Blended

著者： Sarah Barnes-Humphrey
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  • Welcome to Blended – the podcast where transformative conversations spark real change. Imagine the raw honesty of a Red Table Talk, but with a laser focus on the critical conversations around inclusion in the workplace. Each episode brings together five individuals from vastly different walks of life, creating a vibrant space where unique perspectives collide, and meaningful dialogue takes center stage. We tackle the topics others shy away from, addressing the uncomfortable, the overlooked, and the necessary with authenticity and courage. If you’re ready to challenge your assumptions, embrace new perspectives, and gain actionable insights into creating truly inclusive environments, this is the podcast you can’t afford to miss. Let’s lean in, listen, and grow together.
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Welcome to Blended – the podcast where transformative conversations spark real change. Imagine the raw honesty of a Red Table Talk, but with a laser focus on the critical conversations around inclusion in the workplace. Each episode brings together five individuals from vastly different walks of life, creating a vibrant space where unique perspectives collide, and meaningful dialogue takes center stage. We tackle the topics others shy away from, addressing the uncomfortable, the overlooked, and the necessary with authenticity and courage. If you’re ready to challenge your assumptions, embrace new perspectives, and gain actionable insights into creating truly inclusive environments, this is the podcast you can’t afford to miss. Let’s lean in, listen, and grow together.
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  • 55 - Mental Health Awareness

    55 - Mental Health Awareness
    2025/04/18
    Taking care of your team: why you can’t afford to ignore mental health at work Welcome back to Blended! Today, we’re talking about something that is often a strand that weaves through many of the issues we talk about here on the show, from burnout to bias – and that’s mental health. But today we’re focusing in on mental health, and putting the spotlight onto how it interacts with work. Almost 60% of the world population is in work, and we spend a lot of time there. We often spend more time in a workplace than we do at home, more time with our colleagues than we do our families! That amount of time, the environment we’re in, the people around us, the culture – all those elements of work are going to massively impact us. And, of course, everything that happens at home, we’re inevitably going to take to work with us as well. So it’s incredibly important to prioritize mental health. But, unfortunately, the numbers show we’re not doing a good enough job. Globally, an estimated 12 billion working days are lost every year to depression and anxiety at a cost of $1 trillion per year in lost productivity. Not to mention the impact on those people’s wellbeing. So what we can do? Our panel are going to be exploring what’s going wrong, as well as sharing some of the ways we can all protect and promote good mental health at work. IN THIS EPISODE: [01.21] Introductions to our Blended panelists. · Mariana – Marketing Director at WSI and Kase · Prakash – Fulfilment Specialist and Founder of OTIM · Brandon – Founder of Warm Heart Life · Debra – SVP, Marketing and Strategy at Halo Effect Management “Mental health isn’t separate from work. It’s the foundation of what we’re doing.” Debra [07.53] The group discuss healthy work environments – what they look like, why they’re so important, and how we define performance in a healthy environment. “We have no problem talking about our physical wellbeing. It needs to be just as easy to talk about our mental wellbeing... At my office, we all got standing desks and we didn’t have to justify it: sitting for hours a day, it’s not good for your health. And, to me, a collaborative space where we come together and laugh and catch up on life is just as important as that standing desk.” Mariana “We need to be able to slow down and ask: ‘How are you?’ Actually seeing the person you’re working with, rather than just using them.” Debra · Work is a big proportion of our lives · Mental health does not equal mental illness · Focus on/acceptance of physical health, rejection of mental health · Brandon’s experience of both healthy and unhealthy working environments, their impact, and how they could have changed the course of his life and career forever · Impact of leadership · Importance of trying different things/working in different places · Communication · Tailoring environments – people work differently · Setting clear expectations and defining performance goals for individuals · Allowing teams to be safe in their honesty and communication · Recognizing burnout · Understanding individual’s holistic needs · Importance of timely feedback/regular check-ins · Building trust · Carrying weight of unhealthy cultures into new working environments · Psychological safety · Importance of slowing down · Over-focus on productivity · Resilience · Stress/pressure · Individual responsibility vs team collaboration · Measuring KPIs for individuals and leaders · Visibility · Leadership vulnerability – trust, leading by example and giving permission · Advocating for yourself · Community “It really comes down to individuals and, if you have the right few people around you, you can transform an entire team just by having the right conversations. It doesn’t have to be the corporate conversations where you’re giving all the right trigger words, talking to the C Suite... We’re all human.” Prakash “We assign value to people via their productivity. Leaders are feeling the pressures, employees are. And we’re not having the capacity conversation. Are we actually setting realistic expectations for ourselves, based in reality?” Debra [59.31] Brandon’s experiences with mental health, and his take on the importance of shifting your mindset away from negativity and towards positivity and problem-solving. · Importance of talking · Personal development [01.07.36] The panel explore responsibility, and the role individuals and leaders ...
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    1 時間 27 分
  • 54 - Banning Non Competes: Good for Workers, Businesses and the Economy

