Podcast Episodes

The Future of HR: Building Your Capabilities, Pt. 1 - Getting to Level 3

Season 6 Episode 14

After decades of dealing with stagnant practices, burnout, and competing agendas, HR might be tempted to trade in the old family minivan for a flashy new race car and just put the pedal to the metal.…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

The Future of HR: Convincing Your Coworkers and the C-Suite

Season 6 Episode 13

One of the toughest work tasks? Convince someone else to back your idea. And if you’re in HR, it’s exceptionally tough to get buy-in from other functions. Maybe your coworkers think they know better …

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

The Future of HR: Your Mission, Should You Choose To Accept It

Season 6 Episode 12

It’s no secret things haven’t been working in HR for… a while. When you include the last few years of navigating a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic, dysfunctional hybrid work policies, rounds of layoffs, …

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

We’re Taking a Brave New Break [Bonus]

Season 6 Episode 11

Has it really been almost three and a half years since this wild ride of a podcast began? We’ve been experimenting as we go (remember Rodney’s NPR-host impersonations in the early shows?)—and after r…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

Our Hosts in the Wild - The Anxious Achiever: Why Giving Up Control at Work can Improve Your Emotional Health

Sometimes, Rodney and Aaron stop by other people’s podcasts to nerd out on the hits we know and love: new ways of working, self-management, breaking down the binary between chaos and bureaucracy, the…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

162. Live from SXSW: Busting Workplace Myths with Brian Elliott

Season 6 Episode 10

You didn’t think we’d do our first-ever Brave New Work live show and let you miss the party, did you? That’s right, we’re coming in hot with a very special episode we recorded at SXSW on March 11th i…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

Can Hybrid Work....Work? [Rebroadcast]

Rebroadcast Note: We’re still sleeping off a taco- and margarita-filled weekend at SXSW, so we’re resurfacing one of our most popular episodes today. While two years have passed since we first had th…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

Brave New Work 101 [Rebroadcast]

Rebroadcast Note: Some things never go out of style, which is why we resurface this foundational episode year after year. Plus, our BNW community has grown by a few thousand new listeners since it la…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

161. Going to the Talent Marketplace: Part 2

Season 6 Episode 7

We’re back with part two of our conversation about talent marketplaces. Last week, Rodney and Aaron explored what talent marketplaces are and the types of organizational problems they can help addres…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

160. Going to the Talent Marketplace: Part 1

Season 6 Episode 8

We’ve probably talked about the classic, old-school, hierarchical org chart hundreds of times on the show. Not because we love it (longtime Brave New Work-ers know it’s not really our jam), but rathe…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago