The Floorplan
The Floorplan is a thorough and sometimes funny exploration of our attempts to navigate the modern workplace and the future of work. Steven Spielberg says he wakes up so excited that he can’t eat breakfast. But for most of us, work is far less fulfilling. The way we design jobs and where we expect people to perform can be dull at best and dehumanising at worst.
Episodes
This week Libby and Matt contemplate the value of boredom.
These days boredom is easily avoidable - instant entertainment is only a short scroll away courtesy of the complex multimedia platforms we carry in our pockets.
It wasn't always thus, of course.
Can we benefit from being bored? What about boredom in the workplace? What is the science of boredom? And given a choice, would you take boredom over an electric shock?
These questi...
Ever been so immersed in a task you’ve completely lost sense of yourself, forgotten about time and place, and been so absorbed in the act of doing something that all distractions simply fade away?
If so, you may have entered that special place where your individual skill matches the complexity of the task.
You, dear listener, may have entered the FLOW ZONE!
Can flow and work co-exist in a meaningful way?
That’s what Libby and Matt ...
So much to discuss this week.
Is a simultaneous bias by employers against both younger and older workers starting to gather steam? Data out of an Australian Human Rights Commission report seems to suggest it. But when all the talk is 'skills shortage' and when younger workers aren't so keen on tackling management roles, how have things come to this?
Also, Libby chats with ex-Googler, Tristan Cameron. What is life really...
Matt and Libby consider the economic cost of unhappiness at work and ponder the price of anxieties brought on by the speed of workplace change.
And if younger employees aren’t particularly interested in taking up management roles, who will be the leadersof the future?
Libby enjoys a terrific chat with Tony Bacigalupo. At just 23, Tony took a big chunk of his savings to IKEA and led the charge to open New York's first dedicated co-...
A bumper edition this week with Libby back from the Big Apple!
Both Libby and Matt share some tales from the road and ponder whether the secret to a happy workplace may be found through its (collective) stomach.
Also, Libby enjoys an in depth chat with Stanford University economics and management guru Professor Nick Bloom who - among lots of other things - has all the numbers on working remotely (and isn't afraid to use them!).
Abou...
That'll be ASSOCIATE Professor, thank you!
The return of The Floorplan coincides with a promotion to Associate Professor for our favourite organisational behaviour expert. And a richly deserved nod it is! How good!
To kickstart the new series, Matt and Libby discuss the longevity industry boom and its implications and ponder whether Gen X-ers have fair reason to feel a little forgotten.
A very special episode with very special guest to end the fourth series of The Floorplan!
Freshly returned from her annual trip to Japan with Bond University Business School students, Libby spends a fascinating hour with Dr Andy Walshe.
Andy is a globally recognised leader and expert in the field of elite human performance.
He is co-founder of and a partner at The Liminal Collective, a collective of partners and ambassadors dedicate...
Can you build a perfect workplace?
Isaac French thinks so.
"People are hungry for one-of-a-kind experiences. Spaces with soul, and that tell a story. And anyone with a dream and some good old-fashioned work can make good on that opportunity," he says.
In a complicated, rapidly moving world where more and more workers demanding more meaningful work opportunities supported by more flexible employment structures, it's the perfect time ...
Professor Raj Choudury from Harvard Business School joins The Floorplan to discuss, among plenty of other things, his new book The World Is Your Office: How Work from Anywhere Boosts Talent, Productivity, and Innovation.
And perhaps policy makers will be once bitten, twice shy when it comes to politicising flexible working arrangements from now on - Libby and Matt discuss the federal opposition's rapidly ditched attempt to forc...
Technology entrepreneur Charles Hoskinson joins the podcast to talk about early influences on his thinking, decentralised governance, trust, challenges in cryptocurrency, and the problem he'd most like to solve.
A fascinating conversation with a deeply thoughtful and insightful leader.
About Charles Hoskinson
Charles Hoskinson is a Colorado-based technology entrepreneur and mathematician. He attended Metropolitan State University o...
A packed episode this week with Libby and Matt considering the implications of research suggesting AI is beginning tounderstand us better than we understand ourselves.
Also, what do young employees REALLY think about ever-fattening CEO paycheques?
And a discussion about ‘taskmasking’ – basically the art of making yourself appear productive at work – extracts a ‘George Costanza/Pensky File’ confession from one of your hosts.
This week Libby and Matt discuss the Governor of Tokyo's workplace initiative that he thinks will prop up Japan's sluggish population growth - as long as marriage is the end goal, of course.
Libby is surprised to learn Darwin has something similar on the go (sort of).
And a fascinating practical insight into organisational behavioural change when Libby meets Leschen Smaller.
Leshcen is Director, Element Business & Accou...
Libby and Matt take a look at a very Gen Z phenomenon that should make employers and recruiters alike think twice about overstating the merits of workplaces.
Daisy Mack joins the podcast too.
Once a high-flying talent agent who represented some of entertainment's biggest names at William Morris Endeavour, Daisy now teaches meditation, sound healing and breathwork.
She's learned a lot along the way and her insights into navigat...
In their final episode of the year, Libby and Matt discuss the latest research on work from home (WFH) practices and ponder a Gallup report that suggest the time may now for those who want to trade down their work ambitions to focus on a better life.
Workplace wellbeing expert Dr Jenna Mikus and Founder and Managing Partner of the Eudae Group talks about her researching for and advising clients seeking architectural and organisati...
Why are Australians hording their annual leave? Libby and Matt discuss.
They also consider some interesting research pointing to a less collegiate work experience for younger employees.
And after a couple of BBC radio presenters made their true (not particularly kind) feelings public via a 'reply all' email sent in error, your hosts fess up to their own email disasters.
A fascinating interview for you too.
Organisational psychologist and leadership expert Dr Vicki Webster returns to the podcast to encourage us to think a little differently about how we handle workplace conflict.
While on conflict, can we 'AI' our way out of difficult workplace conversations?
Also, do stand-up desks help or hinder workplace health? A new UK study might shift the furniture...
And, as always, plenty more!
Libby and Matt deliver a quick whip around of the organisational behaviour stories and issues making headlines.
Among them:
- The insane economics of boozing on a school night.
- Do workplace incentives do what they're meant to?
- Which jobs make us happiest?
- Do underperforming nice people have their own special value?
All this and more!
We all know the pandemic changed the workplaces and the work market dramatically. In this episode, Libby and Matt think through what - and why - certain changes have stuck and discuss what talent-hunters and jobseekers alike may have learned.
Libby's special guest is CEO and co-founder of mentoring software platform Brancher, Holly Brailsford.
An Organisational Psychologist, Holly - together with software engineer Jake Bayer - se...
Dr Libby and Matt ponder why modern organisations are almost always big on the idea of innovation but often really small on implementing the change required for it.
Dr Libby and Matt discuss neurodivergence in the workplace. They gain insight from psychologist and speaker Ella Cotterell who was diagnosed with autism at 26. Ella is also a Somatic Trauma Educator and Feminine Embodiment practitioner.
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