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Ep 201. Tsedal Neeley: Remote Work Revolution

Ep 201. Tsedal Neeley: Remote Work Revolution

Tsedal Neeley is the Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, an accomplished scholar and author, and award-winning teacher. Stew and Tsedal discuss her new book, Remote Work Revolution: Succeeding from Anywhere, and the pros and cons of remote work -- for performance, well-being, and relationships in all parts of our lives -- and what we’ve learned about these pushes and pulls during the disorienting world of the pandemic…[Click for more]

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Ep 200. Darby Saxbe: What Happens to Us When We Become Parents?

Ep 200. Darby Saxbe: What Happens to Us When We Become Parents?

Darby Saxbe is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Southern California’s David and Dana Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. Stew talks with Darby about her research on what happens to men and women when they become parents and how the pandemic has affected parents…[Click for more]

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Ep 199. Julie Kashen: Advocate for Change in Public Policy

Ep 199. Julie Kashen: Advocate for Change in Public Policy

Julie Kashen is the director for women’s economic justice and a senior fellow at The Century Foundation, a progressive independent think tank that fights for economic, racial, and gender equity in education, health care, and work. She served in federal and state government, including as Labor Policy Advisor to the late Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy and as Deputy Policy Director for former New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine. Stew talks with Julie about the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue plan, also known as the American Rescue Plan, and its implications for strengthening our nation’s care infrastructure…[Click for more]

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Ep 198. Anne Driscoll and Chris Schultz: Partners at Work and in the Rest of Life

Ep 198. Anne Driscoll and Chris Schultz: Partners at Work and in the Rest of Life

Anne Driscoll and Chris Schultz are co-founders of an organization called Launch Pad and they are a married couple. Stew talks with these successful entrepreneurs and investors about what it takes for a married couple to run a company together and how their philosophy of investing in long-term relationships in growing their business affects their relationship beyond work…[Click for more]

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Ep 197. Cal Newport: A World Without Email

Ep 197. Cal Newport: A World Without Email

Cal Newport is an associate professor of computer science at Georgetown University, a New York Times bestselling author on the intersection of technology and culture. He's written seven books, including Digital Minimalism and Deep Work. Stew and Cal discuss his new book, A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload[Click for more]

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Ep 196. Martin Davidson: The End of Diversity as We Know It

Ep 196. Martin Davidson: The End of Diversity as We Know It

Martin Davidson is the Johnson & Higgins Professor of Business Administration at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business and he currently serves as their senior associate dean and global chief diversity officer. His book, The End of Diversity as We Know It: Why Diversity Efforts Fail and How Leveraging Difference Can Succeed, introduces a research-driven roadmap to help leaders more effectively create and capitalize on diversity in organizations. Stew and Martin discuss the reasons the diversity and inclusion efforts often fail as well as a proven, practical model for creating positive change…[Click for more]

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Ep 195. Erik Peper: Practical Tools for Coping with Tech Stress

Ep 195. Erik Peper: Practical Tools for Coping with Tech Stress

Erik Peper, a professor in the Institute for Holistic Health Studies at San Francisco State University, is an internationally known expert on workplace health, stress management and holistic health. Stew and Erik discuss his book Tech Stress: How Technology Is Hijacking Our Lives, Strategies for Coping, and Pragmatic Ergonomics and how to cope in ways that reduce stress and strain, increase energy and avoid burnout…[Click for more]

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Ep 194. Lindsey Cameron: The Gig Economy and the Pandemic

Ep 194. Lindsey Cameron: The Gig Economy and the Pandemic

Lindsey Cameron is an Assistant Professor of Management at Wharton whose research focuses on how changes in the modern workplace -- as algorithms/machine learning, short-term employment contracts, and variable pay -- affect work and workers. She recently completed a four-year ethnography of the largest employer in the gig economy, exploring. Lindsey spent over a decade in the U.S. intelligence and diplomatic communities as a technical and political analyst and completed several overseas assignments in the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. Stew and Lindsey discuss how the pandemic has affected gig workers both on the job and in the other parts of their lives…[Click for more]

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Ep 193. Kristen Shockley: Impact of the Rapid Shift to Remote Work

Ep 193. Kristen Shockley: Impact of the Rapid Shift to Remote Work

Dr. Kristen Shockley is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Georgia studying how companies adapted during the pandemic, or how they haven’t adjusted, to meet the needs of worker productivity and well-being. Stew’ and Kristen discuss how couples forced to handle childcare, housework, and their day jobs have divided the responsibilities, managed zoom fatigue…[Click for more]

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