Better Monday podcast

Mental health has become an increasingly important topic in recent years, and so have mental health-friendly workplaces. In this final episode of season 4, Milla and Auntie’s Mental Health Specialist, Mareike Bruns, discuss how employers can support employees in caring for their mental well-being and accessing the right resources when needed.

Did you know that when making investment decisions, modern angel investors pay a lot of attention to the culture of potential portfolio companies? In this episode, Milla interviews Timo Ketonen, an investor and seasoned sailor with a fascinating career behind him. Timo shares his insights on his impactful investor strategy and offers tips on how and why to invest in your employees' happiness.

In today's digital working environment, many of us might feel imbalanced and pressured to be online even outside office hours. Are digital tools the ones to blame for the situation, or could they be the solution to improving our work-life balance? Where goes the limit between the employer's and the employee's responsibility for workplace well-being?

These questions and many others are discussed in this Better Monday® Podcast episode. Our star of the episode is Joana Pais Afonso, an expert in employer branding, talent experience, and culture. Joana currently lives in Lisbon, Portugal, and works for Deloitte as a Culture & People Experience manager while also leading the company's diversity and inclusion program. In addition, Joana speaks and trains organizations to create better candidate and employee experiences. In this episode, Joana shares her thoughts about corporate well-being and digitalization.

In this Better Monday® Podcast episode, Milla and her guest Darcy Marie Boles discuss remote culture architecture. Tune in!

In this episode, Melissa Mauk, Director of Business Operations at Hotjar, shares her experiences on how being a widely distributed organization affects the work and different business operations.

The first guest of the season is Mine Dedekoca, a workplace curator, happiness coach, and remote work ambassador passionate about the future of work and workplace happiness.

The transition to the hybrid era has not only affected our ways of viewing leadership, communication and managing our work, but it has also caused quite a bit of head-scratching to recruiters and people working with HR. How to assess the know-how and motivation of a candidate virtually? How to appeal to potential employees and give them a realistic image of your company and its people without human contact? These questions are discussed in this episode where Milla interviews Saana Rossi, one of the most influential recruiters in Finland. 

In this Better Monday® podcast episode, Milla and her guest Skot Waldron talk about communication in the new normal era. Skot is an internal communication strategist who uses his extensive knowledge of brand development to build loyalty amongst individuals, teams, and organizations. Tune in to learn about the leadership skills needed in the future, improving your communication in a hybrid environment, and allocating your productive and personal time more intentionally. 

In this episode, Milla and her guest, Laura Gallaher, talk about psychological safety and trust at work. Laura is an organizational psychologist with a long history of working with people-focused leaders and large organizations like NASA and Walt Disney Company. During the episode, Milla and Laura uncover themes such as trust-building and team cohesion in the era of hybrid work.

In the last episode, Milla and her guest Liam Martin talked about remote work and how it differs from hybrid work. In the second part of Liam’s interview, they discuss the pros and cons of remote work. Liam also shares his views on how companies could support their employees' work-life balance and happiness at work. 

This episode of the Better Monday® podcast is a special one: we focus on the pros and cons of hybrid work, remote work, and other working models for not one but TWO whole episodes! Our guest star for covering the topic is Liam Martin, a remote work advocate and founder of several remote-first companies. In the first part of the two episodes, Milla and Liam talk about the future of work, asynchronous communication, and the differences between remote and hybrid work. They also discuss their different viewpoints regarding successful leadership in a hybrid organisation. 

In this episode, Milla and Sue Bingham, founder of HPWP Group and co-creator of HPWP philosophy, talk about leadership in the era of the New Normal. Sue also shares some of the challenges she has faced when working with leaders from different fields. 

In this episode, Milla and her guest Karoliina Jarenko dive deeper into the meaning of hybrid work and its common dilemmas. Karoliina has a diverse background in consulting and organisational development, and from this perspective, she shares her best tips on how to avoid desocialization and embrace humanity in the new era of hybrid workplaces. 

Season 3 turns a new leaf in the history of Better Monday, as all the episodes will solely concentrate on hybrid work and the new normal. We kickstart the third season by unravelling a tricky question: what exactly is hybrid after all? Together with Lauriina Holmström, Digital Business Consultant at Sofokus, our hostess and Chief Happiness Officer Milla Heikkilä also share their ups and downs in trying to readjust back to normal.