Check out our latest episode of Work Punks, in which your trusted Punks have turned into Agony Uncles. We are responding to a query that begins "Help, I'm butting heads with my finance manager!" with our usual mix of irreverence, spikiness and wisdom, drawing upon our personal experience (boy, have we been there!) and knowledge.

Our guest for this episode is Natasha Bye, also known as the Strategy Doctor, who has made a name for herself by bringing comedy into the boardroom. So what is the link between strategy and comedy? Do you get better conversations by wrapping it into a joke? How many people does it take to fix a lightbulb in your organisation? This and more will be topic of conversation in this month's Work Punks episode.

Some useful references:
- On Natasha Bye: https://strategydoctor.co.uk/
- "The future doesn't just happen; the future results from the conversations we have today" - We think this is Ralph Stacey. But we can't find it anywhere. Please help us locate the source.

Our Punks try to get behind the root causes of why working practices seem to be broken in so many companies. Is short-termism behind it all, and if so, what is causing this behaviour in the first place? Are there examples that buck that trend and what can we learn from them? Join us for this episode and share your experiences of broken or trend-bucking organisations in the comments. As always, here are some links for further contemplation:
- Bill Anderson - the former CEO of Roche Pharmaceuticals and currently heading the working revoluation at Bayer - on how to reduce bureaucracy: https://www.garyhamel.com/video/busti...
- Clay Christensen’s view on the impact of financialisation on innovation: https://www.forbes.com/sites/steveden...