In this podcast, Harvard Business Review sit down with Dan Cable to answer the question "have you ever checked out at work?". They talk through what to do when you aren't excited about your organisation, new assignments don't hold your interest, or all the best projects go to senior employees.
To listen, follow this link.
The Centre for Transformative Work Design is hosting a series of focus groups to help shape a large, global research study on having it all: interesting work, successful career and a meaningful life.
Share your thoughts with us in a 75-minute long focus group and you’ll receive a $10 Guild voucher as a thank you! Plus there will be yummy nibbles and cookies provided.
There are three sessions to choose from:
SESSION 1
Date: Wednesday 22 May 2019
Time: 10.15 am – 11.30 am
Venue: Bentley Campus
SESSION 2
Date: Wednesday 22 May 2019
Time: 12.15 pm – 1.30 pm
Venue: Bentley Campus
SESSION 3
Date: Thursday 23 May 2019
Time: 10.15 am – 11.30 am
Venue: Bentley Campus
Want to be involved? Register your participation here: tiny.cc//inspirecurtin
After your registration, we will contact you via email to confirm your participation and the venue.
Can we learn about the possible consequences of bad work design in the news? According to a news story that made headlines in 2016 boring work can be quite risky for organisations.
Click the link below to read a BBC news article about a Frenchman, who is suing his former employer for "bore out" - boredom's equivalent of burnout. Frederic Desnard claims his boring job turned him into a "professional zombie" and he wants 360,000 euros (about 582,000 Australian dollars) for being "killed professionally through boredom".
Read the full news story here.