What Counts as a Human Business?
Let’s get real about this. How can we tell an authentically human business from a business that simply claims to be human?
Episodes
Gender and Identity – Episode 7 of This Human Business
A full text transcript of the final episode of the first season of This Human Business, on the topic of gender and identity in business. What is the impact of the #MeToo movement on the manifestations of gender in business, and how does it impact strategies for managing identity beyond gender? How is gender fluidity related to the history of business?
The Business of the Future – This Human Business Episode 6
A full text transcript of the 6th episode of the podcast This Human Business, which focuses on the beliefs we hold about the future of business. No one has been to the future, but talk about what’s to come is stronger than ever.
The Business of Human Technology – Episode 5
A transcript of the 5th episode of the podcast This Human Business. The subject of this episode is the relationship between technology and humanity in business, in the context of the techlash, and its growing skepticism of a positive role for digital technology in human society. Can tech culture be humanized?
Postmortem of an Artificial Intelligence Cat – Bonus Episode
An unexpected episode exploring the demise of Jan Kremlacek’s tech business, and the implications for the businesses still left alive, and for the journalists who report on them.
The Mythology of Commerce – Bonus Episode
To understand the stranger aspects of business culture, we need to go way, way back in time, to the trickster stealing across the boundaries of early civilizations.
The Business of Human Research – Episode 3
Episode 3 of the This Human Business podcast reminds you that if your market research doesn’t find something a little weird about your customers, you need a methodology capable of looking deeper. To strange is human. Ordinary is for AI.
The Story of John Henry the Data-Driven Man
Those firms that are pushing qualitative research to get faster and cheaper, competing on the quantitative terms of supercomputers, are trapped what I call the John Henry effect.
The Power of Story – Episode 2
Episode 2 of This Human Business shares some fundamental principles to inform the craft of storytelling in business.
A House of Beautiful Business – Episode 1
The people at the House of Beautiful Business believe that business can aim higher than mere growth and profit. They urge an additional goal: The practice of commerce with an eye to beauty.