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Fast Company deputy editor Kate Davis takes listeners on a journey though the changing landscape of our work lives and explains what we need to build the future we want. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Subscribe now.

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This is how you are inadvertently being a bad boss

Most managers have no clue what their employees really think of them. So how do you find out if you are accidentally being a bad boss? And how can you improve? We find out on this week’s episode of ‘The New Way We Work.’

This is how you are inadvertently being a bad boss

You can innovate remotely. Here’s proof

Remote work has forced us to reconsider the very definition of innovation—splintering it into a 10-step spectrum and forcing us to take meaningful steps forward.

You can innovate remotely. Here’s proof

We already have too many workspaces. We need to build nonwork spaces

Padmasree Warrior says it’s hard to go wrong when it comes to opportunities to create hybrid cultural activities, but there are some guiding principles she learned as a CEO that leaders should keep in mind.

We already have too many workspaces. We need to build nonwork spaces

Coming to grips with the seismic shift in our work and our lives

This CEO says he and other leaders initially misjudged the lasting changes wrought by the pandemic and the Great Resignation. Here’s how his thinking evolved.

Coming to grips with the seismic shift in our work and our lives

How to become a better listener, according to science

How well and frequently you listen to others is a better predictor of your leadership potential than your actual intelligence or personality.

How to become a better listener, according to science

As CEO, I apply to jobs at my own company every year. This is how it’s transformed hiring

Chris Bakke says every year he finds a list of things to fix and improve and a list of things to congratulate the hiring team for tackling so well.

As CEO, I apply to jobs at my own company every year. This is how it’s transformed hiring

How to successfully share personal details at work

It’s possible to share just enough about yourself in order to be authentic, without getting too deep.

How to successfully share personal details at work

What should the office of the future look like?

If the office is ever going to be a place worth leaving home for, it needs to change. On this episode of ‘The New Way We Work’ we find out how to redesign the workplace of the future.

What should the office of the future look like?

This is how managers should plan for the Great Reentry

Here’s what leaders can do to ease the transition back to the office. (Hint: It won’t look like it did in 2019.)

This is how managers should plan for the Great Reentry

The case for untangling benefits from employment

On the latest episode of the New Way We Work, Freelancers Union founder Sara Horowitz discusses how portable benefits could work.

The case for untangling benefits from employment

Not everyone should be promoted to manager. Here’s how leaders can guide alternate career paths

Careers shouldn’t always be viewed as ladders to climb to higher positions argues Apps Associates Lydie Fox. Sometimes a new opportunity to learn and grow can make all the difference.

Not everyone should be promoted to manager. Here’s how leaders can guide alternate career paths

Why so many people are freelancing

Half of the U.S. workforce will be freelancing by 2027. On the newest episode of The New Way We Work, we find out why independent work is attractive to Gen Z and what needs to change.

Why so many people are freelancing

What would it look like if we started paying for unpaid labor?

It’s not a coincidence that women do, on average, double the amount of unpaid labor as men, and that millions of women have left to workforce in the last two years. So how can we solve the problem?

What would it look like if we started paying for unpaid labor?

Is the 4-day workweek the answer to the Great Resignation?

Work has never just happened in an office, from Monday to Friday, and between the hours of 9 to 5. Finally some companies are starting to think differently about the best way to get things done.

Is the 4-day workweek the answer to the Great Resignation?

Why your personality test results are probably wrong

On the latest episode of The New Way We Work, psychologist Art Markman explains what’s wrong with using personality tests to hire and manage—and what to do instead.

Why your personality test results are probably wrong

This is what real mental health support at work looks like

On the latest episode of The New Way We Work, we talked to Dr. Jessica Jackson about how employers can offer support that actually helps employee (and keeps them from quitting)

This is what real mental health support at work looks like

This is why your boss is so bad at his job

It’s not your imagination: the pandemic made your boss worse. On this episode of The New Way We Work, we find out why the people who get promoted are often the least qualified.

This is why your boss is so bad at his job

This is the true cost of the childcare crisis

The U.S. is finally paying more attention to parents’ childcare struggles. On this episode of The New Way We Work, expert guests discuss what’s broken and how it can be fixed.

This is the true cost of the childcare crisis

How remote work has made harassment easier and more widespread

On the latest episode of The New Way We Work, we talk to Project Include CEO and co-founder Ellen Pao about what’s behind the increase in workplace harassment in remote work and what companies need to do.

How remote work has made harassment easier and more widespread

How to make remote and hybrid brainstorming less awkward

On the latest episode of ‘The New Way We Work,’ we learn several methods for creative collaboration and culture-building that work for remote, hybrid, and in-person offices.

How to make remote and hybrid brainstorming less awkward

Impact

How London plans to ‘rewild’ the city

A rocket scientist designed a solution for your moldy strawberries

This company crushes old roads—and rebuilds them to store carbon

News

Are you wealthy? Here’s how much money Americans say they need to live comfortably

Equal pay comes to U.S. soccer: Here’s what to know about the landmark win for women players

Target stock plummets, profits clobbered as inflation comes for retail

Co.Design

After smart homes and smart rings, meet Can Go, the world’s smartest cane

Cluttercore: What’s really behind Gen Z’s revolt against minimalism?

Adidas’s jaw-dropping new office sets an audacious standard for the future of work

Work Life

A neuroscientist on the shifts in our media use and the effect on our brains

3 ‘creator’ soft skills that can get you hired

How to write a script for a job interview that feels authentic