11 November 2021 - Brighton UK
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Future of work

Dive in and enjoy some of our favourite talks from the Meaning back catalogue

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24:26 Nilofer Merchant

Nilofer Merchant

Onlyness in action

Nilofer Merchant is a champion for the untapped potential lying wasted in organisations around the world. She believes passionately in the power each and every one of us has to help solve the challenges of our time. And she brought her own unique gifts to Meaning 2019 as our guide and host for a day of inspiration and discovery.

14:22 Erinch Sahan

Erinch Sahan

Fundamentally Fair

As chief executive of the World Fair Trade Organisation, Erinch brought to Meaning 2019 his passion and advocacy for fair trade – not just as a certification for products but as a way of operating collaboratively in business that supports communities, enables sustainability and creates prosperity.

56:47 Neil Mullarkey

Neil Mullarkey

Skills for a human future at work

Neil is one of the founders of modern improvisational theatre, best known as co-creator of the Comedy Store Players. At Meaning 2018 Neil hosted an interactive session, using his brains, wit and charm to help us explore some tools and approaches for effective collaboration at work.

19:27 Aditya Chakrabortty

Aditya Chakrabortty

The alternatives

Aditya is a renowned journalist with a deep understanding of the world, its problems and the innovations taking place with the potential to improve lives. At Meaning 2018 he asked us consider how to fix a broken society and shared some alternatives.

32:23 Marjolein Lips-Wiersma

Marjolein Lips-Wiersma

The struggle for meaning

Marjolein’s passion is understanding how academic research translates into practice, so that collectively people can create paid and unpaid meaningful work. At Meaning 2018 she helped us to see the difference between meaning and purpose.

26:40 Kate Beecroft

Kate Beecroft

Doing business in community

Kate Beecroft shows us how the dream of a collaborative workplace can be empowered by some innovative thinking and practical tools for smart decision-making.

33:30 Carl Jarvis

Carl Jarvis

Challenging the norm

Carl brings powerful lessons from the education sector, based on a deep understanding of how teams learn and work.

21:24 Felix Weth

Felix Weth

Platform cooperativism

Felix is founder of platform co-op Fairmondo: a connected marketplace where technology, power and profit belong to its users, not to the big online monopolies.

16:11 Frances Coppola

Frances Coppola

The future of work and why we need a basic income

Frances takes a deeper look at the concept of basic universal income, arguing that we must reinvent the very idea of work if we are to allow everyone to fulfil their potential.

18:50 Paul Green Jr

Paul Green Jr

Organisations as social technology

Paul provides a unique insight into self-management at US tomato-processing company Morning Star, where colleagues work together without the need for hierarchy.

24:36 Jos de Blok

Jos de Blok

Organisation without management

Jos is founder of Dutch healthcare organisation Buurtzorg, where autonomous teams of nurses work free from the constraints of management structure.

11:44 Alexander Kjerulf

Alexander Kjerulf

How to be a workplace rebel

World-renowned happiness-at-work expert Alexander calls for a movement of workplace rebels willing to embrace their principles and stand up for what is right.

30:53 Mikel Lezamiz

Mikel Lezamiz

Cooperative working

How do employee-owned businesses manage to grow and thrive in a troubled economy? Mikel tells us the story of MONDRAGON, its people and its success.

31:54 Stowe Boyd

Stowe Boyd

Imagining the post-normal business

Stowe is one of the big thinkers in the world of innovative business. His research and insights helps us see how the near-future of business could actually look.

29:56 Alex Kjerulf

Alex Kjerulf

Happiness at work

Meaning’s first brush with renowned happiness evangelist Alex Kjerulf. What does happiness at work really look like and feel like? How can you be happier?

17:01 Luis Suarez

Luis Suarez

A collaborative future

Does email hold us back? Can we find smarter processes that improve our communication, enable our work and keep us happier and healthier? Meet the man who gave up email.

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