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SHOW NOTES Sendung 255 Alma Spribille bei LinkedIn WEtell, Website “Was passiert, wenn plötzlich jeder weiß, was der andere verdient” (Timo Schober, SPIEGEL Online, 26.08.25 - hinter der Paywall) Verantwortungseigentum, Wikipedia: Purpose Stiftung Bundesverband Nachhaltige Wirtschaft e.V. (BNW) Alma Spribille, Jahrgang 1984, ist die Mitgründerin und Geschäftsführerin des Mobilfunk-Anbieters WeTell, einer in dieser Branche und auch allgemein nicht gewöhnlichen Firma. Alma ist bei WeTell für Finanzen und Personal zuständig und engagiert sich außerdem im Vorstand des BNW, des Bundesverbands Nachhaltige Wirtschaft. In dieser Folge geht es um das im doppelten Wortsinn spannende Thema Vergütung. Der Grund, warum WeTell gerade so viel Aufmerksamkeit bekommt, ist die Kombination aus einem normalerweise knallhart ökonomisch vermarkteten Produkt auf einem umkämpften Markt und den Prinzipien einer “purpose-driven organisation”. Also einer Firma, die ihren Zweck und ihre Ziele eben nicht ausschließlich am Profit ausrichtet, sondern sich daneben noch anderen Werten, im Falle von WeTell Fairness, Klimaschutz und persönlichem Service verpflichtet fühlt. Wer die tägliche Praxis in Unternehmen kennt, der weiß: Der Alltag in der Zusammenarbeit ist auch dann schon komplex, wenn das Unternehmen die Schauseite, also ihr Marketing-Gesicht mit Werten aufpoliert, diese aber in der täglichen Realität der Wertschöpfung wenig bis keine Rolle spielen. Wie komplex Führung und Zusammenarbeit wird, wenn man es wie Alma und ihr wachsendes Team mit den Werten und dem Purpose ernst nimmt, welche Rolle Gefühle aber auch gutes Organisationsdesign bei einem solchen Erneuerungsprozess spielen, das erfahrt ihr in meinem Gespräch mit einer beeindruckenden Unternehmerin und klugen Organisationgestalterin.
Welcome to a bonus episode of Really True Fiction. Those with a keen eye will have noticed that our last two episodes were on 1984 and Brave New World. So, for a bonus, Dan and I do a bit of a compare and contrast between them; seeing as they are both very famous and of a similar ouevre. In this bonus episode we talk about: 1984 being a better novel, sociopathic vs. beaurocratic evil, what is a more realistic villainy, the ennui of BNW, 1984 as a society that has actually been achieved in history, media/art/culture portrayals as more accurate in BNW, 1984 as more insightful on the manipulation of language, the different takes on hedonism, speaking as indecipherable from thinking, blasphemy, and which world we find more bleak. Thanks for listening to this mini-adventure into classic dystopia!
It seems everybody's up in arms about meetings these days. “There's too many! They ones we have suck! We have meetings to prepare for other meetings! They keep me from doing my actual job!” We get it, and we hear you. In fact, between BNW and our current show, we've devoted 9 episodes to meetings! What more could there be to say in a tenth? Turns out, a ton. There's so much intertwined with modern meeting culture that we're often doomed to failure before we even get in the room. From the trap of the status meeting to leaders hogging all the stage time, Rodney and Sam dissect where most meetings go wrong and give you the tools to rewrite the script for how to start holding meetings that matter. If you're looking to make your next meeting better, make it a huddle! Learn more about how huddles can bring side-by-side collaboration and creativity to your remote teams at Slack.com. Interested in hearing more about the sunshine zone and the twilight zone? We've got stuff coming soon! Sign up here to get first access. Prefer to watch rather than listen? Check out the extended live cut over on Youtube. Want future of work insights and experiments you can try? Sign up for our newsletter. Follow us on your favorite platforms for more org design nerdery! LinkedIn Instagram Youtube We want to hear from you. Send your thoughts and feedback to podcast@theready.com. Mentioned references 1:1 meetings: BNW Ep. 19 with Michael Bungay Stanier; AWWTR Ep. 4 retrospective meetings: BNW Ep. 10 with Jordan Husney OS Coffee meetings: BNW Ep. 144 an operating rhythm of meetings: BNW Ep. 118 action meetings: BNW Ep. 80 with Sam Spurlin "RACI episode": AWWTR Ep. 10
