Work For Humans
Work For Humans
Latest Episodes
What We Get Wrong About Work | Barry Schwartz, Revisited
We’ve spent decades designing work around the idea that people need incentives to perform. But what happens when the systems designed to motivate people actually get in the way of motivation? Professor Barry Schwartz has spent decades studying ...
When Career Success Feels Unfulfilling | Megan Hellerer
Megan Hellerer had done everything she was supposed to do. She went to Stanford, graduated with a 3.9, and dutifully climbed the ladder at Google. But the life that looked great on paper felt terrible inside. A panic attack on the floor of a pu...
The Core Value Equation: Building Culture That Scales | Darius Mirshahzadeh, Revisited
Darius Mirshahzadeh built the company he'd always wanted. In just three years, he grew it from a one-person operation into one of the fastest-growing companies in the United States. But when he looked around, he realized something unsettling: h...
The Missing Discipline for Better Work | Chris Metcalfe
After years building software products, Chris Metcalfe crossed into People & Culture and noticed something surprising. Organizations invested enormous effort into understanding customers, testing ideas, and improving products, yet the work ...
Jobs to Be Done: A Better Way to Understand Customers | Jim Kalbach, Revisited
Most companies obsess over products, but Jim Kalbach believes they're asking the wrong question. Customers don't buy products because of what they are. They "hire" them to make progress in their lives. Jobs to Be Done is a way of uncovering tha...
