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Understanding humour at work
Go deep with the happiness playlist Buy Humour, Seriously Sign up for the Make Work Better newsletter. How the heck did we end up thinking that humour and serious work are in opposition to each other? Today’s guests, Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas, run a tremendously successful course at Stanford Business School on how we…
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…
Can better culture improve the results of an NHS Trust?
Explore the whole playlist: What does that look like? And how is going for them? Matthew Trainer’s CEO note at the end of 2023 Fill in the form: Consider my firm for a future podcast Sign up to the Make Work Better newsletter
Thinking about work – a discussion with Alain de Botton
Go deep with the experts playlist Here he is, the philosopher king. Alain de Botton is the man that wrote philosophy books that sold like airport thrillers. He’s sold millions of books reflecting on life, work and happiness. We share a wonderful discussion about what role work can fulfil in our lives, where education is…
‘Wednesday plus one’ & the 4-day week
Renegotiating the norms of work: two experiments in action Lots of discussion right now about firms trying to kick start their workplace culture. I wanted to explore conversations with leaders who were leading experiments in how to make things feel different. In what prove to be a pair of candid conversations I talk to two…
Office culture crumbling before our eyes
Sign up to receive these updates. Cities are markets for talent, we’re about to dismantle them The end of office culture is a game of chicken – it’s already over but when do *you* jump? Frequently evolution is so gradual, so incremental that we often miss what a series of tiny changes has aggregated into….
