What's Your Work Fit?

By Dan Smolen

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December 02, 2022Is My Boss Spying on Me?
On What’s Your Work Fit we ask a jarring question posed by several of our viewers: is my boss spying on me?
This week, workplace diversity, equity and inclusion expert Dr. Betty Johnson, answers this and other work and career questions.
“The home was formerly a sanctuary, the place where you could take a breath, drop the mask (the mask of performance), ” laments Dr. Johnson.
With so many workplaces adopting a hybrid work policy, more workers are feeling intruded upon. What is more, many now feel pressure to perform after hours at home.
In this episode, Dr. Johnson answers:
Is my boss spying on me.
What channels are companies using to surveil their talent?
What is allowable versus disallowable intrusion?
Are bosses using “find my device apps” to watch me?
Is there transparency around the expectations of remote workplace presence?
Dr. Johnson adds: “Is this a culture of transparency? Or is this a culture where we don’t trust each other, where we do everything that we can to maximize our own self-interest?”
She believes that as transparency wanes, we in the workplace lose trust in each other.
About our guest:
Dr. Betty Johnson is the founder of Bridging the Difference. She is a keen observer of people in the workplace and DEI. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and a Ph.D. in Leadership from Antioch University. Dr. Johnson lives and works in Charlotte, North Carolina.
This episode originated as a live show on November 29, 2022. You can watch the show in its entirety on the What’s Your Work Fit YouTube Channel.
EPISODE DATE: December 2, 2022
Dr. Johnson’s social media:
LinkedIn
Website
Bridging the Difference Live Well Planner (described in this episode)
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October 28, 2022Why is My Workplace So Freakin’ Serious?
On What’s Your Work Fit we ask a viewer’s question: why is my workplace so freakin’ serious?
This week, “neurohumorist” Karyn Buxman and stand-up comedian David Horning answer this and other questions.
Why is my workplace so freakin’ serious? According to Karyn, [people] are afraid of “stepping on something.” They don’t like taking chances.
In this episode, we ask Karyn and David:
Why is the workplace so freakin’ serious?
What is forced fun and why is it destructive to people and workplace?
What is one easy starting point for leaders to infuse humor in the workplace?
What’s your work fit?
David believes that “humor is like a math problem; there has to be a solution to it,” Further, he says humor is “creative problem solving driven by curiosity.”
About our guests:
“Neurohumorist” Karyn Buxman is the leading expert on brain-based strategic humor. Karyn helps people achieve true success, lasting significance, and genuine happiness through humor. She lives and works in San Diego, California.
David Horning is by night a stand-up comedian and the co-founder of Secret Society Comedy. But during daylight hours, David helps companies to recruit, engage, and retain top talent by reframing their cultures through the effective use of humor. He lives and works in the very funny community of Cleveland, Ohio.
This episode originated as a live show on October 25, 2022. You can watch the show in its entirety on the What’s Your Work Fit YouTube Channel.
EPISODE DATE: October 28, 2022
Karyn’s social media:
LinkedIn
Website
David’s social media:
LinkedIn
Website
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October 21, 2022Why Doesn’t My Boss Get Gen Z?
On What’s Your Work Fit we ask a viewer’s question: why doesn’t my boss get Gen Z?
This week, work futurist and LinkedIn top voice for Gen Z Danielle Farage and the founder and CEO of BRANDthrō Billee Howard answer this and other questions.
Why doesn’t [my boss] get Gen Z? According to Danielle, it is because Gen Zers don’t live to work. “We’re working to live.”
In this episode, we ask Danielle and Billee:
Why doesn’t my boss get Gen Z?
What’s wrong with Goldman Sachs’ Gen Z-targeted recruitment ads? (Click here to view the ad discussed.)
Are bosses prioritizing productivity and profits above their people?
What’s your work fit?
Why Doesn’t My Boss Get Gen Z? Billee adds that “these are fractured times, and we’re seeing a reversal of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.”
About our guests:
Danielle Farage is a member of the Gen Z cohort, a LinkedIn top voice for Gen Z discussion, and a respected work futurist. She tackles timely workplace issues such as neurodiversity and civility. Danielle serves as the Director of Growth and Marketing for Café (YC S21). She lives and works in New York City.
