The Great Work Podcast show

The Great Work Podcast

Summary: What if you could do more of the work that made a difference, had meaning and created an impact? (And what if you could also do less of all that other stuff that fills up your day?) In these animated, engaging and practical podcasts, Michael Bungay Stanier, Senior Partner at Box of Crayons shares strategies, talks to thought leaders and provokes you to do less Good Work ... and more Great Work.

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 Steve Shapiro, Goal Free Living | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Einstein said, “If I had an hour to work out a problem, I would spend 59 minutes trying to figure out what was the actual problem and then one minute on the solution.” Steve Shapiro has applied this idea to

 Shawn Coyne, Brainsteering | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

How do you conduct brainstorming sessions that don’t suck? Shawn Coyne, author of Brainsteering: A Better Approach to Breakthrough Ideas”  helps answer this question. Shawn is a former McKinsey consultant and with his brother Kevin, he is a founder of

 Derek Sivers, CD Baby | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

If you work in the music biz, you’ve heard of Derek Sivers, a musician and founder of CD Baby. CD Baby was started in 1997 to sell Derek’s own CD and then became a hobby to help out his friends.

 Mike Robbins, Be Yourself | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Some of us were sort of born into the world of self-development and coaching. But for Mike Robbins, his first calling was baseball. He was the standup pitcher at Stanford University, and led the team to a Pac-10 Conference Championship.

 Lynda Gratton, The Future of Work | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

I’m thrilled to be talking with Lynda Gratton, the Professor of Management Practice at London Business School. She is one of the world authorities on people in organizations and a significant influence around thinking about how people show up at

 Sally Hogshead, Fascinate | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Sally Hogshead is a star in the advertising and branding world. In her second year as a copywriter in an advertising firm, she won the most awards ever and was the most successful junior copywriter of all time. She opened

 Neil Pasricha, 1000 Awesome Things | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Neil is a fellow Torontonian and the author of a totally fantastic blog, 1000 Awesome Things. Topics covered include: bakery air, finding money in your pocket and cool moms. This month his second (NY Times Best Seller) is out, The

 Jessica Hagy, ThisIsIndexed.com | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The problem with the internet is there are a gazillion blogs filled with information, but most of it is underwhelming. But an absolute gem, and one of my top three favorite sites ever on the internet is ThisIsIndexed.com, which is See the full episode

 Philip Zimbardo, The Lucifer Effect | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today I’m talking to Professor Phil Zimbardo of Stanford University. I came to him through his book The Lucifer Effect which is a powerful and disturbing look at why good people do bad things, based on the findings of the See the full episode

 Alexandra Levit, They Don’t Teach Corporate in College | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

My guest today is one of these young, funky people that makes me suddenly feel like an old man. Alexandra is a spokesperson for the new generation of workers, helping millennials to navigate the shift from being a student to See the full episode

 Brian Hofland, Atlantic Philanthropies | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Brian Hofland is working in his dream job as the Director of the Ageing Programme at Atlantic Philanthropies, an international foundation devoted to bringing about lasting change in the lives of disadvantaged and vulnerable people, focusing on the areas of See the full episode

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