Future of Work, Now (Salesforce APAC)

In this episode, Haikel speaks with Anthea Ong, Founder of Hush TeaBar, where they discuss how silence can help reduce workplace anxiety and lead to greater empathy and connection. Anthea also shares how Hush TeaBar is bringing silence to the workplace with its diverse team of employees. The team includes individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing, and living with mental health conditions. 

In this episode Simone speaks with Avis Easteal, Regional Head of Consumer, Asia Pacific, Luxasia. Avis shares that what she likes most about the industry is the emotional satisfaction she experiences. She doesn’t see her career as simply “selling stuff”. Rather, she connects people to the things they are going to love. Simone talks to Avis about her work and asks for her views on beauty, data and digital transformation.

Season 3 of the Future of Work Now podcast takes a deep dive into the Digital Imperative with our host, Simone Heng. For companies in every industry, connecting to customers through digital channels is more important than it’s ever been before. In fact, for many companies, a digital transformation has become a matter of survival. Salesforce helps companies put their customers at the center of everything they do by helping them with their digital transformations.

In this episode Simone speaks with Peter Schwartz, Senior Vice President for Strategic Planning and Chief Futures Officer at Salesforce. They have a very lively conversation about the evolution of workplaces amidst the pandemic and how the way we work has changed forever. Peter also talks about future-proofing businesses for the new world and also his work on movies like Minority Report, Deep Impact, Sneakers, and War Games.

As the digital imperative reshapes how we work and connect with our customers, marketers everywhere are experimenting and pushing the boundaries of digital technology. From pivoting to online events to driving hyper-personalisation, they’re spearheading a massive shift in customer engagement. In this episode Simone speaks with Wendy Walker, Senior Director Marketing, Asia Pacific, Salesforce, who shares how marketers can spearhead equality and empathetic engagement.

In this episode, Haikel speaks with Fiza Malhotra, Global Marketing Director of Space Matrix. They discuss redesigning work spaces in the new normal and now consultants are thinking about employee psyche and well-being as people head back to the office as they plan for flexible working spaces in the new normal.

In this episode Simone speaks with Justin Peyton, Chief Transformation and Strategy Officer, Asia Pacific at Wunderman Thompson. Justin discusses the impact of the pandemic and how Wunderman Thompson worked with clients to stay connected with customers. While businesses have operated in a constant state of flux since the pandemic, Justin also said that treating transformation as a philosophy versus a project could help businesses to manage this change.

In this episode Simone speaks with Stuart Thornton, CEO and Co-Founder, hoolah, where they talk about hoolah's commitment to responsible affordability and the company's strategy for consumers in Asia. We also learn more about Stuart's journey as an entrepreneur and how hoolah is educating shoppers to take a more sustainable approach to shopping.

In this episode, Jess and Dr Khanna discuss the role of AI in today's technology landscape as well as the challenges it poses for companies in terms of the skills which are needed. They also talk about women in the workplace and Dr Khanna's passion for developing young talent who will lead us into the future.

In this episode, Jess and Suraj speak about his entrepreneurial journey and how Suraj

is motivated by the energy and passion of the global entrepreneur community that the group has established. Genius Group supports entrepreneurs in their transformations with its technology solutions. These include its online education platform and entrepreneurial assessment tool. The group also runs events and spaces like Genius Central Singapore where entrepreneurs can co-work and make new connections. 

Season 4 of our podcast focuses on the theme of Tech in Hyperspeed. As businesses become more digital and increase interactions with customers via digital channels, this contributes to the explosion of data that companies have at their fingertips, which could be valuable for business decisions and insights. However, businesses are challenged with being able to successfully access and analyze all of that data, with a values-based, privacy-centric approach. With MuleSoft and Tableau, organizations can unlock, understand and act on insights from their data, anywhere it resides.

Our host for the season is Jess O'Reilly, Regional Vice President for Salesforce, She speaks with Robert Wickham, Vice President Strategy & Growth, Tableau Asia Pacific & Japan to learn more about creating a data culture starting with trust.

In the concluding episode of the Future of Work, Now podcast series, Jess looks back at some inspiring quotes from our podcast guests. We've had an amazing run and would like to thank all our wonderful guests who have come to share their stories and work us! We hope that you have been inspired too.