Deconstructing Work
Curiously deep dives about the world of work and how it’s changing.
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Today’s workplaces are more global, more flexible, more intergenerational. We deconstruct what that means for how we collaborate, communicate, and incorporate new ways of working.
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Caregiver-Friendly Workplaces
An examination of the challenges of balancing paid work with caregiving responsibilities, with suggestions for how to create a caregiver-friendly workplace.
Co-creation helps stakeholders think about the details
Introducing Construal Level Theory (CLT) and its implications for how we use co-creation to support change management with stakeholders.
Mailbag: social change and career choice
An examination of practical ways to evaluate social impact opportunities without sacrificing your career stability.
Three principles to make AI work for people and teams
Our thinking of how to implement AI in the workplace in a way that elevates employee well-being, workflow, and team collaboration.
An AI policy-in-progress
A breakdown of Workomics’ AI policy, and how it attempts to make AI additive, transparent, eco-conscious, and voluntary.
GenAI, capitalism, and human flourishing
A discussion of how capitalism breaks down in the face of GenAI, and why we need to find ways to optimize for human flourishing.
Constructive feedback and remote work
An examination of the difficulties in providing feedback in a virtual environment, with tips on how to build a more resilient remote culture.
Balancing the pursuit of new
An argument for why organizations should prioritize and optimize what already exists, rather than focusing on building new things.
Figuring out flexible work
An examination of a broader, values-based approach that can help organizations create better policies for flexible work.
Asking for help
Thinking around the asymmetry of asking for help, autonomous vs. dependent help-seeking, and what it means for organizational effectiveness.
Podcast: building alignment with co-creation
Workomics appears on the Storylinking podcast. Susan Bartlett discusses building alignment with co-creation with host Tom Lietz.
Hierarchy, knowledge work, and gender equality
A breakdown of Workomics’ flat structure and how gender and informal hierarchy intersect in modern offices.
How Founder Mode evolves into Manager Mode
A discussion of different models for running a company, and how leaders can successfully transition from one to the other.
Podcast: the change flywheel
Workomics appears on The Inner Game of Change podcast. Susan Bartlett and Terri Block discuss the change flywheel with host Ali Juma.
Skills for scaling start-ups
An exploration of the leadership and employee adaptations required to allow start-ups to mature into a large enterprise.
Hybrid co-creation in pharma and biotech
An examination of how bringing internal participants together for a hybrid co-creation creates shared intentions and speed to market.
Negotiating a new bargain with work
An examination of how the traditional employee-employer bargain is broken, and the way forward for rebuilding workplace expectations.
Undoing decisions and fostering a pilot mindset
A look at how organizations struggle with undoing decisions, and how fostering a pilot mindset can help organizations stay nimble.
The magic of co-leadership
A discussion of the benefits, challenges, and joys of co-leadership at a company.
How much time should we spend at work?
An examination of the cultural pressures to overwork and strategies to help can keep workloads manageable.
Remote work tensions
An examination of the three major tensions within remote work, and the strategies to navigate the trade-offs of virtual collaboration.
Good enough and the 4-day workweek
A look at how to implement a 4-day workweek by cultivating a ‘good enough’ culture at work.
How jobs end
An examination of how to modernize how jobs end by moving past the ‘jobs-for-life’ myth toward transparent offboarding.
Customer experience and organizational logic
An examination of the internal processes that get in the way of the customer experience, and how cross-functional teamwork can help.
How Workomics disconnects from work
Diving into our Disconnecting From Work Policy, including the 3 principles we use to protect focus time and rest without slowing down the team.
Fostering autonomy supporting management
A look at self-determination theory and the role that different types of motivation play in the workplace.
Principles for goal setting
A look at best practices for setting goals in order to promote motivation and avoid demoralization.
Building better remote work relationships
An exploration of the importance of pushing past the awkwardness of deep conversations to build trust within virtual teams.
Collaborating on ambiguous knowledge work
A look at why remote collaboration on complex, abstract projects often breaks down and principles we use to improve our remote collaboration.
Remote work and the social brawn hypothesis
An exploration of the “social brawn hypothesis” and how it explains why working remotely is inherently more exhausting.
