Workplace Stories by RedThread Research

Inside Hearst Networks’ Culture and Profit Revolution: Lucy King & Dean Possenniskie

10 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Organizational change is now a constant rather than a phase. Few stories illustrate this better than Hearst Networks’ journey, as shared by Dean Pos...

How McKinsey Is Rewiring L&D for the AI Age: Heather Stefanski

27 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we welcome Heather Stefanski, Chief Learning and Development Officer at McKinsey & Company. We explore how organizations...

Challenges and Solutions for Supporting Frontline Teams: JD Dillon

13 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Frontline workers form the massive, beating heart of the global workforce, constituting up to 80% of all employees. But their enablement, experience, ...

Transforming Performance Management in the Public Sector: John Barrand

29 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we sit down with John Barrand, CHRO for the State of Utah, to discuss an inspiring transformation in public sector performance manage...

Designing Future Narratives in a Changing Workplace: Lisa Kay Solomon and Jeffrey Rogers

15 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we welcome Lisa Kay Solomon, designer-in-residence at Stanford's d.school and host of the "How We Future" podcast, and Jeffrey Rogers...

How Workplace Culture Shapes Business Success: Ron Storn

01 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we’re sitting down with Ron Storn, Chief People and Culture Officer at Truckstop, to discuss culture—how it forms, who owns it, and how...

A Culture of Development at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York: Jenna Filipkowski

18 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, we’re with Jenna Filipkowski, the Head of Learning and Development at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. With a background in or...

Strategic Workforce Planning: David Edwards

04 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Strategic workforce planning is back, and not in a nostalgic “this trend is back around” kind of way. It is back because the old staffing model, r...

Authentic AI Adoption and Cultural Impact: Dessalen Wood #WS121

17 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

From overcoming initial anxieties through hackathons and playful experiments, to setting an ambitious organizational roadmap for AI, Dessalen Wood sha...

Five Levels of Becoming AI Native: Melissa Reeve

04 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The way organizations think about artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace has shifted dramatically over the past few years. While early conversa...

Reimagining Work at Scale: Manuel Smukalla on Skills, Dynamic Shared Ownership, and the Future of Bayer

21 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Manuel Smukalla, Global Talent Impact, Skills Intelligence, and Systems Lead at Bayer, joins Workplace Stories to unpack one of the most ambitious org...

Centralizing for Strategy: Christine Crouch on L&D Transformation at General Mills

17 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Christine Crouch, Senior Director of Learning at General Mills, joins Workplace Stories to discuss a massive shift in how one of the world's legacy fo...

Building a Skills-Based Organization with Koreen Pagano

03 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On the latest episode of Workplace Stories, we sit down with Koreen Pagano, author of "Building a Skills-Based Organization," to talk about one of the...

HR in the Age of AI: Cole Napper on People Analytics, Generative AI, and Redefining Value

19 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Stacia and Dani sit down once again with Cole Napper, author of “People Analytics: Using Data-Driven HR and Gen AI as a Business As...

Eight Levers for the Future: Lori Niles-Hoffman on Reimagining EdTech Transformation

05 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Workplace Stories, we sit down with Lori Niles-Hoffman, global learning strategist, EdTech advisor, and author of The Eight Levers ...

Three Futures for Learning: How AI Is Rewriting L&D with Donald H. Taylor and Eglė Vinauskaitė

22 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Just two years ago, AI was a shiny new object in L&D, with most professionals dabbling in small pilots and content creation experiments. The lates...

Believability: The Secret to AI Adoption in Learning

15 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Artificial Intelligence is transforming corporate learning, but not every organization is doing it in ways that employees actually trust. In this epis...

Moving HR from Support to Strategic Driver with Nadia Uberoi

24 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On the show this week, Nadia Uberoi, Head of People at Garner Health, joins us to explore how HR can move beyond compliance to become a solution-centr...

Making Skills the Currency of Opportunity with Haley Glover

27 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Haley Glover, Senior Director of UpSkill America at the Aspen Institute, is on a mission to build a world where skills—not degrees or pedigrees—ar...

Doing More With Less: Serena Gonsalves-Fersch on Lean Talent Teams and Big Impact

13 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Serena Gonsalves-Fersch, Global Head of Talent and Academy, shares her refreshingly candid perspective on the evolving role of Learning and Develo...

