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Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It!
Work’s Not Working… Let’s Fix It is a podcast from The People Space exploring how work is being reinvented – and what that means for HR, leaders and organisations navigating constant change.
Hosted by award-winning journalist Siân Harrington, the show examines why so many traditional ways of working are breaking down, from job design and leadership to performance, culture and the role of AI.
Through conversations with forward-thinking people leaders, innovators and academics, each episode…
Episodes
Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It!Recruitment is broken. AI is making it worse – Paul Sweeney
Recruitment has become a miserable experience for almost everyone. Candidates send hundreds of applications into automated systems and hear nothing back…
Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It!The Talent We Keep Overlooking: The Refugee Advantage - Dalton T Sirmans
In this episode of Work’s Not Working… Let’s Fix It!, Siân Harrington sits down with entrepreneur, investor and author Dalton T. Sirmans to ask why employers…
Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It!Your Brain Isn’t Built For Work: The Faulty Model Behind Modern Management – Bruna De Palo
In this episode of Work’s Not Working… Let’s Fix It Siân Harrington sits down with neuroscience-based executive coach and leadership strategist Bruna De Palo…
Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It!Your Hidden CV: The Job Search Rule No One Teaches Young People - Susie Thomson
In this episode of Work’s Not Working… Let’s Fix It!, Siân Harrington sits down with Susie Thomson, chair-elect of the Professional Background Screening…
Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It!The Transformation Myth: Why Big Change Fails in Real Life - Tom Kegode
In this episode of Work’s Not Working… Let’s Fix It!, Siân Harrington sits down with Tom Kegode – former People & Places Culture Transformation Lead at Lloyds…
Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It!Why Good Leaders Go Bad – Steven D’Souza
In this episode of Work’s Not Working… Let’s Fix It!, Siân Harrington sits down with Steven D’Souza – award-winning educator, executive coach and senior…
Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It!What if one job isn't enough anymore? - Michael Moran
In this episode of Work’s Not Working… Let’s Fix It!, Siân Harrington sits down with Michael Moran, founder of 10Eighty, career coach, former CEO and author of…
Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It!What if CEOs Don't Matter? - Farley Thomas
In this episode of Work’s Not Working… Let’s Fix It!, Siân Harrington sits down with Farley Thomas, former global MD at HSBC, CEO coach and co-founder of…
Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It!What If the Office Is the Problem? Prithwiraj Choudhury
In this episode of Work’s Not Working… Let’s Fix It!, Siân Harrington sits down with Prithwiraj Choudhury, professor at the London School of Economics and…
Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It!Why Work Needs More Taylor Swifts – Kevin Evers
In this episode of Work’s Not Working… Let’s Fix It! Siân Harrington sits down with Harvard Business Review editor Kevin Evers, author of There’s Nothing Like…
Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It!The Answer's Not in a Spreadsheet. It's in Workplace Happiness - Lord Mark Price
In this episode of Work’s Not Working… Let’s Fix It! Siân Harrington sits down with Lord Mark Price – former managing director of Waitrose, deputy chair of the…
Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It!Employment Is Dead. What Comes Next Will Change Everything - with Josh Drean
In this episode of Work’s Not Working… Let’s Fix It! Siân Harrington sits down with Josh Drean, workplace futurist and co-author of Employment is Dead, to…
Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It!Why Great Workers Become Bad Managers with Kate Waterfall Hill
In this episode of Work’s Not Working… Let’s Fix It! Siân Harrington sits down with Kate Waterfall Hill, executive coach, leadership expert and creator of…
Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It!Lost in the Machine: Reclaiming Humanity in the Age of AI with Tomas Chamarro-Premuzic
In this episode of Work’s Not Working… Let’s Fit It! Siân Harrington dives into the complex and often paradoxical relationship between humans and artificial…
Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It!No Silver Bullet: Debunking the Quick Fix In Leadership with Steve Hearsum
In this episode of Work’s Not Working, Siân Harrington sits down with Steve Hearsum to debunk one of the most seductive myths in leadership and organisational…
Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It!People Aren’t Data: How to be an AI Savvy Leader with David De Cremer
