Alice Phillips and Danielle Emery are the hosts of Work is Weird Now, two marketing and communications leaders whose paths into work were shaped by early failure, curiosity, entrepreneurship, and a shared interest in how people find meaning in changing careers.

In this episode of Life by Misadventure, the conversation moves through school, strengths, apprenticeships, remote work, ageism, AI, and the growing sense that education and employment no longer line up with the world people are actually entering.

Alice and Danielle leave you with a simple but important tension: work feels uncertain and broken in places, but there is still room to build something more human, more honest, and better suited to the lives people actually want.

Find Dan and Alice:

LinkedIn: Danielle Emery | Alice Phillips

Listen to Work Is Weird Now on Apple, Spotify and more.

About the Show

Life by Misadventure is hosted by David Brown and features honest, engaging conversations with interesting people about life, loss, resilience, ideas, and the experiences that shape us.

Connect with David on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/4dmbrown/

Watch on YouTube:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuZnxBLBaCFU7seF6CvslECdaNyjkRSgV&si=BqJzc0FX1FvuaBvJ

Listen on Apple Podcasts:

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/life-by-misadventure/id1782077287

Listen on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/show/6Z1MszCU19QglChFb11Pw2?si=98ab1a34db074b3d