Work in Progress with Christopher Wong Michaelson

About Work in Progress with Christopher Wong Michaelson

Work in Progress with Christopher Wong Michaelson discusses every working person's work in progress, namely, our quest to be fully human in a working world that all too often makes us feel like machines, in which we often don't even have time to think and that, in the words of Studs Terkel, too often feels like "a Monday through Friday sort of dying."

Publisher

Work in Progress with Christopher Wong Michaelson

Category

business · education · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Apr 2021

Latest episode

20 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

32 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Apr 2026

   Leading in Chaos: Bill George on Courage, Values, and Real-World Leadership

   Bill George joins Christopher Wong Michaelson for a candid conversation on leadership, purpose, and courage in uncertain times. Drawing on his journey from early career setbacks to leading Medtronic, George reflects on the importance of authentic relationships, values-driven decision-making, and aligning personal purpose with organizational mission. The discussion explores what it means to lead with “true north” amid polarization and crisis, the ethical responsibilities of business leaders to...

2. 

   11 Nov 2025

   "Work and the Good Life" Series: Working for the Common Good with Galon Miller

   One way in which the University of St. Thomas is trying to realize its mission to "educate students...to work skillfully...to advance the common good" is with a new course called Work and the Good Life. Most of our students come here expecting that their college degrees will help them find jobs out of college. But as UST President Rob Vischer says, one reason that we have stellar employment outcomes is that we care about more than employment outcomes. We’re helping to form whole h...

3. 

   15 Oct 2025

   "Work and the Good Life" Series: Working for the Common Good with Erica Campbell

   One way in which the University of St. Thomas is trying to realize its mission to "educate students...to work skillfully...to advance the common good" is with a new course called Work and the Good Life. Most of our students come here expecting that their college degrees will help them find jobs out of college. But as UST President Rob Vischer says, one reason that we have stellar employment outcomes is that we care about more than employment outcomes. We’re helping to form whole h...

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

9 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 17 / 100

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Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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