Humanity Working
Humanity Working is a podcast focused on employee development for the future of work.
In each episode, we engage with authors, business leaders, and top-tier academics to understand how workplaces can adapt and thrive in a rapidly evolving world. This podcast aims to provide employers with actionable strategies to build a resilient, adaptable, and future-proof workforce.
Join us as we navigate the changing landscape of work, exploring topics such as workforce transformation, leadership development, employee adaptability, and resilience. Discover the steps you can take to foster a humane, productive workplace that is prepared for the challenges and opportunities of tomorrow.
Episodes
112 episodes
An Announcement, and What are Soft Skills?
Changes are coming to Humanity Working. In this episode, Paul and Matt share what’s next: a new format designed for the way we all actually listen and learn. Every Tuesday, we will be dropping "Quick Fixes"—short, focused episodes ...
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Season 5
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Episode 36
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11:13
Mentoring, Fixed
Mentoring is everywhere—but not all of it works. In this episode, Paul and Matt separate hype from reality, covering what actually drives value for mentees, mentors, and organizations. They also place mentoring in a broader context.Fi...
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Season 5
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Episode 35
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16:22
Networking, Fixed
Networking doesn’t have to mean awkward small talk or transactional card-swapping. Paul and Matt reframe networking as relationship-first, exploring how to create authentic connections, design better event formats, and balance depth...
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Season 5
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Episode 34
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18:07
Go Slow to Go Fast
Go Slow to Go FastWe live in a culture that prizes speed—but sometimes moving slower is what actually accelerates results. In this episode, Paul and Matt explore when deliberate pauses pay off, how to test “slow-downs” safely, and ho...
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Season 5
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Episode 33
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19:27
The Eisenhower Matrix
In this episode, Paul and Matt dig into the history—and the myths—around the Eisenhower Matrix. Was it really invented by Eisenhower? Did he even talk about this stuff? And how can a tool this simple be both game-changing and misleading at the ...
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Season 5
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Episode 32
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15:50
Are We Getting Worse At Doing Work?
Heavy ChatGPT use may help short-term tasks—but it can quietly weaken your brain. In this episode, Paul and Matt unpack a new MIT Media Lab study and explain how durable skills act like muscles: neglect them, and they atrophy. They ...
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Season 5
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Episode 31
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12:38
Health and Work
If health underpins great work, why do so many workplaces treat it like a perk? In this episode, Paul and Matt examine the gap between surface-level wellness offerings and real employee needs—then share how to shift toward readiness...
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Season 5
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Episode 30
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14:49
Sickofancy - Is South Park Right About AI?
The highly political nature of the new South Park series has been making all the headlines, but it also has something else squarely in it’s sights - Generative AI. This week, Paul and Matt discuss a theme from a recent episode, the ...
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Season 5
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Episode 29
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14:06
Is Wellbeing For Wimps?
The word “wellbeing” might be fading at work—but not because people are thriving. In this episode, Paul and Matt dig into why the concept is being tuned out (especially by men), and how reframing it as “readiness” helps reclaim its ...
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Season 5
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Episode 28
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16:47
It's Time For T
Instead of asking, “What’s your specialty?” ask: “How’s your T?” In this episode, Paul and Matt break down the T-shaped career model—depth in one or more areas, breadth across many—and why it's the key to thriving in an AI-shaped wo...
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Season 5
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Episode 27
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15:05
Is Work/Life Balance Still a Thing?
We still talk about “work–life balance,” but let’s be honest—does that phrase even fit reality anymore? In this episode, Paul and Matt reframe balance not as fewer hours or rigid boundaries, but as something far more practical: mana...
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Season 5
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Episode 26
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15:02
Interview: Leaders Make the Future, featuring Bob Johansen
Bob Johansen is a distinguished fellow with the Institute for the Future in Silicon Valley, and the author or co-author of 15 books, including
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Season 5
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46:32
Interview: Any Dumb-Ass Can Do It, featuring Garry Ridge
Garry Ridge is the Chairman Emeritus of WD-40. During his 25-year tenure, he transformed the company's culture and increased its market value from $250 million to $1.6 billion. Garry is known for his leadership philosophy that empha...
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Season 5
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54:02
Are Turkeys Voting for Thanksgiving?
With AI and Robotics on the rise, we risk becoming irrelevant at work, yet many of us barely engaged. Are we entering into a doom loop, or are their ways to get more engaged at work without driving ourselves to burnout? Paul and Matt discuss.
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Season 5
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Episode 25
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13:05
Are We Looking Forward of Backward?
Have you heard of BANI? If you haven’t, you probably soon will. In today’s episode Paul and Matt discuss why the world of work is so difficult to comprehend and make decisions in, and why sometimes we confuse forward planning with f...
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Season 5
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Episode 24
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13:53
Lessons from the Nomads
Paul’s back from speaking at a Digital Nomad conference. In this episode he discusses what he learned - how digital nomadism is evolving, if it’s even viable in an AI dominated world, and what superpowers Digital Nomads have that the rest of us...
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Season 5
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Episode 23
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11:08
The White-Collar Recession
Headline unemployment numbers are low, yet many of us know people who are struggling to find work. In this episode Matt and Paul discuss what’s really going on, if it might be a harbinger of what is to come, and what specific skills...
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Season 5
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Episode 22
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16:26
Making the Intangible Tangible
Paul and Matt are back to discuss why so many of the important attributes that make an organization successful are difficult to measure, and what to do about that. Resources mentioned in the episode Hidden Value by Dr. K...
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Season 5
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Episode 21
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13:33
Interview: The Hidden Value of Learning and Development with Dr. Keith Keating
Dr. Keith Keating is the Workforce Futurist and Chief Learning Officer for BDO and the author of the books The Trusted Learning Advisor and his new book - Hidden Value: How to Reveal the Impact of Organizational Learning. ...
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Season 5
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51:29
Distraction
Sorry, where were we? Ah yes, discussing distraction. In today’s episode Paul and Matt look at why distraction is more and more of an issue at work, and what to do about it.
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Season 5
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Episode 20
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10:56
Distributed Teams
Almost all teams are distributed today across both space and time - but the way we work in them and manage them hasn’t really adapted. In today’s episode Matt and Paul examine what needs to be done differently to make sure that dist...
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Season 5
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Episode 19
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10:39
Connecting Short, Medium, And Long-Term Goals
How do you connect what you do today, with where you want to be in weeks, months and years? In this episode, Paul and Matt examine when goals are even needed - and how to make sure that you get them right, both in scope and time hor...
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Season 5
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Episode 18
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10:48
The Curse of Ambiguity
Work has never been more ambiguous, but why is this, and is it a good thing? In today’s episode - Matt and Paul explore ambiguity, how it translates to employee engagement, and how to move from surviving to thriving.
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Season 5
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Episode 17
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10:09
Why Employee Enablement Doesn’t Work
The world of work has changed hugely in the last few years but the way we enable employees to do it has barely shifted this century. In this episode Paul and Matt discuss what’s wrong with employee enablement today and how to fix it...
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Season 5
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Episode 16
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10:09
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