Melissa Swift discusses why modern work is dangerous, boring, and frustrating—comparing today's tech overload to the early industrial revolution. She advocates for human-centric workplace design, reducing work intensification, and treating employee feedback as valuable data rather than complaints.

TAKEAWAYS

Work intensification is real: Employees are doing more tasks per hour with denser workloads, like carrying bricks instead of sponges
Technology waste is massive: 42-43% of time with workplace tech is wasted; half of employees want old systems back
Focus on retention over recruiting: HR spends 3x more effort on recruitment than developing current talent

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Fixing What’s Broken at Work with Melissa Swift