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  • The Busyness ParadoxThe Busyness Paradox

    Podcast: Mo’ Money, Mo’ Busywork

    Have you ever gotten a pay raise and then, looking back, sort of wished you hadn't? It's become a surprisingly common phenomenon as employees have found hidden strings attached to […]

  • The Busyness ParadoxThe Busyness Paradox

    Podcast: Artificial Work Meets Artificial Intelligence

    With all the fanfare about artificial intelligence these past few months, listeners have asked us: “Will ChatGPT put an end to busywork?” Like all self-appointed experts, we took the question […]

  • The Busyness ParadoxThe Busyness Paradox

    Podcast: Who’s The Real Time Thief?

    It’s that time of year when endless news reports about March Madness-related “time theft” bubble up to the surface (get it? like teams on the bubble? anyone?) They all bemoan […]

  • The Busyness ParadoxThe Busyness Paradox

    Podcast: When Working Hard Looks Like Hardly Working

    Join us as we pat ourselves on the back for reaching the fabled 52-episode milestone. Because 52 is way more exciting than 50. Not because we had already passed 50 […]

  • The Busyness ParadoxThe Busyness Paradox

    Podcast: Excessively Lean: When a Lack of Slack Bites You in the Back

    We all know the story. After worshipping at the altar of “lean” for decades, we spent two years wondering where all the toilet paper and pickup trucks went. Covid reminded […]

  • The Busyness ParadoxThe Busyness Paradox

    Podcast: Unions, Strikes, and Your Rights with Dan Gilmore

    If you're like us, you grew up being told that American labor unions were a fading relic of the past. After a string of successful organizing drives and a stunning […]

  • The Busyness ParadoxThe Busyness Paradox

    Podcast: Repressing Workers With Busywork

    Back in March 2020, millions of workers around the world abruptly learned that their jobs didn't always require their presence at a specific desk in a specific building at a […]

  • The Busyness ParadoxThe Busyness Paradox

    Podcast: Let’s Get Down(sized)!

    “Everyone’s got a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” So says Mike Tyson, and so it is with layoffs. No one starts a new job expecting it to […]

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    Podcast: Striking Back: Protecting Your Paycheck When Your Job Goes Off The Rails

    Almost three years in, we think it's safe to conclude that history will view the 2020's as "an interesting time to be alive." But a silver lining of these turbulent times has been the widespread rethinking about how work should "work." The resulting push toward previously-unthinkable levels of flexibility, empowerment and compensation has met with some friction, however. The resulting labor unrest, strikes, and (our favorite) the paradoxical threat of widespread layoffs amid historic staff shortages, has made a lot of us understandably anxious about our current and future jobs. In this episode, we discuss strategies for keeping your career and your sanity from going off the rails.

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    Podcast: The Quiet Quitting Quagmire

    By now you've probably heard about "quiet quitting," the latest workplace trend to blow the minds of journalists and social media posters alike. This stunning act of rebellion involves employees doing the work they are paid to do. Seriously. That's what quiet quitting is. It's neither quiet nor quitting, but it's a movement nonetheless.