About this episode

In this episode, Bruce Daisley interviews Professor Benjamin Laker about the evolution of workplace culture and insights from his research.

Today's conversation is with Professor Benjamin Laker , someone I've long admired for his cutting edge work on the evolution of culture. His article on Meeting Free Days is probably the piece of research I've shared the most in the last 5 years. Laker is Professor of Leadership at Henley Business School, which is part of the University of Reading. As well as writing multiple bestselling books on work like Too Proud to Lead and Job Crafting , he's also published dozens of articles in HBR and MIT Sloan Management Review. He's worked with government helping to develop policy on work and it's evolution. I could have chatted to Benjamin about dozens of things but I specifically wanted to dive into a sensational piece he wrote in Harvard Business Review at the end of last year about changing culture inside of organisations. Full transcript on the website Sign up to the Make Work Better newsletter or check out the best ever episodes at the website . Eat Sleep Work Repeat is made and hosted by Bruce Daisley . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Topics covered

• work culture
• leadership
• organizational change

Keywords

• Meeting Free Days
• Harvard Business Review
• Job Crafting

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