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Innovators & Disruptors: Aparna Rae: We’re Sick at Work – and Why This Matters
In this episode, Kristine Michie talks with Aparna Rae to unpack systems shaping modern work—and why people feel exhausted and disillusioned. From the language of “joy” being co-opted by institutions to normalized burnout, she challenges the idea that workplace dysfunction is accidental.
She reframes work as more than a place for earning and productivity, calling it a training ground where people are conditioned to accept surveillance, hierarchy, and authoritarian dynamics. Through critique and lived experience, she exposes contradictions within philanthropy, leadership, and “progressive”…
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