Recorded at the Good Day at Work event in Manchester, hosted by Robertson Cooper. During the last World Cup, as we gradually started believing in the prospects of a team whose members had surprised us with their humour, work-rate and calm demeanour there was a wonderful newspaper article that garnered lots of attention about the secrets of their transformation. The piece introduced us to one of the people responsible for overhauling the mindset of the England squad. Previously player...
Oct 09, 2019•57 min•Ep 83•Transcript available on Metacast Today’s episode is about Uber. Its based on a brilliant book that stacks of people have found themselves tearing through in one sitting over the last couple of weeks, It’s a book called Superpumped by Mike Isaac . If you’ve heard Mike talking about the book, this chat will be different because we’re just going to focus on the culture of Uber. The question for me was ‘would Uber ever have been as successful if their culture wasn’t so psychopathic and secondly could someone else adapt Uber’s cultu...
Sep 30, 2019•43 min•Ep 82•Transcript available on Metacast If you're interested in workplace culture you might like my newsletter makeworkbetter.substack.com Marcus Buckingham is a research who has specialised in debunking some of the lies that pervade our jobs. His discoveries are eye-popping. Company culture can't be measured, 'OKRs' (goals) never work and much more. It's a compelling and entertaining listen. Get in touch to tell Bruce what you thought - or leave us a review at Apple podcasts. Eat Sleep Work Repeat is part of #PODSTRIKE. Buy 9 Lies Ab...
Sep 16, 2019•47 min•Ep 81•Transcript available on Metacast On this week's pod, David Gasca and Steven Rogelberg explain how you can fix your meetings to make work less miserable. Firstly David Gasca outlines the Silent Meeting Manifesto . In the world of work we're surrounded with very little scrutiny of the norms of meetings and emails, in that context David's work helps reinvent one of the immovable pillars of work. Download the Amazon Kindle version here. Try a silent meeting and tell us how you get on. Then we spend time...
Sep 08, 2019•40 min•Ep 80•Transcript available on Metacast In 2007 as Barcelona were looking to replace their manager they were faced with a difficult challenge. They decided if they were to move on with a strong sense of sustainable success they needed to think about the culture they wanted to build. They drew up a list of criteria for how they wanted to choose the manager. Interestingly most of the list didn't mention football. Damian Hughes, Professor of Organisational Psychology at Alliance Manchester Business School goes on to explain the Barcelona...
Aug 23, 2019•1 hr 8 min•Ep 79•Transcript available on Metacast How did Jurgen Klopp build a culture that has caught the attention of everyone in sport. Including interviews with Klopp, Liverpool players and leading management psychologists we discover the 4 secrets of Klopp's culture at Liverpool (data, a simple plan, inclusivity, psychological safety). You’ll find episodes, transcripts and other good stuff on the website EatSleepWorkRepeat.com . Best articles to read more: BEST READ: New York Times on Liverpool and data Melissa Reddy interview A look at Kl...
Aug 23, 2019•54 min•Ep 78•Transcript available on Metacast In 2015 Anita Williams Woolley and colleagues published some groundbreaking work understanding the 'collective intelligence' of teams. They asked 'can we judge the cognitive power of a certain group of people?' The answer was that yes, they could and also there were certain things that helped predict this collective intelligence. Professor Woolley explains the part that gender plays in this team intelligence and then gives you a test that you can take to help predict collective intelligence in y...
Jun 13, 2019•22 min•Ep 77•Transcript available on Metacast A lot of people have asked me if I’m going to do an episode on the importance of play. One of the challenges of the word play is that its such a broad word and its associations aren’t always helpful when it comes to bringing everyone with us but today's guest I think shows what an incredible thing it can be. Heidi Edmundson is an emergency medicine consultant in the Emergency Department at the Whittington Hospital. She wrote this article in the Guardian in January: I introduced fun to the lives ...
Apr 22, 2019•41 min•Ep 77•Transcript available on Metacast James Bloodworth lived undercover working in Amazon warehouses, care homes and clocked up hours as an Uber driver to see the realities of modern work for millions of Brits. It makes for a fascinating glimpse at the lives of people who often get ignored from the privilege of the open plan. James' compelling book Hired is out now. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/eatsleepworkrepeat . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 15, 2019•45 min•Ep 76•Transcript available on Metacast This week I talk to Josh Krichefski (CEO, Mediacom UK) and Liz Fosslien (co-author of No Hard Feelings: Emotions at Work and How They Help Us Succeed ). Josh explains how they put mental health on the agenda on his firm by starting an honest, open discussion on it. Then we talk to Liz who gives us a users' guide to emotions at work. What can we do to make work a most empathetic way. The Seligman model we discuss is the '3Ps'. Personalisation, Pervasiveness and Permanence. Become a member at http...
