The Nowhere Office

Mar 24 2025 79 ep. 32 mins 14
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How do we live and work? Join bestselling writers Julia Hobsbawm and Stefan Stern as they discuss the latest news and views with key guests from around the world.

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Windows on Work: AI and Law

Mar 24 2025 34 mins  
How is AI transforming the workplace and what does it mean for employment law? In this episode of The Nowhere Office, host Julia Hobsbawm visits the Bankside offices of Lewis Silkin LLP to speak with James Davies, Senior Employment Partner, about the legal implications of artificial intelligence in hiring, AI regulation, and the future of legal work. How is AI being used in recru

The United State of Work featuring Brian Elliott

Mar 18 2025 34 mins  
This episode of The Nowhere Office focuses on the United State of Work report, featuring an in-depth conversation with Brian Elliott, a contributor to the report and a leading voice in the future of work. Brian is the CEO of Work Forward, co-founder of Future Forum, and author of How the Future Works. With 25 years of experience at Google and Slack, he offers firsthand insights in

Designing the Future

Mar 13 2025 26 mins  
Joining Julia and Stefan is David Dewane, Chief Experience Officer of Physical Space at Geniant, a design services firm at the cutting edge of workplace transformation. David shares wide-ranging insights and anecdotes from his work—covering everything from the historical impact of air conditioning and the elevator to the role of human creativity in the age of AI. He also discus

The Business of Publishing: Agents and Book Fairs

Mar 03 2025 50 mins  
Julia Hobsbawm and Stefan Stern are joined by John Bond, founder and executive director of Whitefox Publishing, and Toby Mundy, literary agent and former publisher, to explore and evaluate the business of publishing. Toby reflects on his career, from founding Atlantic Books, now as a literary agent and serving as Executive Director of the Baillie Gifford Prize. Against the backdro

My Working Life: Rory Sutherland

Feb 24 2025 43 mins  
In this episode, Julia Hobsbawm and Stefan Stern talk to Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman of Ogilvy about his working life. Rory shares anecdotes from a career in advertising and lessons from behavioural science. The Nowhere Office is a Fully Connected Production brought to you in association with Sandstone Global Productions. Music by Julian Brezon. Find out more at thenowhereoffic

The Productivity Puzzle

Feb 11 2025 32 mins  
In this episode of The Nowhere Office, we bring together three experts with very different perspectives on work to explore how we measure it, how we experience it, and how workplaces are changing. What is productivity, and why does it matter? Professor Dame Diane Coyle, economist and Bennett Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge, joins Stefan to discuss why pro

My Working Life: Sam McAlister

Feb 03 2025 25 mins  
For this My Working Life edition of the Nowhere Office, Julia Hobsbawm and Stefan Stern are joined by Sam McAlister, the former Newsnight producer best known for securing the game-changing interview with Prince Andrew. She shares details of her background from working-class childhood to criminal barrister and her jump into TV. She talks about the joys of her newfound autonomy and t

The Business of Publishing with Whitefox Publishing

Jan 27 2025 33 mins  
Julia Hobsbawm and Stefan Stern are joined by John Bond, founder of Whitefox Publishing to discuss the business of publishing. We hear about how the industry has changed since the 1980s and 1990s when huge advances were handed out at the drop of a hat and books were acquired on professional instinct. That’s been replaced by data-driven metrics and a clearer understanding of what

Inaugurating Leaders, From Bad to Worse

Jan 20 2025 36 mins  
In this episode of The Nowhere Office, Stefan Stern and Julia Hobsbawm discuss leadership with Barbara Kellerman. Our My Working Life feature is an interview with American union organiser Jaz Brisack, who has been involved with movements at Nissan, Starbucks, and Tesla. This episode covers: Tulip Siddiq's resignation and what it reveals about the challenges facing the workplace th

The New HR Roadmap with Syreeta Brown

Jan 13 2025 35 mins  
Julia Hobsbawm interviews Syreeta Brown, Group Chief People & Communications Officer at Virgin Money. They explore the huge changes that have taken place in the workforce in recent years, whether those changes can be unravelled and discuss how ripping up the rule book can help to get, grow and retain great talent. Also featured is a clip from an upcoming interview with Barbara Kel