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 an…

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…

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…

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,…

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 cohe…

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 …

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 …

On the 18th episode of Better Monday podcast, Milla is interviewing a lovely lady called Molly Johnson-Jones. Molly is an entrepreneur and one of the three co-founders of a 100 % remote company called Flexa careers. Flexa finds flexible companies and lists them on their webpage after verifying them. Flexa’s mission is to bring transparency into job…

Work hard, play hard… That’s a quote Lauren Silver has probably heard a lot. But you know what? This saying is very much true of her!Lauren is a clown, an actress, and a facilitator. She runs her own company called PlayWell, which trains people to be more creative and playful towards their life and work.On the 17th Better Monday podcast episode, Mi…

The 16th Better Monday podcast episode is touching a very interesting topic, which is positive psychology and how to use it in workplaces. For this episode Milla got the opportunity to interview Adele Hawkes, who works as positive psychology coach for both individuals and companies.Positive psychology can be utilized for example at workplace. One o…

For this episode we got the honor to interview Bruce Wang again! Bruce works as a Director of Engineering at Netflix and in the first episode with Bruce, we discovered recruiting and organizational culture at Netflix. This time Milla and Bruce dive into the theme of leadership.What is a mistake leaders often do? What is the recipe for building a su…

Why are people so often afraid of failure? Like one mistake could determine the whole life. But if you really think about it, many great things wouldn’t have happened if it wasn’t for failures.Failing helps us to determine whether an idea is good or not. When we fail fast, we simultaneously minimize the losses and are ready to quickly try something…

On the thirteenth episode of Better Monday podcast Milla Heikkilä and Lori Mihalich-Levin talk about the challenges facing especially new parents when returning work after parental leave.Lori herself is a mother of two. She went through a struggle when she got back from maternity leave. She is a lawyer by profession, but she also helps new parents …

Usually, on Better Monday podcast we interview inspiring guests all over the world. This year we've had so many great guests and learned so much about them and their business culture. This won't stop here, and we have some amazing guests coming up. But since Christmas time is right around the corner, we wanted to do something special. This time in …

In this Better Monday podcast episode, author and keynote speaker Camilla Tuominen explains how both organizations and individuals can benefit from bringing emotions to the workplace. She also shares many great tips on how to become the best version of oneself by balancing out work tasks according to current mood and mindset.…

Our first guest on the second season of Better Monday podcast is Jan-Philipp Martini from Boston Consulting Group. In this episode, Jan-Philipp, who loves nature and meditation, explains how mindfulness shapes the nature of work and how it can help both people and organizations succeed.Bonus: A 3-minute attention meditation at the end of the episod…

On his solo backpacking trip to Vietnam, Indiez founder Nitesh Agrawal met digital nomads from all around the world. He was amazed to hear their stories and convinced by their high levels of productivity and healthy work-life balance. "Why can't everyone work like this?" he thought, and from that thought Indiez was born.Today Indiez is a platform c…

In the eight Better Monday podcast episode Milla and Mari talk about corporate responsibility. While building a strong career in the field of sustainability consulting, Mari has also managed to prioritise her own well-being and take care of her family life. In this episode Mari shares her tips on how to be a good parent and simultaneously have a ki…

For this Better Monday podcast episode, Milla interviewed Bruce Wang, who works as Director of Engineering at Netflix. This American media-services provider and production company has advised its employees to work from home instead of coming to the office because of the corona virus, which is spreading all over the world. In this episode Bruce expl…

Åsa Caap is a Stockholm based entrepreneur, intrapreneur and author of the book Corporate Hacker, which is a survival guide for entrepreneurs in the corporate world. She is known for being “a warrior that get things done”, and she is a strong leader known for building healthy and productive teams. In the sixth Better Monday podcast episode Milla He…

What skills do we need in the future? What differs us from the robots? Listen to this episode and you’ll know!In the future the nature of work gets more demanding and intense. Robots can tackle many issues faster than humans and thus, some jobs will disappear and stop existing completely.In the fifth episode of Better Monday podcast Milla interview…

Is it possible to have them both? A successful career and a healthy and loving family life? Yes, it is if you ask Monika Werthén. A super woman, who wakes up at 5:30 to do her morning workout, after which she heads to the office to lead Uber’s marketing in the Nordics.Monika has managed to build a successful career and simultaneously retain her wor…

How does the eco-system of innovation and startups work in a continent where 18 million youths enter the job markets every year? How can companies address the issue of skills mismatch? Can we use technology to solve the most pressing global issues? In this episode Teemu interviews Jumanne Mtambalike, the CEO of Sahara Ventures.…

What is a Minimum Ethical Product? Why do we need to talk about ethics in business altogether? And why are women centric communities like “Women in tech” and “Women in AI” possibly detrimental to gender equality? In this episode Milla interviews Catalina Butnaru, Head of Product Marketing at HyperJar and Global Ethics Lead at City AI.The interview …

In this Better Monday podcast episode Milla Heikkilä interviews Marcin Floryan, Director of Engineering at Spotify. Spotify has 5000 employees all around the world and it employs around 100 different nationalities. This global audio streaming subscription service has succeeded in building diversity in the workplace. The company has found it essenti…