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Von Bäumen und Bilanzen: Nachhaltigkeit gehört in das Kerngeschäft Katharina Reuter vom Bundesverband Nachhaltige Wirtschaft In dieser Folge des „Etablierte Unternehmen Specials“ begrüßt Georg Staebner Katharina Reuter, die geschäftsführende Kraft hinter dem Bundesverband Nachhaltige Wirtschaft. Dabei geht es in dieser Folge um nachhaltige Unternehmensführung, die Integration ökologischer Werte in das Kerngeschäft und die Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze für Unternehmen, die sich in Richtung Nachhaltigkeit bewegen möchten. Transformative Kraft der Nachhaltigkeit Ein zentrales Highlight des Gesprächs mit Katharina ist die Diskussion über die transformative Kraft der Nachhaltigkeit in etablierten Unternehmen. Sie betont, dass wahre Nachhaltigkeit tief im Kerngeschäft eines Unternehmens verankert sein muss, um effektiv zu sein. Es reicht nicht, Nachhaltigkeit als Marketing-Tool oder Nebenprojekt zu behandeln; vielmehr muss sie in die DNA des Unternehmens eingebettet sein, um echte und langfristige Veränderungen herbeizuführen. Dieser Ansatz fordert Unternehmen auf, ihre Geschäftsmodelle, Produktionsweisen und sogar ihre Unternehmenskultur neu zu denken, um eine positive Wirkung auf Umwelt, Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft zu erzielen. Nachhaltigkeit bedeutet eben mehr als nur Bäume zu pflanzen. Wirtschaftlichkeit und Klimaschutz: Eine sinnlose Abwägung Katharina stellt die weit verbreitete Annahme in Frage, dass Unternehmen zwischen Wirtschaftlichkeit und Klimaschutz wählen müssen. Diese Annahme sei nicht nur veraltet, sondern auch kontraproduktiv. Katharina argumentiert, dass nachhaltige Geschäftspraktiken und der Schutz unseres Klimas Hand in Hand gehen, und dass diese Integration in das Kerngeschäft eines Unternehmens tatsächlich zu Innovation, langfristigem Wachstum und Wettbewerbsvorteilen führt. Diese Perspektive eröffnet eine neue Sichtweise auf die Rolle von Unternehmen in der Gesellschaft und die Art und Weise, wie sie zur Lösung globaler Herausforderungen beitragen. Gemeinsam stärker: Die Rolle der Gemeinschaft Ein weiterer Schwerpunkt des Dialogs liegt auf der Kraft der Gemeinschaft und der Zusammenarbeit. Durch den Austausch von Best Practices und das Lernen voneinander können Unternehmen gemeinsam nachhaltige Innovationen vorantreiben und so einen größeren Einfluss auf die Gesellschaft und die Umwelt haben. Der Weg nach vorn: Aufruf zum Handeln Abschließend ruft Katharina die Unternehmensführer dazu auf, ihre Rolle ernst zu nehmen und proaktiv an der Gestaltung einer nachhaltigeren Zukunft mitzuwirken. Sie betont die Wichtigkeit der Corporate Political Responsibility und wie Unternehmen ihre Stimme nutzen können, um positive Veränderungen auf politischer Ebene zu bewirken. Und da hat sie mehr als recht. Wenn du diesen Podcast hörst, fragst du dich vielleicht auch, ob ihr als Unternehmen schon genug tut. Und, wie ist die Antwort? Über den Bundesverband Nachhaltige Wirtschaft Der Gründungsimpuls 1992 war die Überzeugung, dass Ökologie, Soziales und Ökonomie zusammengehören. Heute ist der BNW die Stimme der nachhaltigen Wirtschaft. Die Mitglieder stehen für über 150.000 Arbeitsplätze.
Every time something changes at work, someone's bound to be upset. Digital transformations take resources from analog teams; restructuring a department can take authority from one group and give it to another; removing a step from a workflow can eliminate a role altogether. Any change, including those meant to make things better, will create winners and losers and that's bound to kick up a hornet's nest of feelings. Here's the puzzling part: Despite years of research showing us that surfacing and processing these feelings is key to unlocking a company's ability to be adapt, many workplaces often treat emotions as taboo. They're messy, unpredictable, and nobody wants to touch them—even when ignoring them does more harm that good. Playing pretend isn't getting us anywhere. In this episode of At Work with The Ready, Rodney Evans and Sam Spurlin explore why we have negative feelings about big feelings and how it's holding our organizations back from evolving into the places they could be. We're on Youtube! An extended video version of this episode (with extra Rodney and Sam moments) is available to watch there. Mentioned references: Tabea's Meet The Ready post "unconsciously protecting the status quo": Immunity to Change, 2009 book by Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey "protection state": On Point of Relationship podcast episode with Frederic Laloux "complicated vs complex": Brave New Work keynote The unpaid emotional labor expected of women at work, 2024 BBC article What Rodney said at SXSW last year: BNW 162: Live from SXSW with Brian Elliott Love the show? Leave us a review and share this episode with your coworkers! We're on LinkedIn! Follow Rodney, Sam and The Ready for more org design nerdery and join the conversation around episodes after they air. Looking for some help with your own transformation? Visit theready.com Want future of work insights and experiments you can try delivered to your inbox twice a month? Sign up for our newsletter. We want to hear from you. Send your thoughts and feedback to podcast@theready.com.
