WhyWork Podcast

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.