Lisa is joined by Panio Gianopolous, co-founder and editorial director of the Next Big Idea Club, as they each nominate three non-fiction books related to work that have changed the way they work and live. 

Tune in to Radio National’s Top 100 Books countdown, Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th October from 1pm. Or catch up anytime on the ABC Listen app. 

Panio’s picks: 

The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing by Adam Moss  

Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport 

Grit: Passion, Perseverance, and the Science of Success by Angela Duckworth 

Lisa’s picks: 

The Design of Everyday Things, Don Norman 

Improv Wisdom, Patricia Ryan Madson 

The Art of Possibility, Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander 

Extra pick:  

Atomic Habits, James Clear

How to fix loneliness at work

You spend so much time on work, why accept the status quo, when there are ways to do it better? Get expert advice, research and hacks that will crush your inertia.

Join Lisa Leong and other This Working Lifers as we experiment and explore the latest in the world of work.
 

We cover policy issues, like hybrid workplaces and remote work, employee wellbeing and organisational culture, the use of AI, employee surveillance, employee engagement, diversity and inclusion. We talk about progress on wider issues that relate to work, like work life balance, organisational change, restructures, and casualisation. On This Working Life our focus is on everything related to the people in a workplace too, including culture, individual experiences, performance management and career advice.