This Working Life
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You spend so much time on work, why accept the status quo, when there are ways to do it better? Get expert advice, research and hacks that will crush your inertia.
Join Lisa Leong and other This Working Lifers as we experiment and explore the latest in the world of work.
We cover policy issues, like hybrid workplaces and remote work, employee wellbeing and organisational culture, the use of AI, employee surveillance, employee engagement, diversity and inclusion. We talk about progress on wider issues that relate to work, like work life balance, organisational change, restructures, and casualisation. On This Working Life our focus is on everything related to the people in a workplace too, including culture, individual experiences, performance management and career advice.
Join Lisa Leong and other This Working Lifers as we experiment and explore the latest in the world of work.
We cover policy issues, like hybrid workplaces and remote work, employee wellbeing and organisational culture, the use of AI, employee surveillance, employee engagement, diversity and inclusion. We talk about progress on wider issues that relate to work, like work life balance, organisational change, restructures, and casualisation. On This Working Life our focus is on everything related to the people in a workplace too, including culture, individual experiences, performance management and career advice.
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Aug 21, 2022 • 0sec
Creating mindfulness in your work through meditation
Mindfulness … being mindful, meditating, you know it’s good for you, but it just never feels like there’s enough time.Using meditation to create mindfulness is an ancient practice, and the science backing it has been piling in for years now.But how can we be motivated to make meditation part of our essential routine? How will it actually help our working lives?
Aug 14, 2022 • 0sec
The art and science of receiving feedback
What’s your relationship with feedback? Maybe you’ve thought you could learn how to be better at giving it…but how about switching it round and considering how you receive it? Turns out, if we hone our skills at receiving we also get better at giving feedback.
Aug 7, 2022 • 25min
Changing Your Career When You've Only Just Begun
What happens when the career you chose at 18 just isn't you anymore?
Jul 31, 2022 • 25min
Ministry of Common Sense
Have you ever sat at work thinking “Houston we have a problem, common sense has left the room!”? Brand and culture transformation expert Martin Lindstrom, walks us through how to bring common sense back into our workplaces by establishing what he calls a “ministry of common sense”. Martin has advised multinationals including Pepsi, Google, Burger King and Swiss Air but he started this movement in what traditionally has been a bastion of bureaucracy, banks.
Jul 24, 2022 • 25min
Cal Newport on why we need to break up with email
Does your inbox make you miserable? Cal Newport walks us through why our relationship with email is dysfunctional and what a world without email looks like. Cal's book: A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in the Age of OverloadProducer: Maria Tickle
Jul 17, 2022 • 24min
Managing yours and others' ADHD to thrive at work
What if ADHD wasn't seen as a deficit or a disorder? What if it's actually harnessed as a superpower? We show how, given the right support and understanding, workplaces have the ability to turn ADHD into an asset and create environments where everyone thrives.
Jul 10, 2022 • 25min
A Seat at the Table: embracing the power of First Nations representation on your board
We speak with proud Torres Strait Islander woman (Kubin; Moa Island descendant) Carla McGrath and proud Yorta Yorta man Ian Hamm about what First Nations perspectives bring to governance and management.
Jul 3, 2022 • 25min
Susan David on Why You Need Emotional Agility at Work
Emotions at work - do you repress or ruminate? Both could be dangerous for your career. Harvard Medical School psychologist Dr Susan David is one of the world's leading management thinkers. Her Ted talk has been viewed more than five million times and her book Emotional Agility is a bestseller.Susan discusses the benefits of bringing our whole selves to work; emotions as data not directives (we shouldn't let them boss us around) and why emotional agility is important for teamwork and creativity.
Jun 26, 2022 • 25min
'Mass disabling event': Long COVID is hitting Australian workplaces
We take a deep dive into this medical mystery and look at how workplaces and individuals can navigate the world of work as they recover from long COVID.
Jun 19, 2022 • 26min
From the field to the boardroom: what business can learn from sport
Teamwork, resilience and grit – just some of the skills from sport that we can all learn from when it comes to our work. So how can the corporate world harness these skills, and what can we learn from the athlete’s mindset?
