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 central to the human experience. It helps us shape our identities, care for those we love, and contribute to our communities. Work can be a source of power and a catalyst for change. Unfortunately, that's not how most of us experience work—even those who work for themselves. Our labor and creative spirit are used to enrich others and maintain the status quo. It's time for an intervention. What Works is a show about rethinking work, business, and leadership for the 21st-century economy. 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.