The New Way We Work

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What if benefits weren't tied to your job? Apr 04, 2022

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Kate Davis talks with Sara Horowitz about the future of portable benefits. Sara is the founder and former executive director of the Freelancers Union and founder of the mutualists society. She is also an author whose most recent book is “Mutualism: Building the Next Economy from the Ground Up”.

Freelancing in 2022 Mar 28, 2022

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Why are so many people joining the freelance economy? Mar 21, 2022

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Kate Davis talks with Hayden Brown about why so many workers are freelancing and how this trend will only continue to grow. Hayden is president and CEO of Upwork, a work marketplace that connects businesses with highly-skilled talent.

How many meetings do we really need at work? Mar 14, 2022

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Kate Davis is joined by The New Way We Work producer Josh Christensen and Fast Company's senior VP of Entertainment Scott Mebus to talk about their work meeting audit. If you'd like to audit your own meetings, you can find instructions in this Fast Company Article: https://www.fastcompany.com/90727966/you-can-cancel-most-of-your-meetings-if-you-do-these-5-things

What if we actually paid for unpaid labor? Mar 07, 2022

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Kate Davis talks with Melissa Boteach about what it would look like if we paid for unpaid labor. Melissa is Vice President for Income Security, Child Care and Early Learning at the National Women’s Law Center. Melissa also oversees their advocacy, policy, and public education strategies on these issues.

Two people, one job: How job sharing could be the future of workplace flexibility Feb 28, 2022

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On today's episode, The New Way We Work producer talks with Irenka Krone and Nina Prochazka about job sharing. They cohead communication, network and knowledge management at CINFO, and work together at Association PTO, advocating for flexible work models and coaching job share partners.

What is the future of workplace flexibility? Feb 21, 2022

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Kate Davis joined by Kenzo Fong and Josh Foreman to discuss the future of workplace flexibility. Kenzo is CEO & Founder of Rock who recently wrote for Fast Company about asynchronous work. And Josh is the CEO and Founder of Indebted who recently wrote about how his company moved to a 4 day work week.

What happened when we took personality tests Feb 14, 2022

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Kate Davis and her producer, Josh Christensen, take the Myers-Briggs and Big Five personality tests.

If you'd like to take the Big Five, follow this link: https://openpsychometrics.org/tests/IPIP-BFFM/

Why your personality test results are probably wrong Feb 07, 2022

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Kate Davis talks to Dr. Art Markman about why everyone's favorite personality test--The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator--is unreliable, especially when used in the hiring process. Art is a professor of Psychology and Marketing at the University of Texas at Austin and Founding Director of the Program in the Human Dimensions of Organizations.

We Are Back With New Episodes! Jan 31, 2022

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The New Way We Work is back on February 7th with brand new episodes.

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