Building Trust Through Vulnerability: How Zane Zumbahlen Leads Transformational Change

23 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Workplace Stories, we sit down with Zane Zumbahlen, Chief People Officer at Wedgwood Veterinary Pharmacy, to explore how vulnerabil...

Beyond Training: How to Prove L&D Isn’t Just Overhead: Dr. Keith Keating

02 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Many organizations see learning and development (L&D) as a cost center rather than a strategic driver of value, but what if that mindset is costin...

Stop Guessing: How J&J Gets Precise About Skills w/ Bas Debbink

11 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Most organizations claim to care about employee development, but upon closer examination, their approach to skills is often vague, subjective, or down...

Leadership as a System, Not a Trait, with Cher Murphy

04 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Workplace Stories, Dani Johnson talks with Cher Murphy, Partner, Head of People+Talent Practice at ON Partner, founder of The Murp...

Why Your Strategic Plan Might Be Trapping You, with Lisa Kay Solomon and Jeffrey Rogers

20 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Most leadership development still clings to certainty, quarterly goals, strategic plans, official futures etched in stone. But what if that mindset is...

"Wait, You Still Make People Fill Out HR Forms?" with Josh Novelle

14 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Many teams don’t realize how much time their people are losing to repetitive tasks and clunky systems. From filling out HR forms to bouncing between...

AI’s Not the Problem - It’s How You Use It, with Jeremy Broome of VISA

30 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Most conversations about AI in the workplace get stuck on the surface - job loss fears, tech hype, and hand-wringing about what’s next. But in this ...

“Wait, We’re Still Guessing?” Why HR Needs Better Data - NOW

17 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

HR teams have more data than ever, but many still rely on guesswork when it comes to people decisions. In this episode, we unpack the rapid growth of ...

L&D’s Identity Crisis: Why Supporting the Business Isn’t Enough Anymore, with Al Dea

02 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Many L&D teams still see themselves as a support function—creating learning programs, responding to training requests, and advocating for develo...

AI, Learning & Partnerships: How Bertelsmann is Future-Proofing Its Workforce with Steven Moran

19 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

AI is transforming work at an unprecedented pace, but many organizations still struggle to move beyond experimentation and into real implementation. I...

Brenda Kowske: Strategic Workforce Planning in the Age of AI

05 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Boston Scientific is looking at workforce planning in an entirely new way. We got the rare chance to hear all about it from Brenda Kowske, their Senio...

Navigating Trump’s DE&I Executive Orders: Clarity with Heather Bussing

19 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Workplace Stories, we sit down with Heather Bussing, a California employment lawyer, to break down the recent executive orders on D...

Simplifying Leadership: Coca-Cola’s Approach to Manager Effectiveness with Tapaswee Chandele

05 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We sat down with Tapaswee Chandele, Senior Vice President of Global Talent Development and System Partnerships at Coca-Cola, to talk about what it rea...

The Future of HR: Stacey Harris Shares the 2025 Trends You Can’t Ignore

22 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 2025, the HR landscape is already transforming–quickly. With AI moving from hype to reality, workforce cultures evolving, and organizations pausi...

L&D Tech: What’s In and Out through an Investor’s Lens

08 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Most organizations waste money on L&D technology because they don’t think like investors. We sat down with Kimberly Williams, CEO of Absorb Soft...

The Art of Finding and Growing Niche Skills with Cari Bohley

27 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Cari Bohley, Vice President of Talent Management at Peraton, talks about solving real workplace problems by focusing on skills. From finding highly sp...

The Existential Crisis of L&D with Albertsons’ Michelle Kay

23 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What happens to an organization when learning and development disappears? It’s a question more leaders are facing as L&D teams shrink or are dep...

AI And Data Governance with Nick Hudgell

18 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We had an incredible conversation with Nick Hudgell, Global Head of People Insights at Sanofi, about the transformative power of data governance and A...

From Efficiency to Impact: Don Taylor and Eglė Vinauskaitė on AI in L&D

04 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We had an incredible conversation with Don Taylor and Eglė Vinauskaitė about their report, AI and L&D: Intention and Reality. Their research go...

The Biggest Mistakes Companies are Making with AI with Christopher Lind

20 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when AI moves faster than the people who implement it? Christopher Lind, executive advisor and industry expert, shares stories of organi...

People Analytics & AI’s Real-World Impact at FedEx with Cole Napper

06 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Cole Napper, FedEx’s Global Head of People Analytics, joined us to explore the real versus ideal roles of AI in HR and people analytics, focusing on...

Why Social Network Perspective Matters with Greg Pryor

23 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Could your network be the key to your career success and organizational growth? In this episode of Workplace Stories, we chat with Greg Pryor, author ...

Redefining Learning and Development at McKinsey: Lisa Christensen

09 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What if your L&D team could shift from merely delivering training to truly driving your company’s strategic goals? In this conversation, we talk...

Mitchel MacNair: Crown Castle - Making Employee Development Strategic

25 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How do you turn a skeptical organization into a believer in the power of Learning & Development? We interviewed Mitchel MacNair, Director of Talen...

HR, Workforce Automation, and GenAI at Merck: Jeremy Shapiro & Chris Shultz

11 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jeremy Shapiro, AVP of Human Resources and Workforce Analytics, and Chris Shultz, Director of HR Intelligent Automation and Gen AI at Merck join us in...

The Critical Role Data Plays in Skills Development: MetLife’s Emily Hacker and Dan Weiss

28 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Skills data can be used to raise the bar in talent acquisition, implement data-driven learning, make strategic workforce planning decisions, help empl...

Operationalizing AI Experimentation: Harvard Business Publishing’s Angela Cheng-Cimini

14 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Generative AI is taking the world by storm, and the realm of HR is no exception. The use of AI will change a business and it will impact teams. Th...

Debunking the Proposed Half-Life of a Skill: Guild Education’s Matthew Daniel

31 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Matthew Daniel—the Senior Principal for Talent Strategy and Mobility at Guild Education—believes that, in a workplace context, skills are the thin...

The Problem with Change: Author Ashley Goodall

17 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ashley Goodall has spent 20 years in various roles in HR, covering everything from performance management to leadership. He spent six years at Cisco a...

Using a Skills Framework to Empower Employees: Microsoft’s Shweta Srivastava and John Mighell

29 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The mission of Microsoft is to empower every person in every organization to achieve more. An enterprise-wide skills focus is one way they’re fulfil...

Why Skills are like Oxygen: Ericsson’s Vidya Krishnan + Peter Sheppard

08 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

“Skills are like oxygen, invisible but necessary.” This mindset shift is the brainchild of Vidya Krishnan, the Chief Learning Officer, and Peter ...

Skills Management: What is the Secret Sauce? GP Strategies’ Matt Donovan

03 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How do we define work and the skills needed to do the work? The way we view and assess skills is often through assessing and appraising someone’s ou...

Generating Value from People Data: GSK’s Angela Le Mathon

20 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together. They aim to positively imp...

Skills: Yes, the Juice Is Worth the Squeeze: EPAM’s Sandra Loughlin

06 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sandra Loughlin is the Chief Learning Officer and the Global Head of Talent Enablement and Transformation at EPAM, a software engineering and consulti...

When Digital Transformation Drives Skills Transformation: Booking.com’s Oliver Drury

21 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When Oliver (Ollie) Drury joined Booking.com, they dove into digital transformation by simplifying their tech stack—and reducing variables—using a...

Company Culture is the Foundation for Skills Readiness: Executive Networks’ Gina Jeneroux

07 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

According to Gina Jeneroux, company culture sets the foundation for skills readiness. If a company culture isn’t supportive of innovation and creati...

The Skills Odyssey IV: Opening Arguments

06 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the newest season of Workplace Stories. It will come as no surprise that we’re devoting season 11 to continuing our conversation around s...

A Skills Approach for the Present and Future: IEEE’s Jennifer Rogers

06 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jennifer Rogers is the Executive Officer in the Learning Technology Standards Committee at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE...

Leveraging Generative AI to Efficiently Utilize Skills Data: McKinsey & Company’s Yelena Mammadova, Ed.D

22 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

According to Yelena Mammadova, Ed.D—the Associate Director of Learning, Skills Transformation Initiative at McKinsey—McKinsey seeks to bring impac...

Narrowing Scope & Purpose to Ease the Transition to a Skills-Based Organization: HPE's Kaye Slay and Vandana Bhagtani

08 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Transitioning a large company like Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) to a skills-based organization could be a daunting task. That’s why focusing on ...

