Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It!
A show about forward-thinking people leaders, innovators and academics and how they think we can fix work to make it more meaningful, healthy, inclusive and sustainable. This podcast aims to be informative, fun and a bit provocative. Hosted by award-wining business journalist and WTW Digital Influencer of the Year 2023 Siân Harrington. Produced by The People Space. Find more at www.thepeoplespace.com
Episodes
17 episodes
People Aren’t Data: How to be an AI Savvy Leader with David De Cremer
In this episode of Work’s Not Working Siân Harrington speaks with AI and leadership expert David De Cremer about the challenges business leaders face when integrating AI into the workplace. They explore how the rush to adopt AI can oft...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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46:18
Five Generations, One Workforce: Fixing Leadership for a Multi-Generational Future with Paul Anderson-Walsh
In this episode of Work’s Not Working, Siân Harrington and inclusion expert Paul Anderson Walsh explore the challenges of managing five generations in the workplace and the need for adaptive leadership. They highlight the different expectations...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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48:28
From Cog in Machine to Human at Work: Why Victorian Beliefs are Holding Us Back with Blaire Palmer
In this episode of Work’s Not Working, Siân Harrington speaks with Blaire Palmer about the outdated Victorian beliefs and practices still influencing modern workplaces. Despite technological and societal advancements, many organizations remain ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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41:51
The Glass Cliff: How We’re Setting Women and Global Majority Men Up For Leadership Failure with Sophie Williams
In this episode Siân Harrington speaks to Sophie Williams about the concept of the glass cliff, where women and marginalized groups are often hired in leadership roles when a business is already underperforming, setting them up for failur...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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43:38
From Frankenstein Managers to Operational Coaches: The Power of Questions with Laura-Ashley Timms
In this episode Siân Harrington speaks to Laura Ashley-Timms about the importance of asking good questions as a management superpower. Laura highlights the challenges faced by managers in today's complex and rapidly changing work environment an...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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40:19
It's Not the What, It's the Why. Steps to Evidence-Based HR: Rob Briner
In this episode, Siân Harrington speaks with Rob Briner about the challenges and benefits of adopting an evidence-based approach in HR. They discuss the focus on HR fads and the need to shift towards a more informed and effective HR practice. T...
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Episode 12
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43:49
The Innovation Misstep. Redirecting Focus for Meaningful Outcomes: Cris Beswick
In this episode, Siân Harrington speaks to innovation expert Cris Beswick about misconceptions about innovation and how the way we approach it today is not delivering the outcomes businesses want. Cris emphasises that innovation is not ...
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Episode 11
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40:10
The ROI of Empathy. How Compassionate Leaders Drive Business Results: Michael Jenkins
In this episode of Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It, Siân Harrington and acclaimed thinker Michael Jenkins, author of Expert Humans: Critical Leadership Skills for a Disrupted World, explore why a blend of altruism, empathy and compa...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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42:34
Let's Call Time on Greenwashing: From ESG Compliance to Sustainable Performance with Dean Sanders
Sustainability has become a top agenda item for organizations globally. But many get stuck in a compliance rut, missing real opportunities for innovation and competitive edge. In this episode Dean Sanders tells Siân Harrington how leaders can m...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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41:53
How to Use Humour and Improv to Communicate in a VUCA World: Neil Mullarkey
In this episode of Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It, Siân Harrington chats to celebrated comedian and communications expert Neil Mullarkey about why we need to improve communication in the workplace and the potential of improvisation as a too...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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47:23
From Unconscious Exclusion to Conscious Inclusion - How to Avoid the Traps and Make Real Progress: Catherine Garrod
In this episode, Siân Harrington interviews Catherine Garrod, author of
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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42:08
Turbocharge Innovation Through Psychological Safety: Daniel Strode
In this podcast, Siân Harrington interviews Daniel Strode about the connection between culture, innovation and a growth mindset, emphasising the importance of psychological safety in fostering a growth mindset within organisations.
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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35:00
Solving the Productivity Puzzle. Is Tech the Solution? Natasha Wallace
Productivity growth has slowed down in many economies since the global financial crisis of 2008. Despite advances in technology and investment in workforce training and development, productivity growth has remained low, puzzling economists and ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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31:58
Stop Focusing on Job Credentials. Start Fitting Work to People: Josh Bersin
Companies today are failing at a record pace. In 1958 the average age of a company on the S&P500 stock index was 61. Today it is 18. It is predicted that within the next five years three-quarters of S&P500 companies will have disappeare...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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36:54
We're Not Getting Enough Opportunity to Grow at Work: Whitney Johnson
The pandemic gave many of us a time to reflect on what we wanted from life and where our values lay. So it’s perhaps no surprise organizations were suddenly faced with what became known as The Great Resignation in 2021. This was the trend in wh...
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40:15
Leadership is Broken. Creativity is the Answer: Rama Gheerawo
Everything we are taught about leadership today is wrong, says Rama Gheerawo. Traditional models of leadership are broken and outdated. We need more creative leadership – leadership that speaks the language of business but also the language of ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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35:55
Let's Bring Love Back into the Workplace: Marcus Buckingham
We have designed love out of the workplace, to the detriment of us and our organisations. We're not building work that helps each of us to thrive. To love our work. So how much of our day should we spend doing things we love? Why does this enab...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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