But I'm a Professional!
In our professional lives, we spend far too much time doing things that negatively impact our ability to function well at work.
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The Work Ethic with Elizabeth Anderson (pt. 2) (opens the original)
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Listen to Part 1 first to understand our references to the Puritans and the Work Ethic. In this episode, Professor Anderson and I discuss whether tech bros are the latest version of landlords that the Puritans would have despised; the core source of the feminisation of poverty; how labour is entirely mis-valued; and the invisible apparatus of unpaid care work that firmly holds an ungrateful capitalist system in place. Buy her book Hijacked here Follow Nancy on LinkedIn Other references: Callaci,
The Work Ethic with Elizabeth Anderson (pt. 1) (opens the original)
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Sometimes when you have big questions about work, science can't help you. When the questions concern one's understanding of self, of what is 'good' and 'right', and what we ought to do - well, you need to talk to a philosopher. In this episode, I speak with Professor Elizabeth Anderson - John Dewey Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy and Women's & Gender Studies. We talk about the evolution of the work ethic in this Part One. We discuss having a calling, the conflation of money-maki
Remote Work with Eva Rimbau Gilabert (opens the original)
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Does remote work really make us lonely? Is the Right to Disconnect enough as a written policy in the face of power imbalances? How can organisations shape the implementation of remote work so that it actually... works? Dr Eva Rimbau Gilabert talks to me in this episode about all of the above, and so much more! Find Eva's research here . Follow Eva's LinkedIn Follow Nancy's LinkedIn Citations from the episode: Emanuel, N., Harrington, E., & Pallais, A. (2026). Home alone: Remote work, isolation,
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