The World of Work Podcast

James and Jane are joined by Dr. Kevin Teoh to speak about worker wellbeing and healthy workplaces. The conversation covers all workplaces, but has a bit of a focus on healthcare. In the discussion we consider what makes a healthy workplace, the impacts that healthy workplaces have, who is responsible for healthy workplaces and a few things we all can do to increase the health within our workplace...

James and Jane are joined by Susanne Evans to discuss organizational change and some of the challenges that exist with the process approach to Change. Susanne shares some of her PhD research on the role of stories and narrative in both understanding change, and leading successful change in organizations.

James and Jane are joined by Aniyia Williams, a co-founder of the Zebras Unite movement, to speak about what they're up to and why they want to change the world of start-up funding.

James and Jane are joined by Gonçalo Silva, CTO of Doist to talk about remote working and the role that culture plays in successful distributed teams. The conversation explore topics like asynchronous communication, flow and the importance of calm workplaces.    

James and Jane are joined by Gin Lalli to discuss stress. The conversation focuses on the concept of the stress bucket, and explores how different people experience stress and what they can do to overcome it.

James and Jane are joined by Dr. Mark Hughes to discuss organizational change. The conversation explores how we think about leadership and change, and provides some helpful critiques of some generally held theories and accepted models.

James and Jane discuss personal and leadership development, reflecting on their own views and approaches to both subjects. They explore the importance of thinking, feeling, being and doing when considering personal development, as well as the relationship between personal and leadership development.

James and Jane discuss stress and resilience, and share some basic things that individuals can do to help manage themselves through stress and improve their resilience.

James and Jane are joined Bernardo Tirado to discuss the impact that corona virus has on organizations and individuals, and what the future of work might be following these disruptions. The episode has a recurring theme around what I/O psych's can do to support individuals and organizations through these changes.

James and Jane are joined by Gethin Nadin to discuss financial wellbeing. The conversation explores what financial wellbeing is, what individuals can do to improve their own financial wellbeing and the role that organizations can play in helping improve financial wellbeing for their employers.

James and Lisa are joined by Perry Timms to discuss self-managed teams. The conversation considers what self-managed team are, what they need to be successful and what some challenges are that teams or leaders will face when trying to implement them.

This episode is a guided meditation on our purpose. It's part of our series on meditation.

This episode is a guided meditation on joy and bliss. It's part of our series on meditation.

This podcast is a guided meditation on moments of anxiety. It's part of our series on meditation.    

This episode is a guided meditation on resilience. It's part of our series on meditation.

This is a guided meditation on energy management. It is part of our series on meditation.

This episode is a guided meditation on self-care. It's part of our series on meditation.

In this episode James and Jane are joined by Gillian McMichael to speak about meditation. The conversation explores what meditation is, where it comes from, the benefits it provides and how to get better at it. It's part of a series in meditation which also includes a selection of guided meditations.

James and Jane discuss the concept of Job-crafting, and reflect on the three core ways in which people can craft their jobs. The list of the week is a discussion of David Graeber's types of BS-jobs, presumably the people in these types of jobs would like to craft them.

James and Jane have a conversation exploring career transitions with Darren Philipson. The discussion covers his experience of moving on from the military and back into civilian life. The main focus of the podcast is on what significant transitions like this are like, and how to manage them more effectively.

James and Lisa are joined by Lou Banks of Rising Vibe to discuss the importance of emotions of work. The conversation explores emotional intelligence and health at work and dives more deeply into the concept of "social pain".

James and Jane explore what the "gig economy" is, as part of an ongoing theme looking at the future of work. In this episode they share a definition of what the gig economy actually is, discuss why we should care about it and reflect on different ways to think about the different people taking part in the it. The list of the week is some recent challenges that have taken place in the UK in relatio...

James and Jane are joined by James Perry, the co-chairman of Cook (a UK B-Corporation), a board member of B-Lab and a founding partner of Snowball IM, an impact investment management firm. The conversation explores responsible business in general, the journey that Cook has been on as it becomes a B-corporation and impact investment.

James and Jane explore ethical decision making in the 3rd sector with Russell Findlay, CEO of The Speakers Trust in the UK. The conversation explores the ethical dilemmas everyone involved in organizations may face, with a focus on some of the added complexities 3rd sector organizations experience.

James and Jane discuss remote working. In the episode they explore why remote working, look at some of the current trends in relation to remote working and share hints and tips to help individuals be better at remote working themselves, as well as hints and tips that help leaders and groups be better at  creating effective remote working teams.