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This Working Life — 256 episodes

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What your boss is getting wrong about AI

2

Don't be left out in the cold: why you should care about your organisation’s strategy

3

Tackle overwhelm with the 'Teamwork Doctor'

4

Try This: how to quit

5

Should you really quit your job, like Oprah?

6

AI will change your job. Here’s the SMART way to redesign it.

7

Nir Eyal on how to stop sabotaging your career

8

Sir David Attenborough is doing it, what about you? How to work until you're 100

9

Why 9am meetings might be failing your team

10

Kyle and Jackie O safety complaint heads to Federal Court

11

Marcus Buckingham says love is the most powerful force in business

12

How to help a young person find a career in the age of AI

13

The power of inspiring vs. infuriating leadership

14

How Don uses his digital twin

15

Is more annual leave the answer to preventing burnout?

16

Esther Perel on conflict and power struggles at work

17

It's okay, you can take a break

18

Can I give you some feedback?

19

Unlock the power of a four day week

20

The ultimate guide to fixing meetings

21

How to start strong in a new job

22

Reinvent your career in 2026 with Dorie Clark

23

Lost hope at work? Here’s how to get it back.

24

The power of a good night’s sleep

25

Stuck at a career crossroad? Here's how to move forward

26

Can "leisure-crafting" help you thrive?

27

Tired and overwhelmed? Boundaries can help

28

Are we giving kids the wrong career advice?

29

Learn to 'North Star' 2026 with Wankernomics

30

How to optimise your holiday and start 2026 refreshed

31

A non-compete clause ban is coming. What does it mean for you?

32

Is your lack of people skills holding you back?

33

Transfer, recall, repetition: what helps you learn at work

34

Are you on the path to burnout? These are the red flags...

35

Westpac work from home decision: what does it mean for you?

36

How to fix loneliness at work

37

Top books for work and life

38

Restructure and redundancy, with psychosocial safety

39

Should you bring your 'whole self' to work?

40

Try This: declutter your work from home space

41

Validation is a skill for work and life

42

The power of gossip at work

43

How to nail collaboration between generations

44

Are you learning how to switch off from work?

45

Could longevity workers save our economic future?

46

Try This: psychosocial safety tips edition

47

What are we getting wrong about psychosocial safety?

48

Making decisions like a pro

49

Managing up during the Trump Presidency

50

Is your dream job still dreamy?

51

Try This: grief at work edition

52

How to handle grief at work

53

Is an AI bot getting in the way of your job search?

54

Feeling meh (still)? How to get your work mojo back

55

Can I give you some feedback?

56

It's okay, you can take a break

57

Try This: sleep tips edition

58

The power of a good night’s sleep

59

Is your manager spying on you?

60

Leaders, what are your blind spots?

61

Stuck at a career crossroad? Here's how to move forward

62

Networking and the strength of weak ties

63

Cal Newport on embracing slow productivity to prevent burnout

64

How do you personalise your work space?

65

Can "leisure-crafting" help you thrive?

66

How to get on top of AI at work

67

Are you being micromanaged?

68

Work origin stories and how they influence us

69

Try This: performance review edition

70

Can performance reviews 'exceed' expectations?

71

Purpose as the antidote for disengagement at work

72

Tired and overwhelmed? Boundaries can help

73

Job Sharing 101

74

Are we giving kids the wrong career advice?

75

Learn to adapt

76

Succession planning: build it into your DNA

77

How to nail a job interview

78

Does DEI need a reset?

79

Tuning into signals at work

80

Want to do things differently this year?

81

Feeling meh? How to get your work mojo back

82

How to be a friction fixer

83

How your childhood dreams can help your career

84

Making decisions like a pro

85

How to develop 'executive presence'

86

Will jargon ever be 'phased out' altogether?

87

Managing friendship at work

88

Saving your leave for a rainy day? Here’s why that might be a problem.

89

The simple things you take for granted at work

90

How to build a global career, and still come home

91

Has work taken over your life? Here’s what to do about it.

92

Hybrid work is here to stay – but have managers caught up?

93

Why the push to get bums on seats in the office?

94

Live at SXSW – 2050: A Work Odyssey

95

Adam Grant on how to unleash your hidden potential

96

The power of saying No at work

97

Work life balance is BS

98

Advice for first time managers

99

Learn how to think like an entrepreneur, wherever you are.

