What Works | Small Business Podcast With Tara Mcmullin

Sure, you can build a business or independent career made for one. But once you start thinking about making a bigger impact or scaling up to serve more customers, you start thinking about hiring help. And that makes a lot of people nervous!The idea that we might unintentionally create a toxic work environment or exploit the people we hire is enough to keep many from hiring help at all. While you might expect this subject to get more of a psychological or sociological treatment, economics has a lot to teach us about creating equitable relationships at work, too.In this episode, Kate Strathmann joins me for a “conversation with no answers,” where we explore the possibilities of work relationships outside the traditional structures.Footnotes: More from Kate Strathmann and Wanderwell Consulting Previous episodes featuring Kate: 341, 298, 153 “Exploitation” in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Episode 386: Extra Context — Getting Paid Surplus Labor in Radical Economics More about Guerilla Translation “Op