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Women at WorkWhat to Share, What to Hold BackSelf-disclosure at work can build trust and connection, but it also carries risks—especially for women, leaders, and those whose values or identities set them apart. That tension is what Columbia professor Katherine Phillips explored in one of our earliest episodes of the podcast, back in 2018.
Now, we revisit Kathy’s research on inclusion and authentic relationships, and add a fresh perspective. Amy B speaks with Kathy’s longtime collaborators Tracy Dumas and Nancy Rothbard about how expectations around self-disclosure have shifted. The Amys also reflect on what they’ve learned about sharing personal details at work: when it...2025-05-0548 min
Bodies @ Work9. Cripping Time: Experiencing chronic illness in academia (with Prof. Bethan Evans)Guest: Professor Bethan EvansMy guest today is Bethan Evans, Professor of Human Geography at the University of Liverpool. Bethan and her colleagues are doing really interesting research on the experiences of academics who are navigating working in academia whilst living with chronic health conditions.In her paper titled "Being left behind beyond recovery: ‘crip time’ and chronic illness in neoliberal academia" and in her work on the Exhaustion Economy, Bethan and her colleagues argue that ‘crip time’ is a useful lens through which to frame the cognitive, psychological and emotional struggle of academics living with ene...2025-04-2848 min
Bodies @ Work8. A new way to measure chronic pain at work (with Dr Martin Stevens)Chronic pain is pain as one of the most prominent causes of disability worldwide. In England alone, around 15.5 million people (34% of the population) experience chronic pain and about 12% struggling to take part in daily activities, including work.When we think about the impact of chronic pain on our ability to work, as researchers we’ve tended to measure the direct effects on productivity in the workplace, but for people living with persistent pain the qualitative impacts extend far beyond this.My guest today is Dr Martin Stevens, a research fellow from Leeds University. He and re...2025-03-1834 min
Bodies @ Work7. The real barriers to flexible job design for people with energy limiting conditions (with Catherine Hale)HOST: Peter GhinGuest: Catherine Hale (Researcher, Kings College London)On this weeks pod I speak with the ever-erudite Catherine Hale about the research she is leading at Kings College London which explores the barriers to designing flexible jobs for people with disability - specifically people with fluctuating energy limiting conditions (FELCS). This conversation packs a punch. We dig beneath the high-level discourses of inclusion and the social model of disability, to understand what the research reveals about the practical obstacles to creating what Catherine calls - FlexPlus Jobs. This translates to real...2025-02-1841 min
Bodies @ Work6. Bonus: Energy limiting health conditions - The unspoken energy crisis plaguing workersAs we're still in our summer break here in the Southern Hemisphere, I thought I'd share a fantastic podcast I recorded some time back on our sister podcast, Work.Work.Work. I hope you enjoy!______Are you exhausted? Well join the club! But imagine if that exhaustion wasn’t only a by-product of living in our modern times, but a physiological response to a multi-systemic illness that severely curtails your baseline energy levels. In today’s episode, we explore the world of chronic illness, particularly conditions like long-COVID, fibromyalgia, lupus, and ME/CFS, to better unde...2025-01-1335 min
Bodies @ Work5. Co-managing chronic illness at work (with Dr David Maidment)My guest today is Dr David Maidment, senior lecturer in psychology at Loughborough University, UK. David's research focuses on developing interventions that aim to improve physical health and psychological wellbeing in adults with long-term conditions and disabilities.I speak with David about his NIHR funded research project which explores how people with long-term health conditions can be supported by organisations to co-manage their health at work.We unpack the concept of 'co-managing' and how it can be useful way to frame the intersection of self-management and employer responsibility for employee health.I hope...2024-12-1942 min
Bodies @ Work4. Bonus: Full interview with Sheila Kissane - Founder/CEO of Boutros BearSheila Kissane is the founder and CEO of the Cambridge-based healthcare start-up venture Boutros Bear which works with individuals and employers to provide rehabilitation programmes for people with cancer, chronic pain, menopausal symptoms and mental health conditions.This is the full interview of my recent conversation with the dynamic Sheila Kissane. Check out our podcast feed for a shorter, edited version of our conversation.References:Boutros Bear Cancer Costs A ‘ripple effect’ analysis of cancer’s wider impact Contact: info@culturalvalue.com.au2024-12-031h 08