Apr 08, 2019•33 min•Ep 75•Transcript available on Metacast What if the way we've created work was built around the things that men prefer. Sue Unerman makes the compelling case that the workplace has evolved to serve male skills - and that this isn't good for the workplace and it isn't good for workers. Sue Unerman is the Chief Transformation Officer at Mediacom, and also the author of two widely acclaimed books. We discussed her book (written with Kathryn Jacob) The Glass Wall Follow Sue on Twitter. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/eatsleepw...
Apr 01, 2019•23 min•Ep 74•Transcript available on Metacast Jim Collins is one of the most respected business writers in the world. With his books Good to Great and Made to Last he became the observer of great companies and what made them special. He's just published a new book which is a supplement to Good to Great (pssssst, read GTG first). Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/eatsleepworkrepeat . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 18, 2019•51 min•Ep 73•Transcript available on Metacast Dave Trott is a creative director, copywriter, and author. A colossus of advertising who has been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by D&AD. I chatted to him at the IAB Leadership Summit in St Albans. It's not a talk about work culture as such - just a fascinating chat with someone whose job it was to be creative for a living. Dave's latest book Creative Blindness is a riot of colourful stories and lively lessons. Follow Dave on Twitter. Become a member at https://plus.acast.co...
Mar 12, 2019•42 min•Ep 72•Transcript available on Metacast Today we’re chatting to the MD of the innovations company IDEO, Sue Siddall to hear how they bring the power of telling stories to life in their organisation. In addition we’ve got a legend of workplace study today. William Kahn was responsible for creating two of the big concepts of positive workplaces. He coined the concepts of both psychological safety and employee engagement . William Kahn is Professor of Organisational Behavior at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business. He received...
Mar 04, 2019•27 min•Ep 71•Transcript available on Metacast If you’ve not already subscribed there’s a weekly email that goes out with the podcast . This week's includes a brilliant article on how small teams seem to be more radical, there’s a couple of discussions about Professor Adam Grant’s work and there’s a really good article on laughter in teams. The laughter in teams article is from some research that NASA is looking at when it comes to casting their first expeditions to Mars. NASA looked at the success of different teams in isolation in Antartic...
Feb 17, 2019•33 min•Ep 70•Transcript available on Metacast Thanks to Penguin Random House here's a free extract of a couple of different parts of The Joy of Work. You can buy the full audiobook here.: Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/eatsleepworkrepeat . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Feb 05, 2019•26 min•Ep 69•Transcript available on Metacast This episode today is magnificent – you’re really going to be stimulated and challenged by it. Today’s episode is with someone I contacted 2 years ago to discuss his previous book. Cal Newport’s Deep Work was a simple avocation of the process of using uninterrupted concentration to get things done. He’s now back with a new book about taking the same principles beyond work into life. It's a guide for achieving happiness by being more intentional in how you use technology. Some might call it a man...
Jan 28, 2019•53 min•Ep 68•Transcript available on Metacast This is a podcast about making work better. You can find all of the previous episodes on the website. Here we go, two little things today to make you feel more brainy. It’s Blue Monday in the UK today - the day when we’re told it’s the most miserable day of the year - when we hate our job. By listening to these experts you’ll have some guidelines how you can make work better. They give solutions but I think once you listen to the data you’ll work out what to do yourselves. Firstly something that...
Jan 21, 2019•29 min•Ep 67•Transcript available on Metacast If you're looking to get a job sometime in the next decade - and that includes almost all of us - there's a very high probability that you're going to be exposed to a psychometric test. As they become enhanced by AI and made more scaleable via apps these tests are going to go everywhere. So what are the implications for what work is going to look at. This episode I'm looking into the evolving nature of recruiting and how its changing to accommodate the latest science and also innovations in tech...
Jan 14, 2019•46 min•Ep 66•Transcript available on Metacast Buy The Joy of Work Follow Rob Briner Sign up for Eat Sleep Updates Rob Briner is an professor of organisational behaviour at London Queen Mary’s University - he's rated the top HR thinker in the UK. This is a brilliant chat. Very much essential listening for anyone interested in HR but also worth listening for those of us who sit thinking ‘what do HR actually do?’ or what should we do to improve things round here. We talk about ‘evidence based management’ - which you can find out more about her...