100

Maybe change isn't all it's cracked up to be

101

How to avoid ‘death by powerpoint’

102

Debunking the bad apple myth: what prevents workplace bullying

103

To make work better, try subtraction.

104

How to manage neurodiversity at work

105

What’s the new ‘executive presence’?

106

Are you paying attention? This is why not.

107

Work (and take care of yourself) like an athlete

108

Your role is being made redundant. Now what?

109

Back to the future: predictions on the future of work, then and now

110

How leaders can use humour at work, and keep everyone happy

111

Why we love and hate jargon at work

112

Your new team member is an AI and they’re coming to your meeting

113

Uncertainty at work stressing you out? Here’s how to deal with it

114

Job reference horror stories, and how to avoid them

115

Are you being micromanaged? Here’s how to break free

116

How music’s secret skills can scale up your performance

117

What did you want to be when you grew up? Here's why it's still important.

118

What does it mean to have an ethical career? And why should you care?

119

How can you be a supercommunicator at work? Charles Duhigg explains...

120

Workplace romances - Why do we flirt and fall in love at work?

121

"Ideas are getting harder to come by" - How to strengthen your imagination muscle

122

How values can be your secret weapon at work

123

How to harness the power of stress

124

Three things you can do today for peak performance at work

125

Vulnerable vs oversharing at work – where’s the line?

126

The surprising key to curbing chronic pain at work

127

What is job strain and how is it impacting your health?

128

What's the ‘Hourglass Ceiling’ behind the gender pay gap?

129

How to curate constructive conflict at work

130

What the 'right to disconnect' from work means for you

131

Zombie Leadership: How to kill the Hollywood narrative

132

Can’t decide what to listen to? Try this...

133

How you can be a Friction Fixer at work

134

Are you paying attention? This is why not.

135

Feeling a bit stuck? Here's how to progress in your work

136

Why you should say 'no' more at work

137

How to be a leader with both your head and your heart

138

The power of Anti-Striving and feeling less ambitious

139

How to get along with difficult colleagues

140

How one woman’s ‘fail’ lets us all embrace failure at work

141

Curiosity - Bad for cats. Good for workers.

142

"You are surrounded by your worst triggers" - the sounds that drive you up the wall at work

143

Why so tired? The 'Great November' disease at work

144

The case for reading fiction at work

145

Adam Grant on how to unleash your hidden potential

146

How to escape the perfection trap

147

Out for blood: Energy vampires at work

148

Live at SXSW - Ben Crowe and Aubrey Blanche on why peak performance is dead

149

URGENT! Listen to this episode (to control urgency at work)

150

Sick of meetings? Try this instead...

151

What to say when you’re put on the spot at work

152

How to think and work like an artist

153

The art of negotiation: How to ask for a pay rise

154

How to Spring Clean your habits

155

The story of Leigh Sales: Career, courage and cello

156

How to unlock the power of envy

157

The surprising lessons from leading a horse

158

Bonus Episode: A pioneering Matilda on teamwork and trust

159

The Matildas Effect: The power of ‘us’ at work

160

Michael Bungay Stanier on how to work with (almost) anyone

161

Steps to building an anti-racist workplace

162

Marcus Buckingham on how to find the love in what you do

163

Micro stress: How small stuff piles up - and how to find the antidote

164

Meet the First Nations entrepreneurs transforming business

165

Morra Aarons-Mele on how to reclaim power over your anxiety at work

166

Seth Godin on how not to be a cog in the machine

167

Why good people do bad things

168

“It transforms work and life outside of work.” The growth of the 4 day work week

169

Getting Unstuck - How to have a breakthrough

170

Don’t want to go back to the office every day? You’re not alone. Here’s why.

171

“Had I done this in my last job, I don’t know that I would have left it.” Say hello to the magic of Job Crafting

172

Help! Get me out of this box! How generational stereotypes are boxing us in and harming us at work

173

‘Glossy’ work: When your dream job is not so dreamy

174

Slaying dragons is good for your work. Yes, really.

175

How AI is leading teams and why you’re loving it

176

The personal costs of unreasonable work hours

177

How to harness the power of the weekend for a better workweek

178

Who’s looking after our minds at work?

