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FIKA Friday At the Office

Welcome to FIKA Friday At the Office. I"m your host, Ram Puranam, and I"m thrilled to host this Season2 for you. Every fortnight, I"ll be catching up Workplace Leaders & Thought Leaders on the Future of Work from around the globe and share stories, insights, and perspectives aimed at enhancing our work lives. From fostering collaboration to boosting employee engagement, we"ll cover all the intricacies of workplace experience. But here"s the twist, we"re not just diving into the nitty-gritty of

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27:25

Finance, Strategy, and the Power of Compounding...

FIKA Friday At the Office ·

2025/11/21

Hello friends,When I listened to Anshul Agarwal talk about his morning routine, I expected discipline. What I didn’t expect was how seamlessly he’d connect tennis footwork, coffee conversations, and CFO strategy into a single coherent philosophy.Anshul is Chief Financial Officer and Board member of Akkodis in India, a global digital engineering company and part of Adecco Group, Switzerland. He’s a chartered accountant by training, but his versatility runs deeper than credentials. Over thirteen years

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28:13

Progress over Perfection

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2025/11/07

Hello friends,Sometimes the most powerful workplace insights come from someone who’s seen the industry from every angle. Bex Moorhouse has managed serviced offices before WeWork made coworking cool, shaped the culture at Nike where “progress over perfection” was more than just a slogan, and now leads global workplace strategy at WPP, one of the world’s largest advertising & creative agencies.In this episode of Fika Friday at the Office, Bex and I talked over coffee about what actually makes

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30:42

The Goldilocks Office & Why Empty Spaces Harm Culture

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2025/10/17

Hola amigos,Que tal !..Como estas!!When Ricardo Chacon talks about office space, he doesn’t mention square footage first. He talks about the Energy. About the low vibe of an empty floor. About what happens when companies overspend on real estate and still fail their people.Ricardo’s path from Costa Rica to Singapore reads like a case study in cross-cultural workplace evolution. Trained as a civil engineer, he’s worked through the full stack of corporate real estate: from construction materials

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28:14

Bad Offices Won’t Survive. Good Ones Will Evolve

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2025/09/26

Hola amigos,Corina Ocanto didn’t grow up dreaming about workplace strategy. She trained as an architect and designer, went on to work with some of the world’s most coveted companies, and built a career grounded in creativity, purpose, and people.But somewhere along the way, drawing buildings became less important than understanding the people inside them. In this episode of Fika Friday at the Office, I sat down with Corina to talk about how she moved from the drafting table to the heart of employee

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26:30

Workplace as a clear Value Creator

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2025/09/12

Viva, amigos!In this freshly brewed episode of Fika Friday at the Office, I’m joined by Rodrigo Rolim, a Workplace Strategist with an Architect’s eye and a People-first mindset.Rodrigo trained as an architect in São Paulo, Brazil. However, it didn’t take long for him to realize that what he cared about most wasn’t the space itself; it was the people moving through it. That shift in focus, from structure to experience, would shape the next two decades of his career.From consulting at CBRE to leading

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31:13

Why the 'Future of Office' must be 'Co-Designed'

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2025/08/22

Hello friends,This week, I had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Elizabeth Nelson, researcher, engineer, and author of ‘‘The Healthy Office Revolution’’."Your office design might be affecting your biology more than you realize." 🧠I invited Dr. Elizabeth for a coffee chat to explore the science behind how workplace environments impact our bodies at a cellular level⁠. Have a listen and discover:☕ Much like that afternoon fika break, rituals in the workplace can transform our stress levels and even

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28:03

Wall Street to Workplace Transformation

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2025/08/01

Hello friends,In this episode , I sit down with Denise Brouder, founder of The Future of Work Alliance, to talk about how AI, autonomy, and trust are reshaping the work world. There’s magic that happens when people are together. Creative sparks fly. That’s still essential.Tune in to this to hear how Denise went from Wall Street to the frontlines of workplace transformation, and why she believes leadership needs to rethink how performance, trust, and flexibility really work.Take a listen 🎧 & show

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26:23

Self Management does n't work!

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2025/07/18

Olá amigos,What does a company without bosses look like? On this latest episode of Fika Friday at the Office, I head to Porto, Portugal to talk with Luis Simões, the force behind Mindera a 1200 person software company built around the core principles of Self-management, Autonomy, and Human Connection. * No org chart x * No approvals x * Just teams figuring it out together to create magicTake a listen 🎧 & show your love by clicking subscribe button, like, comment & ask your friends also tolisten

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27:33

AI era: the only constant is the Human!

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2025/07/04

Hello friends,𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵, 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻-𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻? You get Emmanuel Daniel, Former Global Head of Smart Buildings at Microsoft, Current CEO and Founder of Alosanar. He’s always thinking five steps ahead.In our latest podcast episode, Emmanuel shares how he led the transformation of Microsoft’s campus experience, and why he believes the future of work

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29:54

No one has hybrid work completely figured out

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2025/06/12

Hello friends,By the time you hear Jason Shearer describe his work, you get the sense he is designing something much bigger than the Workplaces. As the Workplace Field CTO at Cisco Systems, Jason bridges technology and real estate, helping global companies rethink how environments support people and purpose.Jason doesn’t believe technology should be layered on at the last minute. He argues that the best workplaces start by thinking about technology early... Very early. In a world where hybrid is the

