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Unf*cking Work

The Work Pirates Unf*cking Work podcast is for people who want to unf*ck the workplace. Whether you"re a People Professional, a Business Owner or Leader or you"re simply looking to make work a better place to be, then, the Unfucking Work podcast is for you. Hosted by James Eves and Michelle Minnikin of Work Pirates. Climb aboard and join us on our mission to unfuck work for all.

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#22 - Alexandra Couzens - Unf*cking Work

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2024/04/23

In this episode of the Unfucking Work Podcast, Michelle Minnikin and James interview Alex, who shares insights into their journey of realising the flaws in the traditional approach to work and life. Alex discusses the importance of living intentionally and mindfully, rather than on autopilot, and reflects on the pivotal moments in their life that led to this realisation. She also explores the concept of post-traumatic growth and how personal tragedies can accelerate our journeys towards

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#21 Jon Alexander and Sam Conniff

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2024/01/17

In this podcast, we managed to get the authors of some amazing books in the same place, at the same time, after much wrangling! Jon Alexander and Sam Conniff join James Eves and Michelle Minnikin. We talk about: Realising the limitations of power and influence in creating positive change. Consumerism, disillusionment, and finding a new story. Embracing uncertainty and collaboration in leadership. Ideas, teapots, and democratising workplace innovation. Jon Alexander is the author of CITIZENS: Why

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#20 - Rebecca Cullum - Unf*cking Work

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2023/11/30

Rebecca Cullum is a consultant working with leaders and teams to rewrite and build innovative and future-focused team culture. Her heart is for courageous, human, and creative leaders with engaged and thriving teams. Rebecca has two decades of experience in industry-leading tech and telecoms organisations. Her experience ranges from managing high-profile projects, supporting executive teams, building leadership teams, and leading culture change. For the last 8 years, she has worked directly with

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#19 - Paula Gardner - Unf*cking Work

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2023/10/03

Paula Gardner of Scarlet Thinking is a business psychologist, Human Givens psychotherapist and executive coach working with businesses and their employees around visibility, stress, overwhelm and getting needs met in the workplace. With a background of previously running her own PrRand marketing company, Paula advises and consults around creating businesses where everyone feels visible, vital and valued. We talk about: The importance of recognising and addressing human needs in the workplace

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#18 Alex Barker - Unf*cking Work

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2023/08/21

#18 Alex Barker Alex Barker is a speaker, facilitator, writer and community builder. And a Pirate Captain. She’s the Co-Author of How to Be More Pirate, the sequel book to Be More Pirate, and Captain of the ever-growing community. She’s also an advocate of helping women find their voice, to become more influential, powerful and effective speakers, negotiators and decision-makers. We talk about: How she advocates for empowering women to enhance their influence, power, and effectiveness in

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#17 - Vanessa Raath - Unf*cking Work

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2023/05/31

#17 - Vanessa Raath - Unf*cking Work This month James and Michelle speak to Vanessa Raath about unf*cking work. Vanessa is globally renowned for her contributions to the international Sourcing Community. She has delivered Keynotes across three continents and has trained teams based from Auckland to Seattle. Vanessa launched her Talent Sourcing Training business in early 2019 and has not looked back. She is a qualified teacher with experience in both agency recruiting and internal talent acquisition

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#16 - Matt Ballantine - Unf*cking Work

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2023/05/03

#16 - Matt Ballantine - Unf*cking Work This month James and Michelle speak to Matt Ballantine about unf*cking work. Matt is a sociologist and technologist who has worked managing and leading technology teams in organisations across the public and private sectors for the last 30 years, including the BBC, Microsoft and Reuters. Since June 2022 he has been an Engagement Manager at Equal Experts. He usually also has at least a couple of side projects on the go at any given time. In this episode, we

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48:33

#15 Grant Duncan - Unf*cking Careers

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2023/04/12

This month James and Michelle speak to Grant Duncan about unf*cking careers. With a career spanning both executive search and consumer media industries, Grant brings significant experience from these worlds of consumer media and content where he has worked with some of the world's biggest companies to build their senior teams. These are sectors that were disrupted early on by digital, so he has also developed expertise in advising organisations across all sectors on how to navigate the leadership

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#14 Cat Barnard - Unf*cking Recruitment

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2023/03/16

This month the Work Pirates are speaking to Cathryn Barnard about unf*cking recruitment at work. Cat is a partner and co-founder at Working the Future, a consultancy helping business leaders both make sense of the future of work and build easy-to-implement, people-centred, future-proofing strategies. With a previous career in workforce planning spanning three decades and experience of growing her own successful businesses, Cat recognises the criticality of human connection and relationship in

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#13 Neina Sheldon - Making Light Matter at Work

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2023/02/16

How does light affect you at work? In this episode of Unf*cking Work, the Work Pirates sit down with Neina Sheldon, journalist, coach and Founder of Make Light Matter, a platform that supports individuals in managing the health impacts of light to improve their wellbeing. Neina shares her personal experience and interest in light nutrition and chronodiversity, dating back to her diagnosis with seasonal affective disorder in 2003. The discussion also touches on the importance of understanding the

