A Video Game Designer on What Keeps People Coming Back
Bing Gordon spent a decade as chief creative officer of Electronic Arts, the publisher behind many of your favorite video games, like The Si...
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Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel
Welcome to Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel – a show where LinkedIn’s Jessi Hempel explores the changing nature of work, and how that work is changing us. What does work mean to us? Should we...
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20 of 430 episodesBuilding a Career for a 100-Year Life
We plan our careers like life is short. Go to school, climb the career ladder, retire. But as we live longer, the model doesn’t hold up. Lon...
Brené Brown on Leading with Courage and Vulnerability
After more than two decades exploring courage, vulnerability and leadership, Brené Brown’s work has helped millions of people and changed ho...
When Perseverance Becomes Self-Sabotage
How do you know when it’s time to stop? Most high achievers would say never. We keep going because quitting feels like failure. But Lindsay...
What Four Decades of Building Great Restaurants Taught Danny Meyer About Culture
Danny Meyer has built some of the most beloved and enduring restaurants in the US. The “secret sauce” behind Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tav...
Angela Duckworth on Why Grit Isn’t Always Enough
Ten years ago, Angela Duckworth wrote the book on grit. Now she's back with the advice you need to keep moving forward. The MacArthur genius...
Where You’re Losing Time and How to Get It Back
Laura Vanderkam tracks her time in 30-minute increments and has been for over a decade. That’s 336 half-hour blocks over the course of a wee...
We’re Terrible at Fighting. Here’s How to Get Better.
Most of us try to avoid conflict. But done right, fighting can be a path to stronger teams and healthier communities. On this episode of Hel...
What Behavioral Science Says About Leading Under Pressure
For a lot of people, work feels especially chaotic right now.. Projects start and don't finish. Layoffs happen, then reorgs, then new strate...
How to Make the Most of the Time You Have
We spend a lot of energy trying to optimize our time, but what happens when we're forced to surrender to it? Writer, meditation teacher and...
The Case for Working Slower with Cal Newport
Being busy and being productive are not the same thing. Cal Newport, computer science professor at Georgetown and author of Slow Productivit...
You Have More Time Than You Think. Here's How to Use It.
Most of us are convinced we don't have enough time. Laura Vanderkam argues that we have enough time, we just aren’t using it with enough int...
Why Baratunde Thurston Fired ChatGPT—and What he Learned
Baratunde Thurston fired ChatGPT. And ChatGPT helped him do it. This week, the Emmy-nominated storyteller, writer and host of Life with Mach...
Busy But Not Productive? Daniel Pink on How to Fix It
Daniel Pink is a seven-time New York Times bestselling author, a three-time Hello Monday guest, and one of the most trusted voices on motiva...
Why a Break From Work Might Be the Best Career Move You'll Ever Make
Most of us approach a long break from work with some anxiety. Whether it’s a layoff, parental leave, or a season of caregiving, there’s tens...
Dr. Becky’s Framework for Leading Through Hard Moments
You can't lead a team through a hard moment if you can't manage yourself first. That's the core of Dr. Becky Kennedy's work. The clinical ps...
The FBI Hostage Negotiator's Guide to Getting What You Want at Work
Most of us think of negotiation as something reserved for high-stakes boardrooms—or even hostage situations. But Christopher Voss, former FB...
The AARP CEO's Playbook for Staying Competitive After 50
We tend to talk about AI and the future of work as a young person's game. Dr. Myechia Minter-Jordan, CEO of AARP, is here to challenge that...
Why Nobody Feels Financially Secure Anymore
“It’s not your fault.” This is the message Alissa Quart has spent over a decade trying to get people to believe when it comes to economic ha...
Most Companies Are Built to Fail Their Mission. Here's the Fix.
We've built an economy that rewards destroying value. Eric Ries wants to know how we got here, and whether we can build our way out. Eric wr...