Good Morning April - Exploring possible futures
In this podcast we explore and evaluate possible futures, primarily focusing on the future of work, leadership, organizations, and culture - with a strong focus on change, on change management, and futures thinking. The podcast is a mix of cornerstone content in the area of future of work and change management and interviews with interesting, global thought leaders and practitioners. The podcast is created by Good Morning April ApS, a Danish-based organization that strives to shape the futures of work, together with our partners and customers.
Episodes
21 episodes
S2E7: Organizational Culture - The Importance Of Trust
Today's episode examines whether culture shapes the organization, or the organization shapes the culture and the importance of trust within this dynamic. It discusses the concepts of trust management, trust strategies, and a trust reservoir and...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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30:35
S2E6: Organisational Design - The Network Of Teams
Today's episode focuses on the topics of self-management and principles of the progressive organisation and how these innovative ideas can be applied and benefit both employees and management. The guest for this episode is Rhea Ong...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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50:48
BONUS episode: Signal 10 on Social Network over Social Media
This episode is a special one, as it is part of the release of our annual Horizon Scanning Document where we reveal the signals for Future of Work that we keep an eye on. Check the Horizon Scanning Document and the details of all of the ten sig...
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23:17
BONUS Episode: Freedom At Work & Organizational Democracy
Today's episode is a little different as our usual host, Erik Korsvik Østergaard is the one getting interviewed. Erik was invited on Roche's podcast called The Dots and is interviewed by Charles Robinson, Head of Strategic Projects...
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Season 2
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47:34
S2E5: Organizational Design - The Fragmented Organization
Today's episode focuses on fragmented organizations. We discuss what tools organizations should adopt to help them succeed and the importance of organizations having a unifying mission that helps dispersed parts operate in sync. &n...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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46:55
S2E4: Organizational Design - New Perspectives On Money
Today's episode focuses on innovative approaches to money in the modern organization discussing topics such as hiring, salaries and bonuses. The guest for the episode is Tom van der Lubbe, Co-Founder of Viisi NV, a Dutch financial ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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55:53
S2E3: Organizational Design - Decision Making For The Modern Age
Today's episode is about how to create decision-making mechanisms for the modern age and asks the question, who decides, who decides? The guest on this episode is Ted Rau, a governance designer, and a sociocracy consultant, trainer...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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58:58
S2E2: Organizational Design From Stability To Adaptability
This episode of the podcast is about organizational design from a perspective on stability to adaptability. The guest on this episode is Joseph Fuller. Joseph Fuller is Professor of Management Practice and co-head of Managing the Fu...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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55:22
S2E1: The futures for organizational design
The theme for this season is to investigate the futures for organizational design.Why is it so relevant these years? How do we handle money and decision making? Is the organizational design a mirror of the leadership culture? Are organiz...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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34:33
BONUS Episode: Signal and Scenarios - Cobots, Cobots EVERWHERE!
COBOTS, COBOTS EVERWHERE!Do you wan't to have a cobot that helps and support you in your work? Or do you prefer that we all have a cobot and they can work together and coordinate between them?Erik Korsvik Østergaard wrote in our...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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21:54
BONUS Episode: Signal and Scenarios - When and where will we work in the future?
WHEN AND WHERE WILL WE WORK IN THE FUTURE?That's the question Tore Nielsen asks in his article about scenarios within hybrid work - and now in a BONUS episode of our Podcast: the Good Morning April podcast.Tore Nielsen talks wit...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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20:58
S1E09: The future of leadership is ... what?
This episode of the podcast is about what affects the future of leadership and the characteristics of leadership in the future.We asked Google and Bing to finalize the sentence “the future of leadership is …” and they both answered “kind...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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35:00
S1E8: The Futures of Work as seen from Asia, with Virginia Morris
This episode of the podcast is about the trends and futures of work as seen from Asia. Tune in to hear about what’s on the Asian business leaders' minds here in 2022, about disruption (again!), and about the role of ancient A...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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52:34
S1E7: The Future of Work as seen from HR, with Perry Timms
This episode of the podcast is about the trends and futures of work as seen from an HR perspective. The guest on this episode is Perry Timms. Perry is the founder and Chief Energy Officer of PTHR, a small global consultancy, s...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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54:04
S1E6: Futures in the startup environment
This episode of the podcast is about the trends and futures in the startup environment.The guest on the podcast is Lisbeth Chawes. Lisbeth is an experienced and award-winning tech leader. She has founded and lead several startup, scaleu...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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53:53
S1E5: What is futures thinking? And how do we get started? With Carsten Beck
This episode of the podcast is about futures thinking - and the approach and toolbox.The guest on the podcast is Carsten Beck, a Danish futurist. He has been working with trend analysis and scenario processes as a Director of research a...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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53:56
S1E4: The future of organizations: The mechanisms, the culture, the structure
The fourth episode is about the future of organizations: The mechanisms, the culture, the structure – and a bit on how to get there.This is not a classic debate about flatter and more agile organizations, but more in the line of a multi...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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40:51
S1E3: A self-managed business unit inside a corporate business - HOW? With Vivek Menon.
This episode of the podcast is about building a modern business unit with self-management inside an otherwise traditional corporate organization. The guest on the podcast is Vivek Menon. Vivek Menon has been leading the eSteering B...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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40:24
S1E2: The future of work in 2022 - and Teal?! With Timm Urschinger.
This episode of the podcast is about the trends within the futures of work, in 2022 – and about the nuances and differences in those approaches. The guest on the podcast is Timm Urschinger. Timm Urschinger is based in Sw...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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49:36
S1E1: What is this all about? … "to explore and evaluate possible futures"
This episode is the very first in the season. Our aim is to inspire and equip you to explore your own future of work, and we hope you will subscribe to the podcast. In the episode we present the two types of content in the podcast...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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28:29
S1 Teaser: Welcome to the Good Morning April podcast
Hi, and welcome to this teaser episode of our new podcast – The Good Morning April Podcast – where we explore and evaluate possible futures.We’re interested in the Future of Work. We explore the signals and trends. We evaluate the possib...
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Season 1
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Episode 0
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1:44