Humane Work Podcast

Work Used to Be Toil: Work used to be about making everything super predictable. How many of this one thing can we pump out repeatedly that look exactly the same. Today’s work has automated a great deal of that and AI threatens (currently with a modicum of credibility) to automate even more. We are at a Flex Point: Now things are more inventive, the rate of change is faster, the types of change mo...

Solopreneurs, microbusinesses, and those of us looking for new work face challenges are looking for progress. We need to balance creative passion with relentless administrative demands, unpredictable tech issues, and the emotional labor of client relationships. The video talks about solopreneurs, but it doesn’t take much of a stroll through LinkedIn to see that so many of us are also looking for w...

Podcast Description: Join Jim Benson, Mike Burrows, and Karl Scotland as they dive into the evolving world of visual management, strategy, and organizational alignment. This episode explores why defining a clear True North is so challenging, how non-prescriptive and outcome-oriented approaches foster better engagement, and why granularity—breaking down strategy and planning into actionable, contex...

We Overload Ourselves Why We Voluntarily Drown in Work (And How to Stop) Too many commitments, scrambling to keep up, secretly prideful of our “busyness.” “ Oh, I am soooo important! ” At the same time, we complain about too many meetings, unreasonable demands, and never any time to “just work.” Overload is pushed (bosses give it to us) sure, but it turns out that the root of overload isn’t just e...

In every Personal Kanban class we teach, we cover Pomodoro. Like Personal Kanban, the Pomodoro Technique is very simple to learn, but its impacts are deep. The short form: * Define the task you want to focus on * Create a space where you can focus on that task for 25 minutes * Work for the 25 minutes focused only on that task * At the end of the 25 minutes take a 5 minute break, let your brain cat...