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Eat Sleep Work Repeat - better workplace culture

Bruce Daisley
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    Stop talking about culture - deal with behaviours
    Proper ding dong this week. I have a fabulously enjoyable back-and-forth with the brilliant Professor Rob Briner.At one stage Rob says: ‘If you tell someone - whose favourite thing is organisational c...
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    • 2 months ago
    55:42
    What chance do we have versus the machines?
    Sarah O'Connor is a journalist for the Financial Times who specialises in writing about work and the evolution of our jobs. Over the last year or so that has meant a lot of reflection about AI job dis...
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    • 3 months ago
    43:13
    Can one bad apple ruin your team?
    Kate Murphy is the author a new book called Why We Click. It combines the very latest research into interpersonal synchrony - how we form bonds with others. It's an intriguing read - at times compelli...
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    • 4 months ago
    47:24
    Your colleagues like you more than you realise…
    Dr Gillian Sandstrom is a researcher whose work explores her fascination with our conversations with other people - whether colleagues, friends or strangers. She’s just published a fabulous new book ‘...
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    • 5 months ago
    46:38
    Life Reclaimed with Pippa Grange
    A return interview with Dr Pippa Grange, a performance ("regenerative") psychologist who has worked with the England men's football team and who has earned the admiration of Brene Brown.I'm always exc...
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    • 5 months ago
    39:46
    We-ness: The secret cause of Psychological Safety
    I saw a post by Professor Rob Briner about the enigma of psychological safety, and in the replies it was discussed that in fact PS isn't so much an enigma, there's evidence that it is the output of gr...
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    • 6 months ago
    55:06
    The more you talk about culture, the less people believe you
    Today's conversation is with Professor Benjamin Laker, someone I've long admired for his cutting edge work on the evolution of culture. His article on Meeting Free Days is probably the piece of resear...
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    • 6 months ago
    47:03
    Flourishing at Work
    Daniel Coyle returns to reflect on what has changed since we last spoke. He's moved attention to an examination of what contributes to us getting a fulfilling experience from work - and life.We talk a...
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    • 7 months ago
    39:11
    What makes for the Best Place to Work
    I'm joined by Daniel Zhao, chief economist of Glassdoor, who talks me through their new rankings of the best places to work in 2026.It's an intriguing list, is a car wash really better than some of th...
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    • 7 months ago
    22:18
    Culture is built on 'moments of truth'
    Kevin Green is the Chief People Officer for First Group.He's set about reinventing the culture of the organisation from the ground up.I heard Kevin speak at an event last year was completely bowled ov...
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    • 7 months ago
    31:46
    People-watching in the workplace
    Dr Karen Bridbord is the author of a new book, The Relationship-Driven Leader that invites us to bring a psychologist's lens to our job and the relationships with those around us.Her perspective is to...
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    • 9 months ago
    42:32
    What Gen Z need from work
    Gen Z have been shaped by recessions, the pandemic, geopolitical instability, not to mention financial insecurity and world changing technology.That's the finding of the Edelman Gen Z Lab as told to m...
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    • 9 months ago
    38:38
    Is training really corporate sludge?
    Most company training is a waste of time that turns firms into bureaucratic sludge holes. That’s roughly the conclusion of today’s episode which is a conversation with Andre Spicer and Mats AlvessonTh...
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    • 10 months ago
    42:21
    Strong team identity delivers success
    Jeremy Holt is a psychologist and leadership coach who has spent more than 20 years helping teams get better. Read his research about better team results.This episode is the third part of a series abo...
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    • 10 months ago
    45:24
    To understand leadership, you need to understand identity
    This is the second part of an interview with Professor Alex Haslam, the world's leading voice on the study of social identity.You can hear the first part of this interview on the website.In this discu...
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    • 10 months ago
    51:51
    Everything is identity
    “Why are we so fixated on the individual self? I think it was a big con. The individual self is a relatively modern invention. The idea that human psychology is about the individual self was really an...
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    • 10 months ago
    43:03
    We need to tackle workplace loneliness
    Simon Gilbody talks loneliness at workThe Loneliness of the American Worker - Wall Street JournalMake Work Better on lonelinessMore on solving lonelinessLoneliness in teamsDerek Thompson on elective i...
