Eat Sleep Work Repeat

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MAKE WORK BETTER. Eat Sleep Work Repeat is the best podcast about workplace culture - it's been listened to millions of times.

Bruce Daisley brings a curious mind to discussions about our jobs and the role they play in our lives.

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Eat Sleep Work Repeat episodes:

04.15.2020
Diversity and creative thinking - the power of rebel ideas (with Matthew Syed)
If you're interested in workplace culture you might like my newsletter makeworkbetter.substack.com This episode is about the power of diverse thinking. Our guest is the thinker, writer, commentator Matthew Syed. Matthew represented Great Britain in table tennis at the Barcelona and Sydney...
03.23.2020
Work Undone: what happens now? A discussion with Prof Dan Cable
"Purpose is something that can be found but cannot be given" For this episode I talk with London Business School professor Dan Cable about what work is going to look like in the future as we contemplate the fall out of...
03.19.2020
A career of kindness - Christie Watson on nurse's lives
You can talk about this episode - and more - on our new forum. Well what a strange time we’re living through. I don’t what I can say that hasn’t already been said. So to some extent this episode is a...
03.10.2020
Inside the 4 day week
Join tens of thousands of listeners by signing up for the newsletter now. Second episode on the 4 day week. We go deep with someone who made the 4 day leap, Andrew Barnes' firm Perpetual Guardian made the shift to 4...
03.10.2020
The 4 Day Revolution: Harder, better, faster, *shorter*
First of two new episodes on one theme. Until coronavirus swept the world the discussion of 2020 was about the future of work being based on working less to achieve more. There are two episodes on this today. Firstly former guest...
03.03.2020
Inside Microsoft's cultural reinvention
When the biggest company in the world slipped from its throne how did a new CEO try to rescue it using culture. What did Satya Nadella do? How did it succeed, how did it fail? What can any of us...
02.05.2020
Why should anyone listen to you? The power of messengers
"We used to think 'the medium is the message', now we know that the messenger is the message". Stephen Martin was the co-writer of one of my favourite books, Yes! so I was thrilled when I saw he had a new...
01.29.2020
Thinking about work - a discussion with Alain de Botton
Here he is, the philosopher king. Alain de Botton is the man that wrote philosophy books that sold like airport thrillers. He's sold millions of books reflecting on life, work and happiness. We share a wonderful discussion about what role work...
01.13.2020
What next in your career?
Join tens of thousands of listeners by signing up for the newsletter now. Sarah Ellis and Helen Tupper are the creators of the Squiggly Careers podcast - and the authors of a brand new book, The Squiggly Career. If you're wondering...
12.06.2019
Let's talk about flex... flexible working
Hot topic right now. Annie Auerbach talks about her way of working flexibly and explains how all of us could be living a life we love. Annie is the author of Flex. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/eatsleepworkrepeat. Hosted on Acast. See...
10.28.2019
What's stopping you from doing your best work ever?
What's stopping you from you doing your best work ever? That's the question that Aaron Dignan (working at his culture consultancy, The Ready) asks the companies he meets. Often the biggest barrier to us doing our best work is often our...
10.09.2019
Talking teams - an interview with Pippa Grange - head of team & culture at the England football team
Recorded at the Good Day at Work event in Manchester, hosted by Robertson Cooper. During the last World Cup, as we gradually started believing in the prospects of a team whose members had surprised us with their humour, work-rate and calm...
09.30.2019
Could Uber have won with a different culture?
Today’s episode is about Uber. Its based on a brilliant book that stacks of people have found themselves tearing through in one sitting over the last couple of weeks, It’s a book called Superpumped by Mike Isaac. If you’ve heard...
09.16.2019
The lies we tell about work (interview with Marcus Buckingham)
If you're interested in workplace culture you might like my newsletter makeworkbetter.substack.comMarcus Buckingham is a research who has specialised in debunking some of the lies that pervade our jobs. His discoveries are eye-popping. Company culture can't be measured, 'OKRs' (goals)...
09.08.2019
How silent meetings and 'Magic Time' could change your life
On this week's pod, David Gasca and Steven Rogelberg explain how you can fix your meetings to make work less miserable. Firstly David Gasca outlines the Silent Meeting Manifesto. In the world of work we're surrounded with very little scrutiny of the norms of...
08.23.2019
Building Culture The Barcelona Way
