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)

Management
Entrepreneurship
Business
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52. Are You Ready for Self Management? with Ali...
Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans explore how to identify if your working styles are a fit with self-managing systems.
41 min
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51. The One Conversation Every Team Needs to Ha...
Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans explore how being clear about our intentions, concerns, boundaries, and dreams can transform our teams and our lives.
42 min
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50. This is Justice Informed with Xavier Ramey
Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans learn about where companies are struggling in their DEI work and what the future of equity might look like.
47 min
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49. The Surprising Power of Liberating Structur...
Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans explore the new structure design that's impacted The Ready since Day 1.
47 min
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48. How Your Software Tool Stack Shapes The Way...
Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans explore the unspoken opinions of software at work and why we should advocate for the right ones.
33 min
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47. Moving from Bureaucracy to Humanocracy with...
Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans explore how to make lasting change in bureaucratic systems that are designed to uphold the status quo.
40 min
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46. Clarity and Coherence In Your Organization'...
Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans explore the delicate balancing act of defining who you are, and how not to tip the scales into chaos.
32 min
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45. The Importance of Strategy with Lorin Thoma...
Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans explore the role of strategy in emergent and participatory systems.
36 min
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44. Prioritizing Your Priorities With Even/Overs
Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans explore an essential team tool for discovering your core priorities.
44 min
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43. Steering Together: The Power of Participato...
Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans explore the benefits (and occasional challenges) of participatory governance.
50 min
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42. The Shadow Side of Self-Management with Yeh...
Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans explore the sticker, less talked about parts of self-management, and what joining a self-managing system feels like.
43 min
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41. Ask Us Anything (AUA) No. 2: Check-Ins, Lea...
Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans field questions directly from the Brave New Work audience.
23 min
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40. JEDI: Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclu...
Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans are joined by The Ready's Sharan Bal to discuss the importance of JEDI during this moment and the future.
57 min
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39. Getting Things Done with David Allen
Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans explore how to stop being trapped in your head, start writing things down, and get things done.
44 min
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38. The Challenges of Remote Facilitation
Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans explore the ins and outs of facilitating meetings in the virtual world of Zoom.
29 min
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37. How to Pick Your Principles
Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans explore the difficulty of choosing the right principles for our organizations.
42 min
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36. The Case for Profit Sharing with Nathan Barry
Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans explore how profit sharing can actually be good for business.
41 min
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35. Beyond Remote Work with Sid Sijbrandij
Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans explore what happens when a company isn't forced to be remote, but actually wants to be.
31 min
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34. How To Think About What’s Next with Kevin K...
Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans learn the best ways to try to devine what the future holds with Kevin Kelly.
42 min
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33. Joining Team Human with Douglas Rushkoff
Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans talk with Douglas Rushkoff about combatting the "antihuman agenda" and changing our operating systems to meet this moment.
36 min
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32. Ready For Anything: Compensation
Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans explore the role of role of compensation to an organization, especially in a time when people are concerned about their job security.
35 min
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31. Ready For Anything: Mastery
Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans explore the role of mastery in organizations and during these unprecedented times.
35 min
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30. Ready For Anything: Membership
Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans explore the role of membership to organizations and ways to strengthen it during times of uncertainty.
29 min
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29. Ready For Anything: Information
Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans explore the role of information and how to strike a balance between accessibility and overload.
43 min
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28. Ready For Anything: Meetings
Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans explore the importance of good meetings to organizations, especially in times of change.
35 min