Bringing your whole self to work

“It is a myth that every company or that companies have to be conformist. And that there’s work that’s super boring.”

— Ephraim Freed, Riot Games

Your work isn’t boring – and your workplace doesn’t need to feel like 1984. In this episode we explore a fascinating new approach to employment that places your individuality at the centre; this is a world where you can bring yourself (warts and all) to work every day.

Paul Miller attempts to bring his whole self (which includes his old typewriter, apparently) to an inspiring conversation with Jessica Hunt, Digital Learning Lead at Adobe, and Ephraim Julius Freed, Internal Communications Manager at Riot Games. Together they delve into the essence of individuality throughout the “seasons” of your working life. Start from a spring search for meaning and an ideal workplace, and surf into the summer joys of freelancing and amazing teams. Then, nestle into autumnal delights of stripping away complexity to reveal the human within. Finally, learn to love the winter frost, which merely hides an evergreen soul always seeking the next big challenge.

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Featuring

Ephraim Julius Freed – Internal Communications Manager, Riot Games

Ephraim is an Internal Communications Manager at Riot Games, maker of the popular video game League of Legends. Ephraim’s work has spanned implementing a social intranet, working as a consultant to help others plan for and implement social intranets, producing training and blog content, and facilitating peer learning events for intranet practitioners. His interest in intranets, the digital workplace and IC stems from a passion for making modern work meaningful and nourishing, and developing the requisite culture and tools to support that vision.

Jessica “Jessi” Hunt – Digital Learning Lead, Adobe

Jessi Hunt has been innovating in the workplace through technology for the last decade. She started her career in the aviation industry by scaling a paper-based training programme for flight attendants into computer-based on-demand training. Jessi now works at Adobe, where she designs and manages several microsites across the company’s intranet, Inside Adobe. She is passionate about innovating and creating experiences that help us to be our best at work and in our everyday life.