Susan McPherson brings 25+ years of experience in marketing PR, and
communications to her new book — The Lost Art of Connecting: The Gather,
Ask, Do Method for Building Meaningful Relationships. Stew talks with Susan
about the very best question to ask — How can I help you? — and how to
build relationships at work and elsewhere….[Click for more]
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Tsedal Neeley is the Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration
at the Harvard Business School, an accomplished scholar and author, and
award-winning teacher. Stew and Tsedal discuss her new book, Remote Work
Revolution: Succeeding from Anywhere, and the pros and cons of remote work
— for performance, well-being, and relationships in all parts of our lives
— and what we’ve learned about these pushes and pulls during the
disorienting world of the pandemic…[Click for more]
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Darby Saxbe is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of
Southern California’s David and Dana Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and
Sciences. Stew talks with Darby about her research on what happens to men
and women when they become parents and how the pandemic has affected
parents…[Click for more]
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Julie Kashen is the director for women’s economic justice and a senior
fellow at The Century Foundation, a progressive independent think tank that
fights for economic, racial, and gender equity in education, health care,
and work. She served in federal and state government, including as Labor
Policy Advisor to the late Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy and as Deputy
Policy Director for former New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine. Stew talks
with Julie about the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue plan, also known as the
American Rescue Plan, and its implications for strengthening our nation’s
care infrastructure…[Click for more]
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Anne Driscoll and Chris Schultz are co-founders of an organization called
Launch Pad and they are a married couple. Stew talks with these successful
entrepreneurs and investors about what it takes for a married couple to run
a company together and how their philosophy of investing in long-term
relationships in growing their business affects their relationship beyond
work…[Click for more]
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Cal Newport is an associate professor of computer science at Georgetown
University, a New York Times bestselling author on the intersection of
technology and culture. He’s written seven books, including Digital
Minimalism and Deep Work. Stew and Cal discuss his new book, A World
Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload…[Click
for more]
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Martin Davidson is the Johnson & Higgins Professor of Business
Administration at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business
and he currently serves as their senior associate dean and global chief
diversity officer. His book, The End of Diversity as We Know It: Why
Diversity Efforts Fail and How Leveraging Difference Can Succeed,
introduces a research-driven roadmap to help leaders more effectively
create and capitalize on diversity in organizations. Stew and Martin
discuss the reasons the diversity and inclusion efforts often fail as well
as a proven, practical model for creating positive change…[Click for more]
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Erik Peper, a professor in the Institute for Holistic Health Studies at San
Francisco State University, is an internationally known expert on workplace
health, stress management and holistic health. Stew and Erik discuss his
book Tech Stress: How Technology Is Hijacking Our Lives, Strategies for
Coping, and Pragmatic Ergonomics and how to cope in ways that reduce stress
and strain, increase energy and avoid burnout…[Click for more]
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Lindsey Cameron is an Assistant Professor of Management at Wharton whose
research focuses on how changes in the modern workplace — as
algorithms/machine learning, short-term employment contracts, and variable
pay — affect work and workers. She recently completed a four-year
ethnography of the largest employer in the gig economy, exploring. Lindsey
spent over a decade in the U.S. intelligence and diplomatic communities as
a technical and political analyst and completed several overseas
assignments in the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. Stew and Lindsey
discuss how the pandemic has affected gig workers both on the job and in
the other parts of their lives…[Click for more]
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Dr. Kristen Shockley is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University
of Georgia studying how companies adapted during the pandemic, or how they
haven’t adjusted, to meet the needs of worker productivity and well-being.
Stew’ and Kristen discuss how couples forced to handle childcare,
housework, and their day jobs have divided the responsibilities, managed
zoom fatigue…[Click for more]
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