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Dan Smolen
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Former ad agency executive, headhunter, and owner of a recruitment firm. Now Executive Producer and Host of the What’s Your Work Fit? live show on LinkedIn and YouTube; Founding Member of the Future of Work Alliance.
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Time has come to upend the College Degree Industrial Complex. A college degree no longer ensures the American Dream. Instead, millions of Gen Zers are seeking career education to become plumbers, electricians and technical tradespeople.

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Time Has Come to Upend the College Degree Industrial Complex
A college degree no longer ensures the American Dream. Instead, millions of Gen Zers are seeking career education to become plumbers, electricians and technical tradespeople
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November 22, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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On What's Your Work Fit? this week, guest Andreas Hoffbauer PhD stated that, in work and in the workplace, "progress moves at the speed of trust." Watch this interesting clip from the live show.

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Progress Moves at the Speed of Trust
What's Your Work Fit? guest Andreas Hoffbauer, PhD established that trust is of paramount importance to supporting a well functioning workplace
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November 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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On the What's Your Work Fit? live show this week, workplace expert Andreas Hoffbauer PhD taught a masterclass on why Workplace Network Matters.

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Here's Why Workplace Network Mapping Matters
In just under 10 minutes, Andreas Hoffbauer, PhD takes you through a Workplace Network Mapping Masterclass
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November 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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How Can Network Mapping Supercharge a Workplace? That's our lead question on the What's Your Work Fit? LIVE SHOW for Atelier Kultur's founder Andreas Hoffbauer PhD.

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How Can Network Mapping Supercharge a Workplace?
What's Your Work Fit? Guest Andreas Hoffbauer PhD takes us through an exercise that can create intentional connection in the ever distributed workplace
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November 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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In 2026, Will the Side Hustle Scale in Popularity? It may become the operating system of the Modern Worker. More on this question on my Substack. Subscribe to it for FREE!

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In 2026, Will the Side Hustle Scale in Popularity?
The Side Hustle may become the operating system of the Modern Worker
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November 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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How will AI impact the workplace hybrid balance? Stanford Professor and Remote Work Expert Nick Bloom suggests that AI will ultimately support more people doing hybrid work.

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How Will AI Impact the Workplace Hybrid Balance?
Stanford Professor and Remote Work Expert Nick Bloom suggests that AI will ultimately support more people doing hybrid work
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November 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Why are we still talking about RTO mandates? We posed that question to Stanford University Professor of Economics and remote work expert Nick Bloom this week on What's Your Work Fit?

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Why Are We Still Talking About RTO Mandates
Stanford Professor and Remote Work Expert Nick Bloom returns to What's Your Work Fit? to answer that and other questions
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November 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Stanford Professor Nick Bloom joins What's Your Work Fit? He will answer the question: Why Are We Still Talking About RTO Mandates? Show drops 12PM ET on Wednesday, November 5, 2025.

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Nick Bloom Joins What's Your Work Fit?
We'll ask the Stanford Professor, Why Are We Still Talking About RTO Mandates?
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November 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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We used to live near factories that made things. Now, we live across the street from factories that remember things. My latest missive describes life in a Data Center Community. Enjoy reading this and my other posts; subscribing to my Substack is free.

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Life in a Data Center Community
We used to live near factories that made things. Now, we across-the-street from factories that remember things.
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November 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Happiness Expert Jessica Weiss returns to What's Your Work Fit? Leading off the show she describes the science behind workplace happiness.

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Happiness Expert Jessica Weiss Returns to What's Your Work Fit?
Leading off, she describes the science behind workplace happiness
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October 30, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Is now the time to be nostalgic? The dazzling advancement of Agentic AI and in how professional careers evolve should persuade workers to think less about the past, more of a brilliant future. On the What's Your Work Fit? Subtack:

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Is Now the Time to be Nostalgic?
The dazzling advancement of Agentic AI and in how professional careers evolve should persuade workers to think less about the past, more of a brilliant future
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October 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Angel investor and work futurist Ginger Dhaliwal says that, because 30 percent of work is about to become automated, we have to create a "learning culture." More here from What's Your Work Fit?

