Heigh Ho — Work and Working Life
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Understanding Evidence-Based Practice for Employee Wellness Leaders
And why you're doing it wrong if you base your wellness program exclusively on scientific evidence.
heighho.substack.com/p/wellness-wellbeing-evidence-based-practice
As today's episode makes clear, you'll be better equipped for wellness success if you understand what scientific evidence is; what its hallmarks are; and why - and this piece often gets lost - wellness programs should not be directed exclusively by evidence.
Wellness program leaders are especially likely to benefit from today's AI-assisted deep dive into evidence, as the conversation is shaped with your needs in mind.
To keep it tight, I had to omit some things I would have liked to include. But only the nerdiest listeners will object to their absence: The difference between prospective and retrospective studies; the definition and value of cluster randomized controlled studies, which are an important part of the scientific literature on wellness; more details about bias, systematic review, and meta-analysis; and the role of gray literature, like those white papers produced by commercial enterprises and nonprofit agencies.
Be that as it may, in an era when we all get drawn into conversations, especially around science, regarding what's true and what isn't, anyone willing to spend a few minutes with some attention on this lively, practical dialog will learn something relevant to your everyday life.
Off we go!
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Let Your People Go... to the bathroom (podcast version)
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A conversation (AI-assisted) about an employee wellbeing topic a lot of people never think about: Delaying bathroom use because of lack of scheduling flexibility, lack of access, or excessive job demands. This has serious physical and mental health consequences, and you’ll be shocked at the range of workers affected, including - in addition to warehouse and poultry processing workers - nurses, ...
Joseph Zito - Hero of the Triangle Factory Fire
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A quick, AI-assisted conversation describing the heroic actions of Joseph Zito, hero of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. This episode is based on Bob Merberg’s web page, The Story of Joseph Zito (www.jozito.com/about_jozito_joseph_zito/) . Learn more about the fire, and how it became an inflection point in the arc of employee wellbeing, in the previous podcast episode - or read about it in...
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
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Today’s AI-assisted conversation is based on my post, "A Nation that Catches Workers Before They Fall (heighho.substack.com/p/human-factor-employee-wellbeing-triangle) ," about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, which was an inflection point in the arc of American worker wellbeing. In this episode, the AI took some liberties, expanding the scope of the original article. I agreed with 99% of ...
Health Circles: An Organizational Solution to Improve Work and Health
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"Organizational solutions" are gaining traction in conversations about employee wellbeing. Organizational solutions entail changing how work is done. Enjoy this AI-assisted conversation about one example of an organizational solution, health circles, which includes a lively discussion of a specific case study.The conversation is based on my article, Is It Time to Revisit Health Circles to Redes...
Mental Health Stigma
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This AI-assisted conversation takes a deep dive into Bob Merberg’s excerpted presentation, given to a group of employees around the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, about mental health stigma. Unfortunately, for all the preoccupation with mental health stigma the last few years, many people presenting as mental health advocates haven’t studied the topic at all. As a result, they may do more to pe...
Designing Jobs People Want to Do
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Change the work, not the worker. This lively AI-assisted conversation takes a deep dive into the basics of job characteristics, motivating job potential, job design, and job crafting. It’s based on a recorded practice session for one of Bob Merberg’s presentations - the rough cut is available on UA-cam (ua-cam.com/video/HxweXxLChFY/v-deo.html) . The AI makes a few minor flawed connections and i...
Teen Worker Wellbeing
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This experimental AI-assisted two-person conversation is based on the Heigh Ho article, Teenage Workland: Taking stock of teenage worker wellbeing (in words, numbers, and music) (heighho.substack.com/p/teenage-summer-employment) , which includes the chart the podcast speakers refer to. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus epis...
Civility Policy Lands Coffee Chain in Hot Water
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Something different: This episode is a conversation that dives deep into a mash-up of two Heigh Ho articles... When Civility Policies Run Amok-accino (heighho.substack.com/p/starbucks-civility-policy-nlrb) and Ambiguous Civility Policy Burns Workers (heighho.substack.com/p/ambiguous-civility-policy-burns-workers) The episode is AI-assisted, but don’t let that put you off. It’s a polished dialog...
