Beyond Burnout: Elizabeth Blackley & Steven Puri on High Performance

About this episode

This episode features Elizabeth Blackley and Steven Puri discussing strategies to overcome burnout and enhance high performance in the workplace.

Hembury Books Podcast - Beyond Burnout: Elizabeth Blackley & Steven Puri on High Performance Elizabeth Blackley, founder and managing director of NeoConnections, brings The Pause into organisations seeking clarity, connection, and better ways of working. Working across Australia and the United States, she applies a global perspective to designing environments and practices that leverage human energy for greater creativity, wellbeing, and stronger results. Steven Puri is a speaker, entrepreneur, and former film studio executive. After raising $21 million dollars in venture funding, and running 3 start ups, he now helps teams improve their focus, reduce burnout and build sustainable work habits. His business, the Sukha Company, focuses on productivity, flow-states and healthy performance in the era of AI. Connect with Elizabeth Blackley: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elizabeth_blackley_author?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@eli-b.talkin Get a copy of Elizabeth's book…

People in this episode

Host: jessica.mudditt

Guests: Elizabeth Blackley, Steven Puri

Topics covered

• burnout
• high performance
• productivity
• wellbeing
• creativity
• sustainable work habits

Keywords

• burnout
• high performance
• productivity
• wellbeing
• creativity
• AI
• sustainable work habits

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NeoConnections, Sukha Company

Books & works: The Pause, Elizabeth's book

Places: Australia, United States

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