700: Never With Co-Workers

The only way to destigmatize something is to normalize it – and that includes it being at least mentioned, if not talked about, in everyday situations — including work.

684: Useful study

Education is not quite a direct path in life. And the way those statistics are manipulated into useful bits of data can tell just about any story you want to.

630: Projects

What project are you working on? Full episode script Before I was in the corporate world, project was a word that I often threw around to describe pretty much anything I was working on at the time. It could have been learning to make no-bake cookies, surviving middle school, or asking questions. Now, I’ve […]

622: Lunch Break

Do you take a lunch break? Full episode script Food and mealtimes are nearly always very indicative of cultural attitudes and norms, and in some ways that is no truer than when examining habits and expectations around lunch and lunch breaks. There is, of course, lots of research on this topic — about how […]

609: Office Pets

How do you feel about pets in the office? Full episode script As I’m typing the script for this particular episode, I’ve got a cat laying across one one my hands, insisting that I don’t move it more than a few inches. That, however, is because podcast HQ is also known as my personal living […]

588: Recognition

How do you prefer to be recognized for good work? Full episode script Praise by name, criticize by category — at least, that’s what Warren Buffett suggests. I’d never be one to argue that one way works for everyone, but a lot of the research that I’ve found says that recognition of some kind can […]

571: Career Switch

If you were given the chance to completely switch careers today, what would you choose to do? Full episode script Changing careers happens. Seriously, I promise, it does. Statistically, most people have at least a few different careers throughout their lifetime — it’s something we’ve talked about in previous episodes. That doesn’t mean that changing […]

545: Standing, Sitting, or Walking

Would you (or do you) work at a standing or treadmill desk? Full episode script Sitting all day could be killing you, screams the headlines. If you sit for more than a few hours a day, you could be risking a long list of medical problems, including obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and premature death. […]

543: Back Again

What project would you like to get involved with again? Full episode script So you’ve left something… and then realized that maybe going back wouldn’t be the worst thing. It happens more often than you might think — but now there’s a clever name and a bunch of corporate articles about it. Called “comeback kids” […]

476: Work Travel

Would you take a job that involved a lot of traveling? Full episode script When I was younger and looking for jobs, there were several I considered that took more than a little bit of traveling. I seriously considered those jobs, but never ended up taking one before something else came along. What surprised me […]

421: Workspace

What would be in your dream workspace? Show notes and links: Brain Pickings Buzzfeed The Guardian BDC Network Washington Post Full episode script Just like every other design challenge or design opportunity, offices and workspaces go through trends and fads. In some ways, it’s a pendulum that seems to swing back and forth — what […]

419: Best Boss

Who is the best boss you’ve ever had? Why were they awesome? Show notes and links: Time Blog Full episode script A bad boss can have a huge impact on your life — to the point that the most common reason cited for someone choosing to leave a job is that they’re working for a […]