WhyWork Podcast

WhyWork Season 2 Trailer 6: "I was thinking of 3D printing. I could print a version of myself. I could take it to work so that I don't have to work," says Trajce. We discuss extended reality and artificial intelligence in The WhyWork Podcast.

INTERPERSONAL CONFLICT AT WORKIn Episode 11, Trajce and Alan probe perceptions among workers and the impacts on workers in toxic workplaces. Camera footage tells one story but cannot reveal worker vulnerabilities and perceptions that arise when toxicity has eroded interpersonal relationships. Trajce and Alan unpack the conflicts that can occur at work, even interpersonal difficulties arising from judgment about mask-wearing during the pandemic! Sara asks about design for diversity and isolation if you do not feel included at work.For more discussion about occupational psychosocial injury, tune in to Episode 8 and Episode 12.

WhyWork Season 2: It's a laugh, it's a lark, and sometimes its confronting too, the www.whyworkpodcast.com.au: Trailer 5

WORKPLACE DESIGN FOR PERFORMANCEIn Episode 10, we pursue the end game of good work design. We suggest that workplaces build purchase, agency, and capability in work design throughout their organisation, propped by conventional designers and the lawyers to help predict and defend against safety-critical events. Sara prompts listeners to thing about work design – it does not solve the problems for people, but it can facilitate a system of design to prop effective problem-solving, helping workers become architects of superior work design. Sara wants more than prevention; she strives for INVENTION. Design for what you want, your aspirations, not for what you do not want!For more discussion about the design for workplace parties, tune in to Episode 1 »

WhyWork Season 2 Trailer 4: What is the impact of the worker when working with big, moving-parts on machinery? Work as stunt person? "Can you imagine slathering gel all over your body?" asks Sara.

A choodle or a poowawa? Hybrid dogs or hybrid work, it’s all up for laughs in Episode 9! When we design good work it requires science, expertise, consultation, and engagement with subject matter experts, coupled with an inventive mind (which means a workplace that tolerances ‘fuzzy work’ where we can stumble to create anew). Sara proposes the role of a Chief Work Design Strategist as a must-have on the C-Suite executive teams, coupled with the organ grinder with the tambourines, to help navigate a changing world of work. As work automates, humans are not replaced, but their work changes and becomes more cognitively demanding – how will we help the humans make the very best decisions?

WhyWork Season 2 is heading to the airwaves with more explosive and curious content soon. Trajce explores reality TV when it is your work away from home.

WORKPLACE FATIGUEEpisode 8 tells a tale of a tragic road rage story, the complexity of fatigue, shift work, and high performance versus coping. The over-productive worker and those who approach burn-out are examined. Fatigue can seem invisible, so how do we examine the symptoms when we work from anywhere? Ultimate, we ask: are we designing for what we WANT or what we DO NOT want?For more discussion about occupational psychosocial injury, tune in to Episode 11 and Episode 12.

MENTAL HEALTH AND WORKING ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHEREEpisode 7 discusses health in the built environment, from the office space to the home space. The air that I breath and the water that I drink: how is this ensured in the home working environment? What about the potential risk of exposure to domestic violence? Listeners must consider whether they provide ‘first aid’ at work or just engage in better conversations with the workforce, and who are their ready-to-deploy teams of specialised advisors.For more discussion about work-from-anywhere, listen also to Episode 3 and Episode 5. For more discussion about workplace engagement, listen also to Episode 6.Download: An Empathy Map about the Hybrid Worker – complementary of ViVA health at work.

WhyNOT: A wisdom-shot, wicked-wisdom kernels of insight to prop good work design in your business! A take-away bonus soundbyte from Season 1 Episode 7: Design when we work-from-anywhere? What is the alternative?

WhyNOT: A wisdom-shot, wicked-wisdom kernels of insight to prop good work design in your business! A take-away bonus soundbyte from Season 1 Episode 5: Kozarov and the need for purpose. Trajce argues that systems must be in place to support workers who are exposed to vicarious trauma.

