Truth, Lies & Work

# flexible work

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10:47Story 1: Who actually gets flexible work (i-deals)Al Elliott: Right Leanne Elliott: And no more Al Elliott: RightEP 270 · 27 Jan 2026·news roundup· 10:47–14:103:00The psychology of flexible workLeanne Elliott: I'm very, very interested in the psychology of flexible work. Oh, because it strikes me as one of those cases where, um, uh, you know, we're potentially throwing a huge increase, a huge potentially benefiEP 156 · 24 Dec 2024·other· 3:00–6:5719:16Closing the door means never discovering the upsidesAl Elliott: Okay Leanne Elliott: If you close the door to begin with, you'll never discover the upsides. Bezos has this fantastic phrase, it's a two-way door. In other words, don't argue this to death because it's a reveEP 156 · 24 Dec 2024·other· 19:16–20:5421:09Flexible work as a two-way doorLeanne Elliott: Flexible work is a 2-way door Al Elliott: Let me ask you then, because you've talked there about 2-way door, there's another aspect of flexible work that seems to fit in with this, which is the 4-day workEP 156 · 24 Dec 2024·other· 21:09–23:1527:02Workplace Surgery: Summer Fridays at RiskAl Elliott: So question number 2. When I started my current job, one of the big perks they advertised was Summer Fridays, where we'd finish the day at noon Leanne Elliott: Hey! Al Elliott: Yeah. We always like, we all liEP 109 · 25 Jun 2024·workplace surgery· 27:02–30:2919:39Reasonable Adjustments and Working SmartJodie Hill: Well, you probably won't see many people in our office because we work smart. So a lot of people work remotely. We work when and where we want, so we're not— people work different days, different hours, depenEP 73 · 11 Jan 2024·interview· 19:39–20:5329:16Pillar 2 — Flexible work experiencesLeanne Elliott: I think it's being intentional around being people first, making that commitment at the highest level at senior leadership and at board level. Second, it's then translating that into a clear vision and puEP 54 · 31 Aug 2023·panel interview· 29:16–41:3341:33Pillar 3 — Empathy-based managementAl Elliott: So before we go on to number 3, can you just sum up for us flexible work experiences, Leigh? Leanne Elliott: Yeah, I think flexible work experience is about creating that flexibility responsibility for our peEP 54 · 31 Aug 2023·panel interview· 41:33–61:2829:03Freedom, flexibility and the death of face timeAl Elliott: Yeah. Yeah, so I think the biggest shift that I've seen, and it's something that I think we've always wanted, but I believe Claire mentioned this earlier, just about the change in the trends were really sped EP 35 · 19 Apr 2023·other· 29:03–35:44

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