Podcast Episodes

Brave New Work 12. Ask Us Anything No. 1: Talent Calibration Minefields and Building Your Future of Work Bookshelf

Season 1 Episode 12

Any podcast that promotes busting bureaucracy and hobbling hierarchy is bound to stir up some questions. That's why this week we're going to let our listeners Ask Us Anything.

For this episode, Aaron …

Published on 5 years, 10 months ago

Brave New Work 11. The Journey To Self-Managing Teams with Doug Seacrist

Season 1 Episode 11

When we decide to start working differently, it often begins with just one or two teams taking the leap. For everyone involved, the first weeks and months are a rollercoaster of highs and lows. Not e…

Published on 5 years, 10 months ago

Brave New Work 10. Retros: The Most Important Meetings You're Not Having with Jordan Husney

Season 1 Episode 10

We all know that faster learning loops are critical to success in complexity. Yet, we rarely (if ever) take the time to practice one of the most powerful learning moves in the game: the retrospective…

Published on 5 years, 11 months ago

Brave New Work 9. Skip the Plan and Learn by Doing with Ben Kaufman

Season 1 Episode 9

When starting something new, most of us tend to research, analyze, plan, and procrastinate. Because we don't want to fail. We don't want to be exposed as imposters. And we don't want to take big risk…

Published on 5 years, 11 months ago

Brave New Work 8. Leading Through Transformation with David Marquet

Season 1 Episode 8

Leading a team through change is hard, but leading a team to a place without traditional leadership is far harder. If you ask people to step up... will they do it? And can you really mandate self-man…

Published on 5 years, 11 months ago

Brave New Work 7. How to Have Productive Disagreements with Buster Benson

Season 1 Episode 7

A diverse team doing important work is bound to disagree. But they’re also likely to avoid talking about it—because conflict makes many of us deeply uncomfortable. But, what if we simply lack the ski…

Published on 5 years, 11 months ago

Brave New Work 6. Defaulting to Transparency with Joel Gascoigne

Season 1 Episode 6

In a complex and dynamic world, sharing information on a "need to know" basis is misguided, because it perpetuates ignorance and bias. No one needs to know everything all the time, but we need the ri…

Published on 6 years ago

Brave New Work 5. Egos and Identities in the Workplace with Dr. Gareth Holman

Season 1 Episode 5

Self-awareness in the workplace is hard to come by—because our egos are so good at “protecting” us from reality. For many of us, our identity is so tied up in who we are at work that deep down we wor…

Published on 6 years ago

Brave New Work 4. Let's Have Fewer, Better Meetings with Dan Kim

Season 1 Episode 4

In almost every organization we visit, teams aren't just having bad meetings—they're having meetings to prepare for those meetings. The virus is spreading. And so we have to ask: when should we have …

Published on 6 years ago

Brave New Work 3. The Right (and Wrong) Ways to Message Change with Deirdre Latour

Season 1 Episode 3

Communication around organizational change is a prime example of a complicated approach (write an email that nineteen people edit!) to a complex situation (human beings and their feelings!). Most of …

Published on 6 years ago