WhyNOT: A wisdom-shot, wicked-wisdom kernels of insight to prop good work design in your business! A take-away bonus soundbyte from Season 1 Episode 1: Bubbles of Trouble. Alan explains how it can all get a bit sudsy at holiday time and how to instill those workplace protections during these times.

Season 2 promo teaser no. 2... hang on, more is coming your way

WE EXPLORE HOW TO CONNECT, CONSULT, AND ENGAGE WITH WORKERSEpisode 6 discusses candor at work and how to be real. We encourage employers to discuss the messy realities of work. Candor is a two-way street and effective pathways are needed to discuss ‘what’s what’ in a frank and open manner. We encourage businesses to create scenarios to ‘imaginate’ while you ‘simulate’ the realities of work and use this to launch quality, candid conversations. In so doing, we invite listeners to design work for health, wellness, wellbeing, and ‘wholeness’.

WhyWork Season 2 Trailer Ad 1: Listen to the laughter and giggles - it is a hoot - we have SO much fun recording these session. Get ready, get primed, Season 2 addresses the work-from-anywhere phenomenon in unique ways: Did you know that reality show contestants can be considered "workers" and that the show producers can be considered a Person Conducting a Business or Undertaking in Australian Workplace Health & Safety Law?

WHEN WORK EXPOSES YOU TO THE DARK SIDE OF LIFEWARNING: This episode discusses vicarious trauma arising from exposure to circumstances involving children - we advise listener discretion.Episode 5 challenges listeners to think about highly confronting scenarios. We caution that the episode discusses suicide and exposure to horrific scenarios, like child pornography and abuse. This is addressed because this is a reality of work for many people, including those who must analyse the complex nature of these life events and grapple with how the legal circumstances are treated. But what is the impact of this vicarious trauma? For some, the exposures threaten life quality or they cause loss of life.For more discussion about work-from-anywhere, listen also to Episode 3 and Episode 7.

VOLUNTARY ACCEPTANCE OF RISK AT WORKEpisode 4 explores voluntarily acceptances of risk. Does your employer specify, “Don’t have rigorous sex while travelling for work?”, or “Please do not wear stilettos else risk a fall”. Are we alert or should we be alarmed? From work parties, travel, to rock concerts, this discussion challenges the degree of the preparation can be undertaken when work suddenly changes in place and space to consider all the variabilities.For more discussion about workplace travel and sex, listen to Episode 2 »

Episode 3 examines the work-from-home phenomenon and the ambiguity around what is permissible for home luxuries and work requirements. “There are fleas all over it”, says Alan, when considering what to do with the dog at home, the boundaries of work and home life, and the freedoms coupled with the confusion during a changing world of work.

Episode 2 stirs up the hornet’s nest and discusses the busy, busy, bee-siness of work travel, sex, bee stings (unrelated), and the avatars that we choose to represent ourselves in our workplace chat rooms. Injuries can occur in the most unusual ways… Listen to this episode to learn about compensation pathways when things go awry during work travel or when work-from-anywhere is your norm.

WHEN A WORKPLACE PARTY GETS A LITTLE SLIPPERY...Episode 1 invites listeners to consider what happens when a celebration like a Christmas party or social gathering goes seriously wrong. There can be blurred lines, drinking, nudity, giggles, and the assumptions that everyone in the team wants to party in the same way when that just might not be the case! Listen to what happens when your work party devolves and what might be done to protect against such circumstances. “She poured it on…”, says Alan. “It all got a little sudsy…”, says Sara, and “Let’s get this party started!”. “Was she planking?” asked Trajce. There is little to be left to the imagination in this episode.

WhyWork Podcast launch announcement - hold your hats, take your seats, announcement about the 1st March 2023 podcast launch so that soon you too can laugh and cry about the messy realities, legal implications, and design of work.

Stilettos, rock concerts, avatars, and sex during work travel: What are the unusual and confronting ways that people can find themselves in a state of disarray at work? We explore this and more with a trailer providing an overview of the Season 1 launch of the WhyWork Podcast - listen in, subscribe, and join us to celebrate this new contemporary podcast - learn about fuzzy work boundaries as we unpack case law and reconstruct the design of good work.