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The Romance of Work

How to find more meaning (and even magic) in our day-to-day business

Empathy
The United Debacle, or, It Doesn’t Take Much to Be Loved

Tim Leberecht on April 11, 2017

The reason we are so appalled by United going nuclear is that it happened in the one workplace we all share: the airplane seat. It could have happened to any of us.

The reason we are so appalled by United going nuclear is that it happened in the one workplace we all share: the airplane seat. It could have happened to any of us.

Career
Is the "Right to Disconnect" a Human Right?

Tim Leberecht on January 4, 2017

In France, employers can no longer demand workers stay tethered to their devices and answer email after work hours. Should this new law apply to the U.S. as well?

In France, employers can no longer demand workers stay tethered to their devices and answer email after work hours. Should this new law apply to the U.S. as well?

Relationships
Dancing With Change

Tim Leberecht on October 26, 2016

A conversation with Lorna Davis, Chief Manifesto Catalyst of food company Danone, about how to bring manifestos to life and why even Fortune 500 businesses are like families.

A conversation with Lorna Davis, Chief Manifesto Catalyst of food company Danone, about how to bring manifestos to life and why even Fortune 500 businesses are like families.

Stress
What Stress Can Do for You

Tim Leberecht on July 13, 2016

Without stress interrupting our comfort-seeking daily lives, we would live without leaps and peaks.

Without stress interrupting our comfort-seeking daily lives, we would live without leaps and peaks.

Health
What Refugees Can Tell Us About The Future Of Work

Tim Leberecht on March 21, 2016

We can learn from the refugee crisis in Europe to prepare for the looming mental health epidemic, as up to 50 percent of workers are expected to lose their job to automation.

We can learn from the refugee crisis in Europe to prepare for the looming mental health epidemic, as up to 50 percent of workers are expected to lose their job to automation.

Career
Will Virtual Reality Usher In A New Romantic Era At Work?

Tim Leberecht on November 23, 2015

The advent of VR in the workplace will represent a new stage for the experience economy. HR departments must start hiring experience designers, writers, and storytellers; IT department must add some serious VR expertise; and team leaders and executives must become curators of experiences.

The advent of VR in the workplace will represent a new stage for the experience economy. HR departments must start hiring experience designers, writers, and storytellers; IT department must add some serious VR expertise; and team leaders and executives must become curators of experiences.

Religion
Gray Must Remain Our Sacred Space

Tim Leberecht on November 16, 2015

Gray is the stance against a bipolar world, with extreme claims and exponential implications. Living in gray means living uncomfortably in the middle, but it also means living in tolerance and peace. It means commuting between two worlds and leading a double, a poetic life. It means being able to love, to feel everything but not know anything at all.

Gray is the stance against a bipolar world, with extreme claims and exponential implications. Living in gray means living uncomfortably in the middle, but it also means living in tolerance and peace. It means commuting between two worlds and leading a double, a poetic life. It means being able to love, to feel everything but not know anything at all.

Leadership
Don’t Let The Algorithm Become Your Rockstar!

Tim Leberecht on September 30, 2015

What we need in our organizations are not smarter, more powerful algorithms, we need more true rock stars—visionaries and “misfits.”

What we need in our organizations are not smarter, more powerful algorithms, we need more true rock stars—visionaries and “misfits.”

Career
Why Emoji Are Romantic and Belong in the Workplace

Tim Leberecht on August 23, 2015

Providing a third place between corporate jargon and watercooler chit chat, emoji are a digital form of rebellion against protocol; they allow us to be safely vulnerable, and express ourselves in a more subtle but at the same time more primal way. They take us out of our heads and put us back into our hearts. They make our work lives more meaningful.

Providing a third place between corporate jargon and watercooler chit chat, emoji are a digital form of rebellion against protocol; they allow us to be safely vulnerable, and express ourselves in a more subtle but at the same time more primal way. They take us out of our heads and put us back into our hearts. They make our work lives more meaningful.

Career
"To Give Our Work Lives Meaning"

Tim Leberecht on August 4, 2015

Last year Brigid Schulte’s book, "Overwhelmed: How to Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time," was greeted with wide acclaim and bestseller status—and for good reason. Despite the technological amenities at our disposal, we feel more stretched than ever, clinging to the idea that we can find balance—even if we don’t know how exactly.

Last year Brigid Schulte’s book, "Overwhelmed: How to Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time," was greeted with wide acclaim and bestseller status—and for good reason. Despite the technological amenities at our disposal, we feel more stretched than ever, clinging to the idea that we can find balance—even if we don’t know how exactly.

Career
It’s Time For Our Culture Of Overwork To Be Over

Tim Leberecht on July 25, 2015

We may talk a good game about how we want to achieve the ever-elusive work/life balance—but what do we do about it? How many of us approach it with the kind of profound urgency that marks the conundrums we attempt to solve at work? I had the chance recently to sit down with Brigid Schulte, author of "Overwhelmed: How to Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time."

We may talk a good game about how we want to achieve the ever-elusive work/life balance—but what do we do about it? How many of us approach it with the kind of profound urgency that marks the conundrums we attempt to solve at work? I had the chance recently to sit down with Brigid Schulte, author of "Overwhelmed: How to Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time."

Career
What It Really Means To Humanize Work

Tim Leberecht on June 14, 2015

Digital technologies have fomented a stressful culture of extreme connectivity, employee monitoring, and relentless efficiency pressures at work. Software is not only “eating the world,” it is also eating our spirits. And now the robots are coming....What can be done to unlock the future of the human workplace?

Digital technologies have fomented a stressful culture of extreme connectivity, employee monitoring, and relentless efficiency pressures at work. Software is not only “eating the world,” it is also eating our spirits. And now the robots are coming....What can be done to unlock the future of the human workplace?

Career
Kindness Is Our Business

Tim Leberecht on May 1, 2015

Small or big acts of kindness have become an outright trend both at the workplace and in customer experiences—and that’s a good thing!

Small or big acts of kindness have become an outright trend both at the workplace and in customer experiences—and that’s a good thing!

Trust
How to Leave Your Company (On a Good Note)

Tim Leberecht on April 9, 2015

The average employee will change jobs 11 times during a career. Here are a few suggestions for how we can begin to consecrate a professional transition. They can help you honor the institutional knowledge you’ve built up during your tenure, including the triumphs that thrilled you and the failures that stretched you.

The average employee will change jobs 11 times during a career. Here are a few suggestions for how we can begin to consecrate a professional transition. They can help you honor the institutional knowledge you’ve built up during your tenure, including the triumphs that thrilled you and the failures that stretched you.