Sunday Pick: Unsolicited Advice: Why is Amazon dragging its employees back into the office?

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🗓️ 13 October 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Each Sunday, TED shares an episode of another podcast we think you'll love, handpicked for you… by us. The evidence is clear that hybrid work is good for both people and organizations. So why are companies as big as Amazon now asking employees to come into the office all five days of the work week? In this special "Unsolicited Advice" episode of Fixable, another podcast from the TED Audio Collective, Fixable hosts Anne Morriss and Frances Frei debate what Amazon’s new return-to-office mandate means for the company’s future.

Frances is a Harvard Business professor. Anne is a CEO and best-selling author. Anne and Frances are two of the top leadership coaches in the world. Oh, did we mention they're also married to each other? Together, Anne and Frances move fast and fix stuff by talking to guest callers about their workplace issues and solving their problems – in 30 minutes or less.

Both listeners and guests will receive actionable insights to create meaningful change in the workplace – regardless of their position on the company ladder.

If you want to be on Fixable, call our hotline at 234-Fixable (that's 234-349-2253) to leave Anne and Frances a voicemail with your workplace problem.

Get more Fixable wherever you get your podcasts.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective. My Toc's Daily listeners, I'm Elise Hugh. Today we have a special treat, an episode of another podcast
0:14.8	from the TED Audio Collective, hand-picked for you by us.
0:19.0	Whatever you're dealing with at work, a bully, a bad boss,
0:22.2	burnout, fixable is there to help.
0:24.8	Each week, business leaders Ann Morris and Francis Fry
0:27.5	share real fixes to some of the most common workplace problems.
0:31.0	And if you're listening and have your own workplace issue you can send in your
0:34.1	questions by emailing fixable at TED.com. Find fixable wherever you get your
0:39.7	podcasts and learn more about the TED Audio collective at audio collective dot Ted.com.
0:45.0	Now on to the episode, right after a quick break.
0:50.0	Hi everyone, welcome back to fixable I'm Ann Morris I'm a company
0:56.5	builder and leadership coach and I'm Francis Fry I'm a professor at the
1:00.0	Harvard Business School and I'm Anne's wife.
1:02.6	On this show we believe that meaningful change happens fast.
1:05.4	Anything is fixable and solutions are often just a single brave conversation away.
1:10.3	Usually we either hear problems from the listeners or we bring in a guest that's amazing at having solved lots and lots of problems.
1:18.0	Today we're diverging in our favorite way to bring you another installment of unsolicited advice,
1:23.2	a recurring segment where we indulge our inner meddlers
1:27.2	and tell a company that hasn't asked us
1:30.2	what we think they should be doing differently.
1:32.2	So if this sounds like your idea of a good time,
1:35.0	check out our episodes on Boeing and Starbucks from last season.
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