making talent development a core leadership capability, Al highlights the critical strat...
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Unlocking Leadership Potential: Lessons in Leadership Development with Andrew Barry
Andrew Barry is the CEO of Curious Lion, a Leadership Development Consulting Firm. During this conversation, Andrew discusses how leaders can embrace uncertainty and adapt to a fast-changing workplace. Andrew shares personal insights from navig...
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Best Hits: The Power of Intentional Collaboration and Social Capital in Today’s Workplace, with Dr. Michael Arena
Note: This is a replay of a top performing episode from 2024Dr. Michael Arena is an author, researcher, and co-founder of Connected Commons and former talent executive at companies including General Motors, Bank of America and A...
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Best Hits: Reinventing Your Career in a Changing World of Work with Herminia Ibarra
Note: This is a replay of a top performing episode from 2024Herminia Ibarra is a Professor at London Business School and the author of Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career. Herminia's ...
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Scaling Coaching for Organizational Impact with Nicole Forward
Nicole Forward is an executive development leader with extensive experience in building and scaling coaching inside of organizations. During this conversation. Nicole shares her journey of building coaching functions from the ground up and prov...
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Unlocking Manager Excellence at ServiceNow with Stefani Okamoto
In this episode, Stefani Okamoto, Director of Manager Excellence at ServiceNow, shares her journey in transforming leadership and management practices. Drawing on her experience spearheading manager excellence at leading organizati...
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Human Skills for a Technology Driven World: Inside Deloitte’s Learning Transformation with Chief Learning Officer Anthony Stephan
Anthony Stephan is the Chief Learning Officer at Deloitte. With responsibility for developing over 180,000 employees globally, Anthony has spent the past two years in his role embarking on transforming the learning business at Deloitte to evolv...
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Why Leaders Must Become Developers of Talent
In this solo episode of The Edge of Work podcast, host Al Dea introduces a new approach to leadership: becoming developers of talent. Al explores how managers and leaders can embrace their roles in fostering employee growth and develop...
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Navigating The Future of L&D: Strategy, AI and Change with Dani Johnson (Redthread Research)
Dani Johnson is the Co-Founder and Principal Analyst at RedThread Research. During this conversation, Dani shares some of her observations and insights from some of her recent conversations and research on the topic of L&D Strategy, the shi...
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Apprenticeship as a Way of Life: How Apprenticeship Accelerates Employee Development with Lisa Christensen
Lisa Christensen is the Director of Learning Design at McKinsey & Company. Drawing from her research, Lisa discusses how McKinsey uses apprenticeship as a key element of its culture, focusing on how it serves as a powerful mechanism for tra...
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Systemic Career Development: Building Holistic Employee Growth with Ana Maria Sencovici (Royal Caribbean Group)
Ana Maria Sencovici is the Chief Talent Officer at Royal Caribbean Group. In this role, she oversees talent management, career development, and leadership strategies for the organization. During this conversation, she sha...
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Live From SIOP’s Leading Edge Consortium: Developing Leaders for a Changing World of Work
This is an episode that features 4 interviews from key leaders and speakers at SIOP’s Leading Edge Consortium in late October 2024. In this episode, we speak with four key leaders including Shonna Waters, Trish Vassar, Sophia Lamuraglia, and Ri...
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Unlocking Employee Potential: Insights from the Guild Opportunity Summit
In this special episode, we traveled to Nashville to attend the Guild Opportunity Summit.This episode features conversations with Matthew Daniel, Talent Strategist at Guild, Terrence Cummings, Chief People & Opportunity Officer at Gu...
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