Work

Rethinking Creativity

Creativity seems to be the cure for whatever ails you. But there is reason to be cautious when invoking its name.

Apr 25 •

How to Take Back the Vision of the Creator Economy

"How do you want to live?" that question—and a few more—are at the heart of my conversation with Charlie Gilkey and Kate Tyson.

Apr 18 •

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How Creative Work Becomes Deskilled (And What To Do About It)

Deskilling takes once fulfilling and meaningful work and turns it into routinized, repetitive tasks to disempower workers and normalize precarity.

Apr 16 •

Organizing Indie Labor

Feeling powerless in the face of platform companies with billion-dollar valuations? This is the story of one organization doing something about it.

Apr 4 •

How to Make Room for Others

How can we reimagine our practices, systems, and norms to invite everyone to participate and contribute?

Mar 21 •

"All Parasites Have Value"

Even when we condemn "makers and takers" rhetoric, we often still judge ourselves and our productivity using its terms.

Feb 1 •

Too Many Layers

What do sound, overstimulation, stress, and achieving a sustainable equilibrium have in common? Layers.

Jan 25 •

How to Rethink Work Stress

The stress of work can be especially tricky to describe for creative and knowledge workers who love what they do. That doesn't make it less real.

Jan 18 •

Reprogramming the Source Code

Beliefs and mental shortcuts are like software that helps us make sense of the world. What should we do when those lines of code are outdated or…

Jan 16 •

Rock, Creator, Hard Place

The future of independent work can and should be a practice that asks: What is the more sustainable, ethical, and life-affirming option today?

Jan 2 •

Making What Can't Be Sold

How do you turn a jumble of thoughts into a cohesive project?

Dec 26, 2023 •

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The Time to Change

How does work change when we give ourselves the necessary time instead of treating everything like an emergency? Plus, ideas from Jordan Maney & Joanna…

Sep 28, 2023 •

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