Sunday Oct 01, 2023

How to Solve your Sunday Night Blues with Channel 4s Kirsten Furber

Do you suffer from the Sunday night blues?

Everyone has experienced that feeling of dread before you start work on a Monday. But what if that could be an indicator to so much more, not just to you as an individual but the organisation you work for. Then you would have the power to know where your energy and time should be spent rather than fearing the start of the week.

In this episode I am joined by Kirstin Furber, who is People Director at Channel 4. She has been researching the Sunday night blues and how it can be used to develop a toolkit for employees. She discusses the research and its findings so far and how it can be used to help businesses. She also covers why wellbeing has become so important in the workplace, her own journey with difficult conversations and the wellbeing changes we need to see in the world of work.

“The purpose and soul of an organisation comes from humanity” – Kirstin Furber

You'll hear about:

03:43 - The Sunday Night Blues project

05:58 - Does Kirsten get the Sunday night blues?

07:43 - How the project will help businesses

10:40 - Why has wellbeing become so important

13:25 - An opportunity to connect the dots

15:19 - The last brave conversation Kirstin had

19:10 - What leading by example looks like

25:13 - What was the role given to Kirsten as a child?

33:38 - What do people choose not to see?

39:37 - Can profit & growth foster healthy work?