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Eat Sleep Work Repeat - better workplace culture

Gender in the workplace - breaking the glass wall

Eat Sleep Work Repeat - better workplace culture

Bruce Daisley

Science, Culture, Management, Social Sciences, Work, Business, Workplace Culture

4.7989 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

What if the way we've created work was built around the things that men prefer. Sue Unerman makes the compelling case that the workplace has evolved to serve male skills - and that this isn't good for the workplace and it isn't good for workers.


Sue Unerman is the Chief Transformation Officer at Mediacom, and also the author of two widely acclaimed books. We discussed her book (written with Kathryn Jacob) The Glass Wall


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0:00.0

Hello there this is Eat Sleep Workopree I'm Bruce Dazley it's a podcast about making work better.

0:08.4

buzzing to be with you today one of the things that people say to me are my travels

0:12.2

is how you do a book and a

0:13.4

podcast and a job? Well the job has been very hectic the last few weeks and it's

0:18.6

maybe struggled to stay on top of the podcast so sorry for the gap last week if you've not subscribed there's a

0:25.2

regular email as well and that went out today I'm experimenting with the best day

0:29.2

of the week to do it you can sign up at each sleep work repeat dot fm and it was an article format today so do share it with others if you enjoyed it

0:37.6

As this is my side hustle. I've given myself a slight pass, but I have been very conscious of the gender inequality over the

0:45.4

last few episodes.

0:46.4

There's been a lot of males, and I think having a male skew is something that I'm keen to avoid.

0:50.6

The pathetic excuse I've got is that I tend to contact people who've written

0:53.7

brilliant things I've seen and society seems to publish more men. I'm very aware of it. I'm embarrassed

0:59.0

by it and I'm trying my best to fix it. Have some awesome women coming up including an NHS doctor, a brilliant

1:05.5

architect, a couple of ace authors. Anyway, don't think I don't know. If this was a full-time

1:10.5

job I'd be even more mortified but that's not an excuse I'm

1:14.0

still mortified and I beg your forgiveness. Today's episode is a brilliant and

1:19.0

inspiring woman Sue Eunerman. Sue is one of the most thoughtful and intelligent people in advertising.

1:24.5

She works as chief transformation officer at the biggest media agency in the UK, MediaCom.

1:30.4

About a year ago she wrote a book called The Glass Wall with co-author Catherine Jacob.

1:34.4

The book is a mix of research on women's role in the workplace and partly an advisory note on how women should cope.

1:40.4

It's quite a short chat but it's sort of provocative in its themes it covers.

1:44.0

So, hints at some of the goodness of the book.

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