At Work with The Ready
Rodney Evans and Sam Spurlin have helped teams around the world adopt more modern ways of working and on At Work with The Ready they’re sharing the inside scoop with you, too. Whether you’re struggling with a carousel of ineffective meetings, annual strategy sessions that go nowhere, or decision-making churn that never ceases, they’ve seen it all and are here to help. In each episode, they'll break down common workplace challenges and show you the moves—both big and small—to start making real, lasting change. (Formerly “Brave New Work” with Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans)
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21. From Control to Trust: The People Positivit...
Rodney Evans and Sam Spurlin explore why people positivity probably doesn’t mean what you think it does and how it can transform how we design teams and organizations.
40 min
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20. Psychological Safety Starts With Your Leade...
Rodney Evans and Sam Spurlin explore why psychological safety in organizations has to start at the top, and why it’s harder than it sounds.
43 min
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19. All The Small Things: The Power of Good Habits
Rodney Evans and Sam Spurlin explore the importance of building good habits in the workplace.
54 min
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18. If You Won’t Make Changes, That Employee En...
Rodney Evans and Sam Spurlin break down the truth about employee engagement surveys… if they’re to be trusted at all.
49 min
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17. Making Meaningful Progress with Dr. Jason Fox
Sam Spurlin explores how to cultivate magic and meaning in the workplace with guest Dr. Jason Fox.
50 min
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16. Ask Us Anything No. 2: You Asked, We Answered
Rodney Evans and Sam Spurlin open up the At Work With The Ready mail bag and answer listener questions.
42 min
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15. This Workshop Could Have Been A Meeting
Rodney Evans and Sam Spurlin explore the ways in which corporate workshops can go sideways and how to plan memorable off-sites where things actually happen.
56 min
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14. Surviving the Summertime Slump
Rodney Evans and Sam Spurlin explore why summer is where progress goes to die in our organizations and what to do about it.
41 min
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13. Leadership Teams of the Future Act Like Org...
Rodney Evans and Sam Spurlin dig into why current leadership is behind the times and needs to change along with their organizations.
51 min
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12. Breaking the Cycle of Meeting-ocrity
Rodney Evans and Sam Spurlin explore our worst meeting habits and how to overcome them.
56 min
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11. The Ones Who Care The Most Will Leave You F...
Rodney Evans and Sam Spurlin unpack why those most eager to evolve an organization are also the most likely to leave.
46 min
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10. RACI is The Wrong Answer To The Right Question
Rodney Evans and Sam Spurlin take RACIs and other accountability matrixes to task for not delivering on their promises.
48 min
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9. Ask Us Anything No. 1: You Asked, We Answered
Rodney Evans and Sam Spurlin open up the mail bag and answer questions from their listeners.
38 min
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8. Traditional Consulting Sold You a Great Idea...
Rodney Evans and Sam Spurlin dig into what traditional consulting promises and what it does and doesn’t deliver.
49 min
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7. Sync or Swim: Riding the Waves of Async Work
Rodney Evans and Sam Spurlin explore why companies default to face time and how async practices that align with the job to be done are the future.
47 min
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6. If You're Faking It, You Won't Make It
Rodney Evans and Sam Spurlin explore why we struggle to talk about our feelings around change and how it’s holding us back from true transformation.
47 min
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5. Silos Are For Corn, Not For People
Rodney Evans and Sam Spurlin investigate why we continue to work in silos even when we know all their problems, and how to start breaking the walls down.
45 min
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4. Return to Office: Real Issue or Handy Distra...
Rodney Evans and Sam Spurlin explore all the important questions we’re not answering when we’re fighting about “return to office” mandates.
40 min
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3. How 1:1 Meetings Are Messing Up Your Culture
Rodney Evans and Sam Spurlin explore why certain organizations rely heavily on 1:1 meetings to get things done and how they’re actually damaging their teams and culture.
39 min
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2. Your PowerPoint Deck Is Not a Strategy
Rodney Evans and Sam Spurlin explore why strategy as we know it, shape it, and do it so often fails and what to do instead.
40 min
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163/1. A Brave New Chapter
Aaron Dignan, Rodney Evans, and Sam Spurlin talk about the show’s past, present, and future in this special trio episode.
35 min
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The Future of HR: The End Is Just the Beginning
Rodney Evans and Sam Spurlin reflect on our Future of HR miniseries and what they learned along the way.
39 min
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The Future of HR: Creating Irresistible Workpla...
Rodney Evans talks with guest Josh Bersin about HR’s role at the crossroads of the future of work.
45 min
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The Future of HR: AUA Confidential Edition
Rodney Evans and Sam Spurlin dig into our anonymous question box and share their thoughts on HR problems facing listeners.
47 min
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The Future of HR: Slaying Your Company’s Org De...
Rodney Evans and Sam Spurlin explore how to free HR from the clutches of organizational debt and free up capacity.
44 min