Podcasts by Brave New Work

Brave New Work

What’s stopping us from doing the best work of our lives? It’s the way we work. Whether you’re building a startup or reinventing a global enterprise, every day is a battle between chaos and bureaucracy. But, what if there’s a third way? Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans help teams all over the world discover a more adaptive and human way of working. Now it’s your turn. Each week, they’ll bring you a counterintuitive take on a common challenge at work—and you'll hear from guests who have been there and found their way to something better. This isn’t business as usual. This is Brave New Work.

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The Future of HR: The End Is Just the Beginning from 2023-10-30T07:00

In July, we began exploring what HR’s current reality looked like and how People teams could evolve into a better, brighter, more adaptive future. Thirteen episodes, three guest interviews, a recor...

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The Future of HR: Creating Irresistible Workplaces with Josh Bersin from 2023-10-23T07:00

HR departments struggle to be all things to all stakeholders while delivering on the most strategic priorities of the business. But when we dig into the OS of HR, we find a resource-constrained fun...

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The Future of HR: Slaying Your Company’s Org Debt Monster from 2023-10-09T07:00

Spooky season is here, so it seems fitting to share a horror story. Because there’s a monster draining time and energy from most of our organizations. This sneaky shapeshifter can take any form, sh...

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The Future of HR: HR’s Data Dilemma and Breaking Free of the Status Quo with Brian Elliott from 2023-10-02T07:00

We’re living in a data-rich time. Searching for a study or report on, say, the benefits of a three-day return-to-office policy? You’re mere clicks away from convincing arguments with shiny graphics...

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The Future of HR: Finding a Third Way with AI Through The Noise, Part 2 from 2023-09-25T07:00

Was it ever possible for our first AI episode to not be a two-parter? Probably not. So we’re back today with more thoughts on AI and the Future of HR. In this miniseries, Brave New Work’s Rodney Ev...

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The Future of HR: Finding a Third Way with AI Through The Noise, Part 1 from 2023-09-18T07:00

One midnight scroll through LinkedIn is all it takes to be overwhelmed with AI stories and hot takes. There’s a massive amount of confusion, apprehension, excitement, and just general noisiness to ...

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The Future of HR: Putting the “Change” Back in Change Agents and Building Your HR Talent Marketplace from 2023-09-11T07:00

Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: A company hires a change agent (think anyone with “org effectiveness,” “change management,” or “strategy and efficiency” in their title) with promises of ho...

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The Future of HR: Why Being CPO Is Just the Hardest with Hebba Youssef from 2023-08-21T07:00

Since last fall, we’ve spoken/joked/laughed/cried with hundreds of HR leaders and change makers about the Future of HR and the industry’s evolutionary tipping point. And despite spending time with ...

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The Future of HR: Giving HRBPs the Future-of-Work Makeover They Deserve from 2023-08-14T07:00

The role of HR Business Partner is often a tale of two experiences. On the one hand, HRBPs are some of the most empathetic and passionate people you’ll ever meet. On the other hand, they’re stuck o...

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The Future of HR: Convincing Your Coworkers and the C-Suite from 2023-07-24T07:00

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 bette...

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The Future of HR: Your Mission, Should You Choose To Accept It from 2023-07-17T07:00

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...

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The Future of HR: Your Mission, Should You Choose To Accept It from 2023-07-17T07:00

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...

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114. DAO mini-series: Showmanship from 2022-03-04T15:33

This is the eighth episode in a crossover mini-series between Brave New Work cohosts Rodney Evans and Aaron Dignan and Chase Chapman, builder of DAOs and host of the On the Other Side podcast. Each...

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113. DAO mini-series: Centralization in decentralized orgs from 2022-03-04T15:32

This is the seventh episode in a crossover mini-series between Brave New Work cohosts Rodney Evans and Aaron Dignan and Chase Chapman, builder of DAOs and host of the On the Other Side podcast. Eac...

