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This Isn’t Working

Hosted by Tanya de Grunwald · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 32 episodes

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32
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About this podcast

The podcast for employers and employees who think it’s time to talk about the failings of workplace culture - and how we can do better.Host:Tanya de Grunwald - Journalist, HR commentator, founder of the Good + Fair Employers Club and careers blog Graduate Fog, and listed as one of HR Magazine’s ’Most Influential Thinkers’

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Tanya de Grunwald hosts This Isn’t Working, a business show with 32 episodes published.

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Have Employers Missed The Vibe Shift? (Ft. Brendan O'Neill)

Mar 3, 20261h 1mEp. 320

Can you feel it? Change is happening — culturally, politically, and inside the workplace. Orthodoxies that shaped the last decade of daily life are being questioned and dumped. Which employers have noticed the 'vibe shif

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Is HR Holding Back British Business? (Ft. Akua Reindorf, Octavius Black, Neil Morrison, Steve Harrison)

Feb 24, 20261h 4mEp. 310

HR is under fire – and we need to talk about why. This blistering episode explores what's gone wrong, who's to blame – and how mistakes can be fixed. Recorded in London on 10 February 2026, this video shows what happened

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How Should Employers Handle Activist Staff? (Ft. Jaco van Zyl)

Jan 20, 20261h 8mEp. 300

What happens when the workplace becomes a moral battleground, a group therapy session, or a political rally? And how should disruptive employees be dealt with? In this darkly funny, unsettling, and sharply insightful epi

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Pronouns v Profit: Are UK Firms Poised To Dump DEI? (Ft. Patrik Schumacher & Paul Sweeney)

Nov 19, 20251h 1mEp. 290

Has the 'vibe shift' reached UK companies - and who's to blame for the 'inclusion' practices that turned out to be such bad business? We have brand new insights to share - straight from the mouths of UK employers. At the

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Who Will Win The War On 'Woke' Workplaces? (Ft. Eric Kaufmann)

Oct 22, 202544mEp. 280

Who is still pushing 'woke' at work - and why is it so hard to challenge? This entertaining episode (recorded at the Battle of Ideas on 19 October 2025) explores the exasperating power of virtue signaling, lived experien

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Inside The Reform Conference: What Do Employers Need To Know? (Ft. Heeral Gudka & Levi Pay)

Sep 10, 20251h 17mEp. 270

Can Left-leaning HR teams face the truth – that many of their colleagues support Reform UK? Or will employees with a St George's Cross sticker on their laptop be forced to apologise for the 'harm' it causes to colleagues

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How Did We End Up With A Case Like Sandie Peggie? (Ft. Heeral Gudka)

Aug 4, 20251h 7mEp. 260

Have standards collapsed across HR? Why are so many HR professionals confused about what their job is – and who is to blame for the mess? Some shocking practice has been exposed recently, raising urgent questions about s

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Who's Ignoring The Supreme Court Ruling - And Why? (Ft. Helen Joyce & Inji Duducu)

Jul 2, 20251h 26mEp. 250

Trans women are not women, said the UK Supreme Court on 16 April – so why have some employers failed to bring their policies and practices in line with the law? Are they ‘captured’, conflicted - or just clueless? How did

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Is It 'Woke' To Care About Poor Kids? (Ft. Prof Dr Ger Graus)

Jun 10, 20251h 1mEp. 240

Would scrapping DEI really mean a 'return to meritocracy' - or is there no such thing? What will happen if employers, educators and politicians stop all attempts to level the playing field, and instead do nothing to adju

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Inside The Stonewall Conference: What Didn't Work? (Ft. Levi Pay)

May 21, 20251h 11mEp. 230

Was this a business event - or a spiritual gathering? What did Stonewall say about the Supreme Court ruling? And what valuable content did employers gain from their £400 tickets? Our host Tanya de Grunwald shares exclusi

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What Is A Woman (At Work)? HR Director Faces Maya Forstater (Ft. Neil Morrison)

May 7, 20251h 6mEp. 220

It’s official: self-ID was never lawful, and too many UK employers have dangerous policies in place. Why did we need the Supreme Court to tell us this – and what should employers do now? Since the landmark ruling on 16 A

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Can Men Be Lesbians At Work? (Ft. Kellie-Jay Keen)

Apr 22, 20251h 13mEp. 210

As employers grapple with the Supreme Court ruling, we ask: how did ‘trans inclusion’ go so wrong at work? Have HR teams been silencing women with reasonable objections to policies which prioritise gender identity over b

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Are Activist CEOs Out Of Control? (Ft. Paul Sweeney)

Mar 26, 20251h 7mEp. 200

Why are so many big brands insulting and confusing their customers and employees with divisive political statements – and will anyone grab the wheel before the decision-makers drive the company off a cliff? If senior lea

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Does DEI Have A Misogyny Problem? (Ft. Gareth Roberts)

Mar 19, 20251h 10mEp. 190

Have you noticed that many of the loudest voices in DEI are men’s – and some get really angry when they’re challenged by women? Same here! So let’s get into it. Which men are drawn to DEI, how much damage are they doing

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Did DEI Dump Disability For 'Pride And Parties'? (Ft. George Fielding)

Mar 12, 202558mEp. 180

Are neurodiversity, mental health and 'LGBT' winning the war for employers' attention - while disability has been sidelined? Has the 'lived experience' industry become superficial and exploitative? And have staff network

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'Trans Inclusion' At Work: Time For A New Approach? (Ft. Stella O'Malley)

Mar 5, 20251h 7mEp. 170

In trying to make our workplaces ‘inclusive’ to people who identify as trans and non-binary, have employers excluded and alienated too many others? In some cases, it looks like we are actually causing distress to our col

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Advertising: What Isn't Working? (Ft. Steve Harrison)

Feb 26, 20251h 12mEp. 160

DID HR CRASH JAGUAR? Has advertising lost touch with consumers – and what role have its 'people professionals' played? If a strongly left-leaning, middle class monoculture has evolved, is the industry in any position to

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The Civil Service: What Isn't Working? (Ft. Pamela Dow)

Feb 5, 20251h 1mEp. 150

What happens when you ask whether Human Resources has lost the plot in places – including around DEI? Pamela Dow – Chief Operating Officer at think tank Civic Future – found out the hard way, as author of that New States

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DEI in distress! Will the industry survive Trump's attack? (Ft. Heeral Gudka)

Jan 28, 202555mEp. 140

We knew Donald Trump hated ‘DEI nonsense’ – but did we expect him to torch it on Day 1 of his new term in the White House? And what does this mean for those of us working in or around this troubled industry? In this epis

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Is HR Under Attack - And Is The CIPD Having An Identity Crisis? (Ft. Levi Pay)

Dec 17, 202448mEp. 130

Ho ho ho – it’s time for a festive ding-dong! As HR teams were heading towards a well-earned Christmas break, two stinging critiques of our industry landed in the press, accusing us of being a drag on the UK economy, and

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