Work For Humans
Work For Humans
Latest Episodes
Humanity-Centered Design: Who Is Your Product Really For? | Don Norman, Revisited
At 86, Don Norman decided his life’s work was not enough. While his books made gadgets easier to use, they could not fix a world in crisis. So he looked back on his years as an engineer, psychologist, and designer and asked what he could do tha...
200 Episodes of Work for Humans: The Life-Changing ROI of Podcasting | Jason Ames
Dart Lindsley wanted to publish a book, but agent after agent turned him down despite the quality of his work. Finally, one told him why: he wasn't famous. So he climbed into his attic, threw a blanket over his head, and recorded a podcast epis...
Radical Respect: How to Say What You Mean Without Being a Jerk | Kim Scott, Revisited
In her first job out of college, Kim Scott thought managing Russian diamond cutters would be simple: pay them well and the rest follows. It wasn't. They wanted a picnic, and by the end of a bottle of vodka, she understood what they actually wan...
Pay for Performance: How Compensation Becomes a System of Control | James A. Seechurn
James Seechurn spent over a decade building compensation programs on a simple premise: design the incentive right, and you'll get the behavior you want. But his first clue that this was wrong came from watching it fail on him. As a young accoun...
Dangerously Incompetent: How AI and Robots Are Deskilling the Workforce | Matt Beane, Revisited
In robotic surgery, a device good enough to let the surgeon operate alone makes the resident, the future expert, optional. Matt Beane saw this pattern everywhere technology gets smart enough to make the apprentice unnecessary. Dart calls this o...