179

Forget expertise. Here's why being a generalist is great for your work

180

How people are rediscovering meaning in their unretirement years

181

Why the 'Great Unretirement' movement has been on the rise

182

How to get along with anyone at work - even ‘that’ difficult person

183

When less really is more: The power of Anti-Striving

184

What real inclusion looks like so LGBTIQ+ people can bring their true selves to work

185

How balancing these two things makes a true modern leader

186

The power of saying No at work

187

Motivation Hacks Part Two: How To Be Truly Engaged In Your Work

188

How to kick your motivation into gear

189

How to begin: Set yourself a worthy goal

190

Harnessing the power of stress to improve your work and well-being

191

Creating mindfulness in your work through meditation

192

Don’t regret your regrets. Use them to work smarter

193

Right to disconnect versus trust and flexibility

194

Nature at work

195

Microdosing at work

196

Premortems -  roaring success or unmitigated disaster: meet your future self with a premortem

197

How to talk to people — using our voice, not our fingers and thumbs

198

Welcome to the Clubhouse! Hybrid Office Design to get you back

199

Lessons from building the iPod, the iPhone and other useful stuff

200

Micro stress: How small stuff piles up - and how to find the antidote

201

Autism at work

202

How to recognise and transform a destructive leader

203

Mind your head: The Pros and Cons of EAPs

204

"I lost sleep; I'd vomit before going to work." The human cost of bullying in the workplace.

205

The power of fun at work

206

Leadership nirvana: How can we make leadership development more useful for all?

207

The burnout shop

208

The (new) working lives of teachers

209

When size matters at work: Dunbar's number

210

Creating mindfulness in your work through meditation

211

The art and science of receiving feedback

212

Changing Your Career When You've Only Just Begun

213

Ministry of Common Sense

214

Cal Newport on why we need to break up with email

215

Managing yours and others' ADHD to thrive at work

216

A Seat at the Table: embracing the power of First Nations representation on your board

217

Susan David on Why You Need Emotional Agility at Work

218

'Mass disabling event': Long COVID is hitting Australian workplaces

219

From the field to the boardroom: what business can learn from sport

220

Feeling lonely when working from home? You’re not alone. Here’s how to reconnect.

221

Finding your flow in hybrid work

222

Are family ghosts of the past messing with your career?

223

Are you an introvert or an extrovert? Why knowing your personality traits can help improve your work performance and job satisfaction

224

The power of the first job: Why it’s more important than you think it is

225

Biohacking your way to your best work

226

Smashing the class ceiling: The invisible barrier to inclusion at work

227

“The CV is dead” - How AI is transforming recruitment

228

Opportunity knocks in The Great Resignation

229

Belonging, inclusion, and connection: The first steps in getting diversity at work right

230

'Tick a box' and 'tokenism': We are still getting diversity wrong and it's hurting everyone.

231

Managing the Manager's 'Covid Shiftstorm'

232

Harnessing the power of stress to improve your work and well-being

233

How to recognise and transform a destructive leader

234

The four-day week in 2022: Its global growth and what’s been learned by early adopters

235

"I lost sleep; I'd vomit before going to work." The human cost of bullying in the workplace.

236

Zoom Fatigue is real. Here’s how to prevent it

237

Don’t regret your regrets. Use them to work smarter.

238

How to kick your motivation into gear

239

How to begin: Set yourself a worthy goal

240

Working through life changing ideas via non fiction

241

Who do you think you are? Reframing imposter syndrome to power, not cripple, your career

242

Adam Grant on the power of knowing what you don't know

243

How to pull off a radical career change at any age, we bust some myths

244

Harnessing the power of an ancient Maori code to create team spirit

245

How to win at work through less, not more, effort

246

Turning hobbies into careers

247

Warning! Collaboration overload

248

Dirty data

249

Play to your strengths with a hyperpersonalised workplace

250

Healthy boardroom, healthy workplace

251

Decision making — Trust ya gut?

252

Ideas — Let 'em flow

253

I'm your junior colleague not 'IT' support

254

Retirement Reimagined

255

Tapping into our inner captain in times of crisis

256

The pros and pitfalls of secondments