Your Work Friends | Fresh Insights on the Now and Next of Work

By Mel Plett & Francesca Ranieri

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We break down the now and next of work. You stay ahead.

Its not just you - work is bonkers. Burnout is high, trust is low, and everything is changing at breakneck speed. 

Friend-to-friend?  We get it. We're in it. And we're here to guide you through it. 

We’re two leadership insiders—and real-life friends—who’ve led teams, sat in the tough seats, and know first hand how fast, complex, and personal work has become. 

Every week, we break down what’s happening at work and to work, taking you behind the scenes of what's happening now, and preparing you for what you'll see in 6 months. We're bringing you breaking news, workplace trends, and interviews with top experts shaping the future of work. We cover what’s changing so you don’t get left behind.

Join us for smart, unfiltered (with the occasional f*bomb or two) conversations about how work is evolving and what you can do about it.

Great for: 

• Employees rethinking their careers and trying to navigate what comes next
• People leaders shaping culture and driving change while getting the work done
• Orgs wanting to build smarter, more profitable, more human workplaces
• Anyone craving more honest and practical conversations about the future of work

Topics we cover:

Future of work, leadership, workplace culture, team dynamics, change management, human-centered strategy, layoffs, burnout, performance, career growth, workplace news, workplace humor, and more.


Episode Date
New Week, New Headlines: Your Rights at Work Just Changed, Women Shut Out of IPOs, Canva’s Millionaires & OpenAI’s Miss
Aug 27, 2025
The Future of HR: Developing the Next Generation of HR Leaders w/ JP Elliott
Aug 19, 2025
Leading Through the Age of Outrage w/ Karthik Ramanna
Aug 13, 2025
New Week, New Headlines: The Job Market Is Shrinking, Will the Modern Worker Act Kill Full-Time Work, and Is Religion at Work Getting a Green Light?
Jul 30, 2025
Never Not Working: The Hidden Cost of Always Being On w/ Malissa Clark
Jul 24, 2025
Why Work Should Be a Product—Not a Job w/ Dart Lindsley
Jul 15, 2025
New Week, New Headlines: 20+ AI Jobs You Didn’t See Coming & Why Companies Are Ditching HR
Jun 24, 2025
More Human: How the Power of AI Can Transform the Way You Lead with Jacqueline Carter
Jun 18, 2025
The Work of Your Life: The Culture Strategy that Transformed DocuSign w/Joan Burke
Jun 11, 2025
Employment is Dead w/Deborah Perry Piscione and Josh Drean
Jun 04, 2025
The Power of Mattering: What Happens When People Feel Truly Seen w/ Zach Mercurio
May 28, 2025
Breaking In: Strategic Moves for Women to Overcome Career Barriers at All Stages w/ McKinsey's Lareina Yee
May 13, 2025
New Week, New Headlines: 110-Hour Work Week Growing & 99.9% at Risk. Tariffs Killing Small Business Jobs
May 10, 2025
Managerial Sabotage: Why 82% of Leaders Are Set Up to Fail w/David Rice
May 06, 2025
Open Talent: Why Your Career Should Be a Portfolio, Not a Ladder with John Winsor
Apr 29, 2025
The Ego Equation: How CEO Dan Springer Balances Leadership Success
Apr 15, 2025
New Week, New Headlines: $766B Incivility Crisis, Women CEOs Outperform During Turmoil, as 1 in 4 Job Applicants Could Soon Be Fake
Apr 09, 2025
