Two things on the podcast today – at the end of the episode there is a discussion with former guest, Brian Elliott from Slack’s Future Forum. Ahead of that I want to make an announcement about what I’ve been working on – with my new book Fortitude. Fortitude is an investigation into the elusive idea…
Health warning: sport is sometimes a flawed metaphor when it comes to work, it is often very male and half of every audience isn’t interested in the stories that come from it. Personally I have no especial interest or understanding of rugby, but I was captivated with this as a study of culture – if this one…
Go deep with the whole playlist If you find yourself becoming interested in the magic of workplace culture one of the go to authors of the subject is today’s guest, Dan Coyle. Dan’s 2018 book The Culture Code allowed him to go deep with some of the most successful cultures in the world – in…
Regular listeners will know how much I love the work of Professor Nick Bloom from Stanford University – as featured in previous newsletters – Nick has been researching remote working for over a decade. I’ve been pestering him to talk for the last few weeks and I managed to secure him for this week’s podcast….
Go deep with the whole playlist Such a fascinating discussion today. I recently read Will Storr’s brilliant book The Status Game and was so taken with it I invited him on the podcast. Will believes that status is a fundamental need for humans. He quotes Professor Brian Boyd when he says that we: ‘naturally pursue…
This episode is greatly enhanced by reading the newsletter that comes with it. In today’s podcast I talk to two guests who have slightly different perspectives on how to fix the culture of the Met Police. Dr Megan O’Neill is Associate Director at the Scottish Institute for Policing Research. She has extensively studied the police…
Caleb Parker is one of the most intelligent commentators on the future of our workplaces (Twitter, his website) and this conversation with him did not disappoint. Caleb is the founder of a flexible workplace offering, Bold, but also host of a truly brilliant commercial real estate podcast called The Work Bold Podcast. I found Caleb’s…
Tom Kegode from LBG’s Work:Lab leader talks the future of work for 70000 employees Last year I did a few episodes looking to see how firms were tackling the return to the office (the return to work – THE PLACE) but they were all small workplaces. Organisations that could make nimble actions, I wanted to…
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