We’re very thrilled to present Episode Three of Workplace Weekly, entirely dedicated to Part One of our interview with attorney and workplace investigator, Christina Ro-Connelly. Christina (Tina) Ro-Connelly is a Partner with Oppenheimer Investigations Group LLP (follow OIG on Instagram!). She has over a decade of labor and employment law experience and has conducted numerous investigations with Oppenheimer Investigations Group, many of which included allegations against elected officials and high-level executives. Tina leads AB1825 trainings, workplace investigator trainings, and bias trainings and also conducts audits of internal workplace investigations. Tina is a graduate of the Association of Workplace Investigators’s Training Institute for Workplace Investigators and has received the certificate to conduct Title IX investigations. Tina is a member of the Executive Committee of the Labor and Employment Section of the California Lawyers Association and a frequent trainer and presenter on employment law matters. She is also a sustaining member of AWI and a member of the AWI Institute Committee.

We talk about the flourishing vocation of workplace investigations, Tina’s role and approach, media and social media, the impact and ramifications of cases like Harvey Weinstein and the #MeToo reaction, and news items such as #Deflategate and the investigation into U.S. National Women’s Soccer and the report produced by Sally Q. Yates.

If you want to engage with Workplace Weekly, perhaps you have a question for our Workplace Savage segment or you wanna share your fuck you I quit or look at my workplace victory story, send us a dm on social media via Instagram via @handandheart.eu or Twitter via @h_and_hmedia or send an email to [email protected]. We also have an anonymous submissions page on our website handandheart.eu/workplaceweekly where you can send a voice message or leave us a written submission.

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Workplace Weekly was produced by Kate Bailey (H&H Instagram / H&H Twitter) and Fanny Wandel (Twitter) for Hand & Heart Media, the publishing arm of Hand & Heart GmbH. You can follow Hand & Heart on Instagram via @handandheart.eu or Twitter via @h_and_hmediaFor any enquiries related to this broadcast, please email: [email protected]. Our music was composed and performed by AMUNDA, and produced by AMUNDA with Kyle Startup (Instagram). You can follow AMUNDA on Instagram or listen to their music on Spotify, Apple or Soundcloud. If you love AMUNDA’s music, please consider buying it directly from BandCamp. Support indie, always.

Our artwork was created by Nix Renton, a fantastic photographer and graphic designer, and you can find them online if you’re in need of either service.

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Join Fanny & Kate for the latest instalment of your favourite work focused podcast Workplace Weekly: a podcast analysing workplaces, work culture and labour activism through topical stories, interviews and expertise.

This episode features Nicki Eyre FRSA. Nicki is the Founder and Managing Director of Conduct Change, a consultancy that aims to prevent and resolve workplace bullying. She has a varied career spanning the public, private, and charity sectors, and is a coach, consultant, and trainer with a specialism in workplace bullying. She also leads the Stop Hurt at Work campaign focused on advocacy and awareness-raising about workplace bullying. Nicki has spoken at events both in the UK and nationally and is a Member of the International Association on Workplace Bullying & Harassment and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

In our interview with Nicki, we discuss her work with Conduct Change and the Stop Hurt at Work Project. The interview covers topics such as Eyre's approach to organisational consulting, observations of workplace culture and challenges, and the insufficiencies of current laws regarding workplace bullying. Eyre also discusses the cornerstones in her work and how people can support the Stop Hurt at Work campaign.

At the top of the show, your Wokest Warriors talk about NOMA’s decision to close this year, and reflect on the decade of workplace bullying incidences that led to the announcement in 2023. We take a spicy turn when Fanny reveals she was blocked by NOMA on Instagram, a move that does little to disprove NOMAs favour for a blacklist.

If you’d like to submit a question or story for segments such as Workplace Savage or Fuck You, I Quit — write us an email at [email protected]. We also have an anonymous submissions page on our website at www.handandheart/workplaceweekly where you can send a voice message or leave a written submission.

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Workplace Weekly was produced by Kate Bailey (H&H Instagram / H&H Twitter) and Fanny Wandel (Twitter) for Hand & Heart Media, the publishing arm of Hand & Heart GmbH. You can follow Hand & Heart on Instagram via @handandheart.eu or Twitter via @h_and_hmediaFor any enquiries related to this broadcast, please email: [email protected]. Our music was composed and performed by AMUNDA, and produced by AMUNDA with Kyle Startup (Instagram). You can follow AMUNDA on Instagram or listen to their music on Spotify, Apple or Soundcloud. If you love AMUNDA’s music, please consider buying it directly from BandCamp. Support indie, always.

