The Human Work Podcast

On this week's Weekly Wander, Charlie Warner and Jean Madison Reiser explore examples of humanized work vs when work is dehumanizing. We discuss quiet hiring (aka scope creep) and how to balance a desire to create impact and do meaningful work with the constraints of our modern economy. 

On this week's Weekly Wander, Charlie Warner and Sarah Berry Carpenter discuss what it means to humanize the nature of work and Charlie's vision for Human | Work Project. 

On this week's Weekly Wander, Charlie, Sarah, and Rachelle wander about community and what it means to belong, particularly at work. As leaders, how can we create containers of belonging in ourselves and for others. 

Bryce Riley is the Associate Social Media Manager for EA Action Adventure, working on titles like Dragon Age, Mass Effect, WILD HEARTS, and Immortals of Aveum. Before EA, Bryce ran social media accounts for companies like Activision-Blizzard and MGM Resorts International. He has his master's degree in Rhetoric, Writing, and Digital Media Studies, which is basically how we communicate online and ho...

Charlie and Jean discuss the value of core values and how to use them to guide you through your life, leadership, and decisions. 

In this week's Weekly Wander, Charlie and Jean explore shared feelings of whiplash, burnout, and how to lead ourselves and our teams when the world seems to be falling apart.

On this Weekly Wander, Charlie and Jean wander about procrastination and how we might reframe it from a weakness to a strength. 

In this Weekly Wander, Charlie, Jean and Sarah discuss our upcoming Humanizing Money Mastermind, our personal relationships to money, and how we intend to support folks in humanizing their own relationships to money. 

*This story discusses mental health issues and treatment including suicidality. It's not to be assumed or used as advice and may not be appropriate for certain audiences.* Morgan Starr-Riestis is a therapist and the founder of MindPsy Guidance and the Seven Centers Life School. She offers 1:1 therapy and holistic counseling and coaching services to help clients find balance, purpose, and fulfillme...

Dr. Leandra H. Hernandez (Ph. D., Texas A&M University; she/her/ella) is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication at Utah Valley University. She is also the Associate Academic Director of the UVU Center for Social Impact and the UVU DEI Fellow for Faculty Outreach.  She enjoys teaching journalism, health communication, gender studies, and media studies courses. She is on...

In this Weekly Wander, Charlie and Jean get really honest about their capacity to work today. Spoiler alert: it's between 20-40% for both of them. From this, they explore strategies, contexts, and resources for working to capacity instead of working beyond it and burning out.

In this Weekly Wander, Charlie and Jean explore the contexts of work versus job versus career and how generational differences have shaped our relationship with each. 

Seth is a passionate and compassionate leader, currently working as VP Enterprise Product and Strategic Partnerships at CarbonClick. Carbon Click is a platform that helps business take business climate action and engage their customers to take climate action through carbon offsetting. Prior to CarbonClick he spent 20 years as a Product Manager developing products for low cost airlines around the w...

In this Weekly Wander, Charlie, Jean, and Dani explore curiosity in work, our relationship to it, and how curiosity is an essential aspect to our humanity. We wander about the distinction between curiosity and questions, how to create containers for curiosity in the workplace, and how a curious strategy could lead you to where you need to go. 

In this first Weekly Wander, Charlie and Jean explore what work is, the evolution of our relationship to it, and what we wish was more culturally acceptable in work.  

Gretchen "Grae" (she/they) declared her life purpose early on in life (6 years old); “I will work with the nature in people!” She does just that as a guide in Rites of Passage, wilderness therapy, and as an expression of self. Grae runs her own business, Naetura Cara ( @Naeturacara ) offering 1-1 sessions, group facilitation, and trainings in Rites of Passage and Ceremony "but the true essence of...

Lisa Bell is a CPA and bookkeeping coach on a mission to make small business accounting simple, approachable, easy, and maybe even a little fun.   Lisa started her own business providing monthly bookkeeping and tax services in March of 2022 after spending 10 long years in the public accounting grind. "My last year in public accounting really taught me that I'm driven by human connection. I couldn'...