Billee Howard is a globally recognized marketing insights leader and the founder and CEO of market research firm BRANDthrō. Her research leverages emotional insight to help marketers connect well with their consumers and hired talent. She is a member of the Fast Company Executive Board, and, she is a Senior Contributor to Forbes. Billee lives and works in New York City.
This episode originated as a live show on October 18, 2022. You can watch the show in its entirety on the What’s Your Work Fit YouTube Channel.
EPISODE DATE: October 21, 2022
Danielle’s social media:
LinkedIn
Website
Billee’s social media:
LinkedIn
Book Page
Fast Company
Forbes
Website
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October 14, 2022Are Work Fit and Health Connected?
On What’s Your Work Fit we ask: are work fit and health connected?
This week, board-certified internist and mind/body expert Charles Glassman, MD and future of work thought leader and SWAYworkplace founder Denise Brouder, answer that and other questions.
Good health and wellness are critically important to achieving work fit. Conversely, not having good health can cause ill effects throughout the day and not just during work hours.
In this episode:
Learn about What’s Your Work Fit? and its mission.
Discover how your work fit and health are connected.
About our guests:
Charles Glassman MD is a board certified internist, an expert in wellness, and a social media figure known worldwide as CoachMD. Dr. Glassman is the Associate Medical Director of The Standard. He lives and works in Rockland County, New York.
Denise Brouder is a globally recognized future of work thought leader and the founder of SWAYworkplace, which helps people and companies embrace hybrid work and other future work modalities. She lives and works in Northern New Jersey.
This episode originated as a live show on October 11, 2022. You can watch the show in its entirety on the What’s Your Work Fit YouTube Channel.
EPISODE DATE: October 14, 2022
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September 16, 2022 What’s Your Work Fit Premieres
Future of Work thought-leader Dan Smolen’s What’s Your Work Fit premieres in October 2022.
Finally, what it means to work is informed by your own personal needs and desires and not someone else’s directives.
How we work, who we work for, when we work, why we work, and the workplace where it all happens has turned upside down and inside out. And, I say that now is the time to own the work that you do and hope to do.
What’s Your Work Fit? is the first-of-its-kind interactive engagement platform bringing today’s business and workplace thought leaders, hiring managers, and career seekers together.
The show premieres live on Tuesday, October 11, 2022 at 10AM Eastern Time US.
We will challenge the traditional notions of work and workplace, to FIT who you are and what you want your lasting work and career contributions to be.
Each week, we will invite you to join our LIVE SHOW—on LinkedIn, Facebook Live, and YouTube—to learn from and engage with amazing people who are leading the work zeitgeist.
The questions that What’s Your Work Fit asks them to answer are likely the ones that keep you up at night.
Get ready for an amazing experience!
EPISODE DATE: September 16, 2022
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11min
June 10, 2022 Hitting the Pause Button
Dan Smolen is hitting the pause button on The Dan Smolen Podcast.
When the podcast returns in Fall 2022, it will provide a more impactful interactive experience for career professionals.
From the episode:
“Given the success that the podcast has enjoyed during the past four years, I recognize that there is so much more for me to do, to further these discussions and make learning from them truly actionable.
I will strive to give career professionals—talent and hiring managers—the insight that they need to make sound decisions about their career development and workplace.”
Further:
“The remote workplace technology that we now use to connect to one another—and to the world—has been in place for ten years or longer. But it took the Covid pandemic to allow us to unleash its full potential. And as we adapted to it, and applied its numerous benefits, millions of us began to question what it means to work: for sure, what our work entails, but also when, where, and how we do the work that we do.”
The Dan Smolen Podcast debuted in 2018. During that time, Dan has dropped 159 episodes focused on future of work and workplace topics.
Hitting the pause button is necessary to return this fall with a new podcast experience that talent and hiring managers alike can use to navigate the future of work and workplace.
EPISODE DATE: June 10, 2022
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June 03, 2022Starting a First Job of Many
Dan Smolen recalls how starting a first job of many benefitted his professional career and informed a profound journey in the future of work:
As the last of the graduation ceremonies conclude, America’s latest crop of entry-level workers is stressed out about connecting with work and career.
I remember the experience well. And what I recall most was how I wanted my first assignment out of college to align me perfectly with my career goals of reaching the senior advertising agency management ranks.
It was a fool’s errand.
The Spring of 1983, my graduation season, ushered in one of the-worst job markets since the 1930s.