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Who decides who decides w/ Ted Rau [Rebroadcast] from 2022-02-28T14:00

[This episode originally aired in June 2021.] With his organization Sociocracy for All, Ted Rau is helping organizations empower their members, and put a spotlight on equity. In this episode, we ta...

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112. The early days of your OS from 2022-02-21T14:00:35

Have a young business or about to launch something new? This episode’s got your name on it. Today, we unpack some of the first moves worth making (and some we wish we’d made) when you’re standing a...

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111. DAO mini-series: Marketplaces in self-managing orgs from 2022-02-18T15:10

This is the sixth episode in a crossover mini-series between Brave New Work cohosts Rodney Evans and Aaron Dignan and Chase Chapman, builder of DAOs and host of the On the Other Side podcast. Each ...

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110. DAO mini-series: Values-aligned compensation from 2022-02-18T15:05:22

This is the fifth episode in a crossover mini-series between Brave New Work cohosts Rodney Evans and Aaron Dignan and Chase Chapman, builder of DAOs and host of the On the Other Side podcast. Each ...

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109. DAO mini-series: KPIs in DAOs from 2022-02-18T15:02:03

This is the fourth episode in a crossover mini-series between Brave New Work cohosts Rodney Evans and Aaron Dignan and Chase Chapman, builder of DAOs and host of the On the Other Side podcast. Each...

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108. Feeling our feelings at work w/ Jim Dethmer from 2022-02-14T14:00

Ready for a wake-up call? Today’s episode is all about conscious leadership—a way of showing up that asks us to be responsive rather than reactive, present rather than lodged in the past or the fut...

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107. DAO mini-series: Getting into governance from 2022-02-11T15:10

This is the third episode in a crossover mini-series between Brave New Work cohosts Rodney Evans and Aaron Dignan and Chase Chapman, builder of DAOs and host of the On the Other Side podcast. Each ...

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106. DAO mini-series: Finding product-market fit from 2022-02-11T15:05

This is the second episode in a crossover mini-series between Brave New Work cohosts Rodney Evans and Aaron Dignan and Chase Chapman, builder of DAOs and host of the On the Other Side podcast. Each...

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105. DAO mini-series: Structuring Proposals from 2022-02-11T15:00

This is the first episode in a crossover mini-series between Brave New Work cohosts Rodney Evans and Aaron Dignan and Chase Chapman, builder of DAOs and host of the On the Other Side podcast. Each ...

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104. We've got mail from 2022-02-07T14:37:02

Dear awesome listeners: You’ve been asking us great questions, so it’s high time we take a stab at answering them. That’s why we’re going back to the mailbag to address some of the big stuff on you...

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103. When should we agree to agree? from 2022-01-31T14:00

If you won’t say it, we will: Making working agreements is dope. Doing so can give teams an equal opportunity to contribute; provide clarity where clarity is missing and causing friction; introduce...

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102. The need for organizational speed w/ Jurriaan Kamer from 2022-01-24T14:00

If you’re like us, you’ve binged all of Netflix’s docuseries about Formula 1 racing. And if you’re like Ready member Jurriaan Kamer, you’re not only steeped in the popular sport, but also often thi...

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101. Who's driving the bus? from 2022-01-19T14:00

Doing the accountability dance in the world of self-management, where everyone’s balancing a different portfolio of projects and priorities, can be tricky. When an initiative needs nudging, when a ...

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100. Why work won’t love you back w/ Sarah Jaffe from 2022-01-10T14:00

You’ve probably heard this advice before: “Find a job you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.” But missing from that laughably quaint maxim is the promise of a job ever loving you back. ...

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99. Out of Office w/ Anne Helen Petersen and Charlie Warzel from 2022-01-05T14:00

Think you’ve been working from home during the pandemic? Writers Anne Helen Petersen and Charlie Warzel have news for you: You haven’t. Rather, you’ve been sending more Slacks and going to more mee...

