# trends
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12:06Engagement levels in the current climateKristien Turner: Yeah, might be getting ahead of ourselves with this one, but right now, engagement levels are at, um, you know, a COVID-level, uh, rate when it comes to engagement rates. And I always like to say the fouEP LIVE-2026-04-03 · 3 Apr 2026·panel interview· 12:06–14:3053:04Temporary blip or new normal?Leanne Elliott: I want to gauge your thoughts on how temporary or permanent this is in terms of us reevaluating and rethinking what work means to us, how we want it sitting in our lives. It's been a heck of a 5 years. ThEP LIVE-2026-03-25 · 25 Mar 2026·panel interview· 53:04–59:0451:17Workplace Surgery: Trends for aspiring business psychologistsLeanne Elliott: A.I., definitely, I think goes without saying at this point, doesn't it? Al Elliott: Yeah Leanne Elliott: As we've, we've heard today in, in terms of your training course that managers are, are looking toEP 276 · 17 Feb 2026·workplace surgery· 51:17–53:2117:13Prediction 3 — Unionisation will surge (Rebecca Taylor)Leanne Elliott: Our next prediction comes from one of our most favourite people, the winner of Hot Take of 2025, Rebecca Taylor. She's a content creator, host of the HR Confessions podcast, and co-founder of SkillCycle AEP 263 · 1 Jan 2026·other· 17:13–22:2710:11QuitTok makes a comebackLeanne Elliott: Go for it Al Elliott: Thank you for asking me, Leanne, what I've seen this week. I've seen something this week, which also I've seen about, about 5 years ago. It's something called, well, it's basically qEP 252 · 25 Nov 2025·news roundup· 10:11–15:1321:48Who coined 'weird LinkedIn'Leanne Elliott: You have been, um, called part of this, this weird LinkedIn. I'm sure there's people listening going, what, what is that? Can you tell us what it is? How it started, how would you define it? Nick Power: TEP 249 · 13 Nov 2025·interview· 21:48–25:0947:52The future of the 4-day weekLeanne Elliott: And in terms of the future of work, I have to bring it back to the core of our conversation, the 4-day work week, reduced working week. Is it the future? Is it a trend? What are your thoughts? Jeanette RaEP 183 · 27 Mar 2025·interview· 47:52–50:2010:46Is the world actually getting angrier?Leanne Elliott: I mean, with that, like you said, the environments that we're in, are humans getting angrier? Is the frequency of anger on the rise? Al Elliott: Yeah. So this is one of those questions that I wish we had EP 163 · 16 Jan 2025·other· 10:46–14:0443:55What Alexis thinks is overhyped right nowAlexis Zahner: You know, not that there's concepts that I think are too fluffy or buzzy or bullshitty, but I just think there's a lot of misconceptions around what these things mean. Um, I think one of the things that frEP 113 · 9 Jul 2024·interview· 43:55–46:5036:39Do AI trends pose a threat to Ivee?Lydia & Amelia (Ivee co-founders, merged ch): It's a very interesting question. Um, we actually posted a TikTok the other day on the motherhood penalty, and I think it hit the wrong side of the internet because the commeEP 94 · 2 May 2024·interview· 36:39–39:1011:51Prediction 2: Workplace health trendsLeanne Elliott: But come back Al Elliott: Yeah, come back midroll (Phil Agnew, Nudge): Definitely come back because Nudge isn't as good as this, so come backEP 71 · 29 Dec 2023·panel interview· 11:51–13:235:13Context for the four trendsAl Elliott: Yeah. And I think as we run down to Christmas, which is coming frighteningly fast at us— Leanne Elliott: Happy November, by the way Al Elliott: Happy November. Yeah. Happy first pinch and punch of the month aEP 63 · 2 Nov 2023·other· 5:13–7:0616:53Trend 1: The ongoing destigmatisation of mental healthAl Elliott: So Leanne's taken all of the insights from our amazing guests, and she's identified 7 future trends of wellbeing Leanne Elliott: I have, and these trends are all things that business owners can capitalise on EP 49 · 27 Jul 2023·panel interview· 16:53–31:0731:07Trend 2: Employee engagement and connectionAl Elliott: So our second future trend is employee engagement and connection. Employee engagement, oh, Lianne's favorite word. Employee engagement, without a doubt, is the focus of the future in terms of wellbeing. EmploEP 49 · 27 Jul 2023·panel interview· 31:07–38:4847:30Trend 4: Personalisation and customisationAl Elliott: Okay, so number 4 is personalisation and customisation. Oh my God, as a marketer coming to this, that this area, it's kind of strange how similar some of these fundamentals are. With an increasingly diverse wEP 49 · 27 Jul 2023·panel interview· 47:30–56:3656:36Trend 5: A holistic approach to wellbeingAl Elliott: So the 5th trend that Lianne identified is this holistic approach to wellbeing. So it's great that we're starting to talk more around, more about health in the workplace, but we need a more holistic view of tEP 49 · 27 Jul 2023·panel interview· 56:36–60:5460:54Trend 6: Leadership and cultureLeanne Elliott: That leads us nicely onto our 6th trend, which again, I'm sure not necessarily comes as a surprise to regular listeners of the podcast. Trend number 6, leadership and culture. So, we're currently finishinEP 49 · 27 Jul 2023·panel interview· 60:54–72:117:33Word of the week: Corporate villain eraAl Elliott: So if you've not heard this before, this is, this is still in testing phase, maybe in its like 9th week, but we kind of like it. It's where we sit back, we just get a gin and tonic, we sit by the fire, and weEP 34 · 12 Apr 2023·other· 7:33–9:27
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