Work is central to the human experience. It helps us shape our identities, care for those we love, and contribute to our communities. Work can be a source of power and a catalyst for change. Unfortunately, that's not how most of us experience work—even those who work for themselves. Our labor and creative spirit are used to enrich others and maintain the status quo. It's time for an intervention. What Works is a show about rethinking work, business, and leadership for the 21st-century economy. Host Tara McMullin covers money, management, culture, media, philosophy, and more to figure out what's working (and what's not) today. Tara offers a distinctly interdisciplinary approach to deep-dive analysis of how we work and how work shapes us.
What Works
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Work is central to the human experience. It helps us shape our identities, care for those we love, and contribute to our communities. Work can be a source of power and a catalyst for change. Unfortunately, that's not how most of us experience work—even those who work for themselves. Our labor and creative spirit are used to enrich others and maintain the status quo. It's time for an intervention. What Works is a show about rethinking work, business, and leadership for the 21st-century economy. Host Tara McMullin covers money, management, culture, media, philosophy, and more to figure out what's working (and what's not) today. Tara offers a distinctly interdisciplinary approach to deep-dive analysis of how we work and how work shapes us.
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Recent Episodes
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June 4, 2026
We're Not Late (Or, Rethinking the Long-Term)
<p>Today, I'm resharing an episode from last spring but with a fresh introduction about the feeling (too) late and some timely advice for my daughter, who graduates from high school tomorrow. It might be a good one to share with the graduate in your life! </p><p>***</p><p>This episode is about the long term—the commitments, projects, and relationships we can work on when our "temporal bandwidth" widens. How we perceive time and our ability to do what's meaningful to us in time does have to be constrained by the urgency of now. There are ways to feel more grounded and create more possibilities at the same time.</p><p><strong>Footnotes:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="http://whatworks.fyi/articles/temporal-bandwidth">Read the essay version of this episode.</a></li><li><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/17354/9780991354689">The Steerswoman</a> by Rosemary Kirstein</li><li><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/17354/9780593728734">On Freedom</a> by Timothy Snyder</li><li><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/17354/9781984878427">Breaking Bread with the Dead</a> by Alan Jacobs</li><li><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/17354/9781612198552">How to Do Nothing</a> by Jenny Odell</li><li>"<a href="https://whatworks.fyi/articles/practicing-the-future-3-ideas-for">Practicing the Future</a>" by Tara McMullin</li><li>"<a href="https://whatworks.fyi/articles/wibbly-wobbly-timey-wimey-stuff">Wibbly-Wobbly, Timey-Wimey Stuff</a>" by Tara McMullin</li><li>"<a href="https://whatworks.fyi/articles/busyness-decoded-how-to-limit-what-you-say-yes-to?rq=time">Busyness Decoded</a>" by Tara McMullin</li></ul><p>Find the What Works archives and subscribe to the newsletter at <a href="http://whatworks.fyi/">whatworks.fyi</a>.</p> <ul><li>(00:00) - EP 489: Temporal Bandwidth</li> <li>(00:04) - To be on time is to be late. Or is it?</li> <li>(04:58) - Time Flies</li> <li>(07:33) - The Steerswoman</li> <li>(11:19) - "Temporal bandwidth is the width of your present"</li> <li>(15:10) - Making the difficult choice</li> <li>(20:01) - Credits</li> </ul> <strong> <a href="http://whatworks.fyi" rel="payment" title="★ Support this podcast ★">★ Support this podcast ★</a> </strong>
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