You can't throw a stone on LinkedIn without hitting at least one post about return-to-office policies. From CEOs to employees, from thought leaders to maybe even your mayor, everyone is taking a side, doubling down, and yelling into the void as loud as they can. Where people work is being treated as the most important issue—the existential sea change that will either make or break a company. In reality, the RTO debate is the superficial fight we have instead of addressing the deeper, tougher, and way more complex issues that really matter (think questions around purpose, trust, "productivity", and communication). And here's a fun fact: You can't work well anywhere (in person or remotely) if confusion and misalignment is swirling around your company. In this week's episode of At Work With The Ready, Rodney Evans and Sam Spurlin unpack why we're still debating where people work, what that obsession costs our organizations, and how to start breaking free of the cycle. Mentioned references: BNW's first RTO/hybrid work episode: Ep. 79 Erin Grau's Fortune article “Flexible work is feminist” "Theory Y" Brian Elliott's previous appearances on our show: BNW Ep. 129, BNW Ep. 162, and FoHR Miniseries Ep. 9 "Return-to-Office Mandates" from Mark Ma and Yuye Ding of the University of Pittsburgh's Katz Graduate School of Business "Lessons Learned: 1,000 Days of Distributed at Atlassian" "Basecamp": BNW Ep. 4 with Dan Kim Mural Miro Children of Time Previous episodes about retreats and in-person gatherings: BNW Ep. 64, BNW Ep. 82 with Lindsay Caplan, and BNW Ep. 94 We're on LinkedIn! Follow Rodney, Sam and The Ready for more org design nerdery and join the conversation around episodes after they air. Looking for some help with your own transformation? Visit theready.com Want future of work insights and experiments you can try delivered to your inbox twice a month? Sign up for our newsletter. We want to hear from you. Send your thoughts and feedback to podcast@theready.com.
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We have seen Orwells 1984 becoming a manual but we are also seeing Huxleys masterpiece A Brave New World starting to become a reality.Listen to this short message as it explains if we don't open our eyes we will peacefully tade a liberties for securities.Huxley was an insider from an elite family - a eugenist. That being said, BNW and it's sequel BNW Revisited are fascinating books, we can't say we weren't warned. Huxley's final novel “Island” is perhaps his greatest book and may surpass BNW one day. Folks - we are all getting screwed over by our own self-indulgences don't forget that.ARE WE IN A PRESENT DAY VERSION OF A BRAVE NEW WORLD?
Has it really been almost three and a half years since this wild ride of a podcast began? We've been experimenting as we go (remember Rodney's NPR-host impersonations in the early shows?)—and after releasing roughly one episode a week throughout the entirety of pandemic, we figured it was finally time we learned how to take a proper break and give BNW some TLC. So, we're going on hiatus and won't be making new episodes for a while. But that just means it's a great time to revisit our back catalog. All those hot topics swirling around the news right now (burnout, dysfunctional hybrid work models, toxic hiring practices, you name it) are things we've been all over since 2019—and you've been right there with us. Some of these conversations might be a few years old, but they're just as relevant as ever. Plus, now you can check out our Youtube channel, where we're uploading older episodes weekly. They're complete with updated show notes, links, transcripts, and video chapters so you can jump to your favorite episode moments. Until we're back, please stay in touch by following The Ready on Twitter or Linkedin, and by emailing us at podcast@theready.com. We can't wait to hear what you get up to while we're gone. Now go change something.