In 2007 as Barcelona were looking to replace their manager they were faced with a difficult challenge. They decided if they were to move on with a strong sense of sustainable success they needed to think about the culture they...
08.23.2019
Inside the Liverpool culture of Jurgen Klopp
How did Jurgen Klopp build a culture that has caught the attention of everyone in sport. Including interviews with Klopp, Liverpool players and leading management psychologists we discover the 4 secrets of Klopp's culture at Liverpool (data, a simple plan,...
06.13.2019
Measuring the intelligence of teams
In 2015 Anita Williams Woolley and colleagues published some groundbreaking work understanding the 'collective intelligence' of teams. They asked 'can we judge the cognitive power of a certain group of people?' The answer was that yes, they could and also there...
04.22.2019
Play: tales of success from an NHS hospital
A lot of people have asked me if I’m going to do an episode on the importance of play. One of the challenges of the word play is that its such a broad word and its associations aren’t always helpful when...
04.15.2019
Culture and conditions under the radar - tales from the gig economy
James Bloodworth lived undercover working in Amazon warehouses, care homes and clocked up hours as an Uber driver to see the realities of modern work for millions of Brits. It makes for a fascinating glimpse at the lives of people...
04.08.2019
Mental Health & Emotions - practical ways of fixing work
This week I talk to Josh Krichefski (CEO, Mediacom UK) and Liz Fosslien (co-author of No Hard Feelings: Emotions at Work and How They Help Us Succeed). Josh explains how they put mental health on the agenda on his firm by...
04.01.2019
Gender in the workplace - breaking the glass wall
What if the way we've created work was built around the things that men prefer. Sue Unerman makes the compelling case that the workplace has evolved to serve male skills - and that this isn't good for the workplace and...
03.18.2019
Jim Collins on making good culture great
Jim Collins is one of the most respected business writers in the world. With his books Good to Great and Made to Last he became the observer of great companies and what made them special. He's just published a new book...
03.12.2019
Dave Trott on beating creative blindness (live from IAB Leadership Summit)
Dave Trott is a creative director, copywriter, and author. A colossus of advertising who has been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by D&AD.; I chatted to him at the IAB Leadership Summit in St Albans. It's not a talk about work culture as such...
03.04.2019
Employee engagement // The secret of 'story night'
Today we’re chatting to the MD of the innovations company IDEO, Sue Siddall to hear how they bring the power of telling stories to life in their organisation. In addition we’ve got a legend of workplace study today. William Kahn...
02.17.2019
Could laughter be the root of good culture?
If you’ve not already subscribed there’s a weekly email that goes out with the podcast. This week's includes a brilliant article on how small teams seem to be more radical, there’s a couple of discussions about Professor Adam Grant’s work...
02.05.2019
Free extract of The Joy of Work
Thanks to Penguin Random House here's a free extract of a couple of different parts of The Joy of Work. You can buy the full audiobook here.: Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/eatsleepworkrepeat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
01.28.2019
Cal Newport preaches Digital Minimalism
This episode today is magnificent – you’re really going to be stimulated and challenged by it. Today’s episode is with someone I contacted 2 years ago to discuss his previous book. Cal Newport’s Deep Work was a simple avocation of the...
01.21.2019
Long hours and loneliness - fixing workplace misery
This is a podcast about making work better. You can find all of the previous episodes on the website. Here we go, two little things today to make you feel more brainy. It’s Blue Monday in the UK today - the...
01.14.2019
Apps, algorithms and your next job
If you're looking to get a job sometime in the next decade - and that includes almost all of us - there's a very high probability that you're going to be exposed to a psychometric test. As they become enhanced...
01.07.2019
Evidence Based Management - Rob Briner
Buy The Joy of Work Follow Rob Briner Sign up for Eat Sleep Updates Rob Briner is an professor of organisational behaviour at London Queen Mary’s University - he's rated the top HR thinker in the UK. This is a brilliant...
12.13.2018
Ideas, innovation & work (the police episode 2)
Pre-order The Joy of Work Follow Stevyn Colgan Sign up for Eat Sleep Updates Following up the discussion with Andy Rhodes this week it's a second episode about the police. My original plan was to edit both of them to get...
12.11.2018
The police: decision making under pressure - life in a high stress job
Pre-order The Joy of Work Follow Andy Rhodes Sign up for Eat Sleep Updates This is the first of two episodes on the police this week. One on dealing with stress in 'blue light' professions, one on how to be creative...
