The Future Is Human

In a world racing toward automation, what makes us irreplaceable? The Future is Human explores how people and technology can grow together without losing what makes work meaningful: creativity, connection, and vulnerability.Hosted by Naomi Trickey and Ella McCann Tomlin from Mews, this podcast brings authentic, insight-driven conversations with leaders, innovators, and employees who are reimagining workplace culture.From candid stories of scaling organizations without sacrificing humanity to bold perspectives on diversity, AI, and leadership, each episode dives into what it really takes to build human-centered companies at scale.Whether you’re a People & Culture leader, a tech innovator, or simply curious about the future of work, you’ll hear fresh perspectives that challenge binary narratives and offer actionable insights to create workplaces where humans—and businesses—thrive.Because the future of work isn’t humans vs. technology. The future is human.

The Future Is Human is a news podcast hosted by Mews, with 15 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Mews hosts The Future Is Human, a news show with 15 episodes published.

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  Episode #14

  Can AI amplify us without isolating us? ft. Debora Gallo and Melanie Yencken

  Sep 1, 202634 min

  We’re ending season one of The Future Is Human with the question that has been sitting under every conversation so far: what does it mean to stay human in work that is changing this fast? In the season finale, hosts Naomi Trickey and Ella McCann-Tomlin bring together two previous conversations with Debora Gallo and Melanie Yencken. Debora speaks from the deeply personal side of AI, where expertise, identity and connection are all being reshaped. Melanie speaks from the design and product side, where AI makes it easier than ever to build, but much harder to know what is actually worth building. Together, their conversations ask what needs protecting as work becomes faster, more automated and more individual. The answer is, unsurprisingly but importantly, human: judgment, taste, empathy, agency, community and the courage to keep asking better questions.

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  Episode #12

  Not the obvious path ft. Alex Costa de Wit and Nina Gualdi

  Aug 19, 202634 min

  Most people leave university with some kind of blueprint of what’s to come. After business school, Alex Costa de Wit figured the next step would be a job in consulting. Nina Gualdi, on the other hand, would carve a path in design, communications, a master’s and then somehow, figure out the rest. Now, neither blueprint quite survived in the real world, but maybe that was the point. In this episode of The Future Is Human by Mews, host Ella McCann-Tomlin speaks with Alex and Nina about what it means to choose your first job deliberately when everything around you is pulling you toward the obvious path. They talk about trusting instinct before you have much proof, what a degree gives you when your career does not follow a straight line and why “what am I going to learn here?” might be the most valuable question to ask at the start of your career.

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  Episode #13

  Why Identity Is a Source of Intelligence, Not a Liability ft. Ingrid Tappin

  Jul 28, 202640 min

  The thing you’ve been asked to minimise at work might be your greatest source of leadership intelligence. Rooms have rules. People put you in boxes. And most organisations still treat identity as a sensitivity to manage rather than a capability to unlock. In this episode of The Future Is Human by Mews, host Naomi Trickey is joined by Ingrid Tappin, creator of Identity Intelligence™, author of Exceptionals and founder of Diverse Leaders in Tech, to discuss what happens when we stop managing identity and start recognising it as a strategic asset.

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  Episode #11

  The Value Of Play And Creativity At Work ft. Preben Arentoft

  Jun 23, 202641 min

  Modern workplaces may be suffering from a creativity crisis. But like with most things in life, there’s a solution for this too. In this episode of The Future is Human, host Naomi Trickey sits down with Preben Arentoft, Agile Coach at the LEGO Group, to explore why unlocking team potential requires embracing play and curiosity, how to cultivate creative problem-solving amid pressure to deliver and the key strategies to build human-centered teams in an AI-driven world. Tune in to discover why creativity, exploration and serendipity are the one thing no machine can replicate. This is how you get colour back into your organisation.

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  Episode #10

  What we gain and what we grieve when AI enters the workplace ft. Debora Gallo

  Jun 9, 202643 min

  AI is changing a lot more than the way we work - at an essential level, it’s changing the way we see ourselves. In this episode of The Future Is Human by Mews, host Ella McCann-Tomlin sits down with Debora Gallo, VP of Talent Development at Mews, to talk about what it really feels like to lead people through the AI era; a moment that is reshaping expertise, identity, connection and confidence at work. From her own experience of reinvention across Argentina, Australia and the Netherlands to the emotional shock of feeling “heard” by a machine, Debora offers candid and deeply human insights about agency, grief, optimism, leadership and the courage it takes to keep people at the centre when the pressure to move fast is everywhere.

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