Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It!
Work’s Not Working… Let’s Fix It is a podcast from The People Space exploring how work is being reinvented – and what that means for HR, leaders and organisations navigating constant change.
Hosted by award-winning journalist Siân Harrington, the show examines why so many traditional ways of working are breaking down, from job design and leadership to performance, culture and the role of AI.
Through conversations with forward-thinking people leaders, innovators and academics, each episode tackles one clear problem facing work today – and surfaces the ideas, evidence and practical thinking needed to build something better.
This is where future fit HR thinking is tested in public, connecting human-centred work, AI-augmented roles and new ways of organising to the realities leaders face now.
Produced by The People Space. Find more insight, tools and analysis at thepeoplespace.com.
Episodes
28 episodes
The Transformation Myth: Why Big Change Fails in Real Life - Tom Kegode
In this episode of Work’s Not Working… Let’s Fix It!, Siân Harrington sits down with Tom Kegode – former People & Places Culture Transformation Lead at Lloyds Banking Group – to challenge one of the most overused ideas in corporate...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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44:53
Why Good Leaders Go Bad – Steven D’Souza
In this episode of Work’s Not Working… Let’s Fix It!, Siân Harrington sits down with Steven D’Souza – award-winning educator, executive coach and senior partner at Korn Ferry – to explore a question few leaders dare to ask: ...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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41:27
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What if one job isn't enough anymore? - Michael Moran
In this episode of Work’s Not Working… Let’s Fix It!, Siân Harrington sits down with Michael Moran, founder of 10Eighty, career coach, former CEO and author of Going Portfolio, to explore why the ‘job for life’ is over and wha...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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41:34
What if CEOs Don't Matter? - Farley Thomas
In this episode of Work’s Not Working… Let’s Fix It!, Siân Harrington sits down with Farley Thomas, former global MD at HSBC, CEO coach and co-founder of leadership edtech firm Manageable, to flip the script on leadership.What i...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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48:15
What If the Office Is the Problem? Prithwiraj Choudhury
In this episode of Work’s Not Working… Let’s Fix It!, Siân Harrington sits down with Prithwiraj Choudhury, professor at the London School of Economics and bestselling author of The World is Your Office, to challenge our most s...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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48:17
Why Work Needs More Taylor Swifts – Kevin Evers
In this episode of Work’s Not Working… Let’s Fix It! Siân Harrington sits down with Harvard Business Review editor Kevin Evers, author of There’s Nothing Like This: The Strategic Genius of Taylor Swift, ...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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48:05
The Answer's Not in a Spreadsheet. It's in Workplace Happiness - Lord Mark Price
In this episode of Work’s Not Working… Let’s Fix It! Siân Harrington sits down with Lord Mark Price – former managing director of Waitrose, deputy chair of the John Lewis Partnership, and now author of
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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50:27
Employment Is Dead. What Comes Next Will Change Everything - with Josh Drean
In this episode of Work’s Not Working… Let’s Fix It! Siân Harrington sits down with Josh Drean, workplace futurist and co-author of
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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44:14
Why Great Workers Become Bad Managers with Kate Waterfall Hill
In this episode of Work’s Not Working… Let’s Fix It! Siân Harrington sits down with Kate Waterfall Hill, executive coach, leadership expert and creator of Linda, the bad manager, to explore why leadership so often falls short in today’...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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42:51
Lost in the Machine: Reclaiming Humanity in the Age of AI with Tomas Chamarro-Premuzic
In this episode of Work’s Not Working… Let’s Fit It! Siân Harrington dives into the complex and often paradoxical relationship between humans and artificial intelligence with Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, organisational psychologist and aut...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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41:22
No Silver Bullet: Debunking the Quick Fix In Leadership with Steve Hearsum
In this episode of Work’s Not Working, Siân Harrington sits down with Steve Hearsum to debunk one of the most seductive myths in leadership and organisational change – the myth of the "silver bullet." From tales of vampires and werewol...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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48:03
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