In this episode of Work’s Not Working Siân Harrington speaks with AI and leadership expert David De Cremer about the challenges business leaders face when…
Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It!Five Generations, One Workforce: Fixing Leadership for a Multi-Generational Future with Paul Anderson-Walsh
In this episode of Work’s Not Working, Siân Harrington and inclusion expert Paul Anderson Walsh explore the challenges of managing five generations in the…
Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It!From Cog in Machine to Human at Work: Why Victorian Beliefs are Holding Us Back with Blaire Palmer
In this episode of Work’s Not Working, Siân Harrington speaks with Blaire Palmer about the outdated Victorian beliefs and practices still influencing modern…
Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It!The Glass Cliff: How We’re Setting Women and Global Majority Men Up For Leadership Failure with Sophie Williams
In this episode Siân Harrington speaks to Sophie Williams about the concept of the glass cliff, where women and marginalized groups are often hired in…
Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It!From Frankenstein Managers to Operational Coaches: The Power of Questions with Laura-Ashley Timms
In this episode Siân Harrington speaks to Laura Ashley-Timms about the importance of asking good questions as a management superpower. Laura highlights the…
Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It!It's Not the What, It's the Why. Steps to Evidence-Based HR: Rob Briner
In this episode, Siân Harrington speaks with Rob Briner about the challenges and benefits of adopting an evidence-based approach in HR. They discuss the focus…
Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It!The Innovation Misstep. Redirecting Focus for Meaningful Outcomes: Cris Beswick
In this episode, Siân Harrington speaks to innovation expert Cris Beswick about misconceptions about innovation and how the way we approach it today is not…
Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It!The ROI of Empathy. How Compassionate Leaders Drive Business Results: Michael Jenkins
In this episode of Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It, Siân Harrington and acclaimed thinker Michael Jenkins, author of Expert Humans: Critical Leadership…
Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It!Let's Call Time on Greenwashing: From ESG Compliance to Sustainable Performance with Dean Sanders
Sustainability has become a top agenda item for organizations globally. But many get stuck in a compliance rut, missing real opportunities for innovation and…
Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It!How to Use Humour and Improv to Communicate in a VUCA World: Neil Mullarkey
In this episode of Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It, Siân Harrington chats to celebrated comedian and communications expert Neil Mullarkey about why we need…
Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It!From Unconscious Exclusion to Conscious Inclusion - How to Avoid the Traps and Make Real Progress: Catherine Garrod
In this episode, Siân Harrington interviews Catherine Garrod, author of Conscious Inclusion: How to ‘do’ EDI one decision at time who helped entertainment…
Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It!Turbocharge Innovation Through Psychological Safety: Daniel Strode
In this podcast, Siân Harrington interviews Daniel Strode about the connection between culture, innovation and a growth mindset, emphasising the importance of…
Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It!Solving the Productivity Puzzle. Is Tech the Solution? Natasha Wallace
Productivity growth has slowed down in many economies since the global financial crisis of 2008. Despite advances in technology and investment in workforce…
Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It!Stop Focusing on Job Credentials. Start Fitting Work to People: Josh Bersin
Companies today are failing at a record pace. In 1958 the average age of a company on the S&P500 stock index was 61. Today it is 18. It is predicted that…
Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It!We're Not Getting Enough Opportunity to Grow at Work: Whitney Johnson
The pandemic gave many of us a time to reflect on what we wanted from life and where our values lay. So it’s perhaps no surprise organizations were suddenly…
Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It!Leadership is Broken. Creativity is the Answer: Rama Gheerawo
Everything we are taught about leadership today is wrong, says Rama Gheerawo. Traditional models of leadership are broken and outdated. We need more creative…
Work's Not Working... Let's Fix It!Let's Bring Love Back into the Workplace: Marcus Buckingham
We have designed love out of the workplace, to the detriment of us and our organisations. We're not building work that helps each of us to thrive. To love our…