Free extract of The Joy of Work
Thanks to Penguin Random House here’s a free extract of a couple of different parts of The Joy of Work. You can buy the full audiobook here.:
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Cal Newport preaches Digital Minimalism
This episode today is magnificent – you’re really going to be stimulated and challenged by it. Today’s episode is with someone I contacted 2 years ago to discuss his previous book. Cal Newport’s Deep Work was a simple avocation of the process of using uninterrupted concentration to get things done. He’s now back with…
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Could laughter be the root of good culture?
Go deep with the happiness playlist If you’ve not already subscribed there’s a weekly email that goes out with the podcast. This week’s includes a brilliant article on how small teams seem to be more radical, there’s a couple of discussions about Professor Adam Grant’s work and there’s a really good article on laughter…
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Long hours and loneliness – fixing workplace misery
Here we go, two little things today to make you feel more brainy. It’s Blue Monday in the UK today – the day when we’re told it’s the most miserable day of the year – when we hate our job. By listening to these experts you’ll have some guidelines how you can make work better….
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Apps, algorithms and your next job
If you’re looking to get a job sometime in the next decade – and that includes almost all of us – there’s a very high probability that you’re going to be exposed to a psychometric test. As they become enhanced by AI and made more scaleable via apps these tests are going to go everywhere….
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Evidence Based Management – Rob Briner
Follow Rob Briner Rob Briner is an professor of organisational behaviour at London Queen Mary’s University – he’s rated the top HR thinker in the UK. This is a brilliant chat. Very much essential listening for anyone interested in HR but also worth listening for those of us who sit thinking ‘what do HR actually…
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Learning from the police (2 episodes)
and episode 2 Pre-order The Joy of Work Follow Stevyn Colgan This is the first of two episodes on the police. One on dealing with stress in ‘blue light’ professions, one on how to be creative in stressful environments. Andy Rhodes is the Chief Constable of Lancashire – and has responsibility for the wellbeing initiative…
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How painting the walls pink changed a culture
An episode this week on behavioural science. It was prompted a little by discussions with Seth Godin and others. It was thinking can you change the culture in organisations by the way you engineer choices available to people – and I’m speaking to a behavioural scientist about these things. First a bit of background –…
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