Caregiver-Friendly Workplaces
An examination of the challenges of balancing paid work with caregiving responsibilities, with suggestions for how to create a caregiver-friendly workplace.
Once a month, we send out a newsletter of work-related ideas. Get our next edition delivered to your inbox.
Co-creation helps stakeholders think about the details
Introducing Construal Level Theory (CLT) and its implications for how we use co-creation to support change management with stakeholders.
Mailbag: social change and career choice
An examination of practical ways to evaluate social impact opportunities without sacrificing your career stability.
Three principles to make AI work for people and teams
Our thinking of how to implement AI in the workplace in a way that elevates employee well-being, workflow, and team collaboration.
An AI policy-in-progress
A breakdown of Workomics’ AI policy, and how it attempts to make AI additive, transparent, eco-conscious, and voluntary.
GenAI, capitalism, and human flourishing
A discussion of how capitalism breaks down in the face of GenAI, and why we need to find ways to optimize for human flourishing.
Constructive feedback and remote work
An examination of the difficulties in providing feedback in a virtual environment, with tips on how to build a more resilient remote culture.
Balancing the pursuit of new
An argument for why organizations should prioritize and optimize what already exists, rather than focusing on building new things.
Figuring out flexible work
An examination of a broader, values-based approach that can help organizations create better policies for flexible work.
Asking for help
Thinking around the asymmetry of asking for help, autonomous vs. dependent help-seeking, and what it means for organizational effectiveness.
Podcast: building alignment with co-creation
Workomics appears on the Storylinking podcast. Susan Bartlett discusses building alignment with co-creation with host Tom Lietz.
Hierarchy, knowledge work, and gender equality
A breakdown of Workomics’ flat structure and how gender and informal hierarchy intersect in modern offices.
How Founder Mode evolves into Manager Mode
A discussion of different models for running a company, and how leaders can successfully transition from one to the other.
Podcast: the change flywheel
Workomics appears on The Inner Game of Change podcast. Susan Bartlett and Terri Block discuss the change flywheel with host Ali Juma.
Skills for scaling start-ups
An exploration of the leadership and employee adaptations required to allow start-ups to mature into a large enterprise.
Hybrid co-creation in pharma and biotech
An examination of how bringing internal participants together for a hybrid co-creation creates shared intentions and speed to market.
Negotiating a new bargain with work
An examination of how the traditional employee-employer bargain is broken, and the way forward for rebuilding workplace expectations.
Undoing decisions and fostering a pilot mindset
A look at how organizations struggle with undoing decisions, and how fostering a pilot mindset can help organizations stay nimble.
The magic of co-leadership
A discussion of the benefits, challenges, and joys of co-leadership at a company.
How much time should we spend at work?
An examination of the cultural pressures to overwork and strategies to help can keep workloads manageable.
Remote work tensions
An examination of the three major tensions within remote work, and the strategies to navigate the trade-offs of virtual collaboration.
Good enough and the 4-day workweek
A look at how to implement a 4-day workweek by cultivating a ‘good enough’ culture at work.
How jobs end
An examination of how to modernize how jobs end by moving past the ‘jobs-for-life’ myth toward transparent offboarding.
Customer experience and organizational logic
An examination of the internal processes that get in the way of the customer experience, and how cross-functional teamwork can help.
How Workomics disconnects from work
Diving into our Disconnecting From Work Policy, including the 3 principles we use to protect focus time and rest without slowing down the team.
Fostering autonomy supporting management
A look at self-determination theory and the role that different types of motivation play in the workplace.
Principles for goal setting
A look at best practices for setting goals in order to promote motivation and avoid demoralization.
Building better remote work relationships
An exploration of the importance of pushing past the awkwardness of deep conversations to build trust within virtual teams.
Collaborating on ambiguous knowledge work
A look at why remote collaboration on complex, abstract projects often breaks down and principles we use to improve our remote collaboration.
Remote work and the social brawn hypothesis
An exploration of the “social brawn hypothesis” and how it explains why working remotely is inherently more exhausting.
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