Bodies @ Work3. A revolutionary health care startup for people living with chronic conditions (with Founder/CEO Sheila Kissane)Sheila Kissane is the founder and CEO of the Cambridge-based healthcare start-up venture Boutros Bear which works with individuals and employers to provide rehabilitation programmes for people with cancer, chronic pain, menopausal symptoms and mental health conditions.We cover a lot of terrain in this conversation, from what it takes to create a healthcare start-up while living with in the midst and in the shadow of a breast cancer diagnosis, to the challenge of scaling personalised healthcare for the employer market.I loved this interview so much that I’ve also made a full edit of...2024-12-0345 min
Bodies @ Work2. Improving work outcomes for people with arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions (with Professor Yeliz Prior)Host: Dr Peter GhinProducer: Cultural ValueToday I chat with the delightful Yeliz Prior. Yeliz is a Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation at the School of Health and Society at Salford University in the UKYeliz’s research explores the effective management of rheumatic and musculoskeletal conditions in the workplace and the use of digital health technologies to enable wider access to health information, diagnosis, treatment and self-management. As you’ll hear, Yeliz’s research is informed by her lived experience of axial spondyloarthritis and she talks through her own process of being diagno...2024-11-2032 min
Bodies @ Work1. Moving the dial forward on disability employment (with Professor Kim Hoque)Host: Dr Peter GhinProducer: Cultural Value My first guest on the podcast is Kim Hoque. He’s a professor of Human Resources Management and Vice Dean (People and Culture) at King’s Business School in London. Kim is also one of the UK’s leading scholars on disability and employment. In 2013 he co-founded the Disability@Work research group and in 2021, along with leading charities and trade unions, he co-founded the Disability Employment Charter.I speak to Kim about the process of establishing the disability charter but we kic...2024-11-0651 min
Bodies @ WorkTrailerHost: Dr Peter GhinWe're excited to launch our little podcast which explores life at the intersection of chronic illness/disability and work! The first season of Bodies @ Work showcases interviews with researchers and other stellar guests, who are doing super interesting work to understand the impact of disabling health conditions in the workplace, and what we can do to achieve better outcomes for employees and their employers.So whether you’re researcher, a public policy person, a health practitioner, an employer, an advocate, a person with lived experience of...2024-10-3003 min
The Pyjama InterviewsEp 24: Peter: Disclosing Chronic Illness at WorkDid you know that 38% of people living with chronic illness are in professional, leadership roles? This is exactly what Dr. Peter Ghin’s recent report, "Disclosing Illness at Work,” found. Peter lives with ME/CFS, and on this episode of The Pyjama Interviews pod, he shares both his personal experience of chronic illness and career as well as the research findings in this area. In this week’s podcast we talk about:How we romanticize 'the great leader' and what it means when a leader becomes unwell. What we can learn from how and why leaders disclose...2024-03-261h 01
Let’s Check In PodcastWorking well into the future with Dr Peter GhinAre you happy with your work and your workplace? It’s a tricky one to answer isn’t it. There are so many factors at play and, if we’re honest, that answer can swing wildly, even in the space of a day.
Thank goodness we have experts like Dr Peter Ghin from the Future of Work Lab at the University of Melbourne to keep us on track.
On this episode of the Let’s Check In Podcast, your host, Suzie McErvale, finds out about where work is heading, and how we might mak...2023-10-2949 minLet’s Check In PodcastLet’s Check In Podcast TrailerThe Let’s Check In Podcast, hosted by Suzie McErvale is a place where we share the stories and strategies of real people who have paved their way through uncertainty.
We talk to the experts about the things that you didn’t learn at school, that you wish someone had prepared you for. Best case you’ll learn something, worst case you’ll learn something.
You’ll hear from people like:
Dr Peter Ghin: Future of Work Lab at The University of Melbourne
Georgie Collinson: Australia’s number one Anxiety Therapist and Author of The Anxiety R...2023-10-1701 min
Download the Top 100 Audiobooks in Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: EpicLEVEL 7: The Judas Protocol Audiobook by Nathan E. MeyerListen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go tohttp://hotaudiobook.comTitle: LEVEL 7: The Judas Protocol
Author: Nathan E. Meyer
Narrator: Peter Berkrot
Format: Unabridged
Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-19-16
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Epic
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Deep below the Arctic ice in a sinister government laboratory, alien scientists called the Ghin conduct hideous experiments on human victims in cooperation with the US government. But when one Ghin scientist betrays his handlers and turns the laboratory into a slaughterhouse, the shadow agency that oversees the operation...2016-07-1912h 24