Around 12 months ago myself and Sue Todd created the new work manifesto. It was an attempt to start the debate about simple things that we can change. You can find it on the podcast website eatsleepworkrepeat.fm . It's had a briliant response, research companies have asked to help validate it, different professions like doctors and police have been in touch asking if they can adapt it for their working. Lots of companies have told me they've been trying it out with their teams. One person ...
Jul 02, 2018•35 min•Ep 54•Transcript available on Metacast Two practical case studies this week. Businesses who have pulled back the curtain to show how they brought Purpose and Autonomy to life. Brilliant examples of companies trying new things and having success from them. Rachel Bremer is the Communications Director at ASOS. She talks about how they re-energised 4000 young, ambitious employees to keep the business on an incredible growth path. Laurie Young is the Development Director of Thoughtbot. He explains that they made one change that allowed t...
Jun 19, 2018•35 min•Ep 53•Transcript available on Metacast I've wanted to do an episode on mental health for months. But to be honest I've felt really conscious of messing it up. I ended up chatting to the best journalist who writes about it and she suggested that we talk about it. Emily Reynolds is one of the sharpest writers in the UK , writing for publications like Vice, Wired, The Guardian, Stylist. Incidentally she also writes about mental health. Her book 'A Beginner's Guide to Losing Your Mind' is a very readable take on the realities of all sort...
Jun 04, 2018•45 min•Ep 52•Transcript available on Metacast Lots of listeners have been hitting up my LinkedIn saying how can we make work better if we don't have a full-time permanent job. Emma Gannon might have the answer to their needs. Emma is a podcaster, writer, broadcaster, blogger... in fact she's the perfect example of the freelance, multi-hyphenate lives that more of us are living in 2018. A She describes how we can build careers out of freelance living and side hustles. How sometimes we can inspire ourselves and our own creativity with the thi...
May 31, 2018•43 min•Ep 51•Transcript available on Metacast Quite a brainy episode today. Dr Richard Claydon is a someone who likes to question why we claim things - he's a natural challenger. He describes himself as a Transdisciplinary Behavioural Scientist and Ironist. He writes some interesting (if a bit too long) things on Linked In that a few people sent to me. We had a brilliant chat for well over an hour but i've tried to edit it into something enlightening and digestible. Richard says something that I've been t...
May 14, 2018•27 min•Ep 50•Transcript available on Metacast James Doty is a neuroscientist who has spent his career trying to demystify the power of the brain. He's a Clinical Professor of neurosurgery at Stanford University and founder and director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education. If you watch his TED Talk you're going to fall in love with James, a gentle thoughtful guy. He is the New York Times bestselling author of Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Bra...
May 07, 2018•24 min•Ep 49•Transcript available on Metacast Sir Cary Cooper is a psychologist - 50th Anniversary Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health at the Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. He founded Robertson Cooper - a business which is collection of psychologists and wellbeing experts intent on helping people have a good day at work. Everyone I've met there is just brilliantly inspiring too - which I guess shows good people hire good people he's a brilliant follow on Twitter too @Pr...
Apr 30, 2018•45 min•Ep 48•Transcript available on Metacast Sam Conniff Allende has spent his career building a youth marketing agency. Now he's concluded that the way to inspire younger workers is to channel the energy of the Golden Age of Piracy. In a fun discussion of pirates old and new Sam explains how the world would be a better place if we all tried to be a bit more pirate. Sam's book Be More Pirate is published on 3rd May 2018. You can follow him on Twitter @SamConniff and @BeMorePirate Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/eatsleepworkrepe...
Apr 26, 2018•38 min•Ep 47•Transcript available on Metacast Dr Amanda Goodall is a Senior Lecturer in Management at Cass Business school. I don't normally do stuff on leaders. There's enough leader lit out there. So I actually came upon Dr Amanda Goodall's work when I was looking at something else. I encountered her work when I was reading about the effect of our bosses on us. Bad bosses are the worst thing at work. Amanda's research says we'll ask twice as much money to work someone who we can't stand. It's way more important than anything else. W...
