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What’s going on with the Great Resignation, the record numbers of people leaving jobs in the US and the UK? Will we see it in other countries such as Australia? What can employers do to hold on to staff? Economics Explored host Gene Tunny speaks with his serviced office neighbours Anthony Bersz and Louise Gibson from Remedy Resourcing, a Brisbane-headquartered recruitment firm.

A video of this episode has been recorded and can be found, when available from approximately 6 December 2021, via www.economicsexplored.com. 

About this episode’s guests - Anthony Bersz and Louise Gibson, Remedy Resourcing

Anthony Bersz is Managing Director of Remedy Resourcing and Director of Remedy Information Technology. Anthony’s recruitment career started in 2010 working for one of the world's leading recruitment agencies based in the UK. After a number of years supporting his candidates and clients throughout the North West of England, Anthony made the move to Brisbane, Australia. On arrival to Brisbane, Anthony continued his career within the same global brand supporting IT companies and professionals with their recruitment and career needs. After listening to the candidate and client frustrations of working with a large global agency, Anthony decided to create Remedy Resourcing to provide a more tailored and flexible approach.

Email anthony@remedyresourcing.com

Louise Gibson is Director of Remedy Legal. Louise’s recruitment career began in 2001 (whilst living in the United Kingdom) and for the next several years, she recruited for one of the largest recruitment agencies in the world, before obtaining a Directorship in the North West’s leading taxation and legal search and selection firms.  During this decade, Louise sourced both tax accountants and tax lawyers for Big 4 Accounting, magic circle law firms and other private practice and FTSE 100 companies.

Louise moved to Brisbane in 2012 and returned to the same international agency for several years where she took responsibility for managing the legal, professional services and finance team for their Brisbane office. It was here in 2015 that she was awarded the Queensland state record for the highest fees billed in a single period since records began. At the end of 2015, Louise joined Remedy to head up and develop the Legal recruitment arm of the business.

Email louise@remedyresourcing.com

Links relevant to the conversation

Great Resignation charts Gene refers to in conversation

Who Is Driving the Great Resignation? HBR article

Top reasons for quitting jobs in the Great Resignation: health fears, burnout, and bad managers Washington Post article

The  Great Resignation Is Accelerating Atlantic Monthly article

Australia's 'great resignation' is a myth — we are changing jobs less than ever before article by Mark Wooden showing Great Resignation hasn’t come to Australia yet

Escape to the country: how Covid is driving an exodus from Britain’s cities (September 2020 Guardian article)

Thanks to the show’s audio engineer Josh Crotts for his assistance in producing the episode. 

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Due to the global pandemic, more people are recording podcasts, creating video presentations, or attending meetings and conferences virtually. Working from home has become the new normal may be that way for the foreseeable future.

Brendan Kumarasamy talks about techniques to get you ready to present on camera.  

 What to Listen For

• Structure - Good Habits vs Bad Ones On-Camera
• How to Prepare to Go On-Camera
• Controlling Filler Words (Umms, Ahhs, Like, etc.) 

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Our topic today is how remote support and growing teams happens in the context of a non-profit. My guest today is Monica Chohan, the co-Executive Director of Organizational Development at Dandelion Dance in Ottawa. 

In today’s episode with Jocelyn Brewer we discuss how to “untangle” ourselves from the distracting pull of technology. 

Jocelyn introduces us to the idea of ‘Digital Calories’ and how time is a finite resource that we don’t want to be wasting.

We talk about the controversy with Jean Twenge and her infamous article: “Have Smartphones destroyed a generation” and discover that the answer is no!

Jocelyn shares her unique ideas about how best to handle technology-obsessed kids and their screen-time and how imposing strict limits and bans can be counter-productive.

We discuss the 3Ms of Digital Nutrition™ and learn about how what we consume online has an effect on our thoughts and behaviour – just like what we eat.

