How to Fix Work

Work is becoming a “religion” for many people these days. It’s worship of the efficient, productive, and almighty dollar. But that doesn’t make people very happy. And organizations filled with miserable employees aren’t ideal for making the world a better place either. Can anything be done to fix it?

Episode 4 of the How God Works: The Science Behind Spirituality podcast, hosted by PRX, titled "How to Fix Work" was published on November 27, 2022 and runs 35 minutes.

November 27, 2022 ·35m · How God Works: The Science Behind Spirituality

Summary

Work is becoming a “religion” for many people these days. It’s worship of the efficient, productive, and almighty dollar. But that doesn’t make people very happy. And organizations filled with miserable employees aren’t ideal for making the world a better place either. Can anything be done to fix it? We’ll talk to Sacred Design Lab co-founder Angie Thurston about how to make workplaces more spiritually nourishing, and to theologian and consultant Curtis Chang about what it means to align the values of a business with a spiritual tradition. We’ll also talk to business professor Subi Rangan about how CEOs and managers can balance profit with doing good.  Visit the Sacred Design Lab website to find out more about Angie Thurston’s work, including publications on how secular spaces are fulfilling spiritual functions, and how to design more soulful workplaces. Visit this link for more information on the Harvard Business course The Spiritual Lives of Leaders. Learn more about Curtis Chang’s faith-based consulting work here, and check out the podcast he co-hosts: Good Faith. To find out more about Subi Rangan’s work, visit his website and check out the group he initiated, The Society for Progress.

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