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In this podcast episode, Shujaat Ahmad, Director of People Analytics - Future of Work at LinkedIn, delves into the transformative role of People Analytics in shaping the future of work. He discusses the vision behind People Analytics, the shift in LinkedIn's approach to people due to the pandemic, and offers practical tips on team structure, key enablers, avoiding pitfalls, and measuring effectiveness. Join the conversation to gain actionable insights and discover how People Analytics can revolutionize your organization's approach to workforce planning, talent management, and employee engagement in the ever-evolving work landscape.

Join host Rob Sadow as he sits down with Nick Bloom, Stanford University's renowned Economics Professor and one of the foremost experts on remote work. Nick shares his predictions for the future of remote work, including whether fully remote or hybrid work models will become the norm and how many days per week we’ll report to an office by 2030.

In this episode, Rob Sadow sits down with Danielle Weisberg and Carly Zakin, co-founders of theSkimm, to discuss the key takeaways from their latest State of Women report, the growing trend of flexible working schedules among women, and practical recommendations to support women based on the report's findings.

Discover the connection between HR, Real Estate, and employee well-being, productivity, and retention. Plus, learn the three key trends every Real Estate and people leader should know based on our recent Flex Perspectives interview with McKinsey's Senior Expert Phil Kirschner.

Join us for the debut episode of Flex Perspectives! Host Rob Sadow, CEO & Co-Founder at Scoop, and guest Phil Kirschner, Senior Expert and Associate Partner at McKinsey, dive into three crucial trends for real estate and people leaders: aligning real estate with HR, using better metrics to evaluate real estate, and rethinking office space needs in the age of remote work.

With demand for flexible work on the rise, there's never been a better time to standardize all the terms surrounding in office expectations so everyone, from employee to employer, knows exactly what's what.

Are there certain factors that determine whether or not a firm is more likely to engage in hybrid/WFH? Matthew Kahn, Provost Professor of Economics at the University of Southern California, explores what those geographic determinants could be with some help from Flex Index data.

Learn how the Flex Index leveraged People Data Labs (PDL) company insights data to deliver a whole new level of transparency in workplace flexibility across industries, geographic, and company headcount.

Join host Rob Sadow in a conversation with Brian Elliott, Co-Founder of Future Forum, as they discuss the ineffectiveness of top-down return-to-office mandates, the power of team-level agreements, transitioning to outcome-based management, and strategies for reducing meetings and fostering asynchronous work.