Better Monday podcast

On the 18th episode of Better Monday podcast, Milla is interviewing a lovely lady called Molly Johnson-Jones. Molly is an entrepreneur and one of the three co-founders of a 100 % remote company called Flexa careers. Flexa finds flexible companies and lists them on their webpage after verifying them. Flexa's mission is to bring transparency into job hunting and help people find truly flexible jobs. In this episode Milla and Molly dive deeper into flexible work and its benefits.

Work hard, play hard… That’s a quote Lauren Silver has probably heard a lot. But you know what? This saying is very much true of her! Lauren is a clown, an actress, and a facilitator. She runs her own company called PlayWell, which trains people to be more creative and playful towards their life and work. On the 17th Better Monday podcast episode, Milla had the absolute honor to talk with this lovely, and certainly the most graceful clown she has ever met! If you’ve ever wondered what play has to do with work, you'll know after listening to this episode.

The 16th Better Monday podcast episode is touching a very interesting topic, which is positive psychology and how to use it in workplaces. For this episode Milla got the opportunity to interview Adele Hawkes, who works as positive psychology coach for both individuals and companies. Positive psychology can be utilized for example at workplace. One of the benefits of bringing positive psychology into the workplace is increased happiness and satisfaction among employees. It can boost productivity and motivation, as well as lead to greater creativity. Listen to this episode to learn more about the benefits of positive psychology!

For this episode we got the honor to interview Bruce Wang again! Bruce works as a Director of Engineering at Netflix and in the first episode with Bruce, we discovered recruiting and organizational culture at Netflix. This time Milla and Bruce dive into the theme of leadership. What is a mistake leaders often do? What is the recipe for building a successful team? Or is there one? These questions Milla and Bruce will go through in this episode. Listen and find out how to succeed as a leader.

Why are people so often afraid of failure? Like one mistake could determine the whole life. But if you really think about it, many great things wouldn’t have happened if it wasn’t for failures. Failing helps us to determine whether an idea is good or not. When we fail fast, we simultaneously minimize the losses and are ready to quickly try something else, if the current strategy is not working. On this Better Monday® podcast episode Milla Heikkilä and Miha Matlievski talk about failing. Miha is a fail coach and his job is to help other entrepreneurs and organizations succeed with the tools and experience he has learned from his own failures.

On the thirteenth episode of Better Monday podcast Milla Heikkilä and Lori Mihalich-Levin talk about the challenges facing especially new parents when returning work after parental leave. Lori herself is a mother of two. She went through a struggle when she got back from maternity leave. She is a lawyer by profession, but she also helps new parents to adjust to the new situation with her company called Mindful Return.

Usually, on Better Monday podcast we interview inspiring guests all over the world. This year we've had so many great guests and learned so much about them and their business culture. This won't stop here, and we have some amazing guests coming up. But since Christmas time is right around the corner, we wanted to do something special. This time in the episode, we have warm and calming meditation to ease your stress. Take this time only for yourself because you definitely deserved it. For this meditation, you don't have to get into your yoga pants. The only thing you need is a warm drink, a comfortable place to sit, and yourself. Go get yourself a nice cup of your favorite warm beverage and tune in for the episode. This won't take you a long time, but you'll feel even calmer after this. Spending even a few minutes on meditation will reduce stress and restore your inner peace.

In this Better Monday podcast episode, author and keynote speaker Camilla Tuominen explains how both organizations and individuals can benefit from bringing emotions to the workplace. She also shares many great tips on how to become the best version of oneself by balancing out work tasks according to current mood and mindset.

Our first guest on the second season of Better Monday podcast is Jan-Philipp Martini from Boston Consulting Group. In this episode, Jan-Philipp, who loves nature and meditation, explains how mindfulness shapes the nature of work and how it can help both people and organizations succeed. Bonus: A 3-minute attention meditation at the end of the episode

On his solo backpacking trip to Vietnam, Indiez founder Nitesh Agrawal met digital nomads from all around the world. He was amazed to hear their stories and convinced by their high levels of productivity and healthy work-life balance. "Why can't everyone work like this?" he thought, and from that thought Indiez was born. Today Indiez is a platform company that hires freelance coders and designers from all over the world. It operates 100% remotely and after the acquisition with CrewScale, the organization offers work for around 16,000 programmers. After the global coronavirus outbreak remote is becoming the new normal. In this Better Monday podcast episode, Milla and Nitesh talk about remote work and how to build an organizational culture that supports employees who are working remotely.

In the eight Better Monday podcast episode Milla and Mari talk about corporate responsibility. While building a strong career in the field of sustainability consulting, Mari has also managed to prioritise her own well-being and take care of her family life. In this episode Mari shares her tips on how to be a good parent and simultaneously have a kick-ass career.

For this Better Monday podcast episode, Milla interviewed Bruce Wang, who works as Director of Engineering at Netflix. This American media-services provider and production company has advised its employees to work from home instead of coming to the office because of the corona virus, which is spreading all over the world. In this episode Bruce explains how Netflix’s employees are coping with the situation and gives some insights to Netflix’s organizational culture and recruiting process.

Åsa Caap is a Stockholm based entrepreneur, intrapreneur and author of the book Corporate Hacker, which is a survival guide for entrepreneurs in the corporate world. She is known for being “a warrior that get things done”, and she is a strong leader known for building healthy and productive teams. In the sixth Better Monday podcast episode Milla Heikkilä interviews Åsa about intrapreneurship and happiness at work.

What skills do we need in the future? What differs us from the robots? Listen to this episode and you’ll know! In the future the nature of work gets more demanding and intense. Robots can tackle many issues faster than humans and thus, some jobs will disappear and stop existing completely. In the fifth episode of Better Monday podcast Milla interviews Perttu Pölönen (a 25-year-old entrepreneur, author of Tulevaisuuden lukujärjestys/Curriculum for future, keynote speaker and futurist) about the soft skills that will be in high demand in the future, when automatization increases.

Is it possible to have them both? A successful career and a healthy and loving family life? Yes, it is if you ask Monika Werthén. A super woman, who wakes up at 5:30 to do her morning workout, after which she heads to the office to lead Uber’s marketing in the Nordics. Monika has managed to build a successful career and simultaneously retain her work-life balance and take care of her family with three children. Her current job at Uber allows her to invest in her own well-being and family, without leaving behind in business and career. In the fourth Better Monday podcast episode we’ll be discussing about retaining balance in this hectic life.

How does the eco-system of innovation and startups work in a continent where 18 million youths enter the job markets every year? How can companies address the issue of skills mismatch? Can we use technology to solve the most pressing global issues? In this episode Teemu interviews Jumanne Mtambalike, the CEO of Sahara Ventures.

What is a Minimum Ethical Product? Why do we need to talk about ethics in business altogether? And why are women centric communities like “Women in tech” and “Women in AI” possibly detrimental to gender equality? In this episode Milla interviews Catalina Butnaru, Head of Product Marketing at HyperJar and Global Ethics Lead at City AI. The interview was done during the Shift Business Festival and recorded on one of Sofokus’ sauna ferries.

In this Better Monday podcast episode Milla Heikkilä interviews Marcin Floryan, Director of Engineering at Spotify. Spotify has 5000 employees all around the world and it employs around 100 different nationalities. This global audio streaming subscription service has succeeded in building diversity in the workplace. The company has found it essential to remove employees’ fears so that they can be who they really are and do their best work.