Joy@Work from Kearney – Details, episodes & analysis

Big news: Alex Liu's new book, "Joy Works: Empowering Teams in the New Era of Work" is now available. Get your copy for a wide range of perspectives on how to create more joy in your work and your organization.

In this episode, Alex shares more about the book, talks to FFWD co-founder Lee Brailey about the joy of innovation, and looks back on his favorite moments from this season of the podcast.

Featured in this episode:

Lee Brailey @ FFWD

John Dutton @ UpLink

Shailie Mehta @ Acacia Eco

Nick Taylor @ Unmind

Emily Ketchen @ Lenovo

Eerika Savolainen @ Slush

Amy Gallo, author of "Getting Along"

Kirk Bresniker @ Hewlett Packard Labs

Joy@Work is produced by Kearney, a global management consulting firm. We help our clients reach their full potential and find the way forward during uncertain times.

We're inspired by FFWD, Kearney's breakthrough business builder. FFWD works with leaders across the globe to inspire new business models that enhance stakeholder value and accelerate tech-enabled growth.

Learn more about this show and about our innovative work at https://www.kearney.com/joyatwork.

It's one thing to have a big "aha!" moment. But how do you turn that big idea from a solo moment of inspiration into a coordinated movement? How do you create innovation at scale? Those are questions we explore with Kirk Bresniker, Chief Architect at Hewlett Packard Labs. Get insights into how to combine ingenuity + opportunity + investment to make an impact.

Joy@Work is produced by Kearney, a global management consulting firm. We help our clients reach their full potential and find the way forward during uncertain times.

We're inspired by FFWD, Kearney's breakthrough business builder. FFWD works with leaders across the globe to inspire new business models that enhance stakeholder value and accelerate tech-enabled growth.

Learn more about this show and about our innovative work at https://www.kearney.com/joyatwork.

How will the next generation transform work to bring more joy, justice, equality, and positive change?

This season on Joy@Work, we've talked about the messy journey to create more joy at work in our current climate. Now, we want to look to the future. We talk to three recent graduates about how they feel about joy at work. Harvard Business School professor Ashley Whillans joins us to discuss how joy at work will evolve through the next generation.

Joy@Work is produced by Kearney, a global management consulting firm. We help our clients reach their full potential and find the way forward during uncertain times. Learn more at Kearney.Com/Joyatwork.

As we talk about building a more joyful and equitable workplace, we naturally think about how to build a more joyful and equitable world.

That's something award-winning journalist, author, and business executive Sheryl WuDunn has devoted her career to. She joins Kearney Managing Partner and Chairman Alex Liu to discuss her new book, "Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope," and how both government and business can create solutions and opportunities to lift people out of poverty. 

Joy@Work is produced by Kearney, a global management consulting firm. We help our clients reach their full potential and find the way forward during uncertain times. Learn more at Kearney.com/Joyatwork.

How do you spread joy in your work? In this episode, Laura Lane reminds us that you don't have to be CEO to drive major change and hope.

Laura Lane is chief corporate affairs, communications, and sustainability officer at UPS. We talk to Laura about what she learned from her early career as a diplomat in Rwanda, how her team at UPS got through this trying year together, and her vision for a hopeful, inclusive future of work.

Joy@Work is produced by Kearney, a global management consulting firm. We help our clients reach their full potential and find the way forward during uncertain times. Learn more at kearney.com/joyatwork.

How will you use your power and influence today? 

Our latest conversation is with Brian Tippens, Chief Sustainability Officer at HPE. Brian is an expert in helping major companies become more diverse, inclusive, and sustainable. Listen to his perspective on the future of ESG (environmental, social, and corporate governance) and how he's using his influence to create more joy and justice at work. 

Joy@Work is produced by Kearney, a global management consulting firm. We help our clients reach their full potential and find the way forward during uncertain times. Learn more at kearney.com/joyatwork.

The past year has shone a light on our blind spots. How can we move past lip service about innovation, diversity, inclusion, and equity to propel long-term change?

Anthony Wilbon is dean of Howard University School of Business. He joins us to talk about what life has been like as a university leader over the past year, how we can build more successful diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, and his vision and hopes for Howard alumni.

Joy@Work is produced by Kearney, a global management consulting firm. We help our clients reach their full potential and find the way forward during uncertain times. Learn more at kearney.com/joyatwork.

What does a more inclusive future of work look like? And how could technology power that inclusive future? 

Gerri Elliott is chief sales and marketing officer at Cisco. She joins us to talk about how work is changing — and what that more inclusive future might look like. 

Joy@Work is produced by Kearney, a global management consulting firm. We help our clients reach their full potential and find the way forward during uncertain times. Learn more at Kearney.com/Joyatwork 

2020 stopped us in our tracks. Now, we have an opportunity to come back to work in a better way. Can we leapfrog into a new and better way of working? In this opportunity to create a more balanced and joyful workplace, can we also create paths for more kindness, humanity, fellowship, and justice?  

This season on Joy@Work, we'll talk to people who are using a "joy mindset" to move these needles — to create real and lasting transformation. We are going to hear from leaders who are "in the game" now, looking ahead, listening, and learning about how to get this right, to energize more joy at work.  

Joy@Work is produced by Kearney, a global management consulting firm. We help our clients reach their full potential and find the way forward during uncertain times. Learn more at kearney.com/joyatwork. 

Can we really achieve joy during such challenging times? We think that joy is more important than ever, and we're called to lean into conversations about creating more joy.

We're looking back at the best moments from this season of Joy@Work. Bookmark this episode for the most inspiring conversations and insights from our guests this season: Alicia Tillman, Dan Cable, Kathryn Minshew, Stephen Tang, Callie Field, and Crystal Ashby.

We discuss how to help people feel safe, seen, supported and inspired in order to create true joy at work, even in our No Normal.

Joy@Work is created and hosted by Kearney, one of the original management consulting firms. Learn more at kearney.com/joyatwork.