As The Great Reshuffle continues to disrupt workplaces, what should our cadence or schedule of work look like? With a five-day work week, there's minimal opportunity to recharge...and a lot of capacity for burnout. Ryan Breslow, CEO of technology company Bolt, joins Jessi to discuss his company's experiment in shortening the work week without scaling back on ... Show More
Nov 9
How to Make a Career Pivot When You Don’t Know What You Want
Molly Graham was the person founders called to bring big ideas to life. She worked at Google and Facebook, was COO at Quip and VP of operations at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Then, at what she thought would be the pinnacle of her career, she wanted out. Today Molly hosts Work ... Show More
29m 51s
Nov 2
Malcolm Gladwell and Kenya Barris on The Unusual Suspects, Improbable Careers, and Why Curiosity Wins
According to Malcolm Gladwell and Kenya Barris, curiosity is what they have most in common. Malcolm is a bestselling author and journalist, known for his books The Tipping Point, Outliers and more. Kenya is a Hollywood writer, producer, and actor known for creating the TV series ... Show More
27m 2s
Oct 26
A Video Game Designer on What Keeps People Coming Back
Bing Gordon spent a decade as chief creative officer of Electronic Arts, the publisher behind many of your favorite video games, like The Sims, Need for Speed, FIFA and Battlefield. His daughter Chloe grew up gaming before doing her homework, and landed her first job at age four ... Show More
26m 7s
Jan 2021
The four-day work week: Utopian ideal or secret weapon?
A trifecta of CEOs share why they introduced the four-day work week to their companies, how it has actually helped them navigate the economic downturn, and hard lessons learnt along the way.
GUESTS: Andrew Barnes, CEO Perpetual Guardian, Kath Blackham CEO Versa, Nikki Beaumont CE ... Show More
25m 44s
May 2023
Is a four-day working week the future?
Would you like to work fewer days, but get paid the same? The biggest global trial of the four day week has just come to an end in the UK.We hear from some of the companies who took part, including employees making the most of their extra day off, and employers looking closely at ... Show More
18m 51s
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