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    • 11 months ago
    46:28
    Delivering culture through food
    This sponsored episode is brought to you by Deliveroo for WorkSpencer Walker is the global director of Deliveroo for Work.The podcast has returned several times to the idea of food as a cultural trigg...
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    • 11 months ago
    34:49
    RTO mandates are caused by middle aged men not liking their wives
    Delighted to post this small conversation with Nick Shackleton-Jones. Nick posts brilliantly witty rants on TikTok that are just the best things I hear about work and the futility of bureaucracy.TikTo...
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    • 11 months ago
    22:58
    What gives a team the 'collective edge'?
    If we shifted our focus from the individual to the collective how different would our results at work be?I'm joined by Colin Fisher who explains that great teams are the most important contributors to...
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    • 11 months ago
    40:27
    How behavioural psychology is shaping workspace
    It’s been a while since I revisited a conversation on offices and how our physical workspaces are evolving. Disruption has made the property business hugely raise their games. With 20-25% of Gen Z wor...
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    • 1 year ago
    32:33
    Our personalities are changing, will it ruin work?
    Last month the FInancial Times published an article by John Burn Murdoch in the form of an analysis of personality data, specifically looking at what are styled the Big Five personality traits: openne...
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    • 1 year ago
    23:53
    Did we do Big Ange dirty?
    Sign up for the newsletterA couple of years ago, I was surrounded with so many happy Spurs fans that I bought into the euphoric buzz they were giving off.Ange Postecoglou had brought the smile back to...
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    • 1 year ago
    42:06
    How Octopus Energy used culture to reach the top
    I’m often asked asked which company cultures I admire, especially as I tend to be critical of the culture inside tech firms. It’s easy to have good vibes in small firms but organisations who manage t...
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    • 1 year ago
    35:46
    Getting to grips with workplace AI
    This is the second episode this month about AI and the implications for our jobs.Two weeks ago I went along to a huge event run by Workday down in North Greenwich. Workday, their partners and their cu...
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    • 1 year ago
    42:04
    What does it mean for culture when 'intelligence is on tap'?
    Sign up to the newsletterFirst of two episodes going deep on how AI is going to impact work - and therefore workplace culture and dynamics.This week is with Alexia Cambon from Microsoft. Alexia is Hea...
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    • 1 year ago
    34:22
    Time to chase Calendar Zero
    "There's this concept called inbox zero, where everyone tries to get to their inbox down to zero. But I would suggest that a more noble pursuit is that of calendar zero".I chatted to Howard Lerman thi...
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    • 1 year ago
    34:12
    The best culture book of 2025: The Power of Mattering
    When Zach Mercurio’s new book, The Power of Mattering, arrived on my desk I devoured it. It’s the most essential book about workplace culture that I’ve read in a couple of years.Read a full trans...
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    • 1 year ago
    48:25
    Meaning: why showing work matters has such an impact
    The next two podcasts I see as a piece with each other, today is about meaning the next one is about mattering. Collectively I feel they present serious substance about the foundations of good culture...
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    • 1 year ago
    32:18
    Great culture starts with teams
    Sign up for the newsletterSomeone posted on LinkedIn that the podcast had died. Or I had died. But he is risen! I'm back with a great discussion, powerful in its simplicity.Psychologists Dr. Patricia ...
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    • 1 year ago
    32:20
    PING! How to cope with communication overload
    Join 100,000 other workplace culture enthusiasts by signing up for the Make Work Better newsletterInterested in how skills could enhance your business? Check out the short film I made with the Departm...
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    • 1 year ago
    34:48
    The Careers Collective - what's next for work?
    Interested in how skills could enhance your business? Check out the short film I made with the Department for Education.Sign up for the newsletterToday's episode is an Avengers Assembled of podcasts a...
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    • 1 year ago
    39:44
    Turning your team into a tribe
    Michael Morris's book Tribal covers the codes that bond humans together. It has been shortlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year award 2024. It came runner-up to 'Supremacy' by Parmy...
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    • 1 year ago
    42:26
    Outrage in the work chat
    Everywhere we look we see someone who is outraged - and plenty of that anger makes its way to the workplace. The last time President Trump was in power it led to employees becoming more active - who k...
