How We Learn
“The Great Resignation”…”The Big Quit”… ”The Great Awakening”
Whatever you call it, these unprecedented times have ushered in a new era of work. The WhyWork approach is unlike anything you’ll find in the realm of traditional organizational change management. We put humans -in all their complex and unpredictable glory - at the forefront of our work. Check out the recommended reading/listening that has informed our approach.
Media
The Big Question: Has the World of Work Changed Forever?, The New York Times (Dec 8, 2021)
American Workers Are Burned Out and Bosses Are Struggling to Respond, Wall Street Journal (Dec 21, 2021)
New Survey Finds Surprising Reason Behind ‘the Great Resignation’: How to Avoid Losing Top Talent, Forbes (Dec 14, 2021)
From the Great Resignation to Lying Flat, Workers are Opting Out, Bloomberg Businessweek (Dec 7, 2021)
The Future of Work is a 60-Year Career, The Atlantic (Dec 14, 2021)
Literature
Overload: How Good Jobs Went Bad and What We Can Do About It, Erin L. Kelly and Phyllis Moen (Mar 2020)
The Problem With Work: Feminism, Marxism, Antiwork Politics, and Postwork Imaginaries, Kathi Weeks (Sept 2011)
The End of Burnout: Why Work Drains Us and How to Build Better Lives, Jonathan Malesic (Jan 2022)
Audio
Why Will 2022 be the Year of the Worker? [podcast episode] The Economist (Dec 13, 2021)
Hello Monday [podcast series] Jessi Hempel (2019-present)
How’s Work [podcast series] Esther Perel (2019-present)
American Metamorphosis [podcast series] Atlantic Re:Think & Boston Consulting Group (2020 - present)
No Shortage of Labor Stories [podcast episode] National Public Radio (Dec 17, 2021)