Sian Harrington

Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It!

Business EN ↓ 28 episodes

Work’s Not Working… Let’s Fix It is a podcast from The People Space exploring how work is being reinvented – and what that means for HR, leaders and organisations navigating constant change. Hosted by award-winning journalist Siân Harrington, the show examines why so many traditional ways of working are breaking down, from job design and leadership to performance, culture and the role of AI. Through conversations with forward-thinking people leaders, innovators and academics, each episode tackles one clear problem facing work today – and surfaces the ideas, evidence and practical thinking need...

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Sian Harrington

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We're Not Getting Enough Opportunity to Grow at Work: Whitney Johnson 03.03.2023 40:15

The pandemic gave many of us a time to reflect on what we wanted from life and where our values lay. So it’s perhaps no surprise organizations were suddenly faced with what became known as The Great Resignation in 2021. This was the trend in which employees voluntarily resigned from their jobs in what appeared to be a mass exodus as they rethought their work conditions, careers and long-term caree...

Let's Bring Love Back into the Workplace: Marcus Buckingham 01.02.2023 38:19

We have designed love out of the workplace, to the detriment of us and our organisations. We're not building work that helps each of us to thrive. To love our work. So how much of our day should we spend doing things we love? Why does this enable us to become more creative, innovative, collaborative and resilient? Plus what are the 'seven devils' we need to watch out for? Marcus Bu...

Leadership is Broken. Creativity is the Answer: Rama Gheerawo 01.02.2023 35:55

Everything we are taught about leadership today is wrong, says Rama Gheerawo. Traditional models of leadership are broken and outdated. We need more creative leadership – leadership that speaks the language of business but also the language of humanity. That is more empathetic, expansive and communal rather than outdated frameworks driven by the tired rhetoric of management and business run on the...