A San Francisco Bus Driver Navigates the Ups and Downs of Transit Operation
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(Subscribe to the Heigh Ho newsletter at heighho.substack.com (heighho.substack.com/) .) Get a look from "the seat" as Muni driver Mc Allen describes why he loves his job and San Francisco and public transportation in general. Mc also shares sides of the role we rarely see: a bus driver’s schedule, time off, pay, and the levels of autonomy, job demands, and social support known to define job st...
Steering Thru Stress: What Bus Drivers' Working Lives Teach Us About Wellbeing
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The job stress of city transit operators, especially bus drivers, has probably been studied more than any other occupation. Along with other jobs in the transportation industry, bus driving is often cited as one of the most stressful jobs. Though it may seem esoteric to office workers, the lessons we’ve learned about bus driver stress are relevant to almost everyone. This is a public episode. I...
Back to the Salt Mine: Labor Where You Least Expect It
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Gazing out over Lake Erie from the Cleveland waterfront, you’re likely to see commercial and recreational watercraft. You’ll see white-capped waves and, in winter, some ice floes. But you may be in the dark about what lies beneath - not underwater, not on the lakebed, but 1800 feet further down, where people are busy at work. Under Lake Erie lies Cargill’s Whiskey Island salt mine, actively wor...
How Work Expands to Fill the Time Available to Complete It
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How Work Expands to Fill the Time Available to Complete It
Interview with a Truck Driver
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Interview with a Truck Driver
Job Crafting, with Rob Baker
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Job Crafting, with Rob Baker
Really? Workers Gladly Forgo Wages?
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Really? Workers Gladly Forgo Wages?
Unpaid Domestic Work and Invisible Family Load (Mental Load) - with Nikki Reynolds
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Unpaid Domestic Work and Invisible Family Load (Mental Load) - with Nikki Reynolds
Unpaid Domestic Work and Invisible Family Load
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Unpaid Domestic Work and Invisible Family Load
How to Design Jobs People Want to Do
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How to Design Jobs People Want to Do
Dishing on Meaningful Work, Finding Your Passion, and Loving Your Job
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Dishing on Meaningful Work, Finding Your Passion, and Loving Your Job
Hardscrabble Jobs: Character Builders or Mental Health Risk Factors?
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Hardscrabble Jobs: Character Builders or Mental Health Risk Factors?
Hardscrabble Jobs: Character Builders or Mental Health Risk Factors?
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Hardscrabble Jobs: Character Builders or Mental Health Risk Factors?
What’s So Radical About Sabbatical?
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What’s So Radical About Sabbatical?
Lessons Learned Working at a Warehouse
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Lessons Learned Working at a Warehouse
The 7 Dwarfs: Engaged Team Players or Marginalized "Others"?
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The 7 Dwarfs: Engaged Team Players or Marginalized "Others"?
How Can Unions Be Resurgent When Membership Rates Are at an All-Time Low?
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How Can Unions Be Resurgent When Membership Rates Are at an All-Time Low?
Snow White-washing Child Labor, Then and Now
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Snow White-washing Child Labor, Then and Now
Here's How Music Affects Work and Workers
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Here's How Music Affects Work and Workers
Mental Health Stigma - Explained by Bob Merberg
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Mental Health Stigma - Explained by Bob Merberg
Snow White and Working Life
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Snow White and Working Life

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  • @gregborbonus4122
    @gregborbonus4122 Рік тому

    Ohh, stfu. There isnt a house with both parents that doesnt have both parents doing unpaid work. The only way you can say this is disproportionate is to dismiss the labor of one of the parents. You can believe this, its harder to lift a refrigerator to its place than it is to lift laundry, but its harder to stay on top of laundry than to mow the grass. A good relationship divides these labors in a way that puts as little burden on eachother as possible while getting all the necessary work done.