The World of Work Podcast

This is the fourth episode of our six part series exploring leadership and management in 2023. In this episode we dive deeply into people and skills for the future, one of our key focus areas for leaders and managers in 2023.  We start this conversation by reviewing some of the headline messages leading consultancies have shared in the last year relating to organisations' quests for people and ski...

This is the third episode of our six part series exploring leadership and management in 2023. In this episode we dive deeply into wellbeing, one of our key focus areas for leaders and managers in 2023. We start this conversation by reviewing some of the headline messages leading consultancies have shared in the last year about wellbeing and we discuss how some of our own work has informed our thin...

This is the second episode of our six part series exploring leadership and management in 2023. In this episode we dive deeply into Hybrid and Remote Working, one of our key focus areas for leaders and managers in 2023. We start this conversation by reviewing some of the headline messages leading consultancies have shared in the last year in relation to hybrid and remote work and we discuss how som...

This is the first episode of a six part series exploring leadership and management in 2023. Over the course of the series we talk about the current context we are operating in, discuss four core focus areas we think leaders and managers should prioritize and reflect on key lessons for leaders and managers. In the first episode of the series we talk about the broader context we find ourselves in an...

This is the last of our four-part mini series exploring cultic behaviours in organizations. Once again we are joined by friend of the show Stephen Mather from the Cult Hackers podcast. In this episode we explore the role that purpose plays in our work and organizations. Having purpose is rewarding and fulfilling, and it can also boost our discretionary effort at work. Is it possible to have too mu...

This episode is the third of a four part special collaboration with our friends at the Cult Hackers podcast. In it, we focus on the employee voice, or lack of voice, in shaping our experiences in work. Does the level of voice we feel we have as employees shape how cultic we think those organizations are?

This episode is the second of a four part special collaboration with our friends at the Cult Hackers podcast. In it, we focus on the role of leaders in our organizations. The world is full of influential and charismatic leaders. But are they using cultic behaviours? Where does and inspiring leader become a cultic leader?

Jane is joined once more by Dr Kevin Teoh, Chartered Psychologist and Programme Director in Organisational Psychology at Birkbeck, University of London. In this conversation we explore the experience of healthcare workers in recent years and some of the challenges experienced since 2020.    

This episode is the first of a four part special collaboration with our friends at the Cult Hackers podcast. In it, we start to explore cultic behaviours and some of the methods used by cults for social control. This topic is interesting to us as we think there are some intentional, and many unintentional, ways that these methods are also used for esablishing social and behavioural control in some...

Jane is joined by Rachel Morris, of Motion Learning, to talk about the new the experience of maternity and maternity coaching. In this conversation we explore the experience of maternity leave and maternity coaching, hear about Rachel's experience and research and learn more about supporting people during maternity leave. A great chat for those interested in navigating maternity and supporting oth...

James is joined by Dr. John Boudreau, Professor Emeritus at University of Southern California, to talk about the new "Work Operating System". In this conversation we explore how technology is changing the way tasks are allocated to employees or machines or non-employees in talent marketplaces, and how workers will in the future be identified not as job holders, but through their full array of skil...

James is joined by Ian Ziskin to talk about leading transformational change. Ian is the lead author of " The Secret Sauce for Leading Transformational Change ", a book of diverse and sometimes conflicting perspectives on transformational change from CEOs and other senior business leaders, CHROs and other senior HR leaders, transformational change experts, authors, coaches, and consultants.

In this episode, Jane explores the experience of work during a period of bereavement with researcher and leadership expert Naomi Collins.

Jane is joined by Dr Jutta Tobias Mortlock for an episode all about MIndfulness and Leadership. The conversation explores what mindfulness is in the context of organisational leadership and the ways in which leaders can think and learn from mindfulness research whilst navigating an increasingly uncertain world.

James is joined by Fiona McBride, a consultant and yoga instrutor, for a conversation all about the pace of work and the power of slowing down. The conversation explores some of the benefits of pausing, and how we can do more of it. It also looks at some of the ways that leaders and managers can bring a more mindful pace to the cadence of their teams.

James is joined by Taslim Tharani for a podcast all about loneliness and connection, with a particular view to their roles in the workplace. The conversation explores what they are and what they feel like, their prevalence and how we can affect them in our own lives. It goes on to look at what we might be able to do as leaders and managers to improve connection and reduce loneliness in the workpla...

James is joined by Emma Lloyd from Create the Ripple for an episode all about Kindness. The conversation explores what kindness is, the benefits of kindness in the workplace, how we might be kinder as individuals and what we might be able to do to enable more kindness in our teams and organizations.

James is joined by Zena Me for a super interesting conversation about trauma in organizations. The discussion explores how understanding past traumas and the behaviors they give rise to can help us create transformational change in organizations. The conversation also goes on to explore the role of elders and eldership in organizations and society.

James is joined by Claire from Now Go Create to discuss creativity and burnout. The conversation starts with an exploration of what creativity is, what the creative process is like and what it takes be be creative. It then moves on to look at what burnout is like in a creative space, what to watch out for and how to recover if you are burned out.

In this episode, James is joined by Valentina Hynes to talk about Burnout. In this episode we discuss what burnout is, some of the different factors that contribute to it and some of the things to watch out for as warning signs. The conversation also explores some of the things we can do to get ourselves back on track if we have experienced burnout.

James is joined by an old friend of the show, Rob Robson, and a new friend of the show, Helen Amery, to talk about Flow. Helen and Rob have different views on it, and the conversation explores this interesting and important concept from a range of angles.

James is joined by Dr. Raphael Chiuzi from the University of Toronto to talk about bullshit jobs. The conversation explores David Graeber's ideas, what BS jobs are and the impacts they have on individuals. We also talk about some of the things we can do to bring more fulfillment into our own jobs.

Jane joins James in listening to his conversation with Lior Locher to discuss certainty and ambiguity. The conversation explores the structures and scaffolding that shapes our understanding of what is certain and how we can be better at thriving with ambiguity in our careers and work. 

James is joined by Kevin Monroe to speak about gratitude and the power of gratitude in our work an in our lives. The conversation explores what gratitude is, how gratitude can change how we think and feel and how we can create habits that help us bring more gratitude into our lives. Kevin also shares some thoughts on how gratitude can be brought into the workplace.

James is joined by Kaumudi Goda from Singapore to talk about the role that cognitive biases play in our lives. The conversation explores what cognitive biases are, how they may appear and how they affect what we do. To bring the subject to live, Kaumudi explores how biases affect our views and actions in relation to climate change and sustainability.