Our artwork was created by Nix Renton, a fantastic photographer and graphic designer, and you can find them online if you’re in need of either service.

You can always find Workplace Weekly on Apple, Spotify, Youtube, Soundcloud and basically wherever you get your podcasts. For those wanting an RSS feed, you can find that here.

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Join us for the first episode of Workplace Weekly, a podcast analysing workplaces, work culture and labour activism through topical stories, interviews and expertise. To kick us off, Kate Bailey and Fanny Wandel focus on International Women’s Day and explore its history and connection to the workplace movement, discuss a few corporate International Women's Day fails (New Zealand All Blacks Rugby Team, Burger King, The Met Police, Sally Ride & NASA, KFC, McDonalds & MTV) and tackle a workplace conundrum in the first Workplace Savage segment. Discussions include the Netflix Pamela Anderson documentary and the different treatment Tommy Lee receives (reclaiming image vs. image rehabilitation) deepfakes, getting fired after you’ve quite and sending an emotional labour invoice to a grown man.

If you’d like to submit a question or story for segments such as Workplace Savage or Fuck You, I Quit — write us an email at [email protected]. We also have an anonymous submissions page on our website at www.handandheart/workplaceweekly where you can send a voice message or leave a written submission.

Workplace Weekly was produced by Kate Bailey (H&H Instagram / H&H Twitter) and Fanny Wandel (Twitter) for Hand & Heart Media, the publishing arm of Hand & Heart GmbH. You can follow Hand & Heart on Instagram via @handandheart.eu or Twitter via @h_and_hmediaFor any enquiries related to this broadcast, please email: [email protected]. Our music was composed and performed by AMUNDA, and produced by AMUNDA with Kyle Startup (Instagram)ou can follow AMUNDA on Instagram or listen to their music on Spotify, Apple or Soundcloud. If you love AMUNDA’s music, please consider buying it directly from BandCamp. Support indie, always.

Our artwork was created by Nix Renton, a fantastic photographer and graphic designer, and you can find them online if you’re in need of either service.

You can always find Workplace Weekly on Apple, Spotify, Youtube, Soundcloud and basically wherever you get your podcasts. For those wanting an RSS feed, you can find that here.

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Episode recaps the story so far, as well as detailing the status of any matters related to the case study discussed through the podcast. We reflect deeply on the pillars of workers rights, institutional betrayal and corporate retaliation and strive to summarise these pillars into the ecosystem of behaviour we can anticipate in a Super Punk Corporate Meltdown.

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Hand & Heart extend our appreciation and gratitude to all who contributed to this podcast, and all who assisted in its production.

The song “Back to the Wall” was composed and performed by AMUNDA, and produced by AMUNDA with Kyle Startup (Instagram). It is a cover of the 1988 song by the Divinyls. You can follow AMUNDA on Instagram or listen to their music on Spotify, Apple or Soundcloud. If you love AMUNDA’s music, please consider buying it directly from BandCamp. Support indie, always.

Additional music provided by Julia Laws, of Ronboy, and you can follow them on Instagram or listen to their music on Spotify, Apple or SoundCloud. If you love Julia’s music, please consider buying it directly from BandCamp. Support indie, always.

The artwork was created by Regina Schneider, of Van Velden Studios. Regina’s work was featured in a billboard earlier this year as part of a Pussy Riot exhibition. You can follow Van Velden Studios on Instagram.

Super Punk Corporate Meltdown was produced by Kate Bailey (H&H Instagram / H&H Twitter) and Fanny Wandel (Instagram / Twitter) for Hand & Heart Media, the publishing arm of Hand & Heart GmbH. For any enquiries related to this broadcast, please email: [email protected].

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Episode Four presents the results of matters that developed earlier in the timeline of our case study, and the nature and impacts of data breaches in anonymous surveys, and the implications that has for entities charged with independence from an embattled company.

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Credits

Hand & Heart extend our appreciation and gratitude to all who contributed to this podcast, and all who assisted in its production.

The song “Back to the Wall” was composed and performed by AMUNDA, and produced by AMUNDA with Kyle Startup (Instagram). It is a cover of the 1988 song by the Divinyls. You can follow AMUNDA on Instagram or listen to their music on Spotify, Apple or Soundcloud. If you love AMUNDA’s music, please consider buying it directly from BandCamp. Support indie, always.

Additional music provided by Julia Laws, of Ronboy, and you can follow them on Instagram or listen to their music on Spotify, Apple or SoundCloud. If you love Julia’s music, please consider buying it directly from BandCamp. Support indie, always.

