Workplace Geeks
Workplace Geeks is the podcast from Audiem, exploring the people, ideas and evidence shaping the future of work.
Hosted by Chris Moriarty, each episode features conversations with leading researchers, authors, workplace practitioners and business leaders, uncovering practical insights on workplace experience, organisational performance, technology, leadership and the changing nature of work.
From groundbreaking academic research to real-world workplace challenges, Workplace Geeks helps bridge the gap between theory and practice, bringing fresh thinking to the people creating better workplaces and better organisations.
Workplace Geeks
Long live the survey? | with Kursty Groves (& Neil Usher)
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In this final episode of series 3, Chris and Ian are joined by first ever guest Kursty Groves to talk about her new book 'Workspace made easy' co-authored with Neil Usher.
Kursty is an author, workplace innovation consultant, founder of Shape, and adjunct professor at IE University. Neil is also an author, currently the VP for Places at SAGE, formerly Workplace Director of the award-winning Sky campus in West London, and for over a decade author of the now defunct Work Essence blog (still available with a little Wayback Machine digging...)
Neil's current work schedule sadly prevented him joining the discussion (although two past interviews with Ian still exist on Workplace Matters, way back from 2016 and 2018) so we spent a little time reflecting on his contribution to workplace knowledge and practice, before getting into the journey to this new book, and beyond, with Kursty.
Workplace Geeks will be back for series 4 in spring 2025. Get in touch with ideas and suggestions for the show. Meanwhile, look out for special Workplace Trends, Biophilic Design Conference, and Workplace Leaders Top 50 special episodes to help make those dark nights fly by...
Transcript:
Before we go back to the episode, a quick word about Audium. When people think about workplace feedback, they tend to think about surveys, but some of the richest workplace insight is often hiding in places organizations rarely look. Take FM helpdesk tickets. Every day, employees leave thousands of comments about buildings, technology, catering, cleaning, temperature, meeting rooms, and dozens of other workplace issues. Individually, they're just tickets
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