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ReThink Productivity Podcast — 329 episodes

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Data-Driven Coaching and AI in Store Operations

2

Hedaux , Hogg & The Machines 1

3

From Insights to Execution: The Future of Frontline Productivity with WorkJam

4

All Things MTM with Peter Kuhlang

5

Productivity Pulse Episode 8 - Countdown to the Productivity Forum 2026!

6

Basket & Barometer June 2026

7

Productivity Pulse Episode 7 - ReThink Academy

8

Basket & Barometer May 2026

9

Productivity Pulse: Retail Technology Show Live 2026

10

The ReThink Productivity Retail Report 2026 and NotebookLM

11

Basket & Barometer April 2026

12

Productivity Pulse Future Ready Retail Benchmarking Report SPECIAL

13

Productivity Pulse 6

14

Basket & Barometer March 2026

15

Productivity Pulse Nov 2025 - Feb 2026 NotebookLM Summary

16

Productivity Pulse Episode 5

17

Basket & Barometer Nov 2025 - Jan 2026 NotebookLM Summary

18

Basket & Barometer February 2026

19

Productivity Pulse Episode 4

20

Using MTM To Improve Methods, Not Just Set Time

21

Basket & Barometer January 2026

22

How MTM Really Works: From Motions To Time

23

Productivity Pulse Episode 3

24

What Is MTM And Why It Still Matters

25

Basket & Barometer December 2025

26

Productivity Pulse Episode 2

27

The What, When, Why & How Of A Time And Motion Study

28

Basket & Barometer November 2025

29

Productivity Pulse Episode 1

30

Productivity Podcast 2.0

31

AI Value Track Podcast - Episode 3

32

AI Made This Podcast - Notebook LM October 2025

33

AI Value Track Podcast - Episode 2

34

AI Value Track Podcast - Episode 1

35

The Evolution of Advanced Scheduling: How ModusForce Is Changing the WFM Game

36

Footfall Insights September 2025

37

Beyond the Yellow Label: Transforming Retail Operations with Smart Technology

38

Productivity Forum 2025: Key Takeaways

39

The Robot Won't Steal Your Job, But It Might Make It Awesome

40

Footfall Insights August 2025

41

ReThink Revealed - Ep.5. The Data Deep Dive: Productivity Lessons from the Numbers - James

42

Rethinking Retail: What If We Challenged Everything?

43

Schedule Smarter, Not Harder: How to Transform Your Workforce Management

44

Footfall Insights July 2025

45

The Productivity Puzzle: Navigating Retail's Toughest Challenges

46

The Power of Micro-Feedback: How HappyOrNot Transforms Customer Experience

47

ReThink Revealed - Ep4. Measure What Matters: The Techniques Powering ReThink’s Insights - Ed

48

Footfall Insights June 2025

49

Key Retail Trends 2025

50

ReThink Revealed - Ep3. Planning the Ultimate Work Study - Gail

51

Footfall Insights May 2025

52

Insights from WH People: The Hidden Cost Of Labour Turnover

53

ReThink Revealed - Ep2. Productivity Quick Wins - Simon

54

Insights from WH People: Mastering Tech Project Success

55

Insights from WH People: Transforming Workplace Culture and Engagement with Technology

56

Footfall Insights April 2025

57

Retail Technology Show 2025 Review

58

ReThink Revealed - Ep1. Workload Labour Models - Karen

59

Chapter 11 - AI

60

Footfall Insights March 2025

61

Every Second Counts with Notebook LM

62

Footfall Insights February 2025

63

Chapter 10 - How can I budget better?

64

Footfall Insights January 2025

65

Harnessing AI and Computer Vision for Enhanced Efficiency with Simon Shankster

66

Footfall Insights December 2024

67

Chapter 9 - Is the projected saving real?

68

AI Made This Podcast 2

69

Footfall Insights November 2024

70

Chapter 8 - How do I find my next set of Productivity improvements?

71

The 2024 Budget Challenges

72

Transforming Workplaces: Embracing Neuro Leadership

73

Footfall Insights October 2024

74

An Interview With ChatGPT

75

Footfall Insights September 2024

76

AI Made This Podcast

77

ReThink Forum 2024 Review

78

The Perfect Fit with Bob Neville

79

Alex Rezvan on Retail trends across the world

80

Footfall Insights August 2024

81

AI: Insights from Ed Hogg

82

Footfall Insights July 2024

83

Chapter 7 - I've added new services, how can I make them more efficient?

84

Chapter 6 - What can we stop doing to free up our people?

85

Footfall Insights June 2024

86

Harnessing the Power of People in Workforce Management with Gary Makredes

87

Chapter 5 - Is my leadership structure right?

88

Footfall Insights May 2024

89

Mastering Workforce Management: Strategies for Change and Effective Implementation with Donna Stephenson

90

Chapter 4 - How do I balance investing in sales and controlling costs?

91

Best bits of business advice

92

Retail Technology Show 2024 Review

93

Footfall Insights April 2024

94

Retail Technology Show 2024 Preview

95

Chapter 3 - How can I make savings?

