You're being measured!

Do you measure up?

Digital and AI tools coupled with an increased desire for productivity means we’re being marked more closely than ever before.

New research shows that when we know how we're being measured we stop prioritising the work that isn't measured, especially if we think the systems aren't transparent or fair.

Lisa gets stuck into the modern map of "metricisation" to see how to defend soft skills from a passion for measurement!

The Radio National Top 100 Australian Books countdown is underway - make your vote count! Our Work Book guest is ABC Business reporter Daniel Ziffer and his pick for the This Working Life book club is Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich.

Guests:

• Dr Martin Edwards, Organisational psychologist and Professor in Management in the University of Queensland Business School
• Daniel Ziffer, ABC Business Reporter and author of A Wunch of Bankers: A Year in the Hayne Royal Commission

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