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#12 The Unf*ckit List 2023

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2023/01/05

It's a new year and we're ready to get things started on the right foot with the first episode of the Unf*cking Work podcast for 2023 by sharing our UnF*ckit List for the year ahead! Tune in to hear our top picks for what has the best chance of improving work in the next 12 months: 🏴‍☠️The 4-day work week! It's a full culture shift where a reduction of hours doesn't equal a loss of pay. Proven to improve engagement, productivity, and energy levels. 🏴‍☠️ Why collective action, such as

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#11 Rachael Mole - Unf*cking Work for disabled people

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2022/12/07

Rachael is the founder of SIC, shaking up what it means to have an accessible and inclusive workplace. Disabled since age 12, she has faced barriers to education and the workforce. An inclusive work culture expert, Rachael takes academic theory combined with lived experience of disability and growing and leading both small and large-scale operations to effectively make change. In this episode we dive into: How society fails disabled workers, and why companies need to build accessibility

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#10 Laura Aiken- Unf*cking Work by confronting...

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2022/11/10

Laura is a Consultant and Founder of Thrive Leadership. She helps businesses understand and manage stress to build cultures of resilience through workshops, programmes and retreats. Laura co-hosts the “Healing Corporate Trauma” series which gives expert advice on personal strategies to protect against corporate trauma and how organisations can stop traumatising their people. A registered yoga teacher, Laura leads transformational retreats around the world which help leaders use holistic and

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#9 Laura Rothwell - Unf*cking Work by calling out...

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2022/10/06

Laura Rothwell is an accidental marketer of almost two decades. After 10 years in fashion, retail, and destination marketing, she founded cultural communications agency Crystallised in 2013 to work on projects that prioritise people, planet, and purpose. Over the years Crystallised - which is a certified B-Corp - has won multiple awards for their work with organisations in arts, culture, charity and ethical brands who believe in a better way of doing business. An outspoken advocate of the 4-day

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#8 Neil Usher - Unf*cking work by ripping up the...

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2022/09/01

Great minds are Unf*cking Work alike in this month’s episode as James and Michelle sit down with Neil Usher, Chief Workplace and Change Strategist and author of the upcoming book Unf*cking Work: How to Fix Work for Good (yes, he’s on the same sweary mission as Work Pirates!). This episode is a deep dive into what Neil believes is at the root of why work is f*cked. Join us to discover: Why unf*cking work has to start with empowering the individual and how nobody is coming to save you from the

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#7 Jimi Okubanjo - Unf*cking toxic work environments

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2022/08/18

This week Work Pirates are unpacking (and unf*cking!) toxic workplaces with Jimi Okubanjo. Director of documentary film Vanishing Women: Why Senior Women of Colour are Fleeing the Corporate World, Jimi’s expertise comes from her first-hand experience as a woman of colour in the global workplace and London over 20 years. This episode is a treasure chest of Unf*cking Work wisdom, with Jimi giving insight on combating toxic workplaces. Join us and dive in to: Why work doesn’t need to be a linear

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#6 Rob Baker & Chloe Mark - Unf*ck work with Job...

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2022/08/03

Work Pirates are ripping up the one-size-fits-all rule book with Rob Baker and Chloe Mark from Tailored Thinking and learning all about the power of Job Crafting! Join them on this podcast journey to discover: - How job crafting and personalisation can revolutionise your workforce and unf*ck the 'we've always done it that way' mantra - Which small, positive and tangible differences will unf*ck your job (and the power of just 1% change!) - Why Gen Z might be the greatest job crafters of us all

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#5 The Voyage so Far with James and Michelle

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2022/07/21

Raise the sails! We’re five episodes into the Unf*cking Work podcast, and James and Michelle are dropping anchor, to pause and reflect on the voyage so far. Dive into this episode where we explore: What will the work strikes across the country achieve and should we start a Work Pirates union? How do the Swedes do break times better than any other country? What is the 4-day work week trial in the UK and will it change anything? The one workplace that’s too f*cked even for the Work Pirates and

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#4 Elizabeth Lembke – Great Resignation or Great...

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2022/07/07

Work Pirates are joined by maverick talent maven Elizabeth Lembke. Jump aboard this episode to uncover golden nuggets of Unf*cking Work wisdom, including: - What is the Great Resignation, and why is it happening now? - How do we recognise and protect talent? - The importance of civil courage in unf*cking work for everyone! Trust us, this one is worth watching on our YouTube, Elizabeth’s visual metaphors are not to be missed! Think maleficent horns and an oracle Furby. Yes, you read that right –

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#3 Sakshi Bansal – Why Kindness Should be a Business...

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2022/06/23

Sakshi is the world's first UNESCO Kindness Leader. She is the founder of Project LEAP, a social service project that she established at the age of 17 in India. Sakshi leads three key regions: India, Australia and Africa for the Inner Development Goals (IDGs) mission which is a part of an acceleration program for the SDGs globally. As an Occupational Psychologist and published author, she also facilitates change management sessions globally and is creating a movement for Humanitarian Psychology

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