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Work, Upgraded

Work, Upgraded

By Lauren Dixon

Equipping leaders to succeed in the next industrial revolution by sharing actionable insights into the future of work. Our workplace technology is constantly being upgraded. Isn't it time our work caught up?
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Ver 0.13: Strategy, Not Just for Beginnings

Work, UpgradedAug 04, 2021

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Ep 1.09: Upgrading Progress Updates
Aug 14, 202315:32
Ep. 1.08: Meetings are not the enemy
Jul 30, 202311:49
Ep 1.07: Growing vs Replanting Talent
Jul 23, 202311:04
Ep 1.06: Attention to signal
Jul 17, 202304:49
Ep 1.05: Is your strategy a mystery?
Feb 23, 202311:51
Ep 1.04: Agile, don't go chasing waterfalls
Feb 17, 202308:28
Ep 1.03: Don't fail fast, fail better
Feb 10, 202324:29
Ver 1.02: Utilisation is killing innovation
Jan 31, 202320:32
Ver 1.01: Innovation in Professional Services (feat. ChatGPT)
Jan 23, 202315:40
0.31: Dependencies are not the enemy
Apr 10, 202210:16
Ver 0.30: Vision, Values and Mission are *not* a strategy
Apr 03, 202209:26
0.29: You Need to Fix your Retros, Now
Feb 15, 202209:51
Ver 0.28: Unicorns Do Not Make High Performing Teams
Feb 06, 202208:22
Context is Key - Business Agility with Nicolas Brown
Dec 19, 202117:34
How to Survive Workplace Politics with Terry B McDougall
Dec 05, 202128:23
Ver 0.27: Innovation isn't a Strategy
Nov 27, 202109:03
GUEST: Conversations at Scale aka Presenting with Lisa Evans
Nov 21, 202124:23
GUEST: John Saunders on Incremental Innovation
Nov 07, 202121:21
Ver 0.26: Time Budgets and the Iron Triangle
Nov 01, 202108:33
GUEST: Kris Grant on Neuroscience in Leadership
Oct 25, 202115:04
Ver 0.25: Big Data Fallacy
Oct 17, 202110:05
GUEST: Leading Freelancers Well
Oct 10, 202128:10
Ep 0.24: Thinking in Systems
Oct 04, 202110:17
GUEST: Capitalism and the Future of Work
Sep 20, 202121:32
Ver 0.23: The Most Important Team Performance Lever
Sep 17, 202110:35
Ver. 0.22: 7 Hard Conversations Leaders Must Have

Ver. 0.22: 7 Hard Conversations Leaders Must Have

Leaders must be able to have these 7 hard conversations to build a high performing team
Sep 09, 202108:54
Ver 0.21: Leaders Build Leaders

Ver 0.21: Leaders Build Leaders

Why coaching your team in leadership is the best thing you can do for your career.

Aug 31, 202107:10
Ver 0.20: Org Design, the Job that's Never Done

Ver 0.20: Org Design, the Job that's Never Done

Are organisations every in a truly fixed stated? And is organisational change every truly done? We discuss this, and how we can build in adaptability to our organisations in today's episode.

Aug 18, 202107:53
Ver 0.19: Finally It's Time to Talk About Work Design

Ver 0.19: Finally It's Time to Talk About Work Design

The big debate for desk-based jobs is Remote vs Office vs Hybrid, but for us this represents an opportunity to intentionally design collaborative work instead of relying on colocation to facilitate collaboration.
Aug 16, 202104:10
Ver 0.18: The Future of Work is Analogue

Ver 0.18: The Future of Work is Analogue

Today we discuss how digital transformation isn't the thing that wil define our future of work, analogue transformation is.
Aug 13, 202108:07
Ver. 0.17: Are You Really On a Team?

Ver. 0.17: Are You Really On a Team?

Today we discuss how working with people doesn't always mean you're working in a team.
Aug 10, 202105:55
Ver 0.16: Why So Serious (About Work)
Aug 09, 202109:03
Ver 0.15: Strategy, A Morning Snack for Culture

Ver 0.15: Strategy, A Morning Snack for Culture

Today we break down Peter Drucker's famous adage "Culture eats strategy for breakfast" and talk about how we can create culture-proof strategies in the final episode of our Strategy mini-series.

Aug 06, 202106:25
Ver 0.14: Strategy, It's Everyone's Business

Ver 0.14: Strategy, It's Everyone's Business

In the fourth episode of our strategy mini-series we discuss how interpreting strategy is a part of everyone's role.

Aug 05, 202103:44
Ver 0.13: Strategy, Not Just for Beginnings

Ver 0.13: Strategy, Not Just for Beginnings

Today we continue the strategy mini-series by discussing when we should be looking at our strategies.
Aug 04, 202103:48
Ver 0.12: Strategy, It's Just a Big Experiment

Ver 0.12: Strategy, It's Just a Big Experiment

Today we reflect on one of the biggest objections to strategy: does it limit our ability to be experimental and opportunistic?
Aug 03, 202105:05
Ver 0.11: Strategy, What Comes First?

Ver 0.11: Strategy, What Comes First?

In this, the first episode in the mini-series on Strategy, we discuss why we often put the cart before the horse when creating organisational strategies.

Aug 02, 202106:01
Ver 0.10: Org Chart or Org Change

Ver 0.10: Org Chart or Org Change

Today we discuss how drawing a new org chart doesn't equal organisational transformation.

Read the TACSI article here: https://tacsi.org.au/journal/function-over-form/

Jul 29, 202104:42
Ver 0.9: Not All Hours Are Created Equal

Ver 0.9: Not All Hours Are Created Equal

Our hourly rates need to factor in that WHAT we're working on is as important as HOW LONG we're working on it.
Jul 28, 202104:41
Ver 0.8: Team Day but Everyday

Ver 0.8: Team Day but Everyday

Considering how we can actually shift the dial on our organisational culture by bringing that intent into our everyday work routines.

You can check out Ben from Thoughtful Leader at his website here: https://www.thoughtfulleader.com/

Jul 28, 202104:17
Ver 0.7: The Power of Diffuse Thinking
Jul 22, 202104:23
Ver 0.6: Shouldn't that Email be a Meeting?

Ver 0.6: Shouldn't that Email be a Meeting?

In trying to fit everything into our day, we forget that some meetings should probably stay meetings.

Jul 20, 202104:45
Ver 0.5: The Eisenhower Principle in 3D
Jul 19, 202104:02
Ver 0.4: What an Anti-Litter Campaign Can Tell Us about Motivation
Jul 02, 202104:53
Ver 0.3: Everything is Products
Jul 01, 202106:07
Ver. 0.2: Translating Strategy into Action

Ver. 0.2: Translating Strategy into Action

Reflections on some of the barriers that prevent teams turning their organisation's strategy into action

Jun 30, 202105:13
Ver. 0.1: Work Upgraded

Ver. 0.1: Work Upgraded

Introducing the Work Upgraded podcast

Jun 29, 202105:09