It’s November 2020. Much of the world is still quarantining. It’s the heat of the election count in the US. And for the last few months, demonstrations in support of Black lives have hit streets worldwide after the killings of Black men and women throughout the spring and summer.

Fear, sadness, anger, stress, frustration, all those emotions felt by the Black community needed to go somewhere. They needed to be expressed and channeled into something actionable, something lasting.

Kham Ward is the founder of BLK Men in Tech, an organization born out of the need to create a space for young Black men to be their authentic selves. A place where they can gain access to resources and community that can show them paths to career advancement in the tech world. On this episode of How We Work, Kham talks about founding the organization, sustainable inclusivity, and the superpowers of a values-driven neighborhood.

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Workplace trainings have a bad habit of ringing hollow at times. They can feel forced. They tend to provide a mere short-term surge in action. And ultimately, they can feel inadequate. When that training centers around making your workplace more just, more equitable, and anti-racist, you want that training to create a long-lasting effect.

Doyin Richards is an author, speaker, and the founder of the Anti-Racism Fight Club™, a no-nonsense, high-energy, interactive workshop that aims to end racism in workplaces and communities throughout the globe. In this episode, he discusses the philosophies behind his organization, how anti-racism can sustainably become a part of the workplace, and how both self-care and discomfort are necessary ingredients in this movement.

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Feedback doesn't have the best reputation. It's awkward, anxiety-inducing, and somehow it's also a sandwich? The truth is, if good communication and collaboration are habits of your team, feedback is nothing to fear.

Joe Hirsch is an author, columnist, and communications expert focused on fixing feedback. Joe lays out and helps companies develop strategies managers and employees can use to create a culture of fearless feedback and open communication.

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To change anything at scale, you need to collect data. You need to know the depth of an issue or trend to efficiently and effectively respond to it. When those issues and trends pertain to the people at your workplace, data can't just be numbers. Qualitative data, their stories, the words they say, need as many slides in the deck.

KeyAnna Schmiedl, Global Head of Culture & Inclusion at Wayfair, developed the DEI Maturity Matrix to blend the analytical and anecdotal. The dashboard gives her and every other employee at Wayfair a glimpse into how the organization is continually shaping and improving the employee experience and has led to new innovations in how they make their workplace more inclusive and equitable.

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Elevated levels of stress and burnout have been some of the top issues for the workforce across industries and just about every employee demographic for years. But there is hope. As we become more aware of these issues, we learn strategies for what we can do to help ourselves. Enter this episode's guest.

Nataly Kogan is an author and the founder and CEO of Happier. Her and her company's mission is to help people build emotional fitness to better handle stress and live a little, well, happier. She joins How We Work to discuss her experience of burning out and how improving her relationship with herself improved her ability to manage stress and her relationships with everyone else in her life.

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With so much change in the workplace, it is worth taking a step back and looking at the larger trends shaping our working experience. Like the fact that many people are looking for jobs at organizations that didn't exist a few years ago. And they might not even live in the same time zone. And that's not really too much of a problem anymore.

Best-selling author, podcast host, and Workhuman® Live keynote speaker Malcolm Gladwell joins Stacy Thompson and the How We Work podcast to discuss the macro factors shaping work now and in the future. He also discusses what he has learned as the leader of a team and how to find what works best with every employee.

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Last month Workhuman® and Gallup released a new research report titled, “Unleashing the Human Element at Work: Transforming Workplaces Through Recognition.” It’s chock full of interesting insights – like the fact that only 1 in 4 employees strongly agrees they feel connected to their company culture. Among other things, the research shows recognition is the antidote to that feeling of disconnect that’s fueling the Great Resignation.

Dr. Isha Vicaria, people data analyst at Workhuman, joined the Gallup Podcast to chat with Gallup’s Editor-in-Chief, Mohamed Younis, about what the findings mean for organizations looking to build people-first cultures. They discussed the five pillars of recognition and how feeling recognized at work not only makes you more productive, but also adds to your quality of life.

This week we’re publishing that conversation on our feed!

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In our last three workplace surveys, we have found that everyone at work feels stress. But one group of employees that is consistently stressed more than their counterparts is parents. This is especially true of millennial parents and parents who started a new job during COVID.

What do companies need to do? Author and parental leave advocate, Josh Levs, joins the show to discuss how we got here, what parents really need for a less stressful working experience, and how rebuilding parental leave policies and culture is good for business.

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On this episode of How We Work, we are talking about hope. One, because winter has given way to spring and there is a natural sense of rejuvenation. And two, April is National Stress Awareness month. It feels like as good a time as any to talk about an issue our research has made us very aware of over the last few years and that is that many employees (and perhaps listeners to this podcast) are stressed and burned out.

Our guest this week is Dan Tomasulo. He is a counseling psychologist, psychodramatist, author, professor at Columbia University, and next month he will be a featured speaker at Workhuman® Live in Atlanta. On this episode, he will be teaching us how to hope so that we can bring it into the workplace and the rest of our lives.

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Two years ago, hybrid work was widely uncommon, a sparse benefit. Now, in many industries, it’s the predominant way of working. Two years ago, stress and burnout were well-kept secrets within office walls. Now, reducing that stress is (or at least should be) a primary objective for just about every HR team out there.

The workplace is almost unrecognizable compared to early 2020. But two years into COVID, trends and challenges are crystallizing to present a clear picture of the state of the workplace now and where it is headed. It is a workplace with one foot in the future of work and the other held in place by the complexities of the Great Resignation and the continued need to reduce stress and increase equity in the workplace.

On this episode of How We Work, Dr. Meisha-ann Martin, senior director of people analytics and research at Workhuman®, and Dr. Isha Vicaria, a social psychologist and researcher on the Workhuman® iQ team, break down our most recent survey report Two Years into COVID: The State of the Human Workplace.

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