# workplace trends
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3:38The Future of Jobs data and the rise of human-centric skillsLeanne Elliott: Do you mind just telling us about the Future of Jobs data and the story that you are seeing about the future of leadership? Vince Sanderson: Yeah, of course. So you can find this, and if you Google it, reEP 307 · 4 Jun 2026·interview· 3:38–6:177:26Story 1: Six words defining the new world of workAl Elliott: Oh, nice, nice Leanne Elliott: Anyway, go look at it. I feel like it's funnier to watch Al Elliott: Well, we'll find out. We look forward to your emails. Okay, Leanne, should we— can we move on to the—EP 298 · 5 May 2026·news roundup· 7:26–13:374:00Story 1: The rise of friction-maxxingLeanne Elliott: I've got a new word Al Elliott: Talk to me Leanne Elliott: Friction-maxxingEP 280 · 3 Mar 2026·news roundup· 4:00–12:2713:55Story 2: Gen Z leading the return to the officeAl Elliott: Well, kind of similar and a little bit tangential. Not tangential Leanne Elliott: Tangential meme Al Elliott: Tangent. Is it tangent? I think you're gonna have to listen. You're gonna have to write in. I lookEP 278 · 24 Feb 2026·news roundup· 13:55–19:599:49Why the pendulum is swinging backAl Elliott: Is this something to do with feminine energy? Are they trying to rebel against it? What's going on there? Elina Teboul: I think it's true that the pendulum always swings one way and then overindexes and swingEP 197 · 15 May 2025·interview· 9:49–13:490:33Welcome back to the first This Week in Work of 2025Al Elliott: Nice Leanne Elliott: Hello and welcome to Truth, Lies and Work, the award-winning psychology podcast brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network, the audio destination for business professionals. My name isEP 164 · 21 Jan 2025·news roundup· 0:33–2:3545:38Will the next generation rebel against remote work?Al Elliott: So that is the incredible Lee Rubin with Confetti. That's the website as well, with Confetti. Oh, well, that was a nice link. So go to withconfetti.com. But there's other ways you can find LeeEP 119 · 30 Jul 2024·interview· 45:38–45:4923:31Has change changed in the last 5 years?Al Elliott: If you'll forgive my weird question here, has change changed over the last 5 years? Hilary Scarlet: Yeah, I think it's a really interesting question. I think back 5 years ago how many of us were working as opEP 116 · 20 Jul 2024·interview· 23:31–26:089:37Quiet quitting in the UKLeanne Elliott: Um, I can't imagine the Prime Minister will be in power very long with ideas like that, Al Al Elliott: Well, I don't know, if he's working an extra day a week, then perhaps he's got more time to get thingEP 111 · 2 Jul 2024·news roundup· 9:37–16:3733:12Navigating Workplace Trends: Angry People, Greedy Jobs, and Quiet QuittingAl Elliott: So, this anger we need to manage, and if you are a manager, you need to be aware of it, because when it manifests itself, it could feel quite personal if someone's angry towards you. But in actual fact, just EP 85 · 28 Mar 2024·interview· 33:12–43:598:37Prediction 1: Hybrid working continues to gain paceAl Elliott: Yes. So, one of Leanne's predictions was that hybrid working would continue to gain pace. Oh my God, there has been some arguments about this. What do you think, Lee? Leanne Elliott: Yeah, I mean, companies lEP 71 · 29 Dec 2023·panel interview· 8:37–11:4733:31Michael on the future of workLeanne Elliott: We couldn't have someone like Michael on the podcast without asking him about the future of work. He's an experienced leader and business owner. He's bought companies, sold companies, built companies, andEP 64 · 16 Nov 2023·other· 33:31–38:180:33Coffee badging: the new hybrid work trendAl Elliott: Nice. Check out hopspot.com, the agentic customer platform for growing businesses Martin Lindstrom: Elderly man comes up to me crying. He hugs me and he says, you saved my life. And I was kind of baffled becaEP 59 · 5 Oct 2023·panel interview· 0:33–4:584:32Word of the Week: TribridAl Elliott: Fabulous. So if you're interested in that, then go back to episode 15, which is Stefan Widener. I will link to it in— well, I won't because Leanne does the show notes, but it'll be in the show notes. But it'sEP 48 · 20 Jul 2023·interview· 4:32–7:119:21TikTok Workplace Trends: Corp Talk BingoBernard Brogan: Wow Leanne Elliott: Yeah Al Elliott: What else you got, Leah?EP 48 · 20 Jul 2023·interview· 9:21–12:4727:35High-performance teams in 2023 — what's changedLeanne Elliott: Martin also has some thoughts on what it means to be a team of superstars in the world of work in 2023 Al Elliott: So, high-performance teams and how to get high-performance teams comes up a lot. And inteEP 31 · 22 Mar 2023·other· 27:35–30:003:20Resenteism: the new workplace trendLeanne Elliott: I feel like I need some kind of like jingle music behind me at this point. Can we do that in editing? Al Elliott: Al, when you're editing this, try and find some music to put behind this Leanne Elliott: WEP 25 · 8 Feb 2023·interview· 3:20–5:300:33Catch-up on predictions 1–6Al Elliott: Nice. Check out hopspot.com, the agentic customer platform for growing businesses Leanne Elliott: But I think that's the interesting thing, isn't it? With all the different technology available right now, howEP 19 · 4 Jan 2023·other· 0:33–4:244:24Prediction 7: Hybrid and flexible working is here to stayLeanne Elliott: My 7th prediction, hybrid working and flexible working is here to stay. I'm sorry, guys, if you don't like it and you're not on board with it. I think 2023 is going to be the year you're going to have to EP 19 · 4 Jan 2023·other· 4:24–9:24
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