The Courage Gap: How Women Can Stop Proving and Start Owning Their Value w/ Dr. Margie Warrell
Apr 01, 2025
New Week, New Headlines: AI Agents Rising, Employee Engagement Plummeting, and Harvard's 200K Promise
Mar 19, 2025
New Week, New Headlines: The Great CEO Exodus: Why Young Workers Feel Unprepared & What's Next for the Job Market
Mar 13, 2025
Belonging & Unhiding at Work w/ Dr. Beth Kaplan and Ruth Rathblott
Mar 06, 2025
Why Are We Here? Rethinking Work and Workplace Culture with Jennifer Moss
Feb 25, 2025
New Week, New Headlines: Move Over, Bros: How Women Actually Control the Global Economy & The Missed DEI Opp
Feb 11, 2025
LIVE Soundoff: AI at Work in 2025: Beyond the Hype with Microsoft's Carol Scott and People Power AI's Teresa Fesinstine
Feb 06, 2025
Hiring Your Next Job: Rethinking Career Moves with Michael B. Horn & Bob Moesta
Jan 28, 2025
When Everything Hits the Fan: Crisis Communication 101 w/ Anne Marie Squeo
Jan 21, 2025
New Week, New Headlines: The Death of Happy Hour? & Silicon Valley Drama: Zuckerberg's 'Masculine Energy' & Why Tech Workers Are Fleeing
Jan 14, 2025
LIVE Sound Off: Jobs, Politics & Policy: How a Trump Administration May Change the Workplace w/Ryan Stygar & Harrison J Newman
Jan 09, 2025
New Week, New Headlines: Texas Overtime Rules, $270K Success Salary & Childcare Crisis | Weekly Work News Breakdown
Nov 26, 2024
Beyond the Ping Pong Table - Why Top Companies Actually Use Play to Win
Nov 05, 2024
New Week, New Headlines: AI Is Making 71% of Workers Less Productive: The Truth About Tech Burnout + Why You Need $1.6M to Retire
Oct 30, 2024
New Week, New Headlines: The Ageism Paradox: Young Women Bear the Brunt, The $15K Hidden Cost of RTO & Why Companies Are Offering Divorce Benefits
Oct 22, 2024
New Week, New Headlines: The Hidden Costs of Layoffs and Building Trust for AI Adoption. Also, the CHRO at Spotify is a Bada**.
Oct 15, 2024
New Week, New Headlines: The Future of Work: Managers Fading and Bonus-Based Pay Rising & Human Capital Is Investment - Not Expense
Oct 08, 2024
Trauma-Informed Leadership: Building Psychologically Safe Workplaces w/ Deborah Lee founder at Creaturae
Oct 02, 2024
New Week, New Headlines: The Company with a 5:1 CEO Salary Cap, What the Comments Section Tells us About Nike’s CEO & Send Your Recruiter a Pizza
Sep 24, 2024
How to Fuel Your Org With Soul and Talent w/Author and Talent Executive Mike Ohata
Sep 18, 2024
🔥 #7: Pride - From Our Fishbowl LIVE "7 Deadly Work Sins" Summer Series
Sep 10, 2024
🔥 #6: Sloth - From Our Fishbowl LIVE "7 Deadly Work Sins" Summer Series
Sep 10, 2024
🔥 #5: Greed - From Our Fishbowl LIVE "7 Deadly Work Sins" Summer Series
Sep 10, 2024
New Week, New Headlines: Office Therapists on Payroll, Is Wellbeing Fixable & Don't Leave Teammates on Mountains
Sep 04, 2024
How Socioeconomic Status Impacts Work w/Brayden Olson, Co-Founder of Almas Insight
Aug 27, 2024
New Week, New Headlines: Why Are So Many Executive Women Quitting? & Work Resorts and Remote CEOs
Aug 20, 2024
How to Reduce Human Debt in the Workplace w/ Duena Blomstrom Co-Founder of PeopleNotTech & Tech Led Culture Author
Aug 13, 2024
New Week, New Headlines: Project 2025's Impacts to Workers & There's a Happiness Gap at Work
Aug 06, 2024
🔥 #4: Envy - From Our Fishbowl LIVE "7 Deadly Work Sins" Summer Series
Aug 01, 2024
