The Work Better Project w/ Rebecca Ryan & Libby Castro

Professional Futurist Rebecca Ryan returns to the podcast and brings with her Libby Castro, Founder and Principal at LP/w Design Studios. The two have joined forces to create the Work Better Project, a community geared towards redesigning the what, where, and how of work.

Mentioned in this Episode:

• The Work Better Project: https://www.linkedin.com/company/work-better-project/
• “People First: The Next Generation of Downtowns”: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/work-better-project_people-first-the-next-generation-of-downtowns-activity-7051201238704521216-ZAUD
• The Work Better Series: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/work-better-project_work-better-project-article-1-activity-7039219337701785600-reIu
• People Business podcast with Rebecca Ryan: https://peoplebusinesspodcast.com/rebeccaryan/
• Next Generation Consulting: https://www.linkedin.com/company/next-generation-consulting 
• LP/ws: http://lpwsstudios.com/

Time Codes:

(1:37) - Welcoming Rebecca and Libby
(1:59) - What is the Work Better Project and how did you come to work together?
(4:56) - How would you define the Work Better Project itself?
(10:07) - What signals are you paying attention to regarding work?
(15:33) - Libby, what signals are you paying attention to?
(17:45) - Have you seen mental health impacting the way we work?
(22:00) - How should we be prepared for sudden change and also how to avoid denial when change is slow?
(26:46) - Do you have a structure for how you do Think Week?
(28:29) - When faced with impending change, where do you start in the design process?
(30:26) - Do you talk about design thinking principles?
(34:03) - How do you help organizations think through the way they’re actually working?
(40:39) - How do we repurpose space? What are some alternate/radical options?
(50:10) - Do you have any good exercises for getting brain storms going?
(55:41) - What is your goal for this project?
(57:44) - What’s the purpose of work?