The Conscious and Unconscious Workplace : Co-Creating Decent Work and Ethical Environments.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mathew, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Work environment--Psychological aspects.

Work environment.

Corporate culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford : Ethics International Press Limited, 2025.

Summary:

The Conscious and Unconscious Workplace asks readers to consider their responsibility when it comes to co- creating an ethical and vibrant place to work. When many people were asked to leave their workplaces at the start of the Covid pandemic, we responded quickly - but did we respond with creativity? The book begins with our return to the workplace, and uses a variety of psychoanalytic and philosophical frameworks on which to base the author's arguments. Using the author's concepts of Fragile Learning and Saturated Spaces, we explore what a truly "good" workplace looks and feels like. What makes a place of work "good"? We delve into the importance of acknowledging difficulties in the workplace, such as stress and anxiety, not to mention team resilience, visionary change management, and the importance of asking questions. The argument here is that elements of health and wellbeing that are often regarded as negative additions (such as stress, anxiety and difficult conversations) are useful, even crucial, to our sustaining creativity. The book focuses on how we might take ownership of the next phase of workplace evolution, post-pandemic. The author adopts a questioning manner, intended to encourage a reflective stance. The reader is asked to consider notions of illuminated leadership, and the inevitability of difficult conversations in the co-authorship of our complex workplace environments.

Contents:

Return to the Workplace

The Good Workplace

Authoring the Workplace

Negotiating Complex Environments

Glass Door Etiquette

Complexity at Work

The Experiential (First Day?)

Workplace Resilience

Resilience and Fragile Learning

Systems of Threes

Resilience and Your Part in the Team

Team Motivation

The Painful Agenda

Saturated Spaces

Blame Town

John Steiner and Psychic Retreats

Anxiety

Workplace Anxiety

A Confusion of Tongues: Challenges and Courage

Challenging Conversations

“It Is My Problem?” and Preparation

Stress Awareness

A Reflective Pause

Kinds of Stress

Acute Stress

Chronic Stress

Signs of Stress

Stress at Work

The Illuminated Leader

Emotional Intelligence Generated by AI.

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Other Format:

Print version: Mathew, David The Conscious and Unconscious Workplace

ISBN:

9781837110865

OCLC:

1492988215