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    • 1 year ago
    40:13
    Transformational cultures use the manager as a coach
    Sign up for the newsletterTiffany Gaskell outlines coaching as a route to transformational leadershipTiffany Gaskell is the co-author of Coaching for Performance, the top-selling guide to coaching fir...
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    • 1 year ago
    35:30
    How Intel fixed work and then threw it away
    Subscribe to the free Make Work Better newsletterBrigid Schulte is a journalist and writer who brings a reporter's ear for stories to her exploration of modern work.Over the course of a decade Schulte...
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    • 1 year ago
    34:46
    TOXIC: When good cultures go bad
    Colin Ellis is a consultant and author who spends his time working with organisations to improve their culture. He's turned his attention to why some companies go bad in a new book Detox Your Culture....
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    • 1 year ago
    41:23
    "Help: my team doesn't feel connected any more"
    Sign up for the newsletterHow can any of us build a more effective team?Owen Eastwood is one of the world’s most in demand performance coaches, with a focus on team culture & leading. Owen has wor...
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    • 1 year ago
    44:00
    Should we focus on making workers happy?
    Sign up for the Make Work Better newsletterHow important is a happy workforce? According to Mark Price, the former boss of Waitrose, it's the main thing that leaders should be thinking about. Make you...
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    • 2 years ago
    54:28
    Presence: 'Yes and...' - how the secrets of improv can teach us about work
    This episode is part of the Presence project: Presence: Fixing culture starts with your calendar, not your officeYou might think an episode about improv comedy might be a stretch for a podcast about m...
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    • 2 years ago
    44:25
    Presence: Fish! Time to revisit a culture classic?
    This episode is part of the Presence project: Presence: Fixing culture starts with your calendar, not your officeIn the 2000s a book called Fish! A remarkable way to boost morale and improve results b...
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    • 2 years ago
    25:24
    Presence: exploring real life culture rituals
    This episode is part of the Presence project: Presence: Fixing culture starts with your calendar, not your officeThis is the second episode about rituals - the first one is next to it in the podcast f...
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    • 2 years ago
    32:09
    Presence: our rituals show what matters to us
    This episode is part of the Presence project: Presence: Fixing culture starts with your calendar, not your officeKursat Ozenc is a product designer who he teaches at Stanford university, He teaches on...
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    • 2 years ago
    34:45
    Presence: Presence starts with positive leadership
    Flow is the state of being in which people become so immersed in the joy of their work or activity “that nothing else seems to matter.”Presence is to be in a flow state of connection with others....
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    • 2 years ago
    38:30
    “Workers watch your feet, not your lips” - changing culture at scale
    To receive the newsletter and the forthcoming Presence project sign-up hereToday’s top episode goes to the heart of an issue that a lot of people raise with me.They say ‘where do you start when changi...
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    • 2 years ago
    51:50
    The future of work? "The manager as a therapist"
    Isabel Berwick is a writer and podcaster who focusses on the evolving state of modern work. I’ve celebrated her podcast Working It many times here (here’s her specials on the 4-day week for example, o...
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    • 2 years ago
    37:53
    Getting real with Employee Experience
    How should most of us think about the differences between Employee Experience and Employee Engagement.I first spoke to Emma Bridger, who is the author of a well respected book on this topic and the fo...
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    • 2 years ago
    33:02
    Better conversations, better relationships
    Charles Duhigg’s bestseller The Power of Habit was the definitive guide to building and sustaining successful habits.His new book, Supercommunicators, grapples with the knotty topic of creating succes...
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    • 2 years ago
    41:16
    Do bonuses actually make us work harder?
    Many of us have worked in environments that provided bonuses or rewards for success. Maybe they took the form of team rewards or individual incentives, or end of year profit-share schemes. But do thes...
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    • 2 years ago
    53:23
    Workchat: workplace culture has never been more complicated
    This week's Eat Sleep Work Repeat is hosted by Bruce Daisley, Ellen C Scott and Matthew Cook.Roll up roll up as this week we talk the major trends in work and workplace culture and the big stories of ...
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    • 2 years ago
    44:44
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