The Better Work Australia Podcast
A podcast to look at the experience of Australians in their workplaces. Sounds boring? Well, you'll hear about old mate "the cancer", video producers who make isolation tents in open plan offices, "huddles" and all kinds of names that disguise useless meetings, how you don't get paid doing some of the world's most important work, and more. But the whole aim is also to look at how we, as Aussies, make our work better!
Episodes
9 episodes
3 lessons in moving from mechanistic to magic, with Dan Murphy
In this episode I talk to Daniel Murphy (no, not the alcohol bloke!), owner of the very successful and growing Movement Therapy group.In a strange twist, I used to manage music festivals...
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49:48
'Bossing It' with Saffron Meade
Saffron Meade, founder of branding agency Saffron & Co. Creative, joins me to talk about her colourful ride experiencing "bosses", and then becoming "boss" herself. We unpick some ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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50:16
What can work be? Origin stories with Meg and Dean from Human Systems Co.
Podcast host Dean Williamson and Megan Storey from Human Systems Co. get together to discuss their own work stories (for a change), and what led them into the world of self-management, Teal, New Ways of Working, org change and culture.T...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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53:30
Will your people work for free? Purpose, trust and trail running
In this episode I'm joined by Tom Landon-Smith and Abhinandan Willis, who built Ultra-Trail Aust...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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59:34
Blokes, bosses and digging - self-management in construction
This episode we get into the concept of self-management, which is a step towards improving a lot of the issues we've heard about in previous episodes. We hear from Jess and Doug from Aquadec, a commercial irrigation company, about how they've a...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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1:04:32
The life of a rogue - work and freelance journalism
This episode I'm joined by the extremely talented (and famous!) international journalist Ann Deslandes.We hear about how the independent gig life stacks up as a survival strategy, and also what it's like trying to get paid when you're o...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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56:12
Beer and hermits - working in an advertising agency
This episode we get inside the often-spoofed (for good reason, we find out) world of creative agencies. Hear how a lack of clarity and purpose can turn them into laughable shambles - the conversation about "we don't have enough work/we have too...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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40:31
Black markets, Wild Turkey infidelity and "the cancer" - working in manufacturing
This week we get up close and personal with bullying at work. It's not a fun one to start, but Mitch is sufficiently recovered to tell a story with wit and humour (how's the hidden Wild Turkey economy?) about how a workplace can condone or endo...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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33:48