FIKA Friday : Brewing Workplace Experience with Ram

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, Tica’s shares her own Fika experience in the beautiful city of Berlin at The Barn. More on this coffee shop in my previous article on Substack a few weeks ago (Read full story down below). So, let’s give it a go, tune in and listen to this freshly brewed episode on Apple, Spotify, or any podcast player of your choice. If enjoyed tuning in, do spread the joy by liking & sharing it with your friends and family. Please do take a moment to subscribe to this podcast. Cheers This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ramtherocket.substack.com [https://ramtherocket.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Good day mates, I’m super excited to bring this awesome double shot episode with Tica Masuku [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/] who is currently Director, Workplace Strategy at Spaceful [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/], Australia. In this Episode10, Part1 she shares about her recent World Tour; what she has seen at the Workplaces from San Francisco to Singapore to Sydney & every major city in between. She also explains about ''Human Geography'', ''Workplace Topophilia'' and her quests to master 'Aussie slang'!! Tica talks about creating amazing office experiences & why it’s super important to have those canteen conversations with colleagues to keep the ‘‘lines really short’’! So, let’s give it a go & enjoy listening to this episode while I get ready to bring you Part2 very soon. Tune in and listen to this on Apple, Spotify, or any podcast player of your choice. If enjoyed tuning in, do spread the joy by liking & sharing it with your friends and family. Please do take a moment to subscribe to this podcast. Cheers (3) Ram Puranam | LinkedIn Thanks for reading FIKA Friday : Brewing Workplace Experience ! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Thanks for reading FIKA Friday : Brewing Workplace Experience ! This post is public so feel free to share it. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ramtherocket.substack.com [https://ramtherocket.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Hello Friends, Welcome to the final episode of Season1 of FIKA Friday : Brewing Workplace Experience. My guest this time is the versatile virtuoso Parag Kulkarni who is SVP- International & President – India Business for A.O. Smith Corporation, a leading global water technology and manufacturing company. In this episode, Parag talks about how he built his career working with Swedish Giants like SKF, Atlas Copco early on, then to Indian MNC Wipro for couple decades and now for the past 9+ years with US behemoth: A. O. Smith. He also speaks about his twin passions of ''Running & Wildlife Photography'' and what shaped him into the person he’s today at ''Work & Life''. Importantly, he says that in all successful enterprises there’s a common theme : Passion to Succeed Strong Customer / Consumer Orientation Continuous Innovation & Staying ahead of the Curve Of course, my FIKA questions about Coffee turned into a beautiful conversation about ‘’Water Cooler Moments & Coffee Machine Moments” at the New-age workplace and how the office still retains its place in the workplace pantheon for Collaboration, Building Culture, Problem Solving etc., I hope you enjoyed listening to this episode as much as I did in bringing it to you. Tune in and listen to this on Apple, Spotify, or any podcast player of your choice. If enjoyed tuning in, do spread the joy by liking & sharing it with your friends and family. Please do take a moment to subscribe to this podcast. I will be back .. Pretty Soon .. Until we meet again .. Ciao Ciao! Thanks for reading FIKA Friday : Brewing Workplace Experience ! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Thanks for reading FIKA Friday : Brewing Workplace Experience ! This post is public so feel free to share it. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ramtherocket.substack.com [https://ramtherocket.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Hello Friends & Network, Welcome to yet another awesome episode of FIKA Friday: Brewing Workplace Experience! In this Episode 8 I meet with multi-talented Stephanie who talks about pivoting her business during the pandemic & how important cash flow is to any business! “It’s not a matter of not being modest. It’s a matter of doing something that matters” She also talks about her transition from Architecture to Entrepreneurship; Changing Workplace Dynamics; Finding a New Passion and a Purpose; Starting an entirely new business; Smart Cities; Sustainability, Cycling and many more riveting topics. Tune in and listen to this on Apple, Spotify, or any podcast player of your choice. If enjoyed listening in, do spread the joy by liking & sharing it with your friends and family. Please do take a moment to subscribe to this podcast. Meet you soon. Ciao Ciao! Thanks for reading FIKA Friday : Brewing Workplace Experience ! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Thanks for reading FIKA Friday : Brewing Workplace Experience ! This post is public so feel free to share it. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ramtherocket.substack.com [https://ramtherocket.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Hello Friends & Network, Welcome to yet another awesome episode of FIKA Friday: Brewing Workplace Experience! This time I meet with passionate Pim de Morree. Pim together with his childhood amigo Joost, known as the Corporate Rebels, are on a mission to make work more fun. Nearly a decade ago working out of beautiful city of Barcelona, they quit their frustrating corporate jobs to visit the world’s most inspiring companies. While checking off their renowned Bucket List, they share what they have learned so far in their epic book – ''Corporate Rebels : Make Work More Fun''. In this episode, Pim talks about many interesting topics: with highlights being Async Work; How they started Corporate Rebels, Why that revolutionary name & the new book which is slated for launch later this year : ''Self Managing Organizations'' This episode is for people who know workplaces could, and should, be better. Whether you’re in the management team, an unconventional who has been suppressed by corporate rituals or a manager who is trapped in the broken system, this one’s for you. Tune in and listen to this on Apple, Spotify, or any podcast player of your choice. To my Dutch friends if you had your Gezellig moment listening to this episode & for everyone else if enjoyed tuning in, do spread the joy by liking & sharing it with your friends and family. Please do take a moment to subscribe to this podcast. Meet you soon. Ciao Ciao! Thanks for reading FIKA Friday : Brewing Workplace Experience ! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Thanks for reading FIKA Friday : Brewing Workplace Experience ! This post is public so feel free to share it. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ramtherocket.substack.com [https://ramtherocket.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]