Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel

A Video Game Designer on What Keeps People Coming Back

Bing Gordon spent a decade as chief creative officer of Electronic Arts, the publisher behind many of your favorite video games, like The Sims, Need for Speed, FIFA and B

Building a Career for a 100-Year Life

We plan our careers like life is short. Go to school, climb the career ladder, retire. But as we live longer, the model doesn’t hold up.  London Business School professo

Brené Brown on Leading with Courage and Vulnerability

After more than two decades exploring courage, vulnerability and leadership, Brené Brown’s work has helped millions of people and changed how we talk about shame and belo

When Perseverance Becomes Self-Sabotage

How do you know when it’s time to stop? Most high achievers would say never. We keep going because quitting feels like failure. But Lindsay Crouse argues that sometimes t

What Four Decades of Building Great Restaurants Taught Danny Meyer About Culture

Danny Meyer has built some of the most beloved and enduring restaurants in the US. The “secret sauce” behind Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern, The Modern, Shake Shack,

Angela Duckworth on Why Grit Isn’t Always Enough

Ten years ago, Angela Duckworth wrote the book on grit. Now she's back with the advice you need to keep moving forward. The MacArthur genius fellow, University of Pennsyl

Where You’re Losing Time and How to Get It Back

Laura Vanderkam tracks her time in 30-minute increments and has been for over a decade. That’s 336 half-hour blocks over the course of a week. After reviewing thousands o

We’re Terrible at Fighting. Here’s How to Get Better.

Most of us try to avoid conflict. But done right, fighting can be a path to stronger teams and healthier communities. On this episode of Hello Monday, Priya Parker makes

What Behavioral Science Says About Leading Under Pressure

For a lot of people, work feels especially chaotic right now.. Projects start and don't finish. Layoffs happen, then reorgs, then new strategies, and through all of it, m

How to Make the Most of the Time You Have

We spend a lot of energy trying to optimize our time, but what happens when we're forced to surrender to it? Writer, meditation teacher and lifetime student of Buddhism S

The Case for Working Slower with Cal Newport

Being busy and being productive are not the same thing. Cal Newport, computer science professor at Georgetown and author of Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishm

You Have More Time Than You Think. Here's How to Use It.

Most of us are convinced we don't have enough time. Laura Vanderkam argues that we have enough time, we just aren’t using it with enough intention. This month, we're revi

Why Baratunde Thurston Fired ChatGPT—and What he Learned

Baratunde Thurston fired ChatGPT. And ChatGPT helped him do it. This week, the Emmy-nominated storyteller, writer and host of Life with Machines joins Jessi in the studio

Busy But Not Productive? Daniel Pink on How to Fix It

Daniel Pink is a seven-time New York Times bestselling author, a three-time Hello Monday guest, and one of the most trusted voices on motivation and performance. This wee

Why a Break From Work Might Be the Best Career Move You'll Ever Make

Most of us approach a long break from work with some anxiety. Whether it’s a layoff, parental leave, or a season of caregiving, there’s tension around if and when we’ll r

Dr. Becky’s Framework for Leading Through Hard Moments

You can't lead a team through a hard moment if you can't manage yourself first. That's the core of Dr. Becky Kennedy's work. The clinical psychologist and founder of Good

The FBI Hostage Negotiator's Guide to Getting What You Want at Work

Most of us think of negotiation as something reserved for high-stakes boardrooms—or even hostage situations. But Christopher Voss, former FBI lead hostage negotiator and

The AARP CEO's Playbook for Staying Competitive After 50

We tend to talk about AI and the future of work as a young person's game. Dr. Myechia Minter-Jordan, CEO of AARP, is here to challenge that notion. A physician turned hea

Why Nobody Feels Financially Secure Anymore

“It’s not your fault.” This is the message Alissa Quart has spent over a decade trying to get people to believe when it comes to economic hardship. Right now, it feels ha

Most Companies Are Built to Fail Their Mission. Here's the Fix.

We've built an economy that rewards destroying value. Eric Ries wants to know how we got here, and whether we can build our way out. Eric wrote The Lean Startup in 2011