Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel

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Ever wish you had a pal who could break down the biggest ideas of the new world of work and distill them into actionable insights you could apply to your own life, right away? Meet LinkedIn's Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel! Each week, Jessi explores the changing nature of work and how that work is changing us. Jessi welcomes big thinkers to share their best ideas: everyone from game-changing entrepreneurs like Aurora James, to research-based experts like Daniel Pink, to notable figures like Megan Rapinoe and Bozoma Saint John. Start your week by joining us every Monday for a dose of fresh ideas, then join us in community and conversation on LinkedIn.
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11.27.2023

When we feel tired, we sleep. When we are hungry, we eat. But what do we do when we are emotionally depleted? Today’s guest is a neuropsychologist who specializes in using neuroscience to help people lead more emotionally intelligent lives. ...

Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel episodes:

11.27.2023 Dr. Julia DiGangi on harnessing your emotional power When we feel tired, we sleep. When we are hungry, we eat. But what do we do when we are emotionally depleted? Today’s guest is a neuropsychologist who specializes in using neuroscience to help people lead more emotionally intelligent lives. ...
11.20.2023 Ryan Roslansky on paving your own path LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky believes that no single course of action can guarantee a successful career. Instead, Ryan has seen time and time again that most careers are winding - including his own. In this conversation with Jessi, Ryan opens ...
11.16.2023 Dr. Fei-Fei Li on AI Earlier this month, artificial intelligence pioneer Dr. Fei-Fei Li released her memoir The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI . To celebrate the book's release, we're revisiting this 2019 conversation featuring Dr. Li's thoughts ...
11.13.2023 Andrew McAfee on the Geek Way Anyone who’s ever been called a geek probably wouldn’t say it’s a compliment, but today’s guest would beg to differ. Andrew McAfee’s book The Geek Way: The Radical Mindset that Drives Extraordinary Results dissects the mind of the tech startup ...
11.09.2023 Student Loan Debt Counseling with Carli Reddy We’re willing to bet that if you’re seeing these words, you’re no stranger to student loan debt. Either you or someone you know is likely to be carrying a significant balance for one of your degrees. Managing this debt is ...
11.06.2023 Aja Evans and Farnoosh Torabi on financial therapy Finances are a huge part of our lives. They can affect how we live, show up for people, and often even how we feel about ourselves. While it’s common to hire a financial planner to help you run numbers and ...
10.30.2023 Navigating Career Changes with Herminia Ibarra Have you ever dreamed of starting again? Maybe after 5, 10, 15 years in the same field, your heart’s just not in it anymore. Today’s guest wrote her book based on years of interviews with professionals in this exact position. ...
10.23.2023 Rethinking DEI with Michèle Lamont Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives have changed rapidly over the years, and often not for the better. Many companies quickly hired DEI professionals and then dissolved these roles just as fast. Our guest today has put years of research into ...
10.16.2023 Marcus Collins breaks down the power of culture Most of us have brands we’ve always been loyal to. Maybe you stick to one brand of paper towels, or have a pair of shoes that you swear by. What drives this loyalty? Today’s guest would say that, beyond quality ...
10.11.2023 Hello Monday Celebrates National Coming Out Day We’re posting this bonus episode on October 11, the 35th Annual National Coming Out Day. The Hello Monday team celebrates everyone who has ever come out of the closet, and we’re marking this occasion with a personal reflection on queer ...
10.09.2023 Caroline Webb on how to have a good day at a bad job We spent a while earlier this summer talking about good jobs. But what if you don’t feel like you have one of those right now? Of course, no one is guaranteed to love their job all of the time - ...
10.02.2023 Everyday Dharma with Suneel Gupta Have you found your purpose? Don’t worry, many people wouldn’t even know where to start. Even the most accomplished of people can feel their talent and energy are focused in the wrong place, including today’s guest Suneel Gupta. Suneel has ...
09.25.2023 Getting happier with Arthur Brooks Happiness is one word that seems to have a million meanings. For one person it could mean health, for another it’s material success. What is the universal meaning of happiness? And how do we achieve it? Today, we have a ...
09.18.2023 Eduardo Briceño on moving from mindset to action We all have something we’re trying to improve. Whether you’re learning how to code for work, getting into the guitar in your downtime, or just building a better workout routine, cultivating a growth mindset is what helps you get there. ...