How to End Workplace Abuse w/ "Workplace Psychological Safety Act" Authors and End Workplace Abuse Founders, Deb Falzoi & Vicki Courtemanche
Jul 23, 2024
🔥 #3: Gluttony - From Our Fishbowl LIVE "7 Deadly Work Sins" Summer Series
Jul 17, 2024
How to Deal with Jerks at Work w/ Dr. Tessa West
Jul 09, 2024
🔥 #2: Wrath - From Our Fishbowl LIVE "7 Deadly Work Sins" Summer Series
Jun 26, 2024
Has Work Become a Cult of Disruption? w/Leadership Expert and Author, Ashley Goodall
Jun 18, 2024
🔥 #1: Lust - From Our Fishbowl LIVE "7 Deadly Work Sins"Summer Series
Jun 11, 2024
How to Find Your Calm in the Chaos w/ Mindful Leadership Experts Carissa Ricci & Aurora Myers
Jun 04, 2024
New Week, New Headlines: Rudeness Epidemic: Insights from SHRM’s Civility Index & Turns Out, Becoming an AI Power User is Easy.
May 28, 2024
How to Spot Trustworthy Employers w/Open Org Co-Founder & Transparency Expert, Adam Horne
May 21, 2024
New Week, New Headlines: Top Tech Talent Exodus Over RTO & We Love Moms. Just Not at Work.
May 14, 2024
How to Fit In at Work. Don't. w/Belonging Expert Dr. Beth Kaplan
May 07, 2024
New Week, New Headlines: Non-Competes - Everything You Need to Know & Wait, Shouldn't Everyone Get Overtime?
Apr 30, 2024
Visionary Executive Series: Balancing Results & People w/ CEO Alan Whitman
Apr 23, 2024
New Week, New Headlines: Is AI Taking or Augmenting Your Job & The Legal Right to Disconnect
Apr 16, 2024
Lawyer Up: Employment Law Essentials w/ Ryan Stygar
Apr 09, 2024
New Week, New Headlines: Job Scams Get Sophisticated & Jarring Truths: Women's Health in Prime Working Years
Mar 25, 2024
New Week, New Headlines: Where Have All The Plumbers Gone & New Gig Worker Rules
Mar 19, 2024
Salary Negotiation: Earn What You Deserve with Kate Dixon
Mar 14, 2024
New Week, New Headlines: Where are the Moral Leaders & The Silver Tsunami Is Coming
Mar 04, 2024
New Week, New Headlines: 4-Day Work Week Totally Works & We're In a Productivity Boom Ya'll
Feb 27, 2024
New Week, New Headlines: Choices: CEO Pay Cut or Layoffs & Indeed's State of Workplace Findings
Feb 20, 2024
How to Escape Corporate with Brett Trainor
Feb 15, 2024
New Week_New Headlines: RTO Costing Employees $561/mo & CEO Optimism Rises. Do We All Finally Get Our Hot Girl Summer?
Feb 13, 2024
New Week, New Headlines: Are We Headed Back to Victorian Child Labor & A Tale of Two Job Markets
Feb 05, 2024
New Week, New Headlines: Who’s Making $2M Profit Per Employee & Starbucks Labor Disputes Go To SCOTUS
Jan 30, 2024
Signs You Should Quit
Jan 25, 2024
New Week, New Headlines: Yo, Please Say Thank You & The Harsh Reality of Employee Wellness Programs
Jan 22, 2024
Getting the Right Job with James Hudson
Jan 12, 2024
New Week, New Headlines: Minimum Wage Increasing. But Is It Livable? & DEI Efforts Under Siege. What It Means For You.
Jan 08, 2024
New Week, New Headlines: Are You Owed Unpaid Wages and Gallup’s Workplace Report. It Ain’t Great.
Jan 02, 2024
The Layoff Playbook - Part 2: What to Do (and Not) if Layoffs Happen
Dec 12, 2023
New Week, New Headlines: Are Work Hours Killing You Softly + Ethena Paying It’s Employees to Socialize Outside of Work
Dec 11, 2023
The Layoff Playbook - Part 1: How Layoffs Are Decided & Communicated (Ideally)
Dec 06, 2023
New Week, New Headlines: Is AI Writing Performance Reviews + Pensions are Back! Sorta.
Dec 04, 2023
Hi Friends!
Nov 25, 2023