Let’s talk about Flex… flexible working
Hot topic right now. Annie Auerbach talks about her way of working flexibly and explains how all of us could be living a life we love.
Similar Posts
Should we use the restart for a reset?
This week I chat to Elizabeth Uviebinené, Financial Times columnist and the iconic author of Slay in Your Lane about her new book The Reset. With Slay (‘The Black Girl Bible’) she proved that she could sell huge amount of books to audiences who weren’t represented by mainstream books, but The Reset takes aim at…
Is the 4 day week a cult that we can all get behind?
Alex Pang explains the ups and downs of the trials Make Work Better newsletter covered the 4 day week trials For today’s episode I went to meet Alex Soujung Kim Pang. Alex has written a lot about our relationship with work, first in his book Rest and now in his book WORK LESS, DO MORE…
Why you need to understand the ‘self/other overlap’
Go deep with the whole playlist Subscribe to the Make Work Better mailout Today’s episode has two great interviews. Later I’m going to hear from the frontline how firms are changing their use of technology by chatting to Adrienne Gormley, Head of EMEA at Dropbox. My first discussion is with Dr Emma Cohen, Associate Professor…
- Best episodes | Culture | Managers | Podcast
Work culture… follow the data
Go deep with the inspiration playlist Understanding how our workplaces function is one of the invisible components of workplace culture. A powerpoint presentation from the boss might lay out the strategy but Team A is half the office away from Team B then it could have a significant impact on their ability to socialise…
Achieving results Obliquely
In 2010 John Kay wrote an article for the FT called Obliquity. It proved so popular that it became a best selling book. Obliquity is the concept that to achieve what we want to do we should aim for other things – we achieve our goals obliquely. Transcript Bruce Daisley (00:07.138) This is Eat Sleep…
Rutger Bregman is hopeful for humankind
Rutger Bregman’s Humankind was my favourite book of 2020 and it comes out in paperback next month. A brilliant read (that also works wonderfully as an audiobook) it will appeal to fans of Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens or anyone who wants a provocative, thoughtful summer read. To mark the paperback release I spoke to him about…
