The New Way We Work

The New Way We Work

Fast Company deputy editor Kathleen Davis takes listeners on a journey through the changing landscape of our work lives. Each episode explores the future of work, including the state of remote and hybrid work amid the return-to-office battle; how AI will change the way we do our jobs; the status of gender equity and DEI efforts; rethinking career ladders and ambition; motivation and what makes work meaningful; and the progress on mental health and disability issues at work. And as if all that isn’t enough, she also shares practical advice for interviews, résumés, and salary negotiations, as well as the latest office jargon, just how useful personality tests really are, and more.

Episodes

What are a human’s rights in an AI workplace?

March 17, 2025 • 28 mins
How labor leaders and workers across industries are asserting the rights and protections for human employees in the face of increasing automation.
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How do I get a promotion?

March 10, 2025 • 44 mins
There are a lot of variables, like timing and budget, that don’t have much to do with how good you are at your job. Still, here’s the best way to set yourself up for success.
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Fired by a bot? What happens when AI takes over performance reviews and layoffs

March 3, 2025 • 31 mins
If both employees and leadership think performance reviews are broken, could artificial intelligence be the magic bullet that fixes it? We get answers.
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Bonus: What can I do if I'm experiencing ageism at work?

February 24, 2025 • 19 mins
We're taking a quick detour from our AI interview series on The New Way We Work to dig into another big issue when it comes to adapting to change at your job — ageism.
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How to learn to work with your new AI coworker

February 17, 2025 • 32 mins
On this week’s episode of The New Way We Work, we explain how both companies and employees should prepare for a fast-paced digital transformation.
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The Rise of Async Work - FROM FASTCO WORKS AND ATLASSIAN

February 10, 2025 • 17 mins
Joe Thomas, cofounder and head of product at Loom Atlassian discusses how asynchronous work is a beneficial collaboration approach to modern work.
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4 ways AI is changing how you get a job

February 3, 2025 • 35 mins
On the latest episode of The New Way We Work, AI ethicist Dr. Kerry McInerney explains what AI tools job seekers are likely to encounter and how both hiring managers and candidates can work with new technology
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The New Way We Work is back! And we are unpacking how AI will change the workplace

January 27, 2025 • 1 min
Like it or not, artificial intelligence is very likely going to be a part of your workplace reality. In fact, it might be already. And on the next several episodes of The New Way We Work, we're going to explore how AI is already changing our jobs and what we can expect in the future — both the good and the bad. New episodes every other Monday starting February 3rd.
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Innovating for impact: how this Alabama-based tech institute fuels biosciences discovery

October 4, 2024 • 27 mins
Alabama’s ecosystem of innovation is built on the strength of its entrepreneurs, workforce, policymakers, and community leaders. Leading economic development at HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Carter Wells has long worked at the intersection of these stakeholders, fueling innovation, collaboration, and impact across 45 biotech companies in the state. In this custom episode, learn how Carter connects Alabama’s best institut...
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Celebrating Fast Company's 5th Annual Queer 50

June 17, 2024 • 14 mins
For the past five years, Fast Company has published the annual Queer 50, a list of the most influential LGBTQ leaders in business, tech, and beyond. The list is a celebration of queer representation and influence in the highest ranks of business. Honorees include those working on addressing the most relevant topics of our time, including responsible AI, trans rights, healthcare, and the future of work. In this episode, we wanted to...
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Adapting to change

June 10, 2024 • 32 mins
Our show is based on the premise that work is changing everyday. But there’s a big problem with that: Change is hard, scary . . . and necessary. Now more than ever, as AI is integrated into our jobs, we are asked to adapt to seismic shifts at a much faster rate than in the past. But it’s human nature to resist uncomfortable changes, even if we know it might be for the best. So how can we make these shifts a little easier? Can we tr...
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No one knows what’s in the fine print

June 3, 2024 • 30 mins
One in five American workers have signed a noncompete clause in their employment contract, and many likely had no idea what they were agreeing to. Noncompete clauses typically prevent workers from joining competitors for a certain period of time after their employment; and although many people only expect to see those restrictions only in high-level positions, they actually apply to a surprising number of jobs. Low-wage workers in ...
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Figuring out your best office communication style

May 27, 2024 • 29 mins
Should you send an email, or is Slack the better way to communicate with your colleagues? Is it ever okay to text a client? Can you use emojis with your boss—and if you can, should you? Communication at work can be really fraught and depends on the subject matter, your industry, your company culture, plus your individual style and preference. And given all that, there’s lots of room for mistakes and misunderstandings.In this Linked...
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Work is ableist

May 20, 2024 • 40 mins
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 61 million adults in the United States have at least one disability, and for nearly half that population, the disability is invisible or at least not apparent. These conditions often don’t manifest in ways that are immediately evident to others—such as chronic pain, diabetes, autism, ADHD, learning disabilities, arthritis, and more. And although the Americans with D...
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The workday is poorly designed

May 13, 2024 • 34 mins
We take for granted the standard 40-hour, 5-day workweek, but this structured schedule was implemented to suit a very different reality than most of us work and live in today. In recent years, the 4-day workweek has gained attention. But that kind of restructuring seems to leave many with more logistical questions than answers: What about parents trying to match a school schedule, or sleep-deprived medical workers, or service worke...
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Why so many of us feel lonely at work

May 6, 2024 • 32 mins
Leaders have tried to sell work as ‘one big family’ for years. With the proliferation of terms like ‘office besties’ and ‘work spouses,’ many employees have viewed work as a type of family too. But anyone who has been passed over for a promotion they deserved or laid off after years of hard work knows the hard truth: Work isn’t your family. In fact, work can make people feel lonely by preventing them from connecting with their comm...
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Hiring is broken

April 29, 2024 • 40 mins
Even as the nature of work changes and innovations transform our jobs, the hiring process feels stuck in the same biased, ineffective rut. Too often, when companies finds themselves with an open position, they fall back on the same broken methods: mining leadership’s narrow, professional networks, or posting the same ineffective job ads in the same places. So how can we fix a system that’s so ingrained in the traditional corporate ...
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Nobody knows how much anybody is making

April 22, 2024 • 33 mins
No matter what job you have, you’ve probably felt at various points in your career that you don’t make enough. And because money can be a taboo topic, we rarely reveal what our salaries are—even with the people we’re closest to. In a recent survey, only about half the participants said they share their salary with family members, while just 32% said they share how much they make with close friends. This secrecy helps keep gender, r...
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Hard work isn’t (always) rewarded

April 15, 2024 • 41 mins
One of the secret problems with work is that hard work alone isn’t enough to get ahead. It’s a tough wake-up call for those of us who spent our school years working to get all As and doing all the things we were told were the key to a successful life. The truth is, work—and the rest of the “real world”—isn’t a meritocracy. The most hard-working, and even the smartest or most-talented, people aren’t always the ones who end up in pow...
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Your manager is bad at their job

April 8, 2024 • 38 mins
Fifty percent of people say they’ve quit a job because of a bad boss. Why are so many managers unable to effectively manage? And is there a way to learn how to be a better manager? Leadership coach Lia Bosch joins host Kathleen Davis to talk about what companies get wrong about management and how bosses can be better at their jobs.
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