Episode 48: Rethinking the Path to Results

How can taking less action produce better results? Millions of workers are asking this question, in part, out of concern that professionals’ embrace of hustle culture is primarily responsible for high levels of burnout. Corporate strategist turned author, Jinny Uppal, discovered a better path to decision making through intentional inaction. Jinny stops by to talk about her #1 rated debut book, IN/ACTION: Rethinking the Path to Results, the downside of action bias, and how to leverage strategic pauses to make great leaps forward.

Resources

Read: IN/ACTION: Rethinking the Path to Results by Jinny Uppal
Follow: Jinny on LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter and on her Website
Read: Great At Work by Morten Hansen (the research Michael cited in the podcast is on page 47 of Hansen's book)
Read: Long working hours increasing deaths from heart disease and stroke, World Health Organization

Michael Glazer is the creator and host of Humans At Work. His purpose in life is to make well-being at work a globally-accepted, basic human right. Learn more about Michael here.