09.14.2023 Kids and social media with Devorah Heitner These days it feels like kids come out of the womb glued to a screen. The term “iPad Kid” has been coined on TikTok – ironically another addictive piece of technology – to describe toddlers who seem to always have ...
09.11.2023 Amy Edmondson on how to fail better In a society that rewards perfectionism, failure can be a hard pill to swallow. Even when we make silly mistakes, it can make us question our capabilities and intelligence, but what if we flipped this script on failure? Today’s guest ...
09.04.2023 Battling impostor syndrome with Dr. Lisa Orbé-Austin This Labor Day, we’re returning to our 2020 episode with Dr. Lisa Orbé-Austin. Dr. Orbé-Austin is a psychologist, TEDx speaker, and author of Own Your Greatness: Overcome Impostor Syndrome, Beat Self-Doubt, and Succeed in Life. She’s leaving us with a ...
08.28.2023 Making Connections with Susan McPherson We’ve all heard the age-old phrase, “it’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” While being knowledgeable can keep you in a great role, your network can open doors to your next opportunity. Today’s guest, Susan McPherson, is regarded ...
08.21.2023 ChatGPT and you At the end of 2022, OpenAI released the generative AI- powered chatbot ChatGPT to the public. We immediately put it to the test, using the chatbot to tell stories, write code, and even engage in philosophical conversation, all the while ...
08.14.2023 Jessi gets organized with Tiago Forte We spend what feels like half our lives on our devices. All our ideas and projects eventually find their way to a phone, tablet or laptop. How can we possibly keep track of them all? Just as our physical rooms, ...
08.07.2023 Why quitting works with Julia Keller In a culture that values perseverance, quitting is often seen as failure. We’re encouraged to stick out jobs, hobbies, and often, people as to not be labeled a “quitter”. So what do we do when something just isn’t going to ...
08.03.2023 Bonus: Megan Rapinoe on leveling the playing field
07.31.2023 Changing work cultures with Dr. Ben Michaelis On the first day of a new job, we all cross our fingers hoping for supportive co-workers and empathetic managers, but the fact of the matter is that a positive office environment takes work– and not everyone is prepared to ...
07.24.2023 Debating our way to understanding with Bo Seo Before Jessi sat down with champion debater and disagreement expert Bo Seo, our team would have mostly told you that the goal of a solid relationship or colleagueship is being able to avoid disagreement. But Bo schooled us on the ...
07.17.2023 Aurora James on igniting a movement Three summers ago, a major retailer phoned designer Aurora James, asking for help. At the height of the protests surrounding the murder of George Floyd at the hands of police, this retailer wanted advice on how to meet the moment. ...
07.10.2023 The WGA and the changing nature of work In an effort to get a fair deal with the AMPTP - the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) has been on strike since May 2nd of this year. A month later, in ...
07.03.2023 Making negotiations mutual with Barry Nalebuff This holiday weekend, we’re bringing back last year’s conversation on negotiation with Barry Nalebuff. Barry is an entrepreneur and Professor at Yale University’s School of Management. He's the author of Split the Pie: A Radical New Way to Negotiate. In ...
06.26.2023 Megan Rapinoe on leveling the playing field We’re nearing the end of Pride month for 2023, and this year visibility, equity, and safety seem more critical than ever. Olympic gold medalist and USNWT soccer star Megan Rapinoe, now Chief Equality Officer at software startup Trusaic, joins Jessi ...
06.19.2023 What Makes a Good Job, part 3, featuring Simone Stolzoff In the final installment of our Good Jobs series, Jessi meets with journalist Simone Stolzoff, author of the new book, The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life From Work. Simone, who goes by Simo, wants to flip the script on good ...
06.15.2023 Bonus: Former President Barack Obama on Working Today The conversation on Good Jobs is happening all over the LinkedIn newsroom these days. In this episode of our sister show, This is Working with Daniel Roth, former President Barack Obama shares the passion for working Americans that prompted him ...
06.12.2023 What Makes a Good Job, part 2, featuring Zeynep Ton In this second installment of our Good Jobs series, Jessi sits down with Zeynep Ton, founder of MIT’s Good Jobs Institute and author of the new research-driven book, The Case for Good Jobs: How Great Companies Bring Dignity, Pay, and ...
06.05.2023 What Makes a Good Job, part 1, featuring Bruce Feiler Once upon a time, many kids in the American middle class were told the same story: Go to the best college possible. Study hard, then do what you love. That is your (linear) path to a good job, and from ...
05.29.2023 Jessi Hempel on the power of coming out This week marks the start of June, and with it, Pride month in the US. To celebrate, we're sharing a very special episode featuring Hello Monday’s own Jessi Hempel as the guest. In this episode, guest host Leah Smart interviews ...