You didn't think we'd do our first-ever live show and let you miss the party, did you? That's right, we're coming in hot with a very special episode we recorded at SXSW on March 11th in partnership with our friends at Slack. Aaron and Rodney hit the Slack Studio Live stage with Brian Elliott (co-founder of Future Forum, an SVP at Slack, and a friend-of-the-pod) to talk about the future of work and break down several myths that keep holding us back. Plus, we kept Austin weird with one our strangest check-in rounds yet! We came prepared with our hottest takes (and not just because it was nearly 90 degrees) on these pervasive workplace myths: The person who's always busy is the person who's most productive. Compensation is the most important thing when choosing a new role. If you aren't at the top, there's nothing you can do to spark change at work. There's no place for feelings in the workplace. You can't build culture if you're not IRL at an office. Bonus Content Alert! You might hear this episode and wonder…was this really recorded outside in front of a live audience?! It was (BNW tips its hat to Taylor Marvin weekly with good reason) and we have the goods to back it up. Head to our YouTube channel for the unedited version that features our faces and cheering crowds for the real-deal Brave New Work live experience. Special thanks to Sparks for recording us live! Our book is available now at bravenewwork.com We want to hear from you. Send your thoughts and feedback to podcast@theready.com Looking for some help with your own transformation? Visit theready.com
Rebroadcast Note: Some things never go out of style, which is why we resurface this foundational episode year after year. Plus, our BNW community has grown by a few thousand new listeners since it last aired! If you've already heard this episode, check out our back catalog, leave us a review, or email the podcast to let us know what topics you'd like us to cover this year. If this is the first you're hearing of “Brave New Work 101,” happy listening. [This episode originally aired on September 14, 2021.] Today's episode is a foundational survey class; we're mapping the territory of the work we do, why we do it, what we're all about—and why we'd love to talk to your boss. Whether you're a systems design nerd like us or a newcomer who knows in their bones that work sucks but doesn't have to, we've got answers to your big questions—about implementing self-management at your own organization; about assuaging fears of team effectiveness or brittleness; about leader's becoming more power-literate and less ego-filled; and a whole lot more. So…how does this apply to you? We'll put it this way: If you're involved in a complex system with more than two human beings (spoiler alert: you are!), you're already doing this work—and we're here to help make it awesome. Our book is available now at bravenewwork.com We want to hear from you. Send your thoughts and feedback to podcast@theready.com Looking for some help with your own transformation? Visit theready.com
Hi, I'm Christy Shriver and we're here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I'm Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. Today we conclude our four-part series on Aldous Huxley's Brave New World; the world Huxley creates may be New but certainly it is not brave. Michel Houellebecq in his 1998 novel The Elementary Particles references Brave New World in an unusual way. Instead of seeing it as a warning of an evil to be avoided, he, or at least his characters find it a world to aspire to. Let me quote him, “everyone says BNW is supposed to be a totalitarian nightmare, a vicious indictment on our society, but that's just hypocritical bullshit. BNW is our idea of heaven: genetic manipulation, sexual liberation, the war against aging, the leisure society.” It's a conversation, Huxley thought we should have as a society: what constitutes a real human world? What is human society? Are we individuals living together; or are cells in a single organism called society with a small collection of men as braintrusts running it all? In BNW Revisited, he says this, “In spite of the Id and the Unconscious, in spite of endemic neurosis and the prevalence of low IQ's most men and women are probably decent enough and sensible enough to be trusted with the direction of their own destinies. “ The World Controllers in BNW disagree., Mond, in part 4, describes a world where men and women are NOT to be trusted with the direction of their own destinies. And as we reach the end of the book, we listen to Mustafa Mond explain why. And in a nutshell the answer is instability. “Independence was not made for man. God isn't compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness. “It would upset the whole social order if men started doing things on their own.” These are the arguments we read at the end of the book, but their meanings are illustrated throughout starting in chapter one. After reading the dialogue between John and Mond, so much of what we've seen illustrated makes more sense. Really, this is a book that needs to be read twice because when you read those first chapters, you're overwhelmed and confused. In episode 1, we tour with our omniscient narrator that Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Center in the year of stability AF 632. We learn that vivaparous reproduction (or birth as we know it) has been replaced by the assembly line; babies are manufactured in bottles. The director explains to us that world is divided into castes, and everyone is conditioned to believe they are equal and equally valuable- albeit, they certainly are not equal in the way we think of equality today. We are introduced to a new set of values and the value that prevails is happiness. The World State has solved man's happiness problem, and we are shown how this is achieved. The way the director describes makes it seem flawless. Caitrin Nicol in her famous essay “Brave New World at 75” describes it a different way, “there is an unholy alliance of industrial capitalist, fascist, communist, psycho- analytic, and pseudo-scientific ideologies has brought about the end of history. The past is taboo - "History is bunk," as "Our Ford" so eloquently said - and there is no future, because history's ends have been accomplished. There is no pain, deformity, crime, anguish, or social discontent. Even death has no more sting: Children are acclimatized to the death palaces from the age of eighteen months, encouraged to poke around and eat chocolate creams while the dying are ushered into oblivion on soma, watching sports and pornography on television.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.