Partnerships Focused on Learning Equity: Ingka Group’s Shannon Custard

25 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Shannon Custard—the Global Competence Development Manager at Ingka Group—is responsible for leading their global learning organization consisting ...

Creating a Job Architecture from Scratch: Megan Bickle

11 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Megan Bickle is the Director of Culture, Employee Engagement and Employee Listening at Western Digital. In Megan’s experience, roles can be viewed a...

The Skills Odyssey III: Opening Arguments

27 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The world of skills is evolving rapidly thanks to technology and data which is why we are devoting yet another season to the skills odyssey. In these ...

Developing Skills to Reach Business Outcomes: Learning Forum’s Brian Hackett and Richardson Consulting’s Brian Richardson

27 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The importance of creating skills-based organizations is no longer a theoretical discussion: it’s now a practical reality. To ensure that businesses...

Transitioning from a Training Culture to a Learning Culture: Sobeys’ Peter Tulumello 

23 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Tulumello is changing the culture at one of Canada’s largest grocery retailers. As a grocery chain, Sobeys has a large segment of frontline wo...

Developing the Frontline: General Mills’ Valerie Digman

09 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when a mechanical engineer tackles an L&D problem? A completely redesigned learning environment.On this episode of Workplace Stories,...

Listening to Frontliners Through Business and Cultural Change: Acuity Brands John Brothers

26 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We’re all humans, so the needs of workers are similar across the board. John Brothers has learned this from his time as VP of Talent at Acuity.On to...

Improving the Employee Experience with Different Types of Frontline Workers: Rotana’s Andrew Wolhuter

12 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Improving the employee experience starts with data. Rotana’s Andrew Wolhunter understands that and uses Rotana’s qualitative data to retain frontl...

Gaining Insightful Feedback from Frontline Workers: Cargill’s Tabatha Cronin

28 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Frontline workers face unique challenges so organizations are making changes to empower them. On this season of Workplace Stories, we’re exploring t...

Creating Purposeful, Collaborative, Tactical Work on the Frontline: SAP’s Steve Hunt

14 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Frontline workers can have an outsized influence on the success of an organization. They are often the only interface our customers have with a brand....

The Frontline: Opening Arguments

14 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to our ninth season! We are excited about these upcoming episodes. In this season, Stacia and I focus on the frontline by discussing fron...

Creating Intentional Leadership: AAFP’s Paula Matthews

11 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A lot has changed for managers and organizations over the last three years. So, what can be done to successfully navigate those changes so that manage...

Questioning Convention in the Workplace: Moderna’s Noah Rabinowitz and Nkiruka Ogbuchiekwe

28 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Workplace Stories we talked to Moderna’s Noah Rabinowitz and Nkiruka Ogbuchiekwe. We explore ways that managers and other leaders...

How Organizations Can Make Data-Driven Changes that Benefit Everyone: Affirm’s Kaitlyn Mathews

14 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of Workplace Stories, Affirm’s Feedback and Development Lead, Kaitlyn Mathews, describes how her organization uses its data to drive...

Building Connection and Community Through Leadership: WGU’s Sara Reed

28 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this conversation, we speak to Sara Reed, Vice President of People and Talent at Western Governors University. We discuss what struck her about wha...

How to Build Systems to Enhance the Manager Experience: Morningstar’s Mary Slaughter

14 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mary brings years of experience to Morningstar and on this episode of Workplace Stories, she explains how the manager and employee experiences are tie...

Innovative Ways to Support Managers So They Can Lead Effectively: NVA's Clint Kofford

31 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Clint Kofford, the Vice President of Talent with National Veterinary Associates, has a unique perspective on what it means to be a leader in today’s...

Making Managing Manageable: Opening Arguments 

31 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A scene-setter for our latest set of Workplace Stories—listen as we focus on what it actually means to be a manager in 2023.Learn moreEnd-of-Season ...

If You Don’t Have The Data, You Can’t Do The EX: Workday’s Phil Willburn

27 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Phil Willburn—our Season Sponsor Workday’s Vice President, People Analytics—makes a very welcome second appearance on ‘Workplace Stories,’ w...

Yes, Even EX Has To Be Systematized: Marriott International's Jessica Lee

13 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jessica Lee, SVP of Global Talent Development at Marriott International & The Ritz-Carlton Leadership Center, shares her insights into how to create a...

