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Oct 2024
45 m

Is Work Fundamentally Broken?

Morra Aarons-Mele
About this episode
Laurie Ruettimann is a former human resources leader and current author and speaker on work place culture. She looks at how the overall system of capitalism is hurting us, what is broken about work, and what can be done. She shares her own journey through corporate America, despite her anti-establishment roots; how living a corporate lifestyle led to unhealt ... Show More
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