Tag: Matthew Burgess

Can Business Be Human?

Can Business Be Human?

Jonathan Cook: Welcome to This Human Business, a podcast that explores the opportunities for the reform of conventional business culture. What if there was an alternative to the cold machine of digital algorithms and automation that dominate business culture today? What if business could replace 

The Pilgrimage of Business

The Pilgrimage of Business

It’s emotional movement accompanying physical movement that makes a pilgrimage a pilgrimage. Applying this experience in business opens an escape hatch out of commoditization.

Time, for Business

Time, for Business

Time is at the heart of the struggle over the culture of business, and has been for generations.

The Unreal Business of Poetry and Fairy Tales

The Unreal Business of Poetry and Fairy Tales

Jonathan Cook: Welcome to This Human Business, a podcast that covers the side of business that cannot be automated through digital technology. Over the last several weeks, this podcast has had some harsh things to say about the present condition of business culture. I could 

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?