In spite of plenty of evidence that employees come to work with both their brains AND their hearts, emotions and empathy aren't something we see or talk a lot about in the workplace. In today’s episode, our Debra and lisa speculate on what role an empath like Deanna Troi from Star Trek TNG would play in today’s business space. Join Debra and lisa as they analyze the character, the strengths, and skill set—and consider how this character's role would work as part of a business. If you are interested in workplace culture, and how it can be shaped through roles that explicitly value emotion and make it safe to show up as fully human, this episode is for you. Web workrevolutionpodcast.com Instagram @work_revolution Facebook @workrevolutionpodcast Music theme blueimusic.com

Imagine a workplace where employees are committed, engaged, productive—and safe to express their talents and full humanity—day after day after day. This could be where you work, though it won't happen without understanding what is getting in the way. In Season 2 of the Work Revolution Podcast, Debra joins forces with her new co-host lisa Schmidt to challenge the status quo of obsolete workplace practices and ideas about leadership that contribute to inequality and disengagement, and slow the pace of much-needed change and innovation. Get to know Debra and lisa, and hear how they will use their extensive experience, critical insights, humour and smart-ass attitudes to show there is a better way to work and live.  Join the Work Revolution! Web workrevolutionpodcast.com Instagram @work_revolution Facebook @workrevolutionpodcast Music theme blueimusic.com

In part 2 of my conversation with Jane Scholes we discuss gender inequality in compensation for lawyers and how changes in leadership practices are urgently needed to avoid losing talent.  Highlighting the importance of great mentorship, Jane outlines the concrete strategies she’s learned from her Principal on how legal leaders can support young parents, and especially young women. As an added bonus, we talk strategies for young working parents to help facilitate the broader culture shift that’s needed so that women can contribute fully to the labour market (AKA Deb's unsolicited parenting advice).

Prompted by a recent Twitter storm of activity about whether parental leave should be effectively mandated for male lawyers who have children, Jane Scholes and I discuss how family unfriendly policies and practices hurt women’s careers, and men’s ability to participate fully as supportive partners and parents. Jane is a senior associate lawyer at Lerners LLP in London, Ontario where she practices primarily health, labour and employment, and human rights law. From the viewpoints of being an employment lawyer, an employee in a law firm and being a new parent herself, Jane provides a unique perspective on what law firms and other organizations need to do to retain and advance talented women. Follow on Instagram @work_revolution Email your feedback, questions and topic ideas to [email protected] Website: https://workrevolution.ca/ Editing by Rodney Lock Music: This World is Yours by Gyom

Jake Stika of Next Gen Men talks about how patriarchy and the masculine script of competition and domination perpetuates gender inequality and is harmful to both women AND men. Jake describes how he approaches these topics with leaders and other men, and about how his own experiences in semi-professional sport brought him to pivot his career to focus on the health and well-being of boys and men. Follow on Instagram @work_revolution Email your feedback, questions and topic ideas to [email protected] Website: https://workrevolution.ca/ Editing by Rodney Lock Music: This World is Yours by Gyom

How can we reduce bias and workplace conflict while increasing focus, productivity, authentic communication, and decision making? Mark Krasnohorsky believes the practice of meditation will have a profound impact on all of these. Hear how this science-minded, tech-savvy consultant applies meditation in the workplace and how it’s changed his personal life. Follow on Instagram @work_revolution Email your feedback, questions and topic ideas to [email protected] Website: https://workrevolution.ca/ Editing by Rodney Lock Music: This World is Yours by Gyom

Kristine Beese, founder of Untangle Money speaks with me about the wage gap, the wealth gap and the power gap. Kristine also shares her career journey from engineering to capital markets to entrepreneurship, including some harrowing tales of being a nice woman in a bro culture. Follow on Instagram @work_revolution Email your feedback, questions and topic ideas to [email protected] Website: https://workrevolution.ca/ Editing by Rodney Lock Music: This World is Yours by Gyom

Sustainability and CSR expert Lindsay Colley talks about the evolving role of businesses in our society and what they must do to ensure their own long-term survival. Lindsay also shares her career journey from financial auditing at Ernst Young to using her expertise and capabilities in service of a cause greater than herself. Bonus features include bugs as a source of protein and the career limitations of being short. Follow on Instagram @work_revolution Email your feedback, questions and topic ideas to [email protected] Website: https://workrevolution.ca/ Editing by Rodney Lock Music: This World is Yours by Gyom

While companies push for ‘change agility’ from their people and in their business operations, they have made glacially slow progress on the issues that matter to most of us. Michael Bach, Founder and CEO of the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion and author of Birds of All Feathers: Doing Diversity and Inclusion Right, shares his theories and experiences pushing for change, while I express my frustration and impatience waiting for it. Hint: The problem has something to do with the fact that it’s almost exclusively white, cisgender men who are in positions to make change happen, and they don’t see how diversity and inclusion serves their self-interest. Follow on Instagram @work_revolution Email your feedback, questions and topic ideas to [email protected] Website: https://workrevolution.ca/ Editing by Rodney Lock Music: This World is Yours by Gyom

If you are feeling confused by the growing list of characters in LGBTQIA2S+ and not sure you’re ready to announce your pronouns on LinkedIn, listen as Pride at Work Canada’s, Colin Druhan schools me on appropriate language, workplace challenges facing the queer and trans community, and the changes needed to make workplaces more inclusive. Follow on Instagram @work_revolution Email your feedback, questions and topic ideas to [email protected] Website: https://workrevolution.ca/ Editing by Rodney Lock Music: This World is Yours by Gyom