Jan 07, 2019•1 hr 9 min•Ep 65•Transcript available on Metacast Pre-order The Joy of Work Follow Stevyn Colgan Sign up for Eat Sleep Updates Following up the discussion with Andy Rhodes this week it's a second episode about the police. My original plan was to edit both of them to get one episode about the profession but both were too good to chop up. So I want to flag that It's kind of about work culture but also kind of just a brilliant chat with a fascinating person. Consider it as a box set with the other police episode. When it gets into its flow it cove...
Dec 13, 2018•1 hr 3 min•Ep 64•Transcript available on Metacast Pre-order The Joy of Work Follow Andy Rhodes Sign up for Eat Sleep Updates This is the first of two episodes on the police this week. One on dealing with stress in 'blue light' professions, one on how to be creative in stressful environments. Andy Rhodes is the Chief Constable of Lancashire - and has responsibility for the wellbeing initiative in the UK police force. He talks through the challenges of policing under pressure. What do you do to stop police profiling people they encounter? The ans...
Dec 11, 2018•46 min•Ep 63•Transcript available on Metacast Pre-order The Joy of Work Follow Adam Sign up for Eat Sleep Updates We’re talking work culture in different ways for the next few episodes. The next two episodes after this are in the police force. But today’s guest is the best selling author of the year - Adam Kay. This is Going to Hurt : Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor has sold over a million copies. It’s also won the readers’ choice book of the year this year. So there’s a chance you’ve read it and if so you will love the discussion with Ad...
Dec 03, 2018•30 min•Ep 62•Transcript available on Metacast How can painting the walls of a company change their culture? We explore with Jez Groom today's guest. An episode this week on behavioural science. It was prompted a little by discussions with Seth Godin and others. It was thinking can you change the culture in organisations by the way you engineer choices available to people - and I’m speaking to a behavioural scientist about these things. First a bit of background - we discuss a reading list in the show and I’ve included it in the show notes b...
Nov 26, 2018•56 min•Ep 61•Transcript available on Metacast (sound fixed) Seth Godin has been one of the world's freshest thinkers since before the internet was on solid food. After a first career packaging books, he then rose to his own fame creating permission marketing. His blog is many people's favourite stop on the web bus route picking up a million passengers every day. We use his latest book This is Marketing as the model to bring to reinventing your workplace culture. What's the way to use his influence strategies to improve your job? The chat is...
Nov 13, 2018•54 min•Ep 60•Transcript available on Metacast Contact the show podcast@eatsleepworkrepeat.fm This week's episode features the iconic Teresa Amabile - she's a professor at Harvard Business School. Originally educated and employed as a chemist, Teresa received her Ph.D. in psychology from Stanford University. If you're interested in her work this YouTube clip is a great start point . Before the chat with Professor Amabile we talk through the news in work culture this week. Here's the explosive article on Netflix: WSJ on Netflix WSJ on Go...
Nov 05, 2018•46 min•Ep 59•Transcript available on Metacast Dan Cable is the author of the life affirming and brilliant Alive at Work - one of the most inspiring visions of what work could look like. The discussion covers big themes of purpose and motivation but brings simple practical tips. What are the simple things that any of us could do to our induction processes at work? How could we encourage our teams to bring their selves to work. I mention two articles. One by Sarah O'Connor in the FT and this one by Josh Hall about compulsory wellness . You ca...
Oct 22, 2018•37 min•Ep 58•Transcript available on Metacast Today’s guest is regarded as one of the most influential management thinkers in the world largely because he considers themes and human behaviours that others avoid discussing. Jeffrey Pfeffer is Professor of Organisational Behaviour at Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. He’s author of books like Management BS, Power and most recently Dying for a Paycheck and it’s the last two books that we mainly discuss in today’s chat. Read Dying for a Paycheck and Power Jeffrey mentions this...
Oct 15, 2018•39 min•Ep 57•Transcript available on Metacast Read more on the Good Jobs Strategy Pre-order the Joy of Work If you like this the easiest way to get it is to subscribe on Apple podcasts - give us a rating while you’re there. Zeynep Ton is a Professor of Operations Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. She studies the retail sector and the way that some firms have invested in paying more and doing more for their workers. She studied firms like QuikTrip, Trader Joes, Mercador in Spain - she found that firms that treat their workers...
Oct 08, 2018•53 min•Ep 56•Transcript available on Metacast Professor Adam Grant is the most important business writer in the world - a man who says his study is focussing on how to make work suck less. Adam is author of books like Give and Take, Option B, Originals, he's also the host of a chart topping podcast on work culture called Work Life with TED . Adam Grant has been Wharton’s top-rated professor for seven straight years - his books have told over a million copies . Give and Take examines why helping others drives our success. Originals explores ...
Sep 30, 2018•48 min•Ep 55•Transcript available on Metacast 
