Buy the Lonely Century Over the last few weeks the newsletters that have achieved the most resonance were related to having a friend at work. For many of us our favourite jobs were enhanced by having a desk buddy – or a group of friends we could laugh with. But for many people their experience…
Sign up for the newsletter Over the last few weeks I’ve been intrigued with the firms who have chosen to bite the bullet and ditch their office. What are their philosophies about getting colleagues together in person? How do they think about recruiting? What software tools do they use? What made them make the leap?…
Last week I re-listened to an interview between Matt Mullenweg and Sam Harris about the future of work. Mullenweg is the founder of WordPress, the technology that powers between a quarter and a third of all the websites in the world. He was talking about models of autonomy for knowledge workers – and how this shows us…
Jason Fried – at Basecamp – and Deborah Rippol – at Buffer – are writing the future. Exemplars of a new world of working where our offices are less important than our intellects. Both champion working remotely and letting our workplaces being secondary to our home lives. Jason is the author of books like Rework…
Today’s episode was specifically created to act as an extension of the conversation with Professor Alex Haslam. Alex talked a lot about identity and how it is foundational to our self esteem, how we interact with others – and by extension how we work in groups at work. Today’s guest is Jeremy Holt, Jeremy is…
Simon Gilbody talks loneliness at work Professor Simon Gilbody is a psychiatrist and clinical epidemiologist at the University of York. His work specialises in ‘taking a population approach to mental health’, trying to understand the aspects of modern life that contribute to how we feel. I was impressed by a talk that Simon did with…
This is a sponsored episode brought to you in association with Deliveroo for Work. Spencer Walker is the global director of Deliveroo for Work. The podcast has returned several times to the idea of food as a cultural trigger, something that catalyses connection and allows cohesion. We explore that idea further this week with Spencer…
Can there ever be psychological safety in the Premier League? A couple of years ago, I was surrounded with so many happy Spurs fans that I bought into the euphoric buzz they were giving off. Ange Postecoglou had brought the smile back to Tottenham supporters. I chatted to Charlie Eccleshare from The Athletic about the…
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