How to avoid "Wellness Washing"
Jun 28, 202625m
You may have heard of greenwashing, now experts are worried about wellness washing where workplaces paper over the cracks with wellbeing measures but leave the chasms underneath.
Hosted by ABC Australia · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 248 episodes
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You spend so much time on work, why accept the status quo, when there are ways to do it better? Get expert advice, research and hacks that will crush your inertia.Join Lisa Leong and other This Working Lifers as we experiment and explore the latest in the world of work. We cover policy issues, like hybrid workplaces and remote work, employee wellbeing and organisational culture, the use of AI, employee surveillance, employee engagement, diversity and inclusion. We talk about progress on wider issues that relate to work, like work life balance, organisational change, restructures, and casualisation. On This Working Life our focus is on everything related to the people in a workplace too, including culture, individual experiences, performance management and career advice.
ABC Australia hosts This Working Life, a business show with 248 episodes published.
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Liane Davey
organizational psychologist, New York Times bestselling author, and the Teamwork Doctor · 3COze, Inc.
1 appearance on this show
Sharon Parker
John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Director of Centre for Transformative Work Design · John Curtin University
1 appearance on this show
Nir Eyal
behavioural design expert, three-time New York Times bestselling author
1 appearance on this show
Brian James
singer-songwriter · The Copper Doctors
1 appearance on this show
Marcus Buckingham
global researcher focused on unlocking strengths, increasing performance and pioneering the future of work. Author, Design Love In
1 appearance on this show
Adam Galinsky
Paul Calello Professor of Leadership and Ethics · Columbia Business School
1 appearance on this show
Don Tapscott
co-author, You to the Power of Two, Redefining Human Potential in the Age of Identic AI
1 appearance on this show
Esther Perel
New York Times bestselling author and psychotherapist
1 appearance on this show
John Hopkins
Professor of Management · Deakin Business School
1 appearance on this show
Rebecca Hinds
author of Your Best Meeting Ever: Seven Principles for Designing Meetings That Get Things Done · Glean
1 appearance on this show
Dorie Clark
Top 50 business thinker and executive education professor, best selling author · Columbia Business School
1 appearance on this show
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