Sabrina Ahmed on Burnout

What is burnout, and how can we prevent it?We're increasingly hearing about the idea of 'burnout', which the World Health Organisation has defined as a condition "resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed". Recent high profile resignations, including Jacinda Ardern the former PM of New Zealand and Jürgen Klopp, the Manager of Liverpool Football Club — both citing not having enough energy to continue to do their jobs — are merely illustrative of a dyanmic that can impact us all.On this episode, I'm speaking to Sabrina Ahmed, who helps people to manage the risks of burnout using art, creativity, curiosity and playfullness.In our discussion, we explore:the signs and causes of burnout;how burnout can impact the self-employed, as much as the employed;the benefits of art, creativity, curiosity and playfeullness in combatting the effects of burnout;how aligning our personal values ith our professional lives can help mitigate burnout;the power of job craftingand much,much more.Sabrina AhmedTo find out more about Sabirna and the owrk that she does visit her website https://openintrovert.com/You can find her on Twitter/X at: https://twitter.com/sabrinacoachingSabrina's Substack blog: https://sabrinaahmed.substack.com/

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People are often described as the largest asset in most organisations. They are also the biggest single cause of risk. This podcast explores the topic of 'human risk', or "the risk of people doing things they shouldn't or not doing things they should", and examines how behavioural science can help us mitigate it. It also looks at 'human reward', or "how to get the most out of people". When we manage human risk, we often stifle human reward. Equally, when we unleash human reward, we often inadvertently increase human risk.