Over the next few weeks, I've got something a wee bit different for you! This is the very first edition... more

This is the final installment in Strange New Work, a series that uses speculative fiction to explore radical work futures.Power.... more

This is the penultimate episode of Strange New Work, a special series from What Works that explores the future of... more

I've got something short, sweet, and really special for you today. Sean, my husband, my go-to extrovert shield, and the... more

This is the 6th installment of Strange New Work, a special series that uses speculative fiction to explore radically different... more

This is the 5th installment of Strange New Work, a special series that explores how speculative fiction can help us... more

This is the 4th installment in Strange New Work, a special series from What Works that explores how speculative fiction... more

This is the third installment in Strange New Work, a series that explores how speculative fiction can help us imagine... more

This is the 11th edition of This is Not Advice, a "not advice" column for premium subscribers of What Works.... more

This is the second episode in my new series, "Strange New Work." Artist and writer Morgan Harper Nichols is a... more

The future of work doesn't have to be an extension of today's reality.This is the first installment in Strange New... more

Join Tara McMullin for a journey into the far future of work, and consider how we can create more humane,... more

Today’s episode is a sneak peek of Work In Practice, my new 12-week training program for guides of all kinds.... more

There are rules you know about—and rules you don't. Some rules are written down—and other rules are "just the way... more

Play, learn, work, retire—those are the four stages of what Mauro Guillén calls the sequential mode of life. In his new... more

This is the 8th edition of This is Not Advice, my "not-advice" column for premium subscribers of What Works. Today, I'm talking... more

Making work for the public seems to come with a slew of fuzzy social expectations. What do we owe our... more

The media give us wildly exaggerated images of wealth and consumption. And even if we recognize that a tv show... more

At age 50, Manisha Thakor realized that she'd sacrificed her life at the altar of work. How did that happen?... more

This is an excerpt from the 7th edition of This is Not Advice—a not-advice column exclusively for premium subscribers. In this... more

This episode originally ran on May 25, 2022. It's been lightly remixed for today's release!“Rugged individualism” is the very language... more

So much of our modern discourse around productivity, empowerment, entrepreneurship, and personal growth includes messages about our bodies. These messages... more

This is an episode of "This is Not Advice," a bonus podcast I do for premium subscribers of What Works.... more

This is an episode about Meta's new app, Threads. It's also about Substack and Substack's new-ish feature, Notes. But really,... more

"It's easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism," say Frederic Jameson and Slavoj Žižek.Capitalist... more

Welcome to the 5th edition of This is Not Advice, a non-advice column for premium subscribers of What Works. If... more

"Failure" got a glow-up sometime in the last 20 years. Instead of something to be feared, gurus tell us to embrace... more

Buckle up—today's episode was inspired by something that got me really worked up this week: "I think home-baking is one of... more

"Outsiders" shoulder a disproportionate burden when it comes to fitting in. Can we demand more from the "insiders?"This is a... more

What gets labeled as "authentic" is often quite predictable. It's a market-compatible expression of what was once something unique or... more

On June 8, Skye Pillsbury opened the latest edition of her newsletter, The Squeeze, with the header RIP Gimlet. She... more

I’m about to write the most journalistic thing I’ve ever written: I received a tip.I wish I could say it... more

Welcome to the 3rd edition of This is Not Advice, my advice column that’s not an advice column for paid... more

Today's episode is all about trust and responsibility—and how those qualities impact the cost of doing business and the work... more

What are we really talking about when we talk about our hopes and fears about AI?It's us. We're the problem.Actually,... more

There's a sort of inside joke in the online business space of coaches, creators, and service providers. Or maybe, at... more

“This cancerous economic principle means that executives and venture capitalists have abandoned the concept of value within a business. Through... more

Today’s quick episode is a sample of something I’m creating for paid subscribers to What Works. I’m calling it my... more

What does a bad movie from 1992, loss aversion, Steinbeck, pizza, farm animals, and the founder of a software company... more

I am on board when it comes to technological progress. I look forward to updating my devices (although I don’t... more