Lots of people are talking about the future of work today: remote work, artificial intelligence, white-collar unions, robots, 4-day workweeks... But those things are either here already or will be soon. What about the far future of work? What alien advancements await the office of the future? This podcast wants to boldly go where no other future-of-work podcast has gone. Host Tara McMullin (What Works) brings this limited series about how speculative fiction can help us imagine strange new ways of working and understanding ourselves. We'll explore questions about how we can transform work to be more humane and inclusive...
Latest episodes
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33 min
The Will to Share Power with Tania Luna
Power. Some fear it. Others hoard it. Some with power speak softly. Others carry a big stick. Power is charisma, or coercion, or violence. Power is name recognition, or money, or c…
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35 min
The Most Undervalued Skill of the 21st-Century Economy
What's the most undervalued skill of the 21st-century economy? Moderation.I very well might be forgetting something. But with more of our lives and work showing up online every day…
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28 min
Made for Work
Find the work you were born to do. Do what you were meant to do. Discover the work that makes you feel alive.We've all heard these messages. Crack open any career, self-help, or pe…
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34 min
Disrupting Housework (Without Robots or Replicators)
Think the future of housework looks like Rosey the Robot from The Jetsons? Or maybe just a fleet of Roombas keeping every inch of a house free of dust or dirt?Think again. Housewor…
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32 min
You Will Be Assimilated with Charlie Gilkey
Social and professional norms aren't natural or innate. They're political. Those in power exert their preferences on those who aren't, and throughout history, have exerted social,…
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35 min
The Time to Change with Jordan Maney and Joanna L. Cea
Today's work happens in tiny slivers of time. And we try to optimize each minute or hour for all its worth. But remarkable work? Well, that takes time. And lots of it. The kinds of…
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29 min
World-Building a More Sustainable Work Environment with Morgan Harper Nichols
Artist and writer Morgan Harper Nichols is a world-builder. She says, "Worldbuilding, for me, [is] a form of expansive hope—a necessary imagination for being alive." What is world-…
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28 min
Imagining a Radically Different World of Work
The future of work doesn't have to be an extension of today's reality.This is the first installment in Strange New Work, a new series from What Works about imagining radically diff…
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3 min
Introducing Strange New Work from What Works
Join Tara McMullin for a journey into the far future of work, and consider how we can create more humane, inclusive, and supportive work environment.The first episode of Strange Ne…