Will flexible work erode a company’s culture and its employees’ ability to connect with one another?

Sheela Subramanian (Author & VP at Slack)

Sheela Subramanian, author and VP of Slack Technologies, speaks about how intentionality and predictability is key to fostering connections in the new work environment.

Sheela Subramanian

Author & VP at Slack Sheela Subramanian is Vice President and co-founder of Future Forum. She holds 20 years of experience building high-growth global teams across Google, Slack, and startup organizations. As a champion for workplace equity, her work is cited in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and others. She is also author of the book "How the Future Works", written in partnership with her Future Forum co-founders.

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Sheela Subramanian

Author & VP at Slack

Sheela Subramanian is Vice President and co-founder of Future Forum. She holds 20 years of experience building high-growth global teams across Google, Slack, and startup organizations. As a champion for workplace equity, her work is cited in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and others. She is also author of the book "How the Future Works", written in partnership with her Future Forum co-founders.

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Vaishali Jain

Vaishali Jain

Sarder TV Anchor & Former Bloomberg TV Journalist

Vaishali has been working in the media industry & Journalism for more than 14 years. She had her own CEO talk show on Bloomberg TV India called Biz Lounge, a show that she anchored and produced. Biz Lounge explored the business aspects of each company, as well as the company's leadership, corporate culture, as well as each leader's personal side including how he/she spent their free time.

Prior to that, she worked as a Management Consultant in the finance industry in New York City. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Management with a concentration in Finance and her Master’s degree in Organizational Psychology.

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