EP 445: The Time to Change with Jordan Maney & Joanna Cea

This is the third installment in Strange New Work, a series that explores how speculative fiction can help us imagine the future of work. 

Today's work happens in tiny slivers of time. And we try to optimize each minute or hour for all its worth. But remarkable work? Well, that takes time. And lots of it. The kinds of work that are central to our evolving economy—care work, maintenance work, creative work—require more time rather than more optimization. In this episode, I consider how viewing work through the long-term lens can help us reimagine projects and systems in a way that's more just, equitable, and beneficial for all involved.

Footnotes:

• Find out more about Jordan Maney 
• Follow Jordan on Substack and Instagram
• Find out more about Joanna L. Cea
• Grab a copy of Beloved Economies
• The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz
• "How to Build a Planet" on Our Opinions Are Correct
• "The Seven Practices" from Beloved Economies
• The Parable of the Sower & The Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler
• "A Few Rules for Predicting the Future" by Octavia Butler

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"Work" is broken. We're overcommitted, underutilized, and out of whack. But it doesn't have to be this way. What Works is a podcast about rethinking work, business, and leadership as we navigate the 21st-century economy. When you're an entrepreneur, independent worker, or employee who doesn't want to lose yourself to the whims of late-stage capitalism, this show is for you. Host Tara McMullin covers money, management, culture, media, philosophy, and more to figure out what's working (and what's not) today. Tara offers a distinctly interdisciplinary approach to deep-dive analysis of how we work and how work shapes us.