{"podcast":{"title":"Squiggly Careers","slug":"squiggly-careers-755233","podcast_index_feed_id":755233,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/APL9013254409","website_url":"http://www.amazingif.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/e52f6dce-340a-11f1-9553-87b22d7956a4/image/b446c05844a7a5d44164e3cba433ae00.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"AmazingIf","episode_count":585,"summary":"Squiggly Careers is a weekly podcast that will help you take control of your career development. Hosted by the founders of Amazing If (https://www.amazingif.com/), Sarah Ellis and Helen Tupper, together they cover all things work: from how to manage stress and overcome your confidence gremlins to micro-aggressions and discovering your strengths. Each episode is full of ideas, actions, hints, and tips that you can put into practice straight away. Every so often they take a break from talking to each other to interview other people who are leading the way in making work better. Past guests include entrepreneur and philanthropist Dame Stephanie Shirley, author of The Joy of Work Bruce Daisley, and neuroscience expert Amy Brann. The Squiggly Careers podcast has been recommended by Harvard Business Review, Stylist, Marie Claire and Management Today. For more ideas, tools and inspiration every week, you can also sign up to their newsletter Squiggly Careers in Action. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-09T14:17:12.363141+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/squiggly-careers-755233"},"episode":{"title":"Compassion and why being more human is becoming a career advantage (Day 4) | Open to Work","slug":"compassion-and-why-being-more-human-is-becoming-a-career-advantage-day-4-open-to-work","published_at":"2026-06-04T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/squiggly-careers-755233/compassion-and-why-being-more-human-is-becoming-a-career-advantage-day-4-open-to-work","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/squiggly-careers-755233","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APL2122012462.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APL2122012462.mp3","summary":"What if compassion isn't just a nice-to-have, but one of the most important skills for the future of work? In day four of this special five-part series, Helen and Aneesh Rahman explore the fourth C, compassion, and why the new world of work demands something the industrial age actively discouraged. From quietening your inner critic to really listening to a colleague, this is a conversation about what it means to be more human at work, starting with yourself. 🎯 What You'll Learn – Why compassion wasn't valued in the industrial age (and why that's changing fast) – Why compassion for yourself has to come first, and what that looks like in practice – How to show genuine (not performative) compassion for the people you work with – Why phone calls and walk-and-talks might be better than video calls for building real connection – One simple exercise to anchor yourself in your own strengths, without listing a single job title or degree 📚 Resources Mentioned Open to Work: Aneesh Rahman and Ryan Roslansky For questions about Squiggly Careers or to share feedback, please email: helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com Need some more squiggly career support? 1. Download our free career tools: https://www.amazingif.com/toolkit/ 2. Sign up for our Skills Sprints: https://www.amazingif.com/squigglysprints/ 3. Sign up for our Squiggly Careers Newsletter, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools: https://bit.ly/squigglynewsletter_pod 4. Order our new book Learn Like a Lobster: https://www.amazingif.com/books/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"What if compassion isn't just a nice-to-have, but one of the most important skills for the future of work? In day four of this special five-part series, H…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":650,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/squiggly-careers-755233/episodes/compassion-and-why-being-more-human-is-becoming-a-career-advantage-day-4-open-to-work/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/squiggly-careers-755233/compassion-and-why-being-more-human-is-becoming-a-career-advantage-day-4-open-to-work.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}