Work Reset Revolution

Tony Strows is Learning and Development Director at Philips, currently focusing on innovating the employee experience at Philips.

Summary

It’s not only the customer experience that needs designing… the employee experience is a growing field of research and design. Tony Strows of Philips is doing just that, directing the efforts towards innovative practices that will preserve the workforce for its human value, not just machine output calculation.

Timestamps

[1:06] The importance of creating meaningful experiences for employees

[3:44] Genuine development and self-worth, how it’s different from “what you do”

[4:28] Most important issues affecting the modern-day workplace

[7:58] What work reset revolution means to Tony

Useful Links

Tony Storws’ LinkedIn: https://nl.linkedin.com › tonystrows

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Jo Yarker is an organizational psychologist and director at Affinity Health at Work. She also runs programs at Birkbeck University.

In conversations about work-life balance and managing work stress, the burden is often placed on the individual: wake up earlier, commit to a better schedule, drink more water. What if we approach the issue as a collective: where the more individuals feel supported in their work, the more they will support others?

Time stamps

[1:11] The importance of strong support networks to help manage work stress

[4:36] How organizations can build a culture of support for staff

[7:48] What Jo says is the most important issues affecting the modern day workplace

[10:06] What work reset revolution means to Jo

Useful Links

Jo Yarker’s research areas: https://www.bbk.ac.uk/our-staff/profile/9224929/jo-yarker

Book by Jo Yarker:

• Preventing stress in organizations: how to develop positive managers

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Danielle Hellebrand is a neuroscientist who worked for 20 years in the Human Resource field. In 2011 she quit her corporate job and dove into the world of psychology, neurobiology and cognitive neurosciences.

By now everyone knows stress is harmful for the body. How about the brain? Neuroscientist Danielle Hellebrand of Better Brains at Work breaks down the relationship between stress and the brain.

Shownotes

By now everyone knows stress is harmful for the body. How about the brain? Neuroscientist Danielle Hellebrand of Better Brains at Work breaks down the relationship between stress and the brain.

Time stamps

[1:09] The neuroscience of stress affecting the brain

[6:59] The true cost of multitasking

[10:36] The ongoing pandemic of burnout

[11:11] What a work reset revolution looks like from a neuroscience perspective

[15:56] DNA over MBA -- the hiring practice that supports a softer success

Useful Links

Danielle Hellebrand website: https://betterbrainsatwork.com/en/about-me/

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Mireia Las Heras is a Professor in the Managing People in Organizations Department at IESE Business School. Since 2019 she serves as the Director of the International Center for Work and Family. She is an Industrial Engineer by training, holds an MBA from IESE Business School, and a Doctorate in Business Administration from Boston University. Her specialty is in work-family balance and integration, career management, and women in leadership.

For too long, we have been compartmentalizing our lives into our work-self and our real-self. What would merging the two look like? Can we really have it all and claim a good work-life balance?

Time stamps
[1:09] Work and family balance -- why Mireia focuses on this topic
[5:59] Bringing our whole, authentic self to work
[11:20] What Mireia would say are the most important issues affecting the modern day workplace
[16:18] What work research revolution looks like for Mireia

Useful Links
Mireia Las Heras website: https://mireialasheras.com/

Books by Mireia:

• The New Ideal Worker: Organizations Between Work-Life Balance, Gender and Leadership
• The Work-Family Balance in Light of Globalization and Technology

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Karina Nielsen is professor of work psychology at Sheffield University. 

Over our careers, we all tend to figure out our own “best practices” -- bit like workplace self-care. There’s a term for it, “job crafting”, and Karina Nielsen is here to discuss how to take it to the next level.

Time stamps

[1:17] The concept of ‘job crafting’

[5:23] The role of ‘task crafting’ in mental health practices

[7:18] Hybrid working: mix between office and work-from-home

[10:03] Line managers: current or future allies?

[12:01] Karina Nielsen’s predictions about work-research revolution

Useful Links

Karina Nielsen, organisational psychologist, website: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/management/people/academic-staff/karina-nielsen

Research, resource and publication

http://www.affinityhealthatwork.co.uk/our-research 

Books Written/Edited by Karina Nielsen

• Organizational Interventions for Health and Well-being: A Handbook for Evidence-Based Practice 
• Leading to Occupational Health and Safety: How Leadership Behaviours Impact Organizational Safety and Well-Being

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Joe Ryle is on a mission to change the way we structure our work week -- gone are the 5-day working weeks where people are dead most of the week and looking forward to two days for relief. Join his campaign to persuade corporations and governments to prioritise mental health over stress and low productivity.

Summary

Stress is the workplace crisis that is causing mental health problems around the world. That’s because the average employee is expected to clock in about 40 or 50 hours across five days, with a short two-day reprieve. The short recovery time often means no actual recovery is achieved, which means the previous week’s exhaustion carries over to the next. The accumulation causes burnout and it’s only a matter of time before the workplace is filled with zombies. Tune in for how a 4-day work week could solve all sorts of problems, both expected and unexpected.

Time stamps

[1:08] The biggest crisis of the workplace is mental health management

[2:15] The 4 Day Workweek

[4:28] How the experiment is going in Ireland

[6:16] Hours worked vs. Quality output 

[7:16] Zero-hour contract

Useful Links

4 Day Week website: https://www.4dayweek.co.uk

Joe Ryle’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/joerryle

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Teena Clouston is a professor in occupational therapy, life balance and well-being at Cardiff University. She deconstructs what we think of as normal and unchangeable practices in the workplace, promotes the human aspects of productivity, and encourages us to rethink what “sustainability” really means.

Summary

The industry of work is filled with buzzwords like sustainability, productivity, work-life balance -- but what exactly are the levels of healthy and unhealthy practices across personal and organisational areas? Teena Clouston breaks down the workplace cycles that we’ve all bought into without knowing how they really affect us.

Time stamps

[1:30] The biggest crises workplaces are facing today: sustainability and resilience

[3:51] Workplace disengagement is the true pandemic, but it’s hidden

[6:06] The “workplace” is actually three intertwining worlds, they all need to be healthy 

[9:05] The forgotten value of “human resources” and how to turn it around

[13:41] The rise of workplace neoliberalism, how it’s actually been there all along

[21:57] The difference between organisational and individual approaches to building a healthier workplace culture

Useful Links

Teena Clouston, website: https://teenaclouston.wordpress.com

Teena’s book: Challenging Stress, Burnout and Rust-Out: Finding Balance in Busy Lives

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Michael P. Leiter, Ph.D., is an organisational psychologist interested in the relationships of people with their work. He has been professor of Industrial and Organisational Psychology at Deakin University in the Faculty of Health and Canada Research Chair in Occupational Health at Acadia University. He is currently a professor at St. Mary’s University.

Shownotes
We all knew there was something wrong with the way we worked. That’s why when the pandemic started, we had all sorts of problems -- they weren’t new, they just couldn’t be covered up anymore. There are multiple crises in the workplace and Michael Leiter shares with us what he’s learnt from a distinguished research career on improving the quality of work and life.

Time stamps:
[1:20] The biggest crises of the workplace (it’s so fundamental, we often overlook it)
[4:45] The role of community in the workplace
[7:21] How to eradicate the pandemic (not the COVID one)
[9:17] Best practices that businesses need to make necessary changes

Useful Links

Michael Leiter, organisational psychologist, website: https://mpleiter.com

Books by Michael Leiter

• Banishing Burnout: Six Strategies for Improving Your Relationship with Work
• Preventing Burnout and Building Engagement: Team Member's Workbook

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