The artwork was created by Regina Schneider, of Van Velden Studios. Regina’s work was featured in a billboard earlier this year as part of a Pussy Riot exhibition. You can follow Van Velden Studios on Instagram.

Super Punk Corporate Meltdown was produced by Kate Bailey (H&H Instagram / H&H Twitter) and Fanny Wandel (Instagram / Twitter) for Hand & Heart Media, the publishing arm of Hand & Heart GmbH. For any enquiries related to this broadcast, please email: [email protected].

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Episode Three point Two continues our discussion around the media. We discuss the difficulty the media seems to have when it comes to workplace issues, and the complexities that are not accounted for in some reporting about workplaces. Citing examples from recent months, we also assess the impact these difficulties can have on certain stakeholders.

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With this link, you can access all of our sourcing, transcripts and all podcast info:

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Credits

Hand & Heart extend our appreciation and gratitude to all who contributed to this podcast, and all who assisted in its production.

The song “Back to the Wall” was composed and performed by AMUNDA, and produced by AMUNDA with Kyle Startup (Instagram). It is a cover of the 1988 song by the Divinyls. You can follow AMUNDA on Instagram or listen to their music on Spotify, Apple or Soundcloud. If you love AMUNDA’s music, please consider buying it directly from BandCamp. Support indie, always.

Additional music provided by Julia Laws, of Ronboy, and you can follow them on Instagram or listen to their music on Spotify, Apple or SoundCloud. If you love Julia’s music, please consider buying it directly from BandCamp. Support indie, always.

The artwork was created by Regina Schneider, of Van Velden Studios. Regina’s work was featured in a billboard earlier this year as part of a Pussy Riot exhibition. You can follow Van Velden Studios on Instagram.

Super Punk Corporate Meltdown was produced by Kate Bailey (H&H Instagram / H&H Twitter) and Fanny Wandel (Instagram / Twitter) for Hand & Heart Media, the publishing arm of Hand & Heart GmbH. For any enquiries related to this broadcast, please email: [email protected].

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Episode Three point One kicks off our lengthy analysis of how the media is utilised or seemingly weaponised as an apparatus of control in public debates around workplaces. We cover ground on inaccuracies in reporting, how a company could use social media and traditional publishing media to “socialwash” or “Boris Bus”, and syndication and distribution methods that can tip the scales in matters of public debate defined by power dynamics and resources. We discuss the impacts this can have. Fanny & Kate discuss some of their experiences dealing with the media in the last year.

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Credits
Hand & Heart extend our appreciation and gratitude to all who contributed to this podcast, and all who assisted in its production.

The song “Back to the Wall” was composed and performed by AMUNDA, and produced by AMUNDA with Kyle Startup (Instagram). It is a cover of the 1988 song by the Divinyls. You can follow AMUNDA on Instagram or listen to their music on Spotify, Apple or Soundcloud. If you love AMUNDA’s music, please consider buying it directly from BandCamp. Support indie, always.

Additional music provided by Julia Laws, of Ronboy, and you can follow them on Instagram or listen to their music on Spotify, Apple or SoundCloud. If you love Julia’s music, please consider buying it directly from BandCamp. Support indie, always.

The artwork was created by Regina Schneider, of Van Velden Studios. Regina’s work was featured in a billboard earlier this year as part of a Pussy Riot exhibition. You can follow Van Velden Studios on Instagram.

Super Punk Corporate Meltdown was produced by Kate Bailey (H&H Instagram / H&H Twitter) and Fanny Wandel (Instagram / Twitter) for Hand & Heart Media, the publishing arm of Hand & Heart GmbH. For any enquiries related to this broadcast, please email: [email protected].

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Episode Two looks at the concept of abrasive leadership, exploring the implications for all stakeholders when an individual starts exhibiting traits of abrasive leadership. The forensic detailing of Quotegate continues, and we hear the lengths the community went to trying to clarify the issue. We hear about an example of corporate retaliation, not dissimilar to tactics employed by Harvey Weinstein or Tesla, who have notably used private investigators with former workers. We also hear what happens when diplomacy falls apart when confusion and mistrust set in.

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With this link, you can access all of our sourcing, transcripts and all podcast info:

www.handandheart.eu/spcm

Credits

Hand & Heart extend our appreciation and gratitude to all who contributed to this podcast, and all who assisted in its production.

