Podcasts about BNW

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

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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