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We Have to Create a Learning Culture
Angel investor and modern workplace expert Ginger Dhaliwal says that AI in the workplace means that we must continually learn and quickly adapt to change
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October 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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The Rise of the Entrepreneurial Self. What's Your Work Fit? guest, the angel investor/modern work and workplace expert Ginger Dhaliwal, explains what it's about.

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The Rise of the Entrepreneurial Self
Angel investor and modern workplace expert Ginger Dhaliwal joined the What's Your Work Fit? live show to explain this new phenomenon.
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October 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Guest Ginger Dhaliwal joins What's Your Work Fit? We began our conversation by asking her: How Does Startup Culture Inform the Modern Workplace?

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Guest Ginger Dhaliwal Joins What's Your Work Fit?
The angel investor discussed how Startup Culture informs the Modern Workplace
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October 23, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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How does startup culture inform the modern workplace? Our guest, angel investor and future of work leader Ginger Dhaliwal, joins us on What's Your Work Fit?

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How Does Startup Culture Inform the Modern Workplace?
Angel investor Ginger Dhaliwal joins the What's Your Work Fit? Live Show
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October 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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How Will We Design Workspaces for People and Bots? Watch as What's Your Work Fit? co-host Fran Saele of MorteVita asks that question of Stream Realty Partners Workplace Design Strategist Corina Ocanto.

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How Will We Design Workspaces for People and Bots?
What's Your Work Fit? Co-Host Fran Saele from MorteVita just posed that question to our guest, Workplace Design Strategist Corina Ocanto
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October 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Corina Ocanot Explains the Amenities of Workplace Employee Experience. Stream Realty Partners' VP of Workplace Strategy Joined What's Your Work Fit to answer: Is Employee Experience a Workplace Amenity?

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Corina Ocanto Explains the Amenities of Workplace Employee Experience
Stream Realty Partners' VP of Workplace Strategy Joined What's Your Work Fit? to answer that and other Employee Experience-related questions
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October 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Is Employee Experience the New Workplace Amenity?

Workplace and EX expert Corina Ocanto joins What's Your Work Fit? this week to discuss this and other topics.

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Is Employee Experience the New Workplace Amenity?
Corina Ocanto joins What's Your Work Fit? to answer that and other workplace #EX questions
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October 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Are you considering a pair of smart glasses for work? The latest workplace trend comes with some troubling possibilities.

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Are You Considering Smart Glasses?
The latest modern workplace trend comes with some troubling possibilities
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October 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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In the workplace, you've got to start with trust. In this clip, What's Your Work Fit? guest Serena Huang PhD explains how data analytics may foster a trusting workplace.

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You've Got to Start With Trust
What's Your Work Fit? guest Serena Huang, PhD explains how data analytics may foster a trusting workplace.
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October 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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As workers live longer they'll choose radical realignment over retirement. Our take, and happy birthday greetings to a special 101-year old, here: dansmolen.substack.com/p/as-workers...
As Workers Live Longer They'll Choose Radical Realignment Over Retirement
Turning 65 may be the closing of one work-chapter and the start of another
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October 7, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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I hereby declare October as National Bravery Month. On-the-job and in life, our best days lie ahead when we act bravely.

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October is National Bravery Month
Our Best Days Lie Ahead When We Act Bravely
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September 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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How Do I Support a Workplace Happiness Ethic? Workplaces need an ethic, a guiding principle, to help career professionals in it to thrive. We explore this topic with our What's Your Work Fit? guest, Holland Haiis.

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How Do I Support a Workplace Happiness Ethic?
Workplaces need an ethic, a guiding principle, to help career professionals in it to thrive
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September 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Could the workplace become the next free speech battleground? Our thoughts.

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Could the Workplace Become the Next Free Speech Battleground?
The federal government's going after late-night TV hosts feels like a warm-up act to have more mouths taped shut (such as in the workplace)
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September 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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How can you show your support for the First Amendment? Make your voice heard. Copy this "1A" image for use in your social media posts

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How Can You Show Your Support for the First Amendment?
Make your voice heard. Copy this "1A" image for use in your social media
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September 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM