Why is chronic stress, or burnout, on the rise? Who suffers the most? Is it an individual or an organisational problem?   

In this week's episode of The Mind Tools L&D Podcast, author Jennifer Moss speaks to Gemma and Ross about the problem of burnout. 

• What burnout is
• What causes such chronic stress
• What does and doesn't help ease the problem?

You can find out more about Jennifer's work, and her book The Burnout Epidemic, at jennifer-moss.com  

In ‘What I Learnt This Week’, Ross told us about Shakespeare's missing skull https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-shakespeare-idUSKCN0WQ192 

Gemma talked about Dan Gilbert's End of History illusion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End-of-history_illusion 

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Connect with our speakers 

If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode, connect with our speakers on Twitter: 

• Ross Garner - @RossGarnerMT
• Gemma - @gemmatowersey
• Jennifer Moss - @jenleighmoss