Apr 16, 2018•40 min•Ep 46•Transcript available on Metacast Who's Elvis round here? There was a time when answering that question would have earned you a nice cheque from the National Enquirer. The second part of a spotlight on Thought Leaders - the gurus who are challenging the status quo. Chris Barez-Brown is a best selling author, speaker and culture change consultant. …….He says: "We train businesses to manage change" As he describes, Chris provides immerse experiences to improve the culture of leadership teams. These th...
Apr 09, 2018•28 min•Ep 45•Transcript available on Metacast Two episodes here listening to some of the people who are challenging, provoking and questioning the status quo. Tom Goodwin Exec VP at the media agency Zenith in New York. He's the head of innovation down there. But on the web is where Tom is a player. He is Linked In's number 1 influencer in the marketing field. That accolade will set you back 560,000 followers. How did he end up there? Well Tom wrote a tweet (or series of tweets) that developed a life of their own. https://techcrunch.co...
Apr 09, 2018•38 min•Ep 44•Transcript available on Metacast A brilliant live discussion from Ad Week Europe on the scientific value of laughter - and how to bring it back to work. Featuring Professor Sophie Scott, broadcaster Geoff Lloyd and sitcom writer Paul Coleman. Hosted by Bruce Daisley and Sue Todd. All episodes are live at EatSleepWorkRepeat.fm. Please like and subscribe. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/eatsleepworkrepeat . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 24, 2018•49 min•Ep 42•Transcript available on Metacast Inside the rituals of two happy businesses. Over the last couple of months a few people have come up to me to tell me stories about things their companies do. Firstly Andy Puleston - a Radio 1 alumni - came up to me and chatted to me about some of the things they did during the Andy Parfitt reinvention. Pizza meetings, heroic leaving speeches and lots of private offices filled with eclectic music and chat. I've let this run on because I found it fascinating. Ask me one time how I applied to get ...
Mar 19, 2018•55 min•Ep 41•Transcript available on Metacast The Culture Code is the best book on work culture likely to be published this year. From Daniel Coyle author of the Talent Code, an international bestseller that cracked the formula of individual success. In the subsequent 5 years he's immersed himself in the best teams in the world - Navy SEALS, sports teams and some of the most creative companies in the world (including Pixar and IDEO). Now he's ready to share the remarkable output of his work. Coyle's book gives clear guidance of what anyone ...
Feb 05, 2018•35 min•Ep 40•Transcript available on Metacast When is your most creative time of the working day? When should you schedule your concentrated deep work? What the heck is a 'nappuccino' and what will it do for you? Daniel Pink explains how we can use timing to help improve our working environment. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/eatsleepworkrepeat . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Feb 01, 2018•34 min•Ep 39•Transcript available on Metacast As becoming increasingly clear the single biggest issue of work culture in the last 10 years has been the Me Too movement. Louise Ridley and Kirstie Brewer, freelance journalists and founders of Second Source discuss their involvement in the campaign to remove toxic sexual behaviour. Second Source is a group of women journalists trying to tackle sexual harassment in the media industry. Find details here: http://www.thesecondsource.co.uk or follow them on Twitter Emily Reynolds' b...
Jan 16, 2018•36 min•Ep 37•Transcript available on Metacast Over the last 35 episodes we've discussed improvements to work, now we bring them all together. In discussion with Sue Todd, CEO of Magnetic, we discuss the New Work Manifesto. The manifesto is an 8 point plan, designed to help us improve work and get more from our time at our desks. The manifesto can be found at www.newworkmanifesto.org. Send us your thoughts and suggestions. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/eatsleepworkrepeat . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...