    54 - Banning Non Competes: Good for Workers, Businesses and the Economy
    2025/03/13
    Today, we’re taking on a topic you’ve probably heard of – it may have even impacted you personally. But you might not be aware just how linked it is to the issue of diversity and inclusion. We’re talking about noncompete agreements. Noncompetes have long been a staple in corporate America. But, despite supposedly being in place to protect trade secrets, many workers, including low earners, have been subject to this practice, greatly restricting their career options, flexibility and earning potential. And that’s especially the case for underrepresented voices. A number of studies suggest that noncompete agreements more strongly affect women and people of color, with one finding that strict enforcement of noncompete agreements lowered the wages of women and people of color by twice as much as white men. But things are starting to change. Last year, the FTC announced a rule banning noncompetes. Whilst it was largely welcomed by workers, not all employers were so happy about it. So we’re going to dive into the issue today. We’re going to talk about what noncompete agreements are, how they harm workers, especially women and other underrepresented voices, and share ideas for how organizations can build trust and employee retention, without restrictive contracts. IN THIS EPISODE: [01.38] Introductions to our Blended panelists. · Kiran – Founder and CEO of M2M Business Solutions, and CEO at Brar’s · Karin – CEO at NIRAKIO · Chelsey – Founder of The Asterios Group [05.08] The group discuss noncompete agreements – what they are, their purpose, why people sign them, the challenges, and how they ultimately harm workers. · Restricted transitions from employed to self-employment/entrepreneurship · Restricted employed career growth · Can they actually be managed? · Who really wins? · Who is considered competition? – Understanding your exposure as an employee · Regular monitoring and updates · Challenge to enforce · Time and cost implications · Role in sales · Negotiation · Complexity · Intent · Lack of understanding – employees often don’t understand the potential depth of the contract · Ethics/integrity · Multitude of agreements: o Noncompete o Non-solicitation o Exclusivity o Separation agreements o Mutual non-disclosure o Confidentiality o NDA · Making it too easy to sign · Different interpretations/translations/meanings · Contradiction · Trust · Impact of words on culture · Role of technology · What can you actually restrict? · Can you restrict people and not AI? · Evolution of noncompetes · Company IP vs personal IP · Impact of job-hopping · Retention incentives · Asking for more money · Creating the right culture · Impact of economic conditions and market changes · Judgement · Senior vs junior employees “At the highest level, it sounds like a good idea. It’s at least a good idea for the employer, but not always for the employee.” Karin “It’s a system that’s put in place with the right intentions, to overcome certain issues, but I personally feel that it doesn’t fulfil the requirements either for the employer or the employee.” Kiran “It was originally designed to protect companies, but I don’t think that’s where it’s sitting today.” Chelsey “It’s something that has to be monitored, managed and updated – and potentially resigned on a regular basis, if a company is serious about its intent behind the noncompete. That’s very expensive, and each and every time you request an employee to re-sign, it’s a time for that employee to reconsider if they still want to be a part of that organization.” Karin “Fewer than 10% of workers negotiate these agreements.” Chelsey “Can everyone talk about the meaning of the words?! The words have lost all meaning, they’ve become buzzwords... Let’s talk about the words as part of impact on culture.” Kiran “It’s so hard to restrict information in a human brain. If I’m an employee in one place and go to another, I didn’t say anything about my previous job… but I still have lessons learned and knowledge, I’m not sharing information customer-to-customer, but I’m going to have new solutions. There are certain things you can’t restrict, even when you’re being ethical.” Kiran “When you build a body of expertise in a particular market segment, you’re more valuable in that market segment… My personal IP makes ...
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    1 時間 21 分
  • 53 - Don’t Feel the Burn: Fighting Workplace Burnout

    53 - Don’t Feel the Burn: Fighting Workplace Burnout
    2025/02/13

    Today, we’re talking about something that has been around a long time but, until relatively recently, wasn’t talked about openly or officially recognized – and that’s burnout.

    Burnout has been hitting the headlines more and more. From ongoing disruption to widespread corporate cost-cutting, the pressure on teams and individuals—regardless of industry—is high. And, despite being increasingly literate about health and well-being, many still find themselves stressed, overworked, and exhausted.

    And, ultimately, people are being driven out of the workforce. In a time when labor issues are an ongoing and costly issue for many organizations, we cannot afford to ignore this burning issue.

    Our panel will be exploring what burnout looks like, the multitude of physical and emotional symptoms, how to recognize it in ourselves and others, the balance of responsibility between leaders, organizations, and individuals, and what people can do to combat burnout.
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    1 時間 28 分

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