12.03.2018
Adam Kay - This is Going To Hurt
Pre-order The Joy of Work Follow Adam Sign up for Eat Sleep Updates We’re talking work culture in different ways for the next few episodes. The next two episodes after this are in the police force. But today’s guest is the...
11.26.2018
How painting the walls pink changed a culture
How can painting the walls of a company change their culture? We explore with Jez Groom today's guest. An episode this week on behavioural science. It was prompted a little by discussions with Seth Godin and others. It was thinking can...
11.13.2018
Seth Godin - reinvent your culture
(sound fixed) Seth Godin has been one of the world's freshest thinkers since before the internet was on solid food. After a first career packaging books, he then rose to his own fame creating permission marketing. His blog is many people's favourite...
11.05.2018
Unlocking workplace creativity - Teresa Amabile
Contact the show [email protected] This week's episode features the iconic Teresa Amabile - she's a professor at Harvard Business School. Originally educated and employed as a chemist, Teresa received her Ph.D. in psychology from Stanford University. If you're interested in her work this...
10.22.2018
Alive at work - Dan Cable
Dan Cable is the author of the life affirming and brilliant Alive at Work - one of the most inspiring visions of what work could look like. The discussion covers big themes of purpose and motivation but brings simple practical...
10.15.2018
Jeffrey Pfeffer: Dying for a Paycheck
Today’s guest is regarded as one of the most influential management thinkers in the world largely because he considers themes and human behaviours that others avoid discussing. Jeffrey Pfeffer is Professor of Organisational Behaviour at Graduate School of Business at...
10.08.2018
The Good Jobs Strategy
Read more on the Good Jobs Strategy Pre-order the Joy of Work If you like this the easiest way to get it is to subscribe on Apple podcasts - give us a rating while you’re there. Zeynep Ton is a Professor of...
09.30.2018
Adam Grant - Optimism about work culture
Professor Adam Grant is the most important business writer in the world - a man who says his study is focussing on how to make work suck less. Adam is author of books like Give and Take, Option B, Originals, he's...
07.02.2018
Testing the New Work Manifesto
Around 12 months ago myself and Sue Todd created the new work manifesto. It was an attempt to start the debate about simple things that we can change. You can find it on the podcast website eatsleepworkrepeat.fm. It's had a briliant response,...
06.19.2018
Bringing purpose and autonomy to work
Two practical case studies this week. Businesses who have pulled back the curtain to show how they brought Purpose and Autonomy to life. Brilliant examples of companies trying new things and having success from them. Rachel Bremer is the Communications Director...
06.04.2018
Mental Health & Work - Emily Reynolds
I've wanted to do an episode on mental health for months. But to be honest I've felt really conscious of messing it up. I ended up chatting to the best journalist who writes about it and she suggested that we...
05.31.2018
Making work more stimulating with side hustles - Emma Gannon
Lots of listeners have been hitting up my LinkedIn saying how can we make work better if we don't have a full-time permanent job. Emma Gannon might have the answer to their needs. Emma is a podcaster, writer, broadcaster, blogger... in...
05.14.2018
Does Company Culture Exist? Dr Richard Claydon
Quite a brainy episode today. Dr Richard Claydon is a someone who likes to question why we claim things - he's a natural challenger. He describes himself as a Transdisciplinary Behavioural Scientist and Ironist. He writes some interesting (if a bit too long)...
05.07.2018
Inside the Brain - A Neuroscientist Explains
James Doty is a neuroscientist who has spent his career trying to demystify the power of the brain. He's a Clinical Professor of neurosurgery at Stanford University and founder and director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education. If you watch his TED...
04.30.2018
A Good Day at Work - Sir Cary Cooper
Sir Cary Cooper is a psychologist - 50th Anniversary Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health at the Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. He founded Robertson Cooper - a business which is collection of psychologists and wellbeing experts intent on helping people have a good day at...
04.26.2018
Being More Pirate
Sam Conniff Allende has spent his career building a youth marketing agency. Now he's concluded that the way to inspire younger workers is to channel the energy of the Golden Age of Piracy. In a fun discussion of pirates old...
04.16.2018
Bad bosses: what makes a good leader?
Dr Amanda Goodall is a Senior Lecturer in Management at Cass Business school. I don't normally do stuff on leaders. There's enough leader lit out there. So I actually came upon Dr Amanda Goodall's work when I was looking at...