96

Footfall Insights March 2024

97

Empowering Teams, Inspiring Leadership with Trevor Hudson

98

Chapter 2 - How can I serve more customers at peak?

99

The ReThink Way

100

Cultivating a Data-Driven Culture with James Bolle

101

Unlocking the Potential of Open Banking with Gosia Furmanik

102

Footfall Insights February 2024

103

Chapter 1 - Where is your money really going?

104

Shaping Organizational Productivity through Strategic Workforce Planning

105

Every Second Counts

106

Footfall Insights January 2024

107

Productivity Insights - 2023 Reflections

108

The Changing Trends in Customer Experience Management

109

Footfall Insights December 2023

110

Christmas Eve Special: Reflecting on Milestones and Looking Ahead with New Insights on Productivity

111

Insights into the Evolving Retail Industry with Lisa Hooker

112

New Age Retail: Electronic Shelf Edge Label Insights from Michael Fletcher

113

Productivity insights with Simon & Sue - FAQ

114

Footfall Insights November 2023

115

Sustaining Process Improvement and Driving Positive Change

116

Footfall Insights October 2023

117

The Profound Impact of Employee Experience and Future Work Trends with Julie Develin

118

Exploring Last-Mile Delivery and Locker Systems

119

A Journey into Automation, Robotics, and E-commerce

120

Productivity Insights - Driving Constant Evolution and Progress in Business Operations

121

Decoding Pricing: Mark Peacock's Industry Insights

122

MRI Springboard Footfall Insights September 2023

123

Insights from the Productivity Forum 2023 and beyond

124

Food, Business,WorkJam and Music: Aramark and a Garth Brooks Concert

125

Secrets to Optimised Business Operations with David Rogers from WorkJam

126

Driving Digital Transformation with WorkJam

127

MRI Springboard Footfall Insights August 2023

128

Productivity Forum 2023

129

Productivity Insights - The Power of Benchmarking

130

Productivity Insights - It's not just Retail

131

Is the tail wagging the dog?

132

Productivity Insights - New News

133

MRI Springboard Footfall Insights July 2023

134

Harness the Power of Retail Operations Metrics

135

Digital Twin

136

Top Right Thinking Episode 3

137

MRI Springboard Footfall Insights June 2023

138

Top Right Thinking Episode 2

139

Top Right Thinking Episode 1

140

Carbon Free Dining

141

Productivity Insights - Parkinson's Law

142

MRI Springboard Footfall Insights May 2023

143

Fixed On The Vision, Flexible On The Journey

144

Retail Technology Show 2023 Reflections

145

Productivity Insights - MTM

146

MRI Springboard Footfall Insights April 2023

147

Is Your Marketing Productive?

148

The Future Of Customer Experience

149

Why is change so hard ?

150

2023 Digital Shopper Trends

151

MRI Springboard Footfall Insights March 2023

152

Euroshop Reflections

153

Productivity Insights - Activity Study

154

User Generated Content

155

Productivity Insights - Efficiency Study

156

What's contributing to the massive loss of productivity in the workforce?

157

Productivity Insights - Role Study

158

NRF 2023 Reflections

159

Why is customer feedback great for colleagues?

160

Retail Technology Trends

161

2022 Reflections. A year of two halves

162

Best Bits Of Business Advice Part 3

163

Best Bits Of Business Advice Part 2

164

Best Bits Of Business Advice Part 1

165

Using AI to manage retention

166

Pimloc - Video privacy and analytics

167

Retail Trajectories

168

The Price Is Right

169

Dayforce 3 - The Future of Talent

170

Dayforce 2 - The Future of WFM

171

🚨🚨Productivity Forum 2023🚨🚨

172

Dayforce 1 - The Future of Pay

173

Productivity & Transformation 2022 Reflections with Oliver Banks

174

Reimagining The Petrol Station

175

Move Faster With Clear Processes And Role Onboarding

176

Powerful AI Conversations

177

Productivity & Transformation 2022 Reflections

178

The Importance Of Practical Legal Advice

179

Productivity & Transformation 2022 - The 4 Pillars

180

Footfall Insights 2022

181

Personalised & Prioritised Actions

182

A Productive Nights Sleep

183

Productivity & Transformation 2022 - Retail Acronyms

184

Measurement USA V Europe

185

Supply Chain Challenges

186

Managing Task V Scheduling

187

How Do You Drive Accurate Forecasting & Analytics?

188

Productivity & Transformation 2022 - Retail Myths & Mottos

189

How to Attract and Retain Staff

190

Plan & Execute Work, Measure & Reward Teams

191

Productivity & Transformation 2022

192

Flow Insight

193

Management Structures Of The Future

194

Don't be a Duck

195

Why do we choose one retailer over another?

196

Customer Experience post Covid

197

Productivity Insights

198

Bricks & Mortar Retail is the future

199

What Makes You Different?

200

Ready to Fight Food Waste?

