Eat Sleep Work Repeat - better workplace culture
MAKE WORK BETTER. Eat Sleep Work Repeat is the best podcast about workplace culture - it's been listened to millions of times.
Bruce Daisley brings a curious mind to discussions about our jobs and the role they play in our lives.
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- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 208
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Our personalities are changing, will it ruin work?
Last month the FInancial Times published an article by John Burn Murdoch in the form of an analysis of personality data, specifically looking at what are styled the Big Five personality traits: openn…
Did we do Big Ange dirty?
A couple of years ago, I was surrounded with so many happy Spurs fans that I bought into the euphoric buzz they were giving off.
Ange Postecoglou had brought the smile back t…
How Octopus Energy used culture to reach the top
I’m often asked asked which company cultures I admire, especially as I tend to be critical of the culture inside tech firms. It’s easy to have good vibes in small firms but organisations who manage …
Getting to grips with workplace AI
This is the second episode this month about AI and the implications for our jobs.
Two weeks ago I went along to a huge event run by Workday down in North Greenwich. Workday, their partners and their c…
What does it mean for culture when 'intelligence is on tap'?
First of two episodes going deep on how AI is going to impact work - and therefore workplace culture and dynamics.
This week is with Alexia Cambon from Microsoft. Alexia is He…
Time to chase Calendar Zero
"There's this concept called inbox zero, where everyone tries to get to their inbox down to zero. But I would suggest that a more noble pursuit is that of calendar zero".
I chatted to Howard Lerman th…
The best culture book of 2025: The Power of Mattering
When Zach Mercurio’s new book, The Power of Mattering, arrived on my desk I devoured it. It’s the most essential book about workplace culture that I’ve read in a couple of years.
Read a full transcrip…
Meaning: why showing work matters has such an impact
The next two podcasts I see as a piece with each other, today is about meaning the next one is about mattering. Collectively I feel they present serious substance about the foundations of good cultur…
Great culture starts with teams
Someone posted on LinkedIn that the podcast had died. Or I had died. But he is risen! I'm back with a great discussion, powerful in its simplicity.
Psychologists Dr. Patricia…
PING! How to cope with communication overload
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The Careers Collective - what's next for work?
Today's episode is an Avengers Assembled of podcasts …
Turning your team into a tribe
Michael Morris's book Tribal covers the codes that bond humans together. It has been shortlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year award 2024. It came runner-up to 'Supremacy' by Parm…
Outrage in the work chat
Everywhere we look we see someone who is outraged - and plenty of that anger makes its way to the workplace.
The last time President Trump was in power it led to employees becoming more active - who …
Transformational cultures use the manager as a coach
Tiffany Gaskell outlines coaching as a route to transformational leadership
Tiffany Gaskell is the co-author of Coaching for Performance, the top-selling guide to coaching fi…
How Intel fixed work and then threw it away
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Brigid Schulte is a journalist and writer who brings a reporter's ear for stories to her exploration of modern work.
Over the course of a decade Schult…
TOXIC: When good cultures go bad
Colin Ellis is a consultant and author who spends his time working with organisations to improve their culture. He's turned his attention to why some companies go bad in a new book Detox Your Culture…
"Help: my team doesn't feel connected any more"
How can any of us build a more effective team?
Owen Eastwood is one of the world’s most in demand performance coaches, with a focus on team culture & leading. Owen has worked…
Should we focus on making workers happy?
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How important is a happy workforce? According to Mark Price, the former boss of Waitrose, it's the main thing that leaders should be thinking about. Make yo…
Presence: 'Yes and...' - how the secrets of improv can teach us about work
This episode is part of the Presence project: Presence: Fixing culture starts with your calendar, not your office
You might think an episode about improv comedy might be a stretch for a podcast about …
Presence: Fish! Time to revisit a culture classic?
This episode is part of the Presence project: Presence: Fixing culture starts with your calendar, not your office
In the 2000s a book called Fish! A remarkable way to boost morale and improve results …