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Work For Humans

Dart Lindsley

Too often business leaders are forced to choose between the needs of their company and the needs of their employees. It’s a lose/lose scenario leaving managers burned out and workers seeking other opportunities. At Work for Humans, we believe work can be designed differently. When you design work like products people love, your company wins. Work becomes irresistible, employees passionately buy into their roles every day, and your company takes measurable strides towards your vision.

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  • S1 · E188
    May 5 · 1 hr 10 min

    The Hidden Cost of Leaving Faith Outside Work | Elaine Ecklund

    Most workplaces don’t quite know what to do with faith. It often gets simplified, avoided, or treated as something too divisive to bring into professional life. Elaine Ecklund studies what happens when people try to leave that part of themselves outside the workplace, and what is lost when they do. Her research shows that faith is rarely just about religion. It becomes a window into bigger tensions around ethics, identity, belonging, and the struggle to feel fully present at work. In this episode, Dart and Elaine discuss how faith shapes the experience of work, why workplaces often misunderstand religion, and what designing for people of faith can teach us about designing work for everyone. Elaine Ecklund is a sociologist at Rice University and director of the Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance. She studies religion, work, science, and how people make meaning in everyday life. In this episode, Dart and Elaine discuss: - Why workplaces avoid conversations about faith - What happens when belief stays hidden - Faith as part of bringing one's whole self - How people decide what is ethical at work - The difference between personal and systems morality - Why some people see work as a calling - The risks of feeling called to work - How minority identity shapes belonging - Why discrimination depends on workplace context - How churches shape ideas about work - How religion and science overlap - And other topics… Elaine Howard Ecklund is the Herbert S. Autrey Chair in Social Sciences and professor of sociology at Rice University. She is also the founding director of the Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance. Her research explores how people’s deepest beliefs shape work, science, leadership, and civic life. She is the author of several books, including Religion in a Changing Workplace, Working for Better: A New Approach to Faith at Work, and Why Science and Faith Need Each Other: Eight Shared Values That Move Us Beyond Fear. Resources Mentioned: Elaine’s Books; Working for Better: A New Approach to Faith at Work: https://www.amazon.com/Working-Better-Approach-Faith-Work/dp/1514011263 Religion in a Changing Workplace: https://www.amazon.com/Religion-Workplace-Scheitle/dp/0197675018 Why Science and Faith Need Each Other: Eight Shared Values That Move Us Beyond Fear: https://www.amazon.com/Science-Faith-Need-Each-Other/dp/1587434369 Connect with Elaine: Official website: https://www.elainehowardecklund.com/ Rice University profile: https://profiles.rice.edu/faculty/elaine-howard-ecklund LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elaine-howard-ecklund/ Work with Dart: Dart is the CEO and co-founder of the work design firm 11fold. Build work that makes employees feel alive, connected to their work, and focused on what’s most important to the business. Book a call at 11fold.com.

  • April 28 · 1 hr 4 min

    Why People Want Conflicting Things from Work | Derek Sivers, Revisited

    People often want conflicting things from work because they carry different ideas about what makes a good life. What feels meaningful to one person can feel draining to another, and those differences often go deeper than personality or preference. That is what makes Derek Sivers’s book, How to Live, so useful here. It lays out 27 competing ways to live, each one convincing in its own voice. In this revisited episode, Dart and Derek discuss how those deeper beliefs shape the way people think about work, choice, and the lives they are trying to build. Derek Sivers is an author, entrepreneur, and former musician who founded CD Baby. He writes about business, creativity, philosophy, and how beliefs shape action and meaning. In this episode, Dart and Derek discuss: - How beliefs quietly shape our actions - The 27 ways to live - Why no one philosophy fits everyone - How work reflects deeper life beliefs - Why people want opposite things from work - Introverts and extroverts at work - Using beliefs as a listening tool - Nature and nurture at work - Why companies should have personality - Useful beliefs versus true beliefs - Data models as philosophical experiences - And other topics… Derek Sivers is an author, entrepreneur, and programmer best known for founding CD Baby, which became a major online seller of independent music. He later sold the company and transferred the proceeds into a charitable trust for music education. He is the author of Anything You Want, Your Music and People, Hell Yeah or No, How to Live, and Useful Not True. He is originally from California and now lives in New Zealand. Resources Mentioned: Derek’s Book, How to Live: https://sive.rs/h Derek’s Book, Useful Not True: https://sive.rs/u Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives, by David Eagleman: https://www.amazon.com/Sum-Forty-Tales-Afterlives-Eagleman/dp/0307389936 Longpath: Becoming the Great Ancestors Our Future Needs, by Ari Wallach: https://www.amazon.com/Longpath-Becoming-Ancestors-Antidote-Short-Termism/dp/0063068737 Connect with Derek: Official website: https://sive.rs Work with Dart: Dart is the CEO and co-founder of the work design firm 11fold. Build work that makes employees feel alive, connected to their work, and focused on what’s most important to the business. Book a call at 11fold.com.

  • S1 · E187
    April 21 · 1 hr 3 min

    What Does It Mean to Be Rational at Work? | Barry Schwartz

    Rational choice theory has become so familiar that it can feel like common sense. We talk about trade-offs, optimization, ROI, and risk as if they capture what it means to think clearly. But many of the decisions that matter most do not work that way. They are shaped by context, values, relationships, and the larger story of a life. In this episode, Barry Schwartz returns to discuss how rational choice theory became the default way we think, how it shapes work and decision-making, and what a more human approach to being rational might look like. Barry Schwartz is a psychologist and professor emeritus at Swarthmore College. He studies decision-making, motivation, and the role of meaning in work and life. In this episode, Dart and Barry discuss: - Why we treat decisions like math - What gets lost when everything becomes a number - Why some choices cannot be compared - The difference between risk and uncertainty - How framing shapes every decision - Why metrics can crowd out judgment - The danger of maximizing everything - Why good enough can be wiser - How choices fit into a larger life story - Why counting is not the same as thinking - And other topics… Barry Schwartz is the Dorwin P. Cartwright Professor Emeritus of Social Theory and Social Action in the Psychology Department at Swarthmore College, and Visiting Professor of Management at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. His work focuses on decision-making, motivation, moral judgment, and meaning in work and life. He is the author of The Battle for Human Nature, The Costs of Living, The Paradox of Choice, and Why We Work. He is also the co-author of Practical Wisdom (with Kenneth Sharpe) and Choose Wisely (with Richard Schuldenfrei). Resources Mentioned: Barry’s Book, Choose Wisely: Rationality, Ethics, and the Art of Decision-Making: https://www.amazon.com/Choose-Wisely-Rationality-Ethics-Decision-Making/dp/0300283997 Barry’s Book, The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less: https://www.amazon.com/Paradox-Choice-Why-More-Less/dp/0060005688 Barry’s Book, Why We Work: https://www.amazon.com/Why-We-Work-TED-Books/dp/1476784868 Work with Dart: Dart is the CEO and co-founder of the work design firm 11fold. Build work that makes employees feel alive, connected to their work, and focused on what’s most important to the business. Book a call at 11fold.com.

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