The Spin

Kristen Butcher and Mark Edgar

The world is changing at a crazy rate. It can be exciting but scary all at the same time. Join Kristen and Mark to hear their spin on a variety of subjects to make sure you’re ready to embrace that world today and in the future.

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    The Spin - Season 3 Episode 2 - What is Web 3.0?

    Season 3 Episode 2: What is Web 3.0? In the latest episode of The Spin, Mark and Kristen (well mainly Kristen) put their spin on Web 3.0. For the avoidance of doubt, it’s correctly referred to as “web three point O” – Mark apologizes for his apparent inability to get this in his head during the pod! This episode took us in to the lane we wanted to create with The Spin based on our philosophy that the world is changing at a crazy rate. It can be exciting but scary all at the same time. This is our spin on a variety of subjects to make sure you’re ready to embrace that world today and in the future. We talk through the evolution of the web from Web 1.0 (think Craigslist), through Web 2.0 (think Uber and Airbnb) to the emerging Web 3.0. We explore some of the background to this evolution and the opportunities it creates for a decentralized world where the user community has more power than the big tech companies. This topic is important to our listeners as it represents the next evolution of the internet that will create continued disruption that we should be aware of. Some additional resources and our High Lo: 🧠 Braintrust – the company Kristen used as a case study of how Web 3.0 is disrupting the talent market. 🗞 Not Boring – a newsletter where you can also keep ahead of what’s going in the world to impress your friends and family. 🧐 The Stoics If you enjoy The Spin, we’d be humbled by a review on your podcast platform of choice or a recommendation to a friend.

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    The Spin - Season 3 Episode 1 - The Future of Career Progression

    Season 3 Episode 1: The Future of Career Progression Welcome to a new year and a new season of The Spin. In this episode, Mark and Kristen explore career progression and specifically Squiggly Careers. As we come through the pandemic, now is a great time to reflect on whether you are getting what you want from your career and, if possible, to take control. In Season 2 of Episode 5, we talked about how to futureproof your career and this included reference to Squiggly Careers. A squiggly career represents the future of the career ladder where we can play to our strengths and explore limitless future possibilities. The topic of careers appears to be top of mind for people. Research from global recruitment firm Adecco identified that 42% don’t feel confident they have the skills required for the future and only 30% feel their managers are equipped to help putting lots of responsibility on individuals to manage their own careers. Take a listen for our recommendations for companies and individuals. High low end of the show If you’re IG feed is in need of some RV adventures, we will not judge! Feel free to follow @RamsayRV.Alternatively, if you’d like to understand more about why Kristen is obsessed with Yellowstone, take a look. If you enjoy The Spin, we’d be humbled by a review on your podcast platform of choice or a recommendation to a friend. You might even win a prize!

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    The Spin - Season 2 Episode 8 - Generation Nation – What do millennials know anyway?

    Season 2 Episode 8: Generation Nation – What do millennials know anyway? Another opportunity to be face to face with Kristen proudly wearing a half grown moustache – more on that below – for an episode of The Spin talking about generations.  Inspired by an October NYT article, we explored the five different generations in the workplace including: Traditionalists or Silent Generation - 1945 and beforeBaby Boomers - 1946-1964Generation X - 1965-1976Millennials or Gen Y - 1977-1995Generation Z or iGen or Centennials - 1996-nowWith Mark being a proud Gen X (or is that an Z?) and Kristen just getting in there as a millennial, we shared our experiences that have informed (or misinformed) the generational labels. We also shared some take aways for organizations: Ensure you can use the labels to inform an attraction strategyIf you’re leading a team find the commonalities rather than extenuating the differencesEncourage team members to treat everyone as individualsConsider having an impact statementAnd for individuals we encouraged building awareness and challenging assumptions of others. High low end of the show If you’d like to sponsor Kristen’s tach, here is a linkIf you’d like to read Mark’s ramblings about COP26 and the environment, read this.If you enjoyed this episode, we’d be very excited if you took the time to do a review on your favourite podcast platform or share it with a friend.

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    The Spin - Season 2 Episode 4: All About Culture

    Season 2 Episode 4: All About Culture In this episode we were excited to be joined by Hilton Barbour to chat about all things culture. Hilton is a marketer by training who explores the intersection of strategy and culture. As his website explains, if strategy is the engine culture is the fuel. We talk through what we mean by culture, how it can impact an organization and share our perspectives on why it’s important. Hilton provides a couple of definitions of culture, but the one that really resonated was “it’s what happens at the edges of your organization on your worst day” – and let’s admit we’ve had a few bad days recently with this darn pandemic! Also, Kristen would have mentioned an old Netflix culture presentation you can find here if interested! We hope you enjoy it. The big Spin giveaway Ok big is a relative term! We want to get our listeners engaged so if you tag us in a social media post or do a review, you will be entered into a draw to win a book – No Rules Rules by Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer that talks about the Netflix culture. Good luck! High low end of the show We covered a lot of ground in this week’s high low … Here is the link to White Fragility and Conscious Leadership. And here is the link to the course Kristen is doing. Until next time!         If you enjoy The Spin, we’d be humbled by a review on your podcast platform of choice or a recommendation to a friend. You might even win a prize!

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The world is changing at a crazy rate. It can be exciting but scary all at the same time. Join Kristen and Mark to hear their spin on a variety of subjects to make sure you’re ready to embrace that world today and in the future.