The Human Work Podcast
Human Work Project is a community–driven, professional education platform on a mission to humanize the nature of work. This podcast tells the stories of working humans doing human work and explores the relationship that we have with our work.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 60 minutes
- Episodes
- 40
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Weekly Wander | Trust in Work
On this week's Weekly Wander, Charlie and Jean explore trust in work—trust in ourselves, trust in our process, and trust in others. We discuss what it feels like to be in trusting alignment and how t…
Weekly Wander | Humanizing Entrepreneurship
On this Week's Weekly Wander, Charlie and Jean wander about the human experience of entreprenurship. We discuss our own journeys in self–employment and the humility that comes with being self–employe…
Weekly Wander | A Case of the Mondays
On this Week's Weekly Wander, Charlie and Jean wander about how to accommodate the very human experience of having "a case of the Mondays."
Weekly Wander | Humanized vs Dehumanized Work
On this week's Weekly Wander, Charlie Warner and Jean Madison Reiser explore examples of humanized work vs when work is dehumanizing. We discuss quiet hiring (aka scope creep) and how to balance a de…
Weekly Wander | To Humanize
On this week's Weekly Wander, Charlie Warner and Sarah Berry Carpenter discuss what it means to humanize the nature of work and Charlie's vision for Human | Work Project.
Weekly Wander | Containers of Community
On this week's Weekly Wander, Charlie, Sarah, and Rachelle wander about community and what it means to belong, particularly at work. As leaders, how can we create containers of belonging in ourselves…
Bryce Riley | Content Creator
Bryce Riley is the Associate Social Media Manager for EA Action Adventure, working on titles like Dragon Age, Mass Effect, WILD HEARTS, and Immortals of Aveum.
Before EA, Bryce ran social media accou…
Weekly Wander | The Value of Values
Charlie and Jean discuss the value of core values and how to use them to guide you through your life, leadership, and decisions.
Weekly Wander | Leading Through Chaos
In this week's Weekly Wander, Charlie and Jean explore shared feelings of whiplash, burnout, and how to lead ourselves and our teams when the world seems to be falling apart.
Weekly Wander | Procrastination
On this Weekly Wander, Charlie and Jean wander about procrastination and how we might reframe it from a weakness to a strength.
Weekly Wander | Humanizing Money
In this Weekly Wander, Charlie, Jean and Sarah discuss our upcoming Humanizing Money Mastermind, our personal relationships to money, and how we intend to support folks in humanizing their own relati…
Morgan Starr-Riestis | Therapist
*This story discusses mental health issues and treatment including suicidality. It's not to be assumed or used as advice and may not be appropriate for certain audiences.*
Morgan Starr-Riestis is a t…
Dr. Lea Hernandez | Professor
Dr. Leandra H. Hernandez (Ph.D., Texas A&M University; she/her/ella) is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication at Utah Valley University. She is also the Associate Academic Directo…
Weekly Wander | Working to Capacity
In this Weekly Wander, Charlie and Jean get really honest about their capacity to work today. Spoiler alert: it's between 20-40% for both of them. From this, they explore strategies, contexts, and re…
Weekly Wander | Work vs. Job vs. Career
In this Weekly Wander, Charlie and Jean explore the contexts of work versus job versus career and how generational differences have shaped our relationship with each.
Seth Horowitz | Startup Leader
Seth is a passionate and compassionate leader, currently working as VP Enterprise Product and Strategic Partnerships at CarbonClick. Carbon Click is a platform that helps business take business clima…
Weekly Wander | Curiosity
In this Weekly Wander, Charlie, Jean, and Dani explore curiosity in work, our relationship to it, and how curiosity is an essential aspect to our humanity. We wander about the distinction between cur…
Weekly Wander | What Is Work?
Gretchen Gerlach | Rites of Passage Guide