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98. Looking back and looking forward from 2021-12-27T14:00

Believe it or not, a new year is just five days away. As we approach 2022, we’re taking a minute to reflect on all we experienced, experimented with, and noticed in 2021. And guess what? We learned...

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97. Knock, knock. Who’s there? Toxic work culture w/ Ginny Hogan from 2021-12-20T14:11

Don’t be alarmed by the title of Ginny Hogan’s book: Toxic Femininity in the Workplace is the comedian and writer’s satirical collection of whip-smart pieces poking fun at the flavors of male brava...

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96. What web3 means for the future of work w/ Chase Chapman from 2021-12-13T15:34

Maybe you’re already deep into crypto, NFTs (or non-fungible tokens), and DAOs (or decentralized autonomous organizations). And maybe you only know what web3 is because your cousin can’t stop talki...

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95. Thinking outside the pyramid w/ Matthew Barzun from 2021-12-06T14:00

You know pyramid thinking; it’s the pervasive mindset that compels us to ask, “Who’s up? Who’s down? Who’s in? Who’s out? Who wins? Who loses?” But thinking about power and its flow between people ...

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94. Kick your company retreat up a notch from 2021-12-01T14:00

Wait, haven’t we already covered retreats? Yes. But if the first one explored key dos and don’ts, this one imagines the retreat as a blank sheet of paper and invites you to ask: With unlimited opti...

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93. Getting rid of sludge for good w/ Cass Sunstein from 2021-11-22T14:00

What is sludge? Friction. Paperwork requirements. Waiting time. Online forms filled with confusing jargon. Reduced operating hours. The tedious, arcane, and (in some cases) disenfranchising hurdle ...

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92. Divorcing our self-worth from work w/ Rainesford Stauffer from 2021-11-16T14:00

The workforce is changing. Millennials are turning into elder millennials and Zoomers are turning into employed adults, thus shifting the makeup of the modern working population—and its values. Lon...

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91. How to stop stalling and start by starting from 2021-11-08T14:00

We dedicate this episode to our favorite…excuses. That’s right, we’re cracking open the archive of reasons people frequently cite for avoiding or stalling new ways of working. Odds are you also kno...

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90. Do what's essential w/ Greg McKeown from 2021-11-03T13:00

This might sound ominous but…we’re drowning in choices. The internet and its forever-multiplying avenues of information bombards everyone around the world with an abundance (or an avalanche) of cho...

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89. Reimagining retail w/ Nikki Kaufman of CAMP from 2021-10-25T13:00

Retailers around the country—and around the world—are facing complex challenges. One of the industry’s main reckonings: Many job openings; very few applicants. Recruitment has also been top-of-mind...

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Future Tension w/ Thomas Thomison [Rebroadcast] from 2021-10-20T13:00

[This episode originally aired in March 2020.] Our job is to keep the organization safe, right? And in order to do that we need to predict the future, see around corners, and avoid unnecessary risk...

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88. The future of workers' rights w/ Tanisi Pooran from 2021-10-12T17:13

Think “union” and what comes to mind? Collective agreements and community building? Power struggles and strikes? Sepia-toned photographs of early-20th century factory floors? If you’ve never been i...

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Bonus Episode: Join The Ready! from 2021-10-04T13:00

We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring you an exciting announcement. The Ready is hiring a first-rate Market Maker, someone who can orchestrate explosive growth in service of our...

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87. How Patagonia became Patagonia w/ Vincent Stanley from 2021-09-27T13:00

Patagonia’s purpose is clear: It’s in business to save our home planet. And that clarity’s been present almost since day one of the iconic outdoor clothing and gear company. But how and why was tha...

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86. Surfacing the joy w/ Rich Sheridan from 2021-09-20T13:00

What exactly does joy have to do with software development? If you ask Rich Sheridan, CEO and Chief Storyteller of Menlo Innovations, the answer is pretty simple: Everything. According to Rich, joy...

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85. Brave New Work 101 from 2021-09-14T13:00

Today’s episode is a foundational survey class; we’re mapping the territory of the work we do, why we do it, what we’re all about—and why we’d love to talk to your boss. Whether you’re a systems de...

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84. Pulling back the curtain on pay w/ David Buckmaster from 2021-09-07T13:00

Talking about compensation at a job (a.k.a. the total pay and benefits you get in exchange for your labor) can be excruciating. But why? It’s not because compensation designers are inherently evil,...

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Beyond Remote w/ Sid Sijbrandij [Rebroadcast] from 2021-08-31T13:00

[This episode originally aired in May 2020] Most of us are working remotely. But we’re just treading water, we haven’t really mastered it. That’s why it’s important to talk about remote work after ...

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83. Building antiracist organizations w/ Akilah Cadet from 2021-08-17T13:00

Throughout the past year, many organizations have taken long-overdue looks in the mirror and started the hard but necessary work of examining how they perpetuate systemic injustice. (That includes ...

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82. Becoming a better gatherer w/ Lindsey Caplan from 2021-08-09T13:00

The sit-down-and-slowly-zone-out-while-Joe-describes-50-slides type of meeting isn’t at all fun…but it is extremely common. Most work gatherings happen because someone wants us to absorb, consume, ...

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81. Two thumbs up for the four-day workweek from 2021-08-03T13:30

Odds are you’ve seen an article (or 20) about some company somewhere testing out a four-day workweek. And if you’ve scrolled past the story to the comments, you’ve probably spied a few cheers…and p...

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80. Unsuck your next work meeting w/ Sam Spurlin from 2021-07-27T13:00

If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it a thousand times: Meetings are the worst. Instead of being a meaningful work tool to help teams strategize efficiently, meetings more often block things—anythin...

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79. Can hybrid work...work? from 2021-07-12T13:00

It’s a major question on many minds these days: When will the office reopen? Or rather: Will the office reopen? Different countries are in very different stages of heading back to physical workspac...

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78. Are you ready for self-management? w/ Michael Y. Lee from 2021-07-05T13:00

It’s no surprise that we’re fans of self-management, and we talk a lot about its benefits and transformative potential. But sometimes we forget just how much traditional hierarchy is baked into the...

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77. Beating burnout w/ Anne Helen Petersen from 2021-06-28T13:00

Say (or sigh) it with us now: burnout. As a physic state, it can be hard to precisely diagnose but you know it when you see it—and when you feel it. As remote work becomes a larger presence in our ...

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76. When purpose meets profit w/ Mara Zepeda from 2021-06-22T13:00

Instead of talking about Unicorn companies, we should be spending more of our energy on Zebras—companies that are black and white, that pursue both purpose and profit. In this episode, we talk to M...

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75. When the CEO fires themselves w/ Michael Bungay Stanier and Shannon Minifie from 2021-06-15T15:30

Let's talk about succession. No, not the show, but the concept. How do progressive, human-centric organizations deal with succession, and role changes, and new management, all while maintaining a h...

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74. Who decides who decides w/ Ted Rau from 2021-06-08T14:00

With his organization Sociocracy for All, Ted Rau is helping organizations empower their members, and put a spotlight on equity. In this episode, we talk to Ted about his book, Many Voices One Song...

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73. Embracing discomfort w/ Lisa Gill from 2021-05-25T13:00

There are elephants in the room, and then there are "Moose Heads on the Table." This book, by Lisa Gill and Karen Tenelius, describes the concept as workplace taboos that are simultaneously ingrain...

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72. Legalese in the future of work w/ Jason Wiener from 2021-05-17T13:00

It's not a question, but a fact: the conventional legal doctrine governing the 21st century workplace is woefully far behind. In this episode, we talk to attorney Jason Wiener about the incredible ...

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71. Basecamp and politics in the workplace from 2021-05-10T13:00

In the past two weeks, Basecamp—a software company with a general track record of outspoken, progressive values—has lost a sizable chunk of its workforce. The reason? A memo from the company's CEO ...

