David Sloan Wilson: “Chickens, Cooperation, and a Pro-social World”

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In this episode of The Great Simplification, host Nate Hagens speaks with David Sloan Wilson about how evolution can be used to explain and understand modern human behavior, particularly with respect to cooperation and pro-social behavior.

The Race to Cooperation

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In this episode of Re:Thinking with Adam Grant, Adam speaks with Andrea Jones-Rooy, a data scientist who’s skeptical about data (as well as a comedian).

How to Make ESG Investing Real and Meaningful

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ESG is being criticized, with good reason, for the absence of common definitions, especially for S. Attendees at the World Economic Forum in Davos recently made frequent references to ESG. An acronym for environment, social, and governance…

Do Surges in Worker Strikes and Union Elections in 2022 Mark a Turning Point for Organized Labor?

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Workers organized and took to the picket line in increased numbers in 2022 to demand better pay and working conditions, leading to optimism among labor leaders and advocates that they’re witnessing a turnaround in labor’s sagging fortunes.

Why Humans Thrive on Rituals

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Perhaps most importantly, rituals help solve the central challenge of getting large groups of fiercely tribal primates to cooperate.

3 Organizational Issues Most Leaders Fail to Get Right

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When surveys find workers feeling disrespected at work as a leading reason for quitting, it can be all too easy for leadership to brush this off as either a generational problem (“kids these days”) or something that only HR can address. When…

Banking Culture Reform: Trust, Technology, and The New Workplace

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In this episode of the Bank Notes podcast, from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, host Toni Dechario, a member of the New York Fed’s culture team, speaks with Alison Taylor about her interest in the link between unethical behavior and organizational culture, ethical pressures in finance, the need to do proper behavioral experimental research in real organizations, and more.

The Culture That Tech Companies Have Worked So Hard to Cultivate Is Lost Amid Layoffs

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As companies like Amazon and Meta lay off thousands of employees to cut costs, they lose something valuable in the process that can’t be quantified: workplace culture.

It Takes Courage to Acknowledge Your Burnout

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Of the many changes to the working world brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Great Resignation, one of the most noteworthy is the increased attention given to burnout.