What's Eat Sleep Work Repeat about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Eat Sleep Work Repeat episodes:

Diversity and creative thinking - the power of rebel ideas (with Matthew Syed)

Work Undone: what happens now? A discussion with Prof Dan Cable

A career of kindness - Christie Watson on nurse's lives

Inside the 4 day week

The 4 Day Revolution: Harder, better, faster, *shorter*

Inside Microsoft's cultural reinvention

Why should anyone listen to you? The power of messengers

Thinking about work - a discussion with Alain de Botton

What next in your career?

Let's talk about flex... flexible working

What's stopping you from doing your best work ever?

Talking teams - an interview with Pippa Grange - head of team & culture at the England football team

Could Uber have won with a different culture?

The lies we tell about work (interview with Marcus Buckingham)

How silent meetings and 'Magic Time' could change your life

Building Culture The Barcelona Way

Inside the Liverpool culture of Jurgen Klopp

Measuring the intelligence of teams

Play: tales of success from an NHS hospital

Culture and conditions under the radar - tales from the gig economy

Mental Health & Emotions - practical ways of fixing work

Gender in the workplace - breaking the glass wall

Jim Collins on making good culture great

Dave Trott on beating creative blindness (live from IAB Leadership Summit)

Employee engagement // The secret of 'story night'

Could laughter be the root of good culture?

Free extract of The Joy of Work

Cal Newport preaches Digital Minimalism

Long hours and loneliness - fixing workplace misery

Apps, algorithms and your next job

Evidence Based Management - Rob Briner

Ideas, innovation & work (the police episode 2)

The police: decision making under pressure - life in a high stress job

Adam Kay - This is Going To Hurt

How painting the walls pink changed a culture

Seth Godin - reinvent your culture

Unlocking workplace creativity - Teresa Amabile

Alive at work - Dan Cable

Jeffrey Pfeffer: Dying for a Paycheck

The Good Jobs Strategy

Adam Grant - Optimism about work culture

Testing the New Work Manifesto

Bringing purpose and autonomy to work

Mental Health & Work - Emily Reynolds

Making work more stimulating with side hustles - Emma Gannon

Does Company Culture Exist? Dr Richard Claydon

Inside the Brain - A Neuroscientist Explains

A Good Day at Work - Sir Cary Cooper

Being More Pirate

Bad bosses: what makes a good leader?

The 4 Day Revolution: Harder, better, faster, shorter