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70. This and that from 2021-05-04T13:00

We're opening up the mailbag. In this episode, we tackle the topics of some of your most fascinating questions, from gossip to peer feedback to all-hands meetings. Apply to work at The Ready:In th...

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69. Vanishing Asia w/ Kevin Kelly from 2021-04-26T15:00

Kevin Kelly, the founding editor of WIRED Magazine, has spent years documenting and photographing life in the furthest corners of the Asian continent—and in the process, he's recorded a way of livi...

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68. Transformation at scale w/ Bill Anderson from 2021-04-20T13:00

Changing the way we work is a difficult task at a company with 150 employees. But what about one with. say, 100,000? In this episode, we talk to Bill Anderson, CEO of Roche Pharmaceuticals, about h...

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67. Changing the world of working agreements from 2021-04-05T13:24

Work is all about agreements—policies, processes, principles, goals, workflows, etc. So if you're starting a company from the ground up, how do you give teams the power to align on all of these thi...

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66. The mythic and the mundane w/ Gayle Karen Young from 2021-03-29T16:00

One of the most important aspects of organizational change and complexity is embracing fluidity. Rather than be mired in rigid lines and forced structure, we want to be dynamic, adaptive and—in a c...

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65. The right way to onboard from 2021-03-22T13:00

What's it like to onboard at a company where you don't have a boss? In this episode, we talk to The Ready member Alastair Steward about his experience onboarding at the company, the concept of a "p...

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64. The company retreat from 2021-03-08T14:00

It's a time-honored tradition: the company retreat. But when that conjures the specter of Ramada Inn basements and conference rooms and three-hour presentation blocks, it's clear that an update is ...

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63. Mastery in the age of self-management from 2021-02-22T14:00

The workplace is a wealth of knowledge. Each member of an organization is a master in their own specialized field, and in the 21st-century workplace, we're often exchanging knowledge, teaching and ...

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62. Change through experimentation from 2021-02-15T17:00

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 le...

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61. The future of the workforce w/ Todd Jick from 2021-02-08T14:00

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 wan...

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60. Solving our system problems from 2021-02-01T17:00

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 see...

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59. The Hiring Process w/ Kelsa Summer Roidt from 2021-01-25T17:00

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...

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58. Brave New Work and Capitalism from 2021-01-21T14:00

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 no...

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57. Working through a crisis from 2021-01-13T17:00

It's been quite a week for these United States of America. And as Americans, we tried to do what we always do: keep working. In this episode, we discuss the volatile, unprecedented political situat...

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56. The folly of the annual performance review from 2020-12-22T13:00

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 thi...

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55. Epistemic Injustice w/ Cat Swetel from 2020-12-18T11:00

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...

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54. The connection between love and work w/ Doug Kirkpatrick from 2020-12-03T07:00

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, ...

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53. The Hangover from 2020-11-24T23:47

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, ...

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52. Finding fit with self-management from 2020-11-18T07:00

If you've been listening to Brave New Work for a while you might be wondering, "Is a self-managing workplace right for me?" Or, if you're already in one, you're probably curious, "How can I better ...

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51. The conversation technique that leads to radical alignment w/ Alex Jamieson and Bob Gower from 2020-11-12T02:11

We often wait to talk about the hard stuff until the shit has hit the fan. But what if we made space for difficult conversations before they become difficult? That's the insight at the heart of Rad...

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50. This is justice informed w/ Xavier Ramey from 2020-10-20T06:00

Three months ago, we started a conversation about diversity here on the show. And within our own company, that work has continued in earnest. Yet, we've only scratched the surface on what it means ...

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49. Liberating Structures w/ Keith McCandless from 2020-10-12T06:00

Complexity calls for a new way of working—and in particular a new way of meeting. What matters isn't the individuals in the room, but the relationships between them. Indeed, we need new interaction...