Why We Need to Rip Out and Replace the Employee Experience: Meta’s Kelly Monahan

29 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

If Meta wants us all to work at least some of the time in a Metaverse, it probably wants to figure out what the right Employee Experience is to get th...

Why Both Little ‘E’ and Big ‘E’ Employee Experience Count: Eskalera’s Dane Holmes

15 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Former Goldman CPO Dane Holmes wants to remind us all of a huge truth: processes may end—but people don’t (you don’t stop learning once you’ve...

Why Learning Is the Engine of Employee Experience: Walmart’s Brandon Carson

01 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For Vice President of Learning and Leadership at Walmart Brandon Carson, the systems we put in place ARE the employee experience. And if we want to ch...

You Can't Change EX Without Understanding People: Author Ashley Goodall

18 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For leadership expert and author Ashley Goodall, we get the employee experience consistently wrong because we just don’t want to look at the way hum...

The Employee Experience (R)evolution: Opening Arguments

18 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A scene-setter for our latest set of Workplace Stories—a deep dive into where we really are with EX right now.

If We Don’t Connect, The Work Will Get Done—But It'll Never Be Great: Pretaa's Michael Madon

27 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

With a unique combination of experience across the worlds of the military, non-profit, government and commercial sector, mobile health entrepreneur Mi...

Using Connection To Build Successful Cultures: Udemy’s Melissa Daimler

27 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, CLO at online education leader Udemy Melissa Daimler—who recently published a new book on making workplace reconnection work, ‘Re...

The Power of Connection: Thinker, Professor Dave Ulrich

13 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It’s our special pleasure to share a conversation with renowned HR strategist Dave Ulrich around the importance of Connection and the practical step...

Firing Up Connection From Pre-Hire: Service Express's Gretchen Murphy

30 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week we sat down with Gretchen Murphy, CHRO of data center services specialist Service Express, to hear how only ever adding people who fit your ...

Unsucking The Workplace Through Connection: Airtable’s Jessica Amortegui

16 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Based out of San Francisco, Airtable is a fast-growing software product company with a mission to democratize software creation. It says it’s doing ...

Reconnecting Via Purpose And Continual Career Conversations: UCHealth’s Matt Gosney

02 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For our second conversation about The Great Reconnection, we sat down with Matt Gosney, Vice President, Organizational Development at UCHealth, a majo...

Reconnecting Without Being Bad-Bossy: HR Thinker Liz Wiseman

19 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We start our new S6 of Workplace Stories with an overview of the theme of the Season, how it links to the previous five, then talk to Liz Wiseman, CEO...

Forget Balanced Work-Life And Think More Integrated: Panasonic's Lydia Wu

28 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this, our final episode for the Adventures in Hybrid Work Season, we end strong with a great sit-down with people analytics innovator and Head of T...

Is Mentoring The Key To Hybrid? WM’s Phil Rhodes

14 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In February last year, this week’s guest, Phil Rhodes, Head of Learning & Leadership Development at WM--which you may now better as Waste Management...

From Human To Social Capital: formerly AWS & GM's Michael Arena

31 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s guest is Michael Arena, who brings the unique perspective of leading talent development and management for not just major New Economy gl...

Doubling Down On Trust: Uber's RJ Milnor

17 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

If there’s one word that sums up this week’s episode, it’s conscious listening. Yes, that’s two. But it’s actually the on-ramp to the real w...

Restoring Work-Life Balance Through Hybrid: Microsoft's Dawn Klinghoffer

03 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today, we hear from an HR leader at the absolute heart of the Hybrid evolution, Dawn Klinghoffer, Vice President of the HR Business Insights team at M...

A New Work Operating System: Thinker John Boudreau

19 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Is it time to retire the concept of a job? Is it holding us all back—especially if we really want to make Hybrid Work a success? That’s a new, and...

Adventures in Hybrid Work: Opening Arguments

19 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We've completed one sort of Odyssey (at least for now). Now, it's time for an Adventure. That's the message from our customary opening new Workplace S...

SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE: GE Healthcare's David Sperl

05 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In the Ancient Greece of Homeric times and mores, the concept of gifting, or gift-friendship, ξενία (‘xenia’) was central. Assuming your fell...