The Work Better Project w/ Rebecca Ryan & Libby Castro

Professional Futurist Rebecca Ryan returns to the podcast and brings with her Libby Castro, Founder and Principal at LP/w Design Studios. The two have joined forces to create the Work Better Project, a community geared towards redesigning the what, where, and how of work. Mentioned in this Episode:The Work Better Project: https://www.linkedin.com/company/work-better-project/“People First: The Next Generation of Downtowns”: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/work-better-project_people-first-the-next-generation-of-downtowns-activity-7051201238704521216-ZAUDThe Work Better Series: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/work-better-project_work-better-project-article-1-activity-7039219337701785600-reIuPeople Business podcast with Rebecca Ryan: https://peoplebusinesspodcast.com/rebeccaryan/Next Generation Consulting: https://www.linkedin.com/company/next-generation-consulting LP/ws: http://lpwsstudios.com/Time Codes:(1:37) - Welcoming Rebecca and Libby(1:59) - What is the Work Better Project and how did you come to work together?(4:56) - How would you define the Work Better Project itself?(10:07) - What signals are you paying attention to regarding work?(15:33) - Libby, what signals are you paying attention to?(17:45) - Have you seen mental health impacting the way we work?(22:00) - How should we be prepared for sudden change and also how to avoid denial when change is slow?(26:46) - Do you have a structure for how you do Think Week?(28:29) - When faced with impending change, where do you start in the design process?(30:26) - Do you talk about design thinking principles?(34:03) - How do you help organizations think through the way they’re actually working?(40:39) - How do we repurpose space? What are some alternate/radical options?(50:10) - Do you have any good exercises for getting brain storms going?(55:41) - What is your goal for this project?(57:44) - What’s the purpose of work?