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48. How Software Shapes The Way We Work from 2020-09-28T18:22

One of the most common tensions we hear from teams is "our tools and technology are not maximizing our potential." Let me translate: our company uses crap software. We experience this for many reas...

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47. Humanocracy w/ Michele Zanini from 2020-09-21T06:00

We talk about bureaucracy (and its downsides) on this show all the time. But what about a humanocracy? What would that look like? Luckily, Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini have written a wonderful boo...

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46. Clarity&Coherence from 2020-08-31T06:00

At a sufficiently large scale, any organization that has maximum "diversity" across all variables will become average. Why? Because taking a stand—any stand—is the basis for the boundary of the fir...

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46. Clarity and Coherence In Your Organization's Identity from 2020-08-31T06:00

At a sufficiently large scale, any organization that has maximum "diversity" across all variables will become average. Why? Because taking a stand—any stand—is the basis for the boundary of the fir...

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45. Strategy w/ Lorin Thomas-Tavel from 2020-08-24T06:00

We recorded this episode in April, and to be honest, it kinda feels like April never left. All the themes that were present then are simply louder now. What has become clear in the meantime is that...

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45. The Importance of Strategy with Lorin Thomas-Tavel from 2020-08-24T06:00

We recorded this episode in April, and to be honest, it kinda feels like April never left. All the themes that were present then are simply louder now. What has become clear in the meantime is that...

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44. Even Overs from 2020-08-17T06:00

Prior to the 1940's, the word priorities (plural) was rarely used. Because the word priority means that which comes before anything else. It's one thing! But these days, it's not uncommon for leade...

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44. Prioritizing Your Priorities With Even/Overs from 2020-08-17T06:00

Prior to the 1940's, the word priorities (plural) was rarely used. Because the word priority means that which comes before anything else. It's one thing! But these days, it's not uncommon for leade...

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43. Participatory Governance from 2020-08-03T06:00

Making decisions at work can be perilous. It's not always clear who has the authority to make them. And even when it is, it's usually just a chosen few that benefit. So, it's no surprise that makin...

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43. Steering Together: The Power of Participatory Governance from 2020-08-03T06:00

Making decisions at work can be perilous. It's not always clear who has the authority to make them. And even when it is, it's usually just a chosen few that benefit. So, it's no surprise that makin...

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42. The Shadow Side of Self-Management from 2020-07-20T06:00

The stories of self-management and decentralization from evolutionary organizations like Buurtzorg, Morning Star, FAVI, Haier, and others are often told breathlessly, as if it was "happily ever aft...

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42. The Shadow Side of Self-Management with Yehudi Meshchaninov from 2020-07-20T06:00

The stories of self-management and decentralization from evolutionary organizations like Buurtzorg, Morning Star, FAVI, Haier, and others are often told breathlessly, as if it was "happily ever aft...

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41. Ask Us Anything #2 from 2020-07-13T17:50

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, we ...

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41. Ask Us Anything (AUA) No. 2: Check-Ins, Leadership Dynamics, and "Return to Office" from 2020-07-13T17:50

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, we ...

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40. Justice. Equity. Diversity. Inclusion. from 2020-07-06T06:00

It's been six weeks since George Floyd was murdered, and activism around the Black Lives Matter movement has reached new heights. For many of us, it's triggered incredibly challenging conversations...

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40. JEDI: Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion with Sharan Bal from 2020-07-06T06:00

It's been six weeks since George Floyd was murdered, and activism around the Black Lives Matter movement has reached new heights. For many of us, it's triggered incredibly challenging conversations...

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39. Getting Things Done w/ David Allen from 2020-06-29T16:27

We recorded this episode almost two months ago, and while so much has changed since then (look for an upcoming episode on DEI and BLM), the challenges we face sitting down at our computers every mo...

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38. Remote Facilitation from 2020-06-23T02:53

With much of the working world collaborating remotely these days, one thing is abundantly clear: facilitation matters, especially when we're not in the same room. In this episode, we commiserate ab...

