Episode 1
Employees like the idea of knowing what their colleagues earn – but that also means sharing their own salary details. Academics Emma Parry and Todd Zenger who take opposing views on whether pay transparency will help increase fairness inside organisations or lead to serious disgruntlement

What If...all pay was transparent?

Episode 2	
The coronavirus pandemic saw a forced exodus of knowledge workers from the office. But employers are divided on whether they want them back full time, part time – or not at all. Financial Times columnist Pilita Clark and Aviva chief people officer Danny Harmer explore the rights and wrongs of life on Zoom

What If...we all worked from home forever?

Episode 3
Advances in artificial intelligence are accelerating so rapidly it’s no longer quite so far-fetched to think an algorithm could take the CEO’s job. But do we really understand the implications of AI for the way we run our companies? Join Deloitte’s Hilary Richters and technologist David Weinberger to discuss the ethics of the rise of the machines

What If...AI ran a business?

Episode 4	
To some, it sounds like a dream to work in a business with no bosses. But as philosopher Julian Baggini points out, if you think hierarchy is so imperfect, ask for the most junior surgeon possible to perform your next operation. He goes head to head with Rob Pierre, founder of highly democratised digital marketing firm Jellyfish

What If...there was no hierarchy at work?

Episode 5	
Nobody doubts there’s a serious problem with lack of representation in the workplace. But are centrally organised initiatives really the best way to deal with it? Inclusion experts Bernadette Thompson and Rene Carayol give their experienced perspectives on one of the most fundamental debates in business

What If...we did away with diversity and inclusion?

Love might be in the air this February, but what relationship is without its spats? As CIPD research recently found conflict to be “very much part of organisational life”, we set out to learn how to walk towards conflict and have better workplace disagreements. 

People Management’s Lilly Howlett and Siobhan Palmer spoke to Richard Watkins, founder and director of Let’s Go, and learned that ‘shithousing’ others’ ideas can be just as helpful as ‘greenhousing’ them in positivity. 

CEO of UK Mediation Dr Mike Talbot also taught us how to ‘launder’ our language to help manage and resolve conflicts at work, and even prevent some of them from happening in the first place. 

And, following the first two rounds of the 2020 Six Nations, former England rugby player Jon Sleightholme takes us through his transition from elite sport to the world of HR.
Plus Tim Pointer helps a listener caught in the middle of a thorny workplace romance. 
Don't forget to give us your feedback by tweeting us at @peoplemgt or email pmeditorial@haymarket.com.
Thank you to our guests from this episode:
Richard Watkins, founder and director of Let’s Go
Dr Mike Talbot, CEO of UK Mediation
Jon Sleightholme, former international rugby player and Director of Evolve HR Consulting
Tim Pointer, founder of Starboard Thinking

#22: What's your problem with workplace conflict?

What if? 


The podcast that dares to think differently about people and business. What if?, from the CIPD’s Work. magazine, asks curious and unexpected questions about everything from inclusion to artificial intelligence. And it brings together world-leading experts, including academics, authors and business leaders, to try and find some answers. If you’ve ever wondered whether it would be better if your colleagues knew your salary, or if we should all just work from home forever, this is the place to explore ideas and think the previously unthinkable.
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