Unemployment was terribly high. Like me, my peers struggled to connect to entry-level work. With each passing week of no returned phone calls, I fell into a depression.
In this episode, Dan discusses:
The chance meeting, at a Washington Post advertisers event, that got him to starting a first job of many.
How that first job taught him how to succeed in a corporate setting.
Turning a messy, analog magazine circulation file into a money making resource.
Leveraging first job skill, experience, and accomplishments to find a great ad agency position in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area.
Starting a first job of many provides young careerists the time and space they need to learn how to work, and make work part of a day doing other things.
EPISODE DATE: June 3, 2022
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9min
May 27, 2022Should Careers Require a College Degree?
Dan Smolen asks: should careers require a college degree?
As the graduating class of 2022 enters the workplace, many of its members will carry forward substantial student loan debt.
And the son of one friend of mine amassed $250,000 in debt to earn his Bachelor’s degree.
That is a nightmare scenario.
So how did we get to a nightmarish place where the college degree no longer ensures the American Dream?
Truth be told, we got here, because of the Vietnam War.
In this episode, Dan:
Recalls how American men got draft deferments when they earned bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees.
Describes how a bachelor’s degree became a “must have” for everyone doing career professional work.
Laments how, in 2022, a college degree has been rendered a economic albatross.
In the future of work, should careers require a college degree? Time will tell if the answer to that question remains “yes.”
EPISODE DATE: May 27, 2022
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May 20, 2022Inciting a Workplace Revolution
Dan Smolen discusses inciting a workplace revolution with guest Vinny Tafuro.
Vinny is the Founder of the Institute for Economic Evolution. He is also the author of two books, including Unlocking the Labor Cage.
For those who study the future of work, this much is clear: we are in the midst of a workplace revolution. And career professionals are inciting it.
After the past 40 years, during which shareholder value reigned supreme, stakeholder value is at last resonating in boardrooms. And people who work are taking their seats at the stakeholder table.
In a wide ranging discussion, Vinny:
Describes the value proposition for the Institute for Economic Evolution. Starts at 4:30
Explains the origins of the over 150 year-old 8-hour workday. Starts at 7:22
Offers insight into how metric-driven managers can become thoughtful and intentional workplace leaders. Starts at 12:06
Discusses the importance of benefit corporations (B-Corps) in inciting a workplace revolution. Starts at 24:46
Lays out his future of work vision. Starts at 32:05
What is more, Vinny offers this key driver for inciting a workplace revolution:
“We’re proving what really good leaders have always known: if you treat people well, you build up your organization holistically and create a culture that doesn’t become toxic.”
About our guest:
Vinny Tafuro is a visionary thinker, writer, entrepreneur, communications theorist, and economist. Vinny earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from the University of Tampa and is pursuing a Masters of Science in Foresight from the University of Houston. He lives and works in Tampa, Florida.
EPISODE DATE: May 20, 2022
Social media:
– LinkedIn
– Twitter
– Instagram
– TEDx Talk
– Website
– Book Page
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38min
May 13, 2022Mastering Time for Future Work
Dan Smolen explores mastering time for future work with guest Kris Ward.
Kris is the host of the Win the Hour, Win the Day Podcast. She counsels entrepreneurs on how to manage their time resources so that they become successful in work, but also in life.
Time mastery is critical for success in the future of work.
And to that end, Kris and Dan cover a lot of ground around time mastery including:
The unique value proposition for Win the Hour, Win the Day. Starts at 4:13
How the notion of working a lot of hours is believed to be good. Starts at 6:43
A deep dive into her “Super Tool Kit” and what makes it effective. Starts at 11:07
Why entrepreneurs and career professionals get jammed up with “time sucks.” Starts at 12:01
Infrastruture in the future of work frame. Starts at 14:00
The ways quality of work and life improves with time mastery. Starts at 16:50
The powerful outcome of giving up tasks. Starts at 18:32
In a future of work frame, getting away from the notion that the amount of time expensed in work is everything. Starts at 24:15
Mastering time for future work allows entrepreneurs and career professionals to thrive in work and life.
About our guest:
Kris Ward is a leading authority on scaling business and maximizing the resource of time. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Ryerson University. Kris lives and works in the province of Ontario, Canada.
EPISODE DATE: May 13, 2022
Social media:
– LinkedIn
– Twitter
– Instagram
– Podcast
– Website
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