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Here's How Work Expands to Fill the Time Available to Complete It
7 audacious tips on how to leverage Parkinson’s Law to turbocharge productivity and wellbeing
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Bob Merberg
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Interview with a Truck Driver
A truck driver shares his perspective on working life, job conditions, and today's hottest topics in the world of work. "You don't drive, you don't get…
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Bob Merberg
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Really? Workers Gladly Forgo Wages?
The Perils of Benchmarking Job Conditions and Benefits Against Employee Pay. (Good jobs and good pay aren't mutually exclusive.)
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Bob Merberg
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October 2023
Introducing Heigh Ho-bot; Worker Voiceline; and 4 Books About Working Life
The first chat-bot trained exclusively on evidence-based info about work and wellbeing. Plus: Workers, call me! And: books that tell new stories about…
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Bob Merberg
Beyond the paycheck: The key to building a thriving workplace goes beyond salaries
Current research suggests it’s time to re-evaluate existing pay structures and prioritize worker health and safety.
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Bob Merberg
Dishing on Meaningful Work, Finding Your Passion, and Loving Your Job
Professional dishwashers open up about pride in their work, being valued, wages, physical and mental breakdowns, and more.
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Bob Merberg
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September 2023
What’s So Radical About Sabbatical?
Don’t Hate Us When We’re on Hiatus
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Bob Merberg
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How Can Unions Be Resurgent When Membership Rates Are at an All-Time Low?
Confessing my journey out of union skepticism
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Bob Merberg
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August 2023
"A Nation that Catches Workers Before They Fall"
The Triangle factory fire, in which 146 workers (mostly young immigrant women) perished, marked a turning point for organized labor and worker…
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Bob Merberg
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Performative Work; Tattoos; Mindfulness, Psychedelics, and Leadership; WFH Productivity; Financial Wellbeing
A cross-posting from Bob Merberg's LinkedIn newsletter, which is a digest for professionals creating new ways to work.
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Bob Merberg
Job Crafting — In Conversation with Rob Baker
How to job craft around personal strengths, wellbeing, organizational mission, and team success. Lessons from Snow White.
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Bob Merberg
July 2023
Unpaid Domestic Work — in Conversation with Nikki Reynolds
A candid discussion about women's unpaid domestic labor and mental load.
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Bob Merberg
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