Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWorkShift: Creating a Movement for More Just and Equitable Labor Systems | Rebecca Sanderson
Season 1 Episode 102
Most of us have preconceived notions about work, workers and employment that are so fundamental to how we think that we don’t notice them. The thing…
2 years, 2 months ago
Unschooling: Redefining Learning for Humans One Conversation at a Time | Christine Renaud
Season 1 Episode 101
Christine Renaud always felt destined to be a teacher, but after training in education, she came to a disturbing realization – traditional schools we…
2 years, 2 months ago
Beyond Marx: A Modern Vision for Economic Democracy, Labor Contracts, and Employee-Owned Cooperatives | David Ellerman
Season 1 Episode 100
Despite their revolutionary zeal, followers of Marx have failed to create real economic democracies, frequently ending up with one-party systems that…
2 years, 2 months ago
Confronting Techno-Optimism: Why Technology Struggles to Create Meaningful Social Change | Kentaro Toyama
Season 1 Episode 99
Kentaro Toyama spent a decade designing technologies to fight global poverty and improve education and health. As co-founder of Microsoft Research In…
2 years, 3 months ago
Exploring the Paradoxes of Life and Work With CD Baby Founder Derek Sivers
Season 1 Episode 98
Work for Humans wants to understand what people want from work – but every perspective is different. One person’s dream job is another person’s night…
2 years, 3 months ago
Paul Zak: What Measuring 50,000 Brains Taught Me About Building Highly Engaged Workplaces
Season 1 Episode 97
Paul Zak has been on a quest for two decades to understand the neuroscience of human connection, human happiness, and effective teamwork. From the Pe…
2 years, 3 months ago
Matt Higgins, Revisited: Burn the Boats, How Plan B Holds You and Your Company Back From Achieving Your Potential
Season 1
Matt Higgins was a struggling teen, working at McDonald’s for $3.75/hr to put food on the table for his ailing mother. When he saw the pay increase o…
2 years, 3 months ago
Design Lessons From IDEOU: Using Human-Centered Systems Thinking to Solve Complex Problems | Deirdre Cerminaro
Season 1 Episode 96
Work for Humans host Dart Lindsley experienced a distressing moment in the hospital when his father was left in a wheelchair facing a wall while awai…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Transformation Economy: Transforming Customer Lives Is the Final Tier of Economic Value | Joe Pine
Season 1 Episode 95
Joe Pine has a knack for seeing workplace trends ahead of others. As a co-founder of Strategic Horizons LLP, he has helped organizations innovatively…
2 years, 4 months ago
Shaping Work Futures: Using the Present to Create a More Promising Future of Work | Reanna Browne
Season 1 Episode 94
Many people offer predictions about the future of work, but only a handful are trained futurists who know how to influence that future effectively. R…
2 years, 4 months ago