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29:03

Drive in the fast lane @ UBER

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2025/05/23

Hola Hola Amigos,In this first of my US trails, I sit down with Luis Morejon, Head of Global Workplace Operations at UBER.By the time you’ve visited three of Uber’s offices across three continents, one thing becomes clear: someone is thinking deeply about how we show up to work-and why we bother coming in at all!That someone is Luis Morejon. He drives workplace operations across 68 countries where Uber has offices. You’d expect a role like that to be all floorplans and facilities. But when Luis

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33:03

Culture is built, not assigned

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2025/05/09

Hello Friends,In the last of my Nordic trails across Stockholm & Copenhagen, I sat down with Anne Sofie Fedders, Partner & Licensed Business Psychologist at Kløgt, for a powerful conversation about Leadership, Workplace Culture, and why Well-being is more than a buzzword.Anne Sofie brings sharp insights from her time at LEGO, Deloitte, and now her own practice-where she helps leaders make wiser decisions for their people and themselves.“We all need to feel competent. We all need to feel we belong

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28:08

Office (R)Evolution is brewing!

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2025/04/18

Hello Friends,Continuing my Nordic trails, I’m pleased to bring you yet another fascinating episode of ‘‘FIKA Friday At the Office’’ from Denmark. In this episode, I catch up with Claus Sneppen, Associate Partner, Author & Futurist - Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies after doing a long bike ride and a longer fika.During our conversation, Claus spoke about Work, Trust, AI, Coffee badging, and what comes next when everything familiar begins to shift."You have to separate what is likely from what

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34:21

Ska vi fika & Flexible work

FIKA Friday At the Office ·

2025/03/21

Hello Friends,Welcome back to yet another episode of ‘‘FIKA Friday At the Office’’. In this episode, I catch up with the FIKA OG (short for Original - Gen Z lingo): Henrik Jarleskog, Head of Future of Work, Sodexo Europe based out of Stockholm, Sweden.Henrik brings a unique perspective to workplace transformation. His journey has taken him from playing ice hockey in Sweden to leadership roles across Nordic countries, including strategy positions that ultimately led to his current focus on the

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30:29

Why Balance is Essential?

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2025/03/07

Hello Friends,Welcome back to FIKA Friday At the Office. In this episode, I catch up with Sabine Spoelstra, Global Program Manager - Workplace and Real Estate at Adyen, Fintech giant from The Netherlands.In this insightful conversation, Sabine shares her perspectives on creating localized workplace experiences across different cultures while maintaining Adyen's distinctive identity. She discusses how the pandemic accelerated technological adoption and transformed workplace expectations, while

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27:17

People-First Workplace Design

FIKA Friday At the Office ·

2025/02/21

Hello Friends,In this freshly brewed episode of FIKA Friday At the Office, I catch up with Ashwini K.T, General Manager of Research and Design at Vestian. She brings a unique perspective to workplace design. With her background in architecture and over twelve years of experience, she has witnessed the evolution of office spaces from traditional hierarchical structures to modern, people-centric environments. Her expertise in sustainable design and focus on human-centered spaces makes her a valuable

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27:52

Building Trust in a Hybrid World

FIKA Friday At the Office ·

2025/02/07

Hello friends,In this fabulous episode of Fika Friday at the Office, I catch up with Anjali Raghuvanshi, Chief People Officer of Randstad India.Anjali brings extensive experience in leading people and business transformation. Recognized as the CHRO of the Year by Business World People in 2022, she has been instrumental in shaping workplace policies and employee experiences at one of India's largest staffing companies. Her unique perspective comes from managing both Randstad's internal workforce and

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32:27

FIKA Friday At the Office with Lisa Gill

FIKA Friday At the Office ·

2025/01/24

Hola Amigos,We start 2025 with a brand new season of the FIKA Friday At The Office podcast, featuring our guest Lisa Gill , acclaimed Coach and Trainer at Tuff Leadership Training and host of the "Leadermorphosis" podcast✨In this episode, Lisa unpacks:• The rise of self-managing teams and radical transparency.• Why equal relationships are essential for improving workplace dynamics.• The shift in workplace expectations post-pandemic.• How data and real feedback can guide meaningful change. "It's like

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22:38

Special Edition | FIKA Friday : Brewing Workplace...

FIKA Friday At the Office ·

2025/01/17

Hello mates,I'd like to bring you a very quick update on ''FIKA Friday : Brewing Workplace Experience'' podcast 🌏 which I've been hosting for the past 8-9 months. I met some amazing guests & while I thoroughly enjoyed hosting every episode, some of the talks were clear stand-outs for me.So, what I did was to compile a small recap aka highlights episode just for you as a special edition.I hope you enjoy this & show your love as much as you did for the previous episodes.Ciao Ciao for now & see you

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22:30

Creativity & AI @Workplace

FIKA Friday At the Office ·

2024/11/08

Good day mates,It’s another Friday & time for Part2: Episode10 of podcast ''FIKA Friday : Brewing Workplace Experience'' with our awesome guest from Australia: Tica Masuku. Tica is a professional Human Geographer & is currently Director, Workplace Strategy at Spaceful based out of Sydney.In this episode, she literally walks us into the ‘’Future of Work’’, ‘’Future of Workplace’’, ‘’New Ways of Working’’, ‘’Impact of AI & Need for Creativity (and the need to look beyond AI)’’. On a lighter note,

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