We talk about why an email from your boss is not a lullaby and talk about some great common-sense tips, hacks and strategies for building better technological habits into our lives that enable us to get more done and connect better with those around us.

In this fun, fast-paced and entertaining podcast, we might not use our phones in the same way ever again. At least until the episode is over. 

Today, I talk to Kursty Groves founder of ShapeWorkLife. Kursty is a specialist in the design of workplaces, helping organisations understand how to use their physical environment to boost performance, enhance culture and support innovation. 

During the Covid19 pandemic she has come into increased demand with organisations wanting to know how to design safe and creative return to work strategies. Personally reflecting and pivoting in delivery, we discuss how now more than ever it is key to deliver the Home, Hub, Digital blend of work optimally. Our discussion today reflects and guides on this topic, and much more.

[1 Min 30]  Kursty and her route through Design, Engineering and Innovation.

[4 Mins] ?What If! and the Physical Work Environment challenge.

[6 Mins 30] I Wish I Worked There (Wiley) What I learnt from the likes of Disney and Dyson.

[9 Mins] 4 Space types: Collaborative, Social/Play, Stimulating & Reflective.

[11 Mins] Nesta: Research into Innovation & Space with Tilt - The Why and  the How.

[14 Mins] Client workplace design in the coronavirus crisis.

[17 Mins] What to do to be Covid secure. Is this the death of the office?

[19 Mins] 'Low Touch, High Connection' interactions.

[21 Mins 30] Yahoo's CEO, Marissa Mayer's 2013 quote is now more than ever from a bygone era

[25 Mins] Individuals, as social creatures and work. It's an individual and environmental thing.

[27 Mins] Compartmentalising time.

[29 Mins] Government Guidance: The challenges

[33 Mins 30]  Reducing anxiety and supporting mental health. The key to feeling safe.

[34 Mins 30] Phase 1 trials: Circulate, Access, Split workforce

[38 Mins] Magic Wand: Home, Hub, Digital mix

[42 Mins] Zoom, 37 Signals, Monday.com

[44 Mins] Finding Kursty online

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Working from Home: Opportunities and Risks is a new briefing paper from Alison Pennington and Jim Stanford from the Centre for Future Work at the Australia Institute. Economics Explained host Gene Tunny interviews Alison regarding the paper in this episode. 

Alison Pennington is Senior Economist with the Centre for Future Work. Her research focus is on work in Australia today, and in the future. She received a Master of Political Economy from the University of Sydney. Her research focus was on the Australian finance system, housing and inequality. Her twitter handle is @ak_pennington.

Timestamps

Use these (approximate) timestamps to jump right to the highlights:

• 5:40 – productivity impacts discussion
• 8:30 – how social isolation can impair cognitive ability
• 12:00 – discussion of the view expressed in the paper that “working from home will likely become more common in coming years. For millions of workers, indeed, it will become the ‘new normal.’”
• 16:30 – how workplaces can adapt – an end to hot-desking, a return to pods, and staggered start times
• 28:05 – discussion of employee surveillance by employers – 70% of employees subject to at least one type of digital surveillance and there is a risk this can extend into people’s homes if working from home becomes the new normal
• 32:20 – reference to how the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has tried to make working from home easier (check out the ATO page Working from home during COVID-19)

Hey, Barbara Best here and in today’s podcast, my focus is you; I want to talk about you and what you need because you’re important.  If you’re new and /or still discovering challenges with working from home, I know what you’re going through and I want to help.  

In this episode, I provide you with insights, sound advice and tips to help you create and/or maintain a remote workspace and help make your life easier.  

Please help others by sharing this podcast with those you know who are struggling to find their groove with balancing life and working from home.

Hello everyone,

This Podcast is a bit different from the usual content.

I know a lot of people around the world are currently being asked to work from home (remotely or teleworking) and not everyone has done this before.

I have been working this way for almost three years, so I thought I'd share a few ideas to help people adjust to this temporary situation and provide some insights for people considering working from home for a more extended period of time.

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