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37. Principles from 2020-05-25T06:00

Without bureaucracy and compliance, how can we ensure that we remain aligned and coherent while also leaving room for judgment? The answer: principles. In this episode, we explore how to craft a us...

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36. Profit Sharing w/ Nathan Barry from 2020-05-19T05:24

Not that long ago, we were living in a grow-grow-grow economy where stock options in a hot venture-backed startup were what most employees coveted. Today, a profitable bootstrapped company that sha...

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35. Beyond Remote w/ Sid Sijbrandij from 2020-05-11T06:00

Most of us are working remotely. But we're just treading water, we haven't really mastered it. That's why it's important to talk about remote work after the novelty wears off—when the home office i...

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34. What's Next w/ Kevin Kelly from 2020-05-04T06:00

It's the question that's on everyone's mind these days: "What does the future hold?" In moments like these when uncertainty is especially high, having the right lenses and mental models is the diff...

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33. Joining Team Human w/ Douglas Rushkoff from 2020-04-27T06:00

With the Ready For Anything series behind us, we're jumping right in to Season Three of the podcast! For this season, we're going to play with the format—making it shorter, sweeter, and (hopefully)...

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32. Ready For Anything: Compensation from 2020-04-22T06:00

This is the thirteenth and final episode in a series devoted to teams in transition due to the Novel Coronavirus. It's about more than simply adapting to remote work—it's about adopting (in the mid...

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31. Ready For Anything: Mastery from 2020-04-19T06:00

This is the twelfth episode in a series devoted to teams in transition due to the Novel Coronavirus. It's about more than simply adapting to remote work—it's about adopting (in the midst of this ch...

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30. Ready For Anything: Membership from 2020-04-17T06:00

This is the eleventh episode in a series devoted to teams in transition due to the Novel Coronavirus. It's about more than simply adapting to remote work—it's about adopting (in the midst of this c...

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29. Ready For Anything: Information from 2020-04-15T06:00

This is the tenth episode in a series devoted to teams in transition due to the Novel Coronavirus. It's about more than simply adapting to remote work—it's about adopting (in the midst of this chao...

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28. Ready For Anything: Meetings from 2020-04-13T06:00

This is the ninth episode in a series devoted to teams in transition due to the Novel Coronavirus. It's about more than simply adapting to remote work—it's about adopting (in the midst of this chao...

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27. Ready For Anything: Workflow from 2020-04-11T19:55

This is the eighth episode in a series devoted to teams in transition due to the Novel Coronavirus. It's about more than simply adapting to remote work—it's about adopting (in the midst of this cha...

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26. Ready For Anything: Innovation from 2020-04-09T16:34

This is the seventh episode in a series devoted to teams in transition due to the Novel Coronavirus. It's about more than simply adapting to remote work—it's about adopting (in the midst of this ch...

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25. Ready For Anything: Resources from 2020-04-02T16:15

This is the sixth episode in a series devoted to teams in transition due to the Novel Coronavirus. It's about more than simply adapting to remote work—it's about adopting (in the midst of this chao...

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24. Ready For Anything: Strategy from 2020-03-27T06:00

This is the fifth episode in a series devoted to teams in transition due to the Novel Coronavirus. It's about more than simply adapting to remote work—it's about adopting (in the midst of this chao...

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23. Ready For Anything: Structure from 2020-03-25T06:00

This is the fourth episode in a series devoted to teams in transition due to the Novel Coronavirus. It's about more than simply adapting to remote work—it's about adopting (in the midst of this cha...

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22. Ready For Anything: Authority from 2020-03-23T06:00

This is the third episode in a series devoted to teams in transition due to the Novel Coronavirus. It's about more than simply adapting to remote work—it's about adopting (in the midst of this chao...

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21. Ready For Anything: Purpose from 2020-03-21T06:00

This is the second episode in a series devoted to teams in transition due to the Novel Coronavirus. It's about more than simply adapting to remote work—it's about adopting (in the midst of this cha...

