If you were designing a workplace, would it look like the one you’re in now?

Stop laughing.

Okay, now that we’ve calmed down, what’s your answer? How would you set up your teams? How would the work flow, ideally? What kinds of training (remember training?) and learning opportunities would be provided?

Put simply, what would the user experience look like?

This is the question David Greene is answering every day. With a background in UX and a passion for making work not suck, he’s perfectly suited for the job.

He’s led some great efforts while in the agency world. Creating a time off program for employees who need to care for elderly parents or grandparents. And a part-time pilot that gave people and the agency flexibility to do great work and live a great life.

That’s the goal. As David says, we should be thinking about how we integrate work with our lives, not how to build our lives around work.

I couldn’t agree more. And I think you will too, after listening to our conversation.

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Welcome to the DesuckifyWork® podcast. The show where we cut through the BS and find ways to make work more fun, more human and less ridiculous. All of which makes your business more profitable, by the way.

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Let the desuckifying begin.

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You can follow David on LinkedIn. And check out his site at greeneonline.com or reach out to him at david@evolve.work. New site at that same URL coming soon.

If you enjoyed the conversation and would like to find some calm in the chaos of work, I invite you to schedule a free half-hour discovery session. Type “meow” in the calendar invite and I’ll also send you a free DesuckifyWork® t-shirt!

Bye, everyone!

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Bonus question from David to our audience:If your organization today, where is the experience being underutilized? Where do you look at it and say they’re not being used to their best ability? And if your five most experienced people leave tomorrow, what would actually break?

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The conversation was so nice we had to have it twice.

It took two recording sessions for Sheri Zevenbergen and I to nail down this week’s DesuckifyWork® podcast episode. Thanks to some technical difficulties.

But it was so worth it. Sheri is coach, podcast host and delightful bundle of energy and insight. With a clear vision for how we can live a life that matters.

It’s all about the dash. You know, the one between when we’re born and when we die. Sheri calls this the “DASH Mindset.” What are we gonna do with that time?

For many folks in the business world, the answer is usually achievement. Do all the things as well as we can do them and get all the rewards that come with all the doing.

Then we wake up one day and go, what was the point of all that again?

If we want to take more ownership of our dash, we need to:

🐱 Reprogram our inner voice🐱 Learn and live by our values🐱 Build new habits

The best part of all this? If we do those things, it not only makes our lives better, it makes the lives of the people around us better too. Our family, our friends, our teams at work, the dude we see every morning at the coffee shop and do the mutual grunt/nod thing with.

This is how desuckification happens. One person at a time, one habit at a time, one choice at a time.

We only get one dash. What are you gonna do with yours?

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Welcome to the DesuckifyWork® podcast. The show where we cut through the BS and find ways to make work more fun, more human and less ridiculous. All of which makes your business more profitable, by the way.

(If you enjoy this one, please like, share, rate, review or subscribe to the podcast.)

Let the desuckifying begin.

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You can follow Sheri on LinkedIn. And check out her site at thedashmindset.com where you can learn more about her coaching work and check out her awesome podcast.

If you enjoyed the conversation and would like to find some calm in the chaos of work, I invite you to schedule a free half-hour discovery session. Type “meow” in the calendar invite and I’ll also send you a free DesuckifyWork® t-shirt!

Bye, everyone!

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Bonus question from Sheri to our audience:What are you just naturally good at that you don’t even recognize? What are you most complimented on?

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People suck sometimes.All of us.Especially at work.

Our humanity narrows.We turn into strange creatures who speak in acronyms, buzzwords and status updates.

And we wonder why it’s all so hard.We made it that way.And we can unmake it.

By becoming more relatable.

Rachel DeAlto —author, speaker and former relationship expert on “Married at First Sight”—wrote a whole book about it. Two, actually. Her latest, “The Relatable Leader” lays it out plainly:

We need to connect, communicate and inspire.

🐱 Ditch the corporate speak and just say the thing. Get to know people as people, not means to an end.🐱 Stop making assumptions and start asking people what they actually need.🐱 Have a point of view and show some some genuine energy around the work you do.

That’s what makes us more relatable. That’s what makes us better leaders. And that’s what makes work suck a whole lot less.

If you’re into that sort of thing.

Welcome to the DesuckifyWork® podcast. The show where we cut through the BS and find ways to make work more fun, more human and less ridiculous. All of which makes your business more profitable, by the way.

(If you enjoy this one, please like, share, rate, review or subscribe to the podcast.)

Let the desuckifying begin.

You can follow Rachel on LinkedIn. And check out her site at racheldealto.com where you can learn more about her books and her speaking work.

If you enjoyed the conversation and would like to find some calm in the chaos of work, I invite you to schedule a free half-hour discovery session. Type “meow” in the calendar invite and I’ll also send you a free DesuckifyWork® t-shirt!

Bye, everyone!

Bonus question from Rachel to our audience:What are you excited about?People suck sometimes.

If you’d like to watch this episode on YouTube, please click here.