The New Way We Work
Fast Company
Fast Company deputy editor Kathleen Davis takes listeners on a journey through the changing landscape of our work lives. Each episode explores the future of work, including the state of remote and hybrid work amid the return-to-office battle; how AI will change the way we do our jobs; the status of gender equity and DEI efforts; rethinking career ladders and ambition; motivation and what makes work meaningful; and the progress on mental health and disability issues at work. And as if all that isn’t enough, she also shares practical advice for interviews, résumés, and salary negotiations, as well as the latest office jargon, just how useful personality tests really are, and more.
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Jun 5, 2023 • 20min
What we've learned about work over the last 5 years
On June 6, 2018 the first episode of this podcast aired with an episode titled “What’s ruining our sleep.” The show at the time was called “Secrets of the Most Productive People” a nod to Fast Company's annual magazine package of the same name where we ask people from across industries how they get things done. Since then, this show has covered nearly every area of work life from imposter syndrome to ambition to DEI issues.
May 30, 2023 • 36min
How to avoid procrastination
Today’s episode is an edited version of a recent LinkedIn Audio conversation with Senior Staff Editor Julia Herbst. We dug into research on the different forms procrastination can take and explore strategies for overcoming it.
May 25, 2023 • 28min
Presenting! The new season of 'Most Innovative Companies'
Is AI coming for our jobs?? ‘Fast Company’ senior staff editor Max Ufberg explains that it is . . . but that it’s not all bad news.And Yaz chatted with Loom CEO Joe Thomas—Loom is essentially TikTok for business, which sounds crazier than it is—about how video conferencing is here to stay.Also, a special thanks to Marfa Public Radio for helping us out with some recording on this episode!
May 22, 2023 • 32min
How to deal with a bad boss
Today’s episode is an edited version of a LinkedIn Audio discussion I had recently with Senior Editor Julia Herbst and Staff Editor AJ Hess where we covered how to manage your manager and offered advice for managers to make sure they aren’t making missteps that could make employees disengage.
May 15, 2023 • 42min
What is the real value of a college degree? And how to make a career without one
Kate Davis talks with Fast Company Editor, Christopher Zara, about his book "Uneducated: A Memoir of Flunking Out, Falling Apart, and Finding My Worth"
May 8, 2023 • 37min
Is it possible to have HR that employees don't hate?
Kate Davis talks with Lars Schmidt about what a progressive, employee-centric human resources department would look like? What roles would it contain? And, If there is a future where HR is no longer the butt of office jokes? Lars is the founder of the HR consultancy Amplify, speaker, host of the Redefining Work podcast, author of the book Redefining HR, and a regular contributor to Fast Company
May 1, 2023 • 40min
How retirement looks different for Gen Z than it does for boomers
How is retirement changing for those with a few years versus a few decades left in the workforce? How can you plan for retirement at any age or career stage? How is retirement likely to change over the next generation? On this week's episode, Kate Davis talks with Emily Guy Birken to answer these questions. Birken is an author, money coach, and retirement expert who has written several books including "Choose Your Retirement" and "The 5 Years Before You Retire". She’s also written several personal finance articles for Fast Company.
Apr 24, 2023 • 16min
The two sides of ageism in the workplace for women
Earlier this season, Kate Davis talked to New York Times columnist Jessica Grose about a piece Grose wrote called “the hour between babe and hag”. The article examines gendered ageism. Jessica writes that there seems to be about 10 years when a woman can hope to be taken seriously at work. Roughly from age 35-45. On either end of that, women are more likely to face ageism. On one side for being perceived as too young, and on the other side as being past their prime. In this episode, we hear a conversation between two women on other side of the this "hour".
Apr 10, 2023 • 41min
What do Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z want from work?
Kate Davis and the work life team at Fast Company talk about what different generations of employees want out of work
Apr 3, 2023 • 31min
Employee Surveillance: who's doing it and why?
Kate Davis talks with Albert Fox Cahn about what employers tracking and what tools are they using, If there any regulations around employee surveillance, and if your boss even has to tell you that you are being monitored. Albert Fox Cahn is the founder and executive director of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project. He’s also a fellow at Yale Law School’, and at The Harvard Kennedy School.