The song “Back to the Wall” was composed and performed by AMUNDA, and produced by AMUNDA with Kyle Startup (Instagram). It is a cover of the 1988 song by the Divinyls. You can follow AMUNDA on Instagram or listen to their music on Spotify, Apple or Soundcloud. If you love AMUNDA’s music, please consider buying it directly from BandCamp. Support indie, always.

Additional music provided by Julia Laws, of Ronboy, and you can follow them on Instagram or listen to their music on Spotify, Apple or SoundCloud. If you love Julia’s music, please consider buying it directly from BandCamp. Support indie, always.

The artwork was created by Regina Schneider, of Van Velden Studios. Regina’s work was featured in a billboard earlier this year as part of a Pussy Riot exhibition. You can follow Van Velden Studios on Instagram.

Super Punk Corporate Meltdown was produced by Kate Bailey (H&H Instagram / H&H Twitter) and Fanny Wandel (Instagram / Twitter) for Hand & Heart Media, the publishing arm of Hand & Heart GmbH. For any enquiries related to this broadcast, please email: [email protected].

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Episode One begins in January 2022, where our story kicks off with a company’s actions that begin to ripple across the community, and those impacted directly. We revisit historical examples of cultural issues and then follow the public events from February 2022 onwards, culminating in listeners first touch point with the notorious calamity of Quotegate.

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With this link, you can access all of our sourcing, transcripts and all podcast info:

www.handandheart.eu/spcm

Credits

Hand & Heart extend our appreciation and gratitude to all who contributed to this podcast, and all who assisted in its production.

The song “Back to the Wall” was composed and performed by AMUNDA, and produced by AMUNDA with Kyle Startup (Instagram). It is a cover of the 1988 song by the Divinyls. You can follow AMUNDA on Instagram or listen to their music on Spotify, Apple or Soundcloud. If you love AMUNDA’s music, please consider buying it directly from BandCamp. Support indie, always.

Additional music provided by Julia Laws, of Ronboy, and you can follow them on Instagram or listen to their music on Spotify, Apple or SoundCloud. If you love Julia’s music, please consider buying it directly from BandCamp. Support indie, always.

The artwork was created by Regina Schneider, of Van Velden Studios. Regina’s work was featured in a billboard earlier this year as part of a Pussy Riot exhibition. You can follow Van Velden Studios on Instagram.

Super Punk Corporate Meltdown was produced by Kate Bailey (H&H Instagram / H&H Twitter) and Fanny Wandel (Instagram / Twitter) for Hand & Heart Media, the publishing arm of Hand & Heart GmbH. For any enquiries related to this broadcast, please email: [email protected].

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Episode Zero establishes the cultural landscape and chronological context required to tell the stories featured in the podcast. We address why we wanted to make the podcast, and our intention for those involved and those listening. We also speak with Ren Navvaro about her work as a DE&I practitioner, consultant and beer professional within the craft beer industry. You can follow Ren on Instagram or Twitter, or read more about her work and company via her website. Exclusive and superfluous interjections in this episode include Jordan Peterson (Lobster Daddy), Beyonce (CEO of the Cultural Zeitgeist), Elon Musk, Dashboard Confessional and Metal Gear Solid.

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With this link, you can access all of our sourcing, transcripts and all podcast info:

www.handandheart.eu/spcm

Credits

Hand & Heart extend our appreciation and gratitude to all who contributed to this podcast, and all who assisted in its production.

The song “Back to the Wall” was composed and performed by AMUNDA, and produced by AMUNDA with Kyle Startup (Instagram). It is a cover of the 1988 song by the Divinyls. You can follow AMUNDA on Instagram or listen to their music on Spotify, Apple or Soundcloud. If you love AMUNDA’s music, please consider buying it directly from BandCamp. Support indie, always.

Additional music provided by Julia Laws, of Ronboy, and you can follow them on Instagram or listen to their music on Spotify, Apple or SoundCloud. If you love Julia’s music, please consider buying it directly from BandCamp. Support indie, always.

The artwork was created by Regina Schneider, of Van Velden Studios. Regina’s work was featured in a billboard earlier this year as part of a Pussy Riot exhibition. You can follow Van Velden Studios on Instagram.

Super Punk Corporate Meltdown was produced by Kate Bailey (H&H Instagram / H&H Twitter) and Fanny Wandel (Instagram / Twitter) for Hand & Heart Media, the publishing arm of Hand & Heart GmbH. For any enquiries related to this broadcast, please email: [email protected].

HHM is owned and produced by Hand & Heart GmbH.
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Enquiries: [email protected].
Socials: Instagram + Bluesky (Kate's HHM Feed) + TikTok + YouTube + LinkedIn