201

The Flexibility Debate

202

Retail - The Accidental Career

203

Retail Supply Chains & The Last Mile

204

Don’t miss the food waste revolution

205

Start Up Land

206

The Future Is Electronic Shelf Labels (ESL)

207

Ole & Steen - The Perfect Bake

208

Making Restaurants More Efficient With Bite Ninja

209

ExeQut Digital Transformation

210

The Perfect Design

211

Connecting Teams Through Voice

212

What tech will be in the retail store of the future?

213

The Reminder Episode

214

A Commitment To Doing The Right Thing

215

Worth A Gander To Reduce Food Waste

216

Do Less To Do More

217

Arco - Experts in Safety

218

SPF Productivity

219

Helping You To Manage Your Restaurant Easily

220

The Great Acceleration

221

The Macanta magic that helps you find process Nirvana

222

Checkout Free Retail

223

Convert software & data struggles into powerful results

224

Post Implementation Support

225

WFM Pilot & Rollout

226

You Have Chosen A WFM Solution So Now What?

227

The Rotageek journey

228

The benefits of automating your employee scheduling

229

Should retailers be automating employee scheduling?

230

Findr - The worlds first matching platform for businesses

231

Simplification Stories 4

232

Simplification Stories 3

233

Simplification Stories 2

234

Simplification Stories 1

235

Is working from home sustainable?

236

Did you follow the process, did it produce the intended result? Part 2

237

Pick to Perfection

238

Unleash your data to be more productive

239

Do you turn your data into insight?

240

Hyper Scheduling with Sorted³

241

Education in the Workplace

242

Do you have Give-up-itis?

243

Successful Field Leadership

244

Always there to serve you

245

The Perfect Storm for Innovation

246

WorkJam Operations

247

WorkJam Customer Experience

248

WorkJam Task Management

249

ReThink & REPL - How does WFM differ across the World?

250

ReThink & REPL - The future of WFM

251

ReThink & REPL - Mobile, Reporting & Analytics

252

ReThink & REPL - Time & Attendance (T&A)

253

ReThink & REPL - Scheduling

254

ReThink & REPL - Budgeting, Forecasting & Labour Demand

255

ReThink & REPL - Labour Standards

256

What does a Category Director do?

257

Purpose Reflections

258

The greatest consumer shock to our system we have ever had

259

Did you follow the process, did it produce the intended result?

260

Breathing life into your processes

261

Are you making the most of the tech you give your store teams?

262

Are you a revenge shopper?

263

What is the way to Covid safe premises?

264

Physical retail isn’t dead—but boring retail is!

265

What makes people happy & engaged at work?

266

Making a difference locally

267

Where is your Customer?

268

ReThink & InMoment - Inclusive Experiences

269

ReThink & InMoment - Self checkout and the move to self pay

270

ReThink & InMoment - Omnichannel

271

ReThink & InMoment - Customer Experience V Brand Promise

272

What does the future look like for hospitality?

273

Do you have to choose between Efficiency & good Customer Service?

274

The challenges of a small stores with high customer volume

275

The challenges of running a Pharmacy chain through a Pandemic

276

Retail USA V UK

277

Keeping the world connected

278

Grey Tuesday

279

Where will you visit on the Metro map?

280

How is automation impacting the Customer & Store?

281

Is WFM a Change or IT driven project?

282

Driving Store Performance through AI and Machine Learning

283

🎧Your data your way🎧

284

UKG: When two cloud software powerhouses become one

285

Re-imagine communication

286

Tech is important but people make the difference

287

Engagement Driven Workforce Management

288

Has your Scheduling kept up to speed?

289

Office productivity and the impact of working from home

290

Benefits of adopting Lean and Six Sigma principles

291

Can we keep up with the change?

292

Productivity in the music industry

293

How do you communicate with deskless workers?

294

Retail Technology- Back to the Future

295

What is Methods-Time Measurement (MTM)?

296

Rise of the Robots

297

How does the flexibility of colleagues increase productivity in a gig economy?

298

Is there a link between Employee Engagement & Productivity?

299

Wage Payment Innovation

300

Future Footfall trends 2020

301

How we buys cars is changing

302

Barriers to delivering productivity through people

303

How AI and automation can create high-value touchpoints across the customer journey

304

What makes a great Project Manager ?

305

How can improvisation help drive productivity?

306

Productivity in Darts

307

Are you going to sit and wait for normal to return?

308

The psychology of communication with Customers

309

ReThink team talk all things Workstudy

310

Business growth & productivity

311

Surviving Change

312

Demystifying Disinfection. What does clean really mean?

313

Productivity opportunities in retail store operations

314

When is Transformation not Transformation?

315

Not the 'New Normal'

316

Workforce Management is changing

317

Justin Edinburgh 3 Foundation Special

318

The importance of engaging people in productivity change initiatives

319

Impact of Social distancing in the 'new normal'

320

Adapting the retail operating model to the 'new normal'

321

Productive teams (lessons from football)

322

A Dragon's view of productivity

323

Why does Customer Experience matter and what are the links to productivity?

324

Does a challenge culture drive productivity?

325

Productivity Data Insights

326

Why should you have a business strategy?

327

Productivity in a professional football club

328

Purpose & Productivity Part 2

329

Purpose & Productivity Part 1