Podcast Episodes

137. Are You There, Burnout? It’s Us, Everybody

Season 5 Episode 38

Hey, how ya feeling? Exhausted? Stressed? Like a rubber band that’s finally snapped? Same. These days, the burnout paradigm seems to have shifted from the micro to the macro: Individual burnout has b…

Published on 3 years, 5 months ago

136. The Workplace After Roe v. Wade with Emma Goldberg

Season 5 Episode 37

When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the American legal landscape instantly changed. So did the business landscape, since more than half of Americans rely on their employers for health…

Published on 3 years, 5 months ago

135. Rodney and Aaron Go To Work Therapy: Part 2

Season 5 Episode 36

We’re coming at you with part two of the intimate conversation Rodney and Aaron cracked open last week. (Haven’t listened to part one yet? Go back and check out that episode now!)

Today on Brave New …

Published on 3 years, 5 months ago

134. Rodney and Aaron Go to Work Therapy: Part 1

Season 5 Episode 35

In part one of a very special two-part episode from Brave New Work, Rodney Evans and Aaron Dignan talk about…themselves. Specifically, their partnership and why they decided to start working with a c…

Published on 3 years, 5 months ago

133. What Makes a City Strong with Chuck Marohn

Season 5 Episode 34

Helping big systems learn how to evolve and sustain themselves; designing for long-term endurance rather than long-term liability; disrupting the idea that unchecked growth is always a good thing; as…

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

132. We've Got More Mail!

Season 5 Episode 33

You keep having dope questions, so we keep offering our best answers.

In this episode of Brave New Work, Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans offer their two cents on some of our most recent—and most excelle…

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

131. The Time of Your Life with Oliver Burkeman

Season 5 Episode 32

Why does it always feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day to get work done? How did we come to see time as a resource we could manipulate and exploit? Why does achieving “inbox zero” come wit…

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

130. Sizing Up Your Team

Season 5 Episode 31

King-size is great when we’re talking about candy bars. But when it comes to designing impactful teams, we’re on team fun-size. That’s because the best teams share a clear purpose, have high trust, a…

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

129. How the Future Works with Slack’s Brian Elliott and Sheela Subramanian

Season 5 Episode 30

The Covid-19 pandemic marked a sea change in how most people think about work. The mind-numbing norms and deeply-rooted inequities that defined our day-to-day working lives were upended, exposed, and…

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

128. Jamming, Gaming, and Org Designing

Season 5 Episode 29

We can draw connections between org design at work and org design IRL all day, every day. And today's no exception, as Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans unpack what playing music and playing video games …

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago