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Wow @ Work
by Stephen Dargan
The world of work is transforming, through remote working, the 4-day week, and employee autonomy Great organizations put their people first. Stephen brings you conversations with remarkable leaders and successful entrepreneurs living this reality and transforming organizations into workspaces where employees feel good about themselves. Creating workplaces where employees thrive rather than languish, should be the goal of every future-thinking company. The future of work is happy and happy starts here.
Episodes
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22: Reframing marketing, with Simon Batchelar
Ethical marketing is a vital ingredient to a workplace where everyone feels good about themselves. The alignment of values, purpose, and how the organisation treats its suppliers and customers can be a big contributor to workplace happiness. Simon Batchelar is the author of Reframing Marketing…
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21: The self-managing SEO agency built on transparency and trust
When SEO agency Reddico made employee wellbeing a key requirement, it accelerated their approval as a B Corp. Reddico's approach to unlimited holidays and self-managed teams shows that implementing these policies as part of a larger strategy can lead to positive results, like decreased sickness...
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20: From software to sustainable fashion – a story of purpose and impact
Since 1995, over 300,000 Indian farmers have taken their own lives. When software engineer Apurva Kothari read about this, he was compelled to leave his dream job and return to India to do something about it. Apurva is a software engineer who fulfilled the dream of many young boys by working as a...
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19: Rewriting the rules of work, with Beth Stallwood
What if work didn’t have to be miserable? What if the memes people shared to help them get through the week weren’t needed? Beth Stallwood began asking these questions through her work as a coach, and during lockdown started putting her ideas down on paper. Beth is a coach, facilitator, speaker,...
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18: Stop living the life that others expect of you, with Ray Martin
When his wife left him and the business they’d built, Ray Martin found himself feeling like a character in a play, with no script and no idea what to say next. Returning from a trip to Australia presented the possibility that he could rewrite that character, and change the story entirely. Ray is…
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17: The four day week is your biggest differentiator when hiring, with Joe O'Connor
People transitioning from working five days to working four are getting the same amount of work done. Joe O'Connor from the Work Time Reduction Center of Excellence discovered this when speaking with women who’d come back from maternity leave, who were being given the same amount of…
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16: The art of shouting quietly at work, with Pete Mosley
The world seems custom-made for extroverts, and has been for a long time. But for author Pete Mosely, being quiet doesn’t have to mean being ignored. Pete is the author of The Art of Shouting Quietly, and A Quiet Person’s Guide to Life and Work. In his conversation with Stephen, he breaks down…
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15: Wrong turns are where the magic happens
What do we do when life or work throws us a curveball? In her new book, productivity expert Grace Marshall explores ways we can reframe struggle as the place where the magic happens. Grace is an author, keynote speaker, and a Productivity Ninja with the Think Productive team. In her conversation...
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14: Don’t just create a “safe space” – create a “brave space" – How to design your working life with Wouter Smeets from Prototype You
We are all prototypes, with a lifetime of learning ahead of us. That’s the insight that led Wouter Smeets to cofound Prototype You, an organisation that runs workshops to help people work towards their ideal work experience. For Wouter, the office is just another tool, and moving a mouse or…
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13: How a small supermarket is revolutionising the way we buy food
A third of all carbon emissions are created by the food system – in production, packing, distribution, and consumption. Ruth Anslow spent 15 years in the corporate sector and formed the HISBE supermarket brand to try and change that. Ruth is a social entrepreneur and a keen advocate of doing...
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12: Happier at Work, with Aoife O'Brien
Aoife O’Brien is the founder of Happier at Work, a business with the mission to support organisations in retaining top talent. She is passionate about fit and specifically how creating the right environment can help individuals to reach their full potential and support organisations to thrive.…
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11: Life as a Chief Happiness officer, with Sarah Metcalfe
Sarah Metcalfe is passionate about happiness in the workplace, and she knows the positive impact this has on the customer experience. Through continuing to innovate and improve the customer journey, Sarah joined Sure Petcare in 2010, taking responsibility for the company’s customer service and...
