Bonus: Rethinking What Causes Burnout

Podcast: Happier At Work: Leadership, Culture, Performance · Aoife O'Brien

Opublikowano: 2026-10-12

In this bonus episode of the Happier at Work podcast, Aoife O'Brien shares her key takeaways from her insightful conversation with Kate Donovan on burnout. Drawing on Kate's upcoming book Mismatch, Aoife unpacks the idea that burnout isn't about needing a perfect fit at work, most of us just need a "good enough" match most of the time. When that match breaks down across areas like workload, autonomy, fairness, community, values, and reward, burnout can creep in. Here are some of the key takeaways: Mismatch, not perfection, is the goal. Most of the time...