Podcast Episodes

Brave New Work 62. Real Change Through Experimentation

Season 4 Episode 6

Leaders in the workplace often talk about experimenting within the existing structures. But in the excitement and flurry of change, we often forget the goal of experimentation: to make it a real lear…

Published on 4 years, 10 months ago

Brave New Work 61. The Future of the Workforce with Todd Jick

Season 4 Episode 5

It's one thing to talk about what we'd like the future of work to look like—but what about the people who'll actually make up that workforce? Wha do they want out of their work, and how do they want …

Published on 4 years, 10 months ago

Brave New Work 60. Solving Our System Problems

Season 4 Episode 4

There's a thing that often happens when we try to add complexity our systems: in an effort to implement procedure and reduce "risk," we often massively overcomplicate the system at its core. It seems…

Published on 4 years, 10 months ago

Brave New Work 59. Experimenting Toward a Better Hiring Process with Kelsa Summer Roidt

Season 4 Episode 3

If there's one structure in the modern workplace that feels particularly resistant to change, it's the hiring process. For years, we've followed the same basic structure: whittle down vast pools of p…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

Brave New Work 58. Brave New Work and Capitalism

Season 4 Episode 2

You’ll often hear us talking about collectivism, balance, and sustainability on this show—to the point that you may well wonder, do these socialists even care about growth and profit?

We do. But not …

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

Brave New Work 57. Working Through A Crisis

Season 4 Episode 1

It's been quite a week for the United States of America. And as Americans, we tried to do what we always do: keep working.

In this episode of Brave New Work, Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans discuss the …

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

Brave New Work 56. The Folly of the Annual Performance Review

Season 3 Episode 23

It's the end of the year! And for many of us, that also means the return of the dreaded performance review. As we strive to make our workplaces and organizations more human, how can we reinvent this …

Published on 5 years ago

Brave New Work 55. Gaslighting and Other Forms of Epistemic Injustice in the Workplace with Cat Swetel

Season 3 Episode 22

When we begin to reckon with inequality in the workplace, a useful place to start is the concept of "epistemic injustice"—what we know, how we know, and who gets to decide and influence our reality. …

Published on 5 years ago

Brave New Work 54. Rethinking Our Approach to Power and Leadership with Doug Kirkpatrick

Season 3 Episode 21

While we often throw around terms like "the future of work" and "new ways of working," the reality is that much of the wisdom about how to self-organize and self-manage has been around for a long, lo…

Published on 5 years ago

Brave New Work 53. Combating The Pandemic Work Hangover

Season 3 Episode 20

It's been almost a year of working remotely due to the pandemic. And we haven't exactly been doing it right. We've just been hanging in there with too much Zoom and not enough coffee. As a result, we…

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago