What Works

If you're like me (and frankly, you probably are), you're easily overwhelmed by the sheer scope of your ideas. Not so much because they're so grand or world-changing, but because you see all the connections that could be included in your projects. Background information, theory, history, caveats... if you're curious and value context, any project can take on epic proportions.

And that's when you need a short assignment.

Footnotes:

☞ Summer Seminar is back! ☜

Summer Seminar is a very chill reading and online discussion group where there’s no such thing as being behind and no right answers. Think of it as an intellectual choose-your-own-adventure. This year, we’re reading On the Calculation of Volume (I) by Solvej Balle and The Wall by Marlen Haushofer. I loved both of these books, and they’re both full of ideas I haven’t stopped thinking about since I read them. I’m stoked to share them with you.

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What is What Works?

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.