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EPISODE · Mar 16, 2026 · 1H 14M

Work Sucks x Josh Drean (S1, E1)

from Work Sucks · host Calli Adamson Bakken and Toby Kheng

This week on Work Sucks, we kick off the podcast with Josh Drean — work futurist, co-author of Employment Is Dead, and proof that you can fight deeply broken work systems without losing optimism about what comes next. Josh joins us to set the foundation for Work Sucks: an honest look at how we consistently fail to create workplaces that serve the humans who make them run and why that failure isn’t inevitable. With clarity, hope, and just enough provocation, Josh helps reframe disillusionment as a starting point rather than an endpoint. This conversation explores what needs to be questioned, what needs to be let go. If you’ve ever felt worn down by work but still believe the future doesn’t have to suck, Episode 1 will leave you challenged, energized, and cautiously optimistic about what comes next.Find Josh on LinkedIn and check out his book.

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This week on Work Sucks, we kick off the podcast with Josh Drean — work futurist, co-author of Employment Is Dead, and proof that you can fight deeply broken work systems without losing optimism about what comes next. Josh joins us to set the foundation for Work Sucks: an honest look at how we consistently fail to create workplaces that serve the humans who make them run and why that failure isn’t inevitable. With clarity, hope, and just enough provocation, Josh helps reframe disillusionment as a starting point rather than an endpoint. This conversation explores what needs to be questioned, what needs to be let go. If you’ve ever felt worn down by work but still believe the future doesn’t have to suck, Episode 1 will leave you challenged, energized, and cautiously optimistic about what comes next.Find Josh on LinkedIn and check out his book.

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