Work For Humans
Too often business leaders are forced to choose between the needs of their company and the needs of their employees. It’s a lose/lose scenario leaving managers burned out and workers seeking other opportunities. At Work for Humans, we believe work can be designed differently. When you design work like products people love, your company wins. Work becomes irresistible, employees passionately buy into their roles every day, and your company takes measurable strides towards your vision.
Podcasting since 2022 • 152 episodes
Work For Humans
Latest Episodes
The Anatomy of Genres: How Story Forms Explain the Way the World Works | John Truby Replay
From an early age, John Truby knew that stories are not just something that happens on a page. Story is all around us. It structures how we interpret events, and even how we decide how to live. For John, story forms explain the way the wo...
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How to Build an Economy That Works for Everyone | Nick Romeo
As a journalist, Nick Romeo has interviewed people doing remarkable things, from running worker-owned companies to redesigning gig work as public infrastructure. These experiences shaped his new book, The Alternative: How to Build a Just Ec...
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Episode 149
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The Progressive Work Ethic: What We Lost and How to Win It Back | Elizabeth Anderson
For centuries, the work ethic was used to justify inequality, but it also fueled a powerful movement for justice. In the final part of this series, Elizabeth Anderson and Dart Lindsley explore the progressive work ethic, a vision of labor roote...
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Episode 148
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Work Ethic's Dark Turn: The War on the Poor | Elizabeth Anderson
The work ethic began as a religious principle before evolving into an economic theory. But by the 18th and 19th centuries, it had taken on a new role: a justification for social inequality. Thinkers like Adam Smith and John Stuart Mill saw work...
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Episode 147
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How Work Became a Moral Duty: The Origins of the Modern Work Ethic | Elizabeth Anderson
Elizabeth Anderson is one of today’s leading political philosophers and has spent years studying how the work ethic shapes our economy, society, and politics. In her latest book, Hijacked, she explores how hard work, a principle origin...
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Episode 146
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