Jan 08, 2018•57 min•Ep 36•Transcript available on Metacast The dramas at Uber, the reckoning of the #MeToo movement, the BBC pay gap, Bruce is joined by Andre Spicer to debate the biggest work culture issues of the year. Along the way we also discuss Andre's global fame as a lemonade stand pirate. Andre also talks about his two new books this year: Business Bullshit and Desperately Seeking Self Improvement. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/eatsleepworkrepeat . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 26, 2017•44 min•Ep 35•Transcript available on Metacast EAT SLEEP SHORT: Are the robots coming for your job? This year Matthew Taylor delivered a report to the Prime Minister looking at the future of work in the UK. Here he explains his outlook on the future of work and how work can set about being a force to increase happiness. Matthew Taylor is the CEO of the RSA. He was previously a political strategist working with Tony Blair. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/eatsleepworkrepeat . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...
Dec 21, 2017•14 min•Ep 34•Transcript available on Metacast Angela Duckworth's Grit was one of the most impactful business books of 2016. Here in an Eat Sleep short Angela talks about building resilient culture and the thing to look for when hiring someone with a gritty tenacity. In her late twenties, Angela left a demanding job as a management consultant to teach maths to seventh graders in the New York City state schools. Angela is a MacArthur “genius” grant winner, researcher and CEO of Character Lab. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/e...
Dec 20, 2017•10 min•Ep 33•Transcript available on Metacast Richard Reed was one the founders of Innocent - the most unlikely David taking on the Goliaths of the soft drinks business. With little more than a perky brand, unbounded optimism and a winning culture they're become the biggest juice brand in the UK. So how did Richard build this exceptional culture? What was the Innocent version of 'Don't Be Evil'? Richard shares special techniques like 'learn one, do one, teach one' that helped share a climate of humble learning. Richard talks about his new b...
Dec 12, 2017•37 min•Ep 32•Transcript available on Metacast VOLUME FIXED David McClements is the founder of Whitewater international training & consultancy” ( whitewaterint.com ) . He works training and developing top performers. I saw David speak recently and was struck with his willingness to challenge some of the best established ideas. His discussion about Chris Hoy and energy management is fascinating. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/eatsleepworkrepeat . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 04, 2017•29 min•Ep 31•Transcript available on Metacast Bjarke Ingels is the number 1 architect in the world. His buildings are taking the world by storm with their fearless disregard for the conventions and norms of our dull cities. Bjarke's buildings are both fun and immensely practical. By when the greatest in his field is thinking about the future of work how does he design it? Bjarke explains how he is building innovative workspaces - both for others and for his own company. Bjarke talks both about the cutting edge buildings that he is creating ...
Nov 26, 2017•42 min•Ep 30•Transcript available on Metacast Ben Waber is the CEO of Humanyze, a firm that spun pioneering work from MIT into the world's leading people analytics business. Their technology can track how your office is working. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/eatsleepworkrepeat . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 21, 2017•37 min•Ep 29•Transcript available on Metacast Jason Fried - at Basecamp - and Deborah Rippol - at Buffer - are writing the future. Exemplars of a new world of working where our offices are less important than our intellects. Both champion working remotely and letting our workplaces being secondary to our home lives. Jason is the author of books like Rework and Remote. Deborah is the People Success Manager at Buffer. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/eatsleepworkrepeat . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 15, 2017•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dan Cable is a Professor of Organisational Behaviour at London Business School. His forthcoming book Alive at Work is visionary for helping us understand how to improve the sense of engagement in the workplace. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/eatsleepworkrepeat . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 06, 2017•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Emma Seppala is a happiness expert. She's spent her life studying how we can be happier in life and has all the evidence to prove it. Emma gives a life affirming reminder that happiness at work isn't a luxury, it's a prerequisite for success and creativity. Emma's book The Happiness Track is superb. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/eatsleepworkrepeat . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 30, 2017•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast Biz Stone is a founder of Twitter - famously returning to the company in 2017. We talk about design, about his first start-up where the culture got corrupted and then intentionally inventing a culture to be more effective. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/eatsleepworkrepeat . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 18, 2017•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Cal Newport is convinced that in 10 years we'll laugh at the way we're working today. We need a production line-like innovation to fix work... Enter Deep Work. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/eatsleepworkrepeat . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 16, 2017•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dan Pink is the most important researcher for understanding workplace motivation. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/eatsleepworkrepeat . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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