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10: The 4 day week, with Elena Kerrigan
Elena Kerrigan is the MD of Think Productive, a UK-based global company that enables organisations to reimagine how they work with productivity tools. They have helped companies as diverse as Aston Martin, American Express, Audi, Boots, GSK, Sainsbury’s and Volkswagen. Through their courses and...
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9: Remote working with Liam Martin – How to do your best work from anywhere
Stephen and Liliana are joined by author, conference organiser, and remote work expert Liam Martin. Liam is the CMO of time tracking and productivity platform and also co-organizer of the Running Remote conference, and author of Running Remote: Master the Lessons from the World’s Most Successful...
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Episode 8: Henry Stewart- The Happy Manifesto
Joining Stephen is Henry Stewart, Chief Happiness Officer at London-based training company Happy Ltd. Henry is the author of the Happy Manifesto, a book that helps organisations become great places to work. An international keynote speaker, Henry advises others like Stephen on how they can...
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Episode 7: The Happy Entrepreneurs- Dr Carlos Saba and Laurence McCahill
Laurence and Carlos from the Happy Startup School do business differently, and want to help others think differently about the work they do. After running a design agency, their approach to business – integrating ease and play – became their focus, and the Happy Startup School was born. In this...
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Episode 6: The four-day work week
Advancements in technology, productivity, knowledge-work and leadership have yet to address the problems of work-life balance and burnout facing people in modern workplaces. This week, Liliana and Stephen dig into the ways in which shrinking the working week can expand our potential to be...
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Episode 5: Motivating your mojo
This week, Stephen and Liliana talk mojo, and finding intrinsic motivation where it feels like none is available. Stephen shares his passion for the Frisbee, and Liliana describes her yoga practise and her love of rollerblading. The main topic for discussion is intrinsic vs extrinsic motivation:...
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4: Atomic Focus, with Patrick McKeown
Liliana and Stephen are joined by Patrick McKeown, author of Atomic Focus, The Oxygen Advantage among several other titles, to discuss the ways poor breathing affects day-to-day living, and hampers our success. Patrick is an international breathing expert and author based in Galway, Ireland,...
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3: Happy Habits, with John Ellison
Liliana and Stephen are joined by behaviour designer and serial entrepreneur John Ellison. John he started his entrepreneurial journey when he dropped out of university at the age of 18 to start his first ecommerce business. Since then he's been working at Harvard's Intersection of Business,...
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2: The Great Resignation and BOLT scoring
Stephen discusses the Great Resignation, looking at a number of studies into how people feel about returning to work. Liliana leads Stephen into a test to discover his body oxygen level (which you're invited to follow along with), and discusses ambidexterity in organisations. Explore How…
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1: What is happiness at work?
Stephen and Liliana introduce the Wow @ Work philosophy by talking about workplace happiness: what it is, and how organisations can go about achieving it, by creating a safe and trusting environment. They also discuss the science and benefits of breathwork, and how we've forgotten how to breathe...
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Trailer
Welcome to the WoW at Work Podcast, with Liliana Ashton and Stephen Dargan. We are here to help you navigate the science, research and practices that shape and enhance the happiness of the modern working environment. The world of work is transforming, we can already see evidence that remote…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The world of work is transforming, through remote working, the 4-day week, and employee autonomy Great organizations put their people first. Stephen brings you conversations with remarkable leaders and successful entrepreneurs living this reality and transforming organizations into workspaces where employees feel good about themselves. Creating workplaces where employees thrive rather than languish, should be the goal of every future-thinking company. The future of work is happy and happy starts here.
HOSTED BY
Stephen Dargan
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The world of work is transforming, through remote working, the 4-day week, and employee autonomy Great organizations put their people first. Stephen brings you conversations with remarkable leaders and successful entrepreneurs living this reality and transforming organizations into workspaces where...
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