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20. Ready For Anything: Introduction from 2020-03-19T06:00

This is the first in a series of short episodes devoted to teams in transition due to the Novel Coronavirus. It's about more than simply adapting to remote work—it's about adopting (in the midst of...

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19. The Perfect 1 on 1 w/ Michael Bungay Stanier from 2020-03-17T06:00

The one-on-one meeting, often between a manager and their "direct report" is among the most common and popular meetings in existence. But it may also be the most harmful. In this episode, we debate...

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18. Reinventing Organizations w/ Frederic Laloux from 2020-03-16T06:00

It's been many years since the release of Frederic Laloux's groundbreaking book Reinventing Organizations. In some ways the world is different—more ready, more radical—and in other ways, not much h...

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17. What we can learn from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) from 2020-03-13T06:00

Facing a pandemic, many of the world's institutions are finally giving remote work, agility, responsiveness, and basic human decency some deep consideration. Meanwhile, it's becoming clear that org...

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16. Future Tension w/ Thomas Thomison from 2020-03-09T06:00

Our job is to keep the organization safe, right? And in order to do that we need to predict the future, see around corners, and avoid unnecessary risk. We need to be able to list all the ways the i...

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15. Unauthorized Change w/ Sarah Devereaux from 2020-03-02T07:00

The most common question we hear is, "What can I do if I'm not the one in charge?" So many of us—including leaders and managers—want to eradicate bureaucracy. But, we're not the head honcho. In thi...

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14. The Ready's Hiring Process w/ Kate Glazebrook from 2020-02-24T07:00

The Ready has a habit of disrupting the established way of doing things, but we've never really looked at our hiring process... until now. In the last few months, we've radically overhauled the way...

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13. The Future of Feedback w/ Kim Scott from 2020-02-17T07:00

Are you open to some feedback? Gulp. That one word is enough to send most of us packing. Why? Because we've endured far too many "conversations" that were infrequent, impersonal, critical, and one-...

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12. Ask Us Anything #1 from 2020-02-10T07:00

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, we ...

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11. Introducing Self-Managing Teams w/ Doug Seacrist from 2020-02-03T07:00

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...

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10. Retrospectives w/ Jordan Husney from 2020-01-27T07:00

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 retrospecti...

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9. Learning By Doing w/ Ben Kaufman from 2020-01-20T07:00

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 ri...

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8. Leading Through Transformation w/ David Marquet from 2020-01-13T07:00

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-m...

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7. Productive Disagreement w/ Buster Benson from 2020-01-06T07:00

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 s...

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6. Transparency w/ Joel Gascoigne from 2019-12-30T07:00

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 ...

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5. Ego&Identity w/ Dr. Gareth Holman from 2019-12-23T07:00

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 w...

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4. Fewer Better Meetings w/ Dan Kim from 2019-12-16T07:00

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 hav...

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3. Messaging Change w/ Deirdre Latour from 2019-12-09T07:00

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 o...

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2. Working Agreements w/ Mike Brevoort from 2019-12-02T07:01

The best teams in the world don’t just agree on what they’re going to do, they agree on how they’re going to do it. In this debut episode, we talk about working agreements—what they are and why we ...

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Coming soon... from 2019-11-19T21:46

What’s stopping us from doing the best work of our lives? It’s the way we work. Whether you’re building a startup or reinventing a global enterprise, every day is a battle between chaos and bureauc...

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It's Time for Brave New Work from 2019-11-19T21:46

What’s stopping us from doing the best work of our lives? It’s the way we work. Whether you’re building a startup or reinventing a global enterprise, every day is a battle between chaos and bureauc...

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Brave New Work
Coming soon... from 2019-11-19T21:46

What’s stopping us from doing the best work of our lives? It’s the way we work. Whether you’re building a startup or reinventing a global enterprise, every day is a battle between chaos and bureauc...

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