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Purpose Washing from the Business Roundtable: A Special Episode

Purpose Washing from the Business Roundtable: A Special Episode

Welcome to a special episode of This Human Business, a podcast dedicated to the movement to reform business culture, counterbalancing the drive for wealth through the machinery of industry by reasserting human values. This morning, Americans woke up to a surprising headline from the Washington 

The Fear of Amazon – A Preview of Emotion

The Fear of Amazon – A Preview of Emotion

On Monday, August 19, a new episode from the podcast This Human Business will confront the dark side, the light side, the absurd side of emotion in business.

Digital Addiction and My Year without an iPhone

Digital Addiction and My Year without an iPhone

Digital devices come with an emotional hook hidden within the appearance of quantified progress. It’s difficult to deny that progress is being made when the numbers keep going up.

What Counts as a Human Business?

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?

Season 2 of This Human Business Arrives in One Week

Season 2 of This Human Business Arrives in One Week

A week from now, the second season of the podcast This Human Business will begin. So, what’s new?

Gender and Identity – Episode 7 of This Human Business

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

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

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?

The Rituals of Commerce – Episode 4

The Rituals of Commerce – Episode 4

The complete transcript for the fourth episode of the podcast This Human Business. This episode discusses the use of ritual structure in business practice.

The Mythology of Commerce – Bonus Episode

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.