05.22.2023 The price women pay to be good with Elise Loehnen Whether or not we are individually religious, a lot of our lives are governed by our relationships to what the Christian church calls the Seven Deadly Sins - pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth. As Elise Loehnen explores ...
05.18.2023 Feed Drop: Possible, a new podcast by Reid Hoffman and Aria Finger Happy Thursday! Here's a new podcast to check out. It's called POSSIBLE, and it's hosted by two friends of Hello Monday - Reid Hoffman and Aria Finger. This episode takes on the future of work and features a cameo from ...
05.15.2023 Parenting: Getting timing right Parenthood can change a work trajectory like little else. So when and how do you decide to have kids, especially if you’re going to be the person carrying that pregnancy? On today’s episode, Jessi talks to several parents about their ...
05.08.2023 Sheena Iyengar on how to be creative Are you a creative person? According to Sheena Iyengar, the answer is YES - everyone is. Sheena’s work is devoted to showing that creativity is not magic. It’s a process, and it can benefit from a solid framework. But Sheena ...
05.01.2023 Nicaila Matthews Okome on building your side hustle These days a lot of people seem to be pursuing a second career right alongside the first. They’re side hustling. To learn more about how successful side hustlers are making it work, this week, we hear from Nicaila Matthews Okome. ...
04.24.2023 Susan Cain on introversion A few months ago, we spun up a Hello Monday community group on LinkedIn. (You can join it here.) When we asked people to introduce themselves by sharing five things not on their LinkedIn profiles, a LOT of community members ...
04.17.2023 Gretchen Rubin on appreciating all five senses Do you notice the impact of your senses on your life, or does it feel like you function on autopilot a lot? Author Gretchen Rubin has a new book out right now - Life In Five Senses - that helps ...
04.10.2023 Daniel Pink on perfecting our timing Timing is everything. This week on Hello Monday, we’re listening back to our conversation with Daniel Pink, the author of When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing. When we first spoke to Dan in 2019, we talked all about making ...
04.03.2023 Brian Lowery on understanding the social self We’re independent! We make our own choices and do our own thing, and march to the beat of our own drum. Right? Turns out, not nearly as much as we thought. In today’s conversation, Jessi visits with Brian Lowery. He’s ...
03.30.2023 Bonus: What works for me - Rethinking criticism! We've got another bonus episode recorded in honor of the fourth anniversary of Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel. This episode features Jessi sharing the emotional experience of writing, releasing, and receiving reviews of her debut memoir and how she was ...
03.27.2023 Ari Shapiro on the adventures of a lifetime Are your career ambitions tied to landing one specific role or working on one specific company? Or are they guided by your core values? Jessi’s guest for this episode, NPR’s Ari Shapiro, learned the value of the latter approach early ...
03.23.2023 Bonus: What works for me - My Ten Year Plan! We're continuing to celebrate the fourth (!) anniversary of Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel by sharing another bonus episode featuring advice that Jessi has implemented into her own life. On today's bonus episode, Jessi shares the power of the Ten-Year ...
03.20.2023 Joanne Lipman on reinvention Sometimes, we just feel… stuck. Jessi’s having a moment like that with her writing right now. She shares her struggle and the conversation she had in hopes of addressing it, with Joanne Lipman, veteran journalist and the author of NEXT: ...
03.16.2023 Bonus: What works for me - Building a Second Brain! To celebrate the fourth (!) anniversary of Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel, we're sharing a series of bonus episodes featuring some of the advice that Jessi has implemented into her own life. On today's bonus episode, Jessi shares some of ...
03.13.2023 Bozoma Saint John on surviving loss Every life is, at some point, touched by grief and sorrow. But some people seem to be handed an unthinkable amount of loss. Bozoma Saint John, best known as a marketing expert with stints at several top companies, is in ...
03.06.2023 Work Friends with Kat Vellos In this episode, Jessi sits down with friendship expert Kat Vellos to learn all about how friendship works in adulthood. Spend 27 minutes with our show and learn: what we owe our friends, how reciprocity works, and how social media ...
02.27.2023 Victoria Pratt on leadership through procedural justice Systemic issues can feel impossible to change, but there’s hope. Today’s episode is focused on making changes from within large systems. Our guest is Judge Victoria Pratt, Executive